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28, 2002
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Maxwell
Street: Steve Edwards tours the changing neighborhood
with Roosevelt University Professor and member of the Maxwell Street
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Gift
Horse: Richard Steele talks with Chicago playwright Lydia
Diamond about the new Goodman Theater production of her play
The Gift Horse. |
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Chicago’s
Real World: Media contributor Wally Podrazik looks at
MTV's Real World series taking place in Chicago and the Chicago
Stories on Channel 11. |
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Fondue:
Food contributor Steve Dolinsky serves up fondue. |
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Scene: We continue our look at local productions with a scene
from Waving Goodbye. |
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Lester
Young: Chicago Public Radio music host and producer Sarah
Toulouse interviews Douglas Henry Daniels about his new
book Lester Leaps In: The Life And Times of Lester "Prez"
Young. |
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February
27, 2002
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Forest
Preserve: Steve Edwards talks with Deborah Schorr
of the Friends of the Forest Preserve, for the latest on the
state of our city woodlands. |
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School
District: Daily Southtown reporter Jonathan Lipman
talks with Steve Edwards about School District 230, and the
delay in a 118 million dollar project to expand and renovate the
district's three high schools. |
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Farm
Safety: Great Lakes Radio Consortium’s Chris Lehman
reports on statewide efforts to reduce farm injuries. |
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State
of the City: We play an excerpt of Mayor Richard M. Daley's
State of the City address. Then, Rob Sadowsky, community
development consultant, Jewish Council on Urban Affairs, joins Steve
Edwards with reaction to the address. |
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Grammy:
Steve Edwards talks with Chicago Public Radio Music Director
Chris Heim about Chicago connections with the upcoming awards. |
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February
26, 2002
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Chicago
Defender: Steve Edwards talks with Myiti Sengstacke,
Chicago Defender, whose family has owned the newspaper. Tthen,he
is joined by James "Jim" Lowry, Chicago Defender
chairman and board of trustee member, to talk about the future of
the newspaper. |
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Mental
Hospitals: Chicago Public Radio’s Jay Field reports
on possible budget cuts in state hospitals. |
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Wrigley
Expansion Plan: Charlotte Newfeld is chairperson of Citizens
United for Baseball in Sunshine, an issues committee of the Lakeview
Citizens Council, and she talks with Steve Edwards about
the plans for Wrigley Field. |
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SCB:
Eight Forty-Eight architecture contributor Ed Keegan
talks with John Lahey, president Solomon, Cordwell, Buenz
about the new Swiss Bank Building in Chicago’s Loop. |
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Architecture
Artifacts: Eight Forty-Eight senior producer Justin
Kaufmann talks with Stuart Grannen, owner of Architectural
Artifacts, about his career in architectural salvage. |
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February
25, 2002
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Campaign
Notebook: Steve Edwards is joined by Robert Coleman,
a trial lawyer from River Forest and a Republican candidate for
Illinois Attorney General. |
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Bill
Cartwright: Sports contributor Cheryl Ray Stout talks
with Bulls coach Bill Cartwright about the recent acquisition
of forward Jalen Rose and guard Travis Best, and future plans for
his team. |
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Daniel
Ferri: Our contributor is a is 6th grade school teacher and
new father. |
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Trial
Judge: Richard Steele, regular contributor for Eight
Forty-Eight, talks with Ronald C. Smith, chairman of
the Criminal Justice Section of the American Bar Association and
professor of criminal law at the John Marshall Law School, about
the ongoing case involving the murder of Louis Schmude. |
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What
Matters: Eight Forty-Eight's Rita Coburn Whack
talks with Monique Greenwood, author of Having What Matters. |
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February
22, 2002
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Month
in Review: Steve Edwards and our two area journalists,
including Chicago Sun-Times columnist Laura Washington
and Chicago Tribune columnist Eric Zorn look at the
winners and losers in the month that was, including Governor Geroge
Ryan's legacy. |
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Hala
Kahiki: Oddball Travel series author Jerry Pohlen and
Eight Forty-Eight producer Gianofer Fields discover
a little bit of Hawaii right in our own back yard at the Hala Kahiki
Lounge in River Grove, Illinois. |
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Transforming
Democracy: Eight Forty-Eight contributor Barbara Ransby
talks with Lani Guinier, author and Harvard law professor,
about her new book The Miner's Canary: Enlisting Race, Resisting
Power and Transforming Democracy. |
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Seven
Last Words of Christ: Host Steve Edwards talks with Pulitzer
Prize winner, 1990 U.S. Poet Laureate and University of Chicago
professor Mark Strand and the Brentano String Quartet
join us with selections from Franz Joseph Haydn's The Seven Last
Words of Christ, and their interpretation on this work. |
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February
21, 2002
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Curling:
Several Chicago-area women are on the U-S curling team. Steve
Edwards talks with Ginny Schulte, long-time curler and
member of the Chicago Curling Club, about the sport and its growth
in popularity. |
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Olympic
History: John MacAloon, associate dean of the Department
of Social Sciences at the University of Chicago, also an Olympic
anthropologist, speaks with Steve Edwards about the history
and culture of the Olympics. |
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Manhattan
Project: In this 60th anniversary year of the dawn of the nuclear
age, host Steve Edwards speaks with two men who helped shape
history. First, Steve Edwards talks with Albert Wattenberg,
distinguished physicist emeritus at the University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champagne, about his experience as a young physicist working
with Enrico Fermi at Columbia University to create the first chain
reaction; then, Larry Kelman, former Argonne National Laboratory
scientist, who shares his scientific experience and his experience
as one of several hundred workers sickened by beryllium while helping
develop the A-bomb. |
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February
20, 2002
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State
of the State: Steve Edwards gets a preview of Governor
Ryan's address with Charlie Wheeler, director of the public
affairs reporting program at the University of Illinois at Springfield.
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Budgetary
Advice: We ask Chicagoans for tips with their own budgets. |
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Budget
Allocation: Steve Edwards talks with Jim Tobin,
president of the National Taxpayers United of Illinois, then with
Ralph Martire, executive director of the Center for Tax and
Budget Accountability, for their opinions on how the budget should
be balanced. |
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Pagan
Leadership: Eight Forty-Eight resident philosopher Al
Gini talks with Steve Edwards about the idea of leadership
and the pagan ethos. |
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Family
Relationships: Chicago writer Jeffrey Essmann reflects
on the differences in his family. |
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The
Church and Sexuality: Steve Edwards talks with Eugene
Kennedy, Professor Emertus at Loyola University and former Catholic
priest, about his book The Unhealed Wound: The Church and Sexuality. |
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New
Food: Food contributor Steve Dolinsky explores new ways
to cook with Sally Schneider, author of A New Way to Cook. |
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Piven
Remembered: We remember Chicago actor and educator Bryne Piven
with his former acting student John Cusack. |
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February
19, 2002
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Japanese
Internment: We commemorate the 60th anniversary of “executive
order 9066” . This presidential order led to the internment
of 110,000 Japanese-Americans during World War 2. Internment camp
detainees Sam Ozaki and Chiye Tomihiro share their
experiences with host Steve Edwards. |
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Being
Beautiful: Theatre contributor Jonathan Abarbanel interviews
McKinley Johnson and Stephanie Newsom, co-authors
of the musical Being Beautiful, now playing at Bailiwick Arts Center. |
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UBS
Tower: Architecture contributor Ed Keegan analyzes the
new 50-floor high-rise, in Chicago's Loop. |
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African
American History: Chicago writer Bennie Currie reflects
on the shortness of Black History Month, and the lack of African
American history in our school cirriculum. |
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Cougars:
The Great Lakes Radio Consortium's Gretchen Millich reports
on investigations into alleged cougar sightings in the Great Lake
states. |
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Freeman
Flag: Writer and comedian Aaron Freeman reflects on the
showing and the wearing of the Red, White and Blue. |
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February
18, 2002
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Campaign
Notebook: We continue our political coverage with an excerpt
from Saturday's gubernatorial candidates’ debate at Operation
PUSH.
Then, Chicago Public Radio's Carlos Hernandez-Gomez and Robert
Starks, director of the Harold Washington Institute at the Center
for Inner City Studies at Northeastern University, and In These
Times senior editor Salim Muwakkil discuss the importance
and impact of the African American vote in the upcoming primary
election. |
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Presidents: We play an excerpt from the Neo-Futurists' play
about the U.S. presidents. |
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American
Presidency: Steve Edwards visits the Chicago Historical
Societies exhibit The American Presidency: A Glorious Burden
and gets a tour from CHS president Lonnie Bunch. |
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43
Presidents: We play another excerpt from the Neo-Futurists'
play about the U.S. presidents. |
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American
Original: Richard Steele visits the Peggy Notebaert Nature
Museum for a look at rare and famous U.S. documents including JFK's
innaugural address, Susan B. Anthony's arrest record and the Emancipation
Proclamation. |
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Presidents: We play another excerpt from the Neo-Futurists'
play about the U.S. presidents. |
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February
15, 2002
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Auto
Show: Architecture and design contributor Ed Keegan checks
out the new designs in SUVs at the Chicago Auto Show. |
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Mies
van der Rohe: Chicago Public Radio's Tony Sarabia meets
up with Chicago Historic Society's Tim Samuelson at Federal
Plaza to discuss the work of architect Mies van der Rohe. |
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Ellis
Cose: Richard Steele talks with former Chicago Sun-Times
columnist Ellis Cose about his new book The Envy of the
World: On Being a Black Man in America. |
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Film
Reviews: Eight Forty-Eight film contributor Jonathan
Miller about the latest from the big screen, including Mohsen
Makhmalbaf's Kandahar; Manuel de Oliveira’s Word
and Utopia and Close-Up now out on DVD. |
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Volleyball:
Contributor Paul Burkhardt profiles Chicagoan and professional
volleyball player Mary Coleman. |
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Rufus
Thomas: Writer Karen McKie remembers the music of Rufus
Thomas. |
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February
14, 2002
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Women
and Love: Barbara Ransby talks with author bell hooks
about her new book Communion: A Female Search for Love. |
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Night
Sky: Great Lakes Radio Consortium’s Ed Janus reports
on how some are taking back the night. |
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Television:
Media contributor Wally Podrazik reviews new African American
lead television programs. |
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Salsa
Congress: Eight Forty-Eight contributor Carlos Flores
talks to Saladin and Rosita Alomin, organizers
of Chicago's first Salsa Congress. |
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Chocolate:
Food contributor Steve Dolinsky gives us a taste and history
of a favorite Valentine gift, chocolate. |
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Lipstick:
Writer Rachel Louise Snyder ponders our concerns with outward
appearance. |
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Palace Motel: Jerry Pohlen and producer Gianofer Fields
take us to a cool spot where your visit is out of this world. |
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February
13, 2002
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UAL
Mechanics Contract: Steve Edwards talks with aviation
consultant Mary Rose Loney about the ramifications of yesterday’s
vote by UAL mechanics to not accept the new contract offered by
United Airlines. |
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Father
Michael Pfleger: Steve Edwards talks with Tim Unsworth
of the National Catholic Reporter for an understanding of
the policies of the Catholic Church. |
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Ash
Wednesday: Chicago writer and producer Judy Valente reflects
on her spiritual condition during this Lenten season. |
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Boetti:
Victoria Lautmann brings us the art of Alighiero Boetti in
a tour of his work with his widow Anne Marie Sozo Boetti. |
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Stand-up:
Eight Forty-Eight senior producer Justin Kaufmann
talks with Steve Matuszek, co-owner of the Chicago Comedy
Company, to talk about the class “How To Do Stand-Up,”
which is offered on Monday evenings. |
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Ann
Hampton Callaway: Chicago Public Radio's Tony Sarabia
talks with Chicago native Ann Hampton Callaway about her
new CD Signature. |
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February
12, 2002
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Deputy
Abuses: Chicago Tribune writer Todd Lighty co-authored
an article in the Sunday edition about abuses cases involving Cook
County Sheriff’s deputies and he joins Steve Edwards to
talk about results of his research. |
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Community
First: Steve Edwards talks with Gerry Cassioppi,
secretary and director of Naperville Community First, about a workbook
they have created to assist developers, planners and home buyers. |
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Bartlett
Downtown: Cathy Collins, economic development coordinator
for teh town of Bartlett, talks with Steve Edwards about
plans for the development of downtown Bartlett. |
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Tom
Thrall: Steve Edwards talks with the Chicago business
consultant Tom Thrall about his recent article entitled "Business
Continuity Planning Since September 11th,"which appeared in
the winter edition of the Journal of Global Financial Markets. |
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Nuclear
Pills: The Great Lakes Radio Consortium's Bill Cohen
reports on the pro and con arguments for the federal government's
offer to supply special iodine pills to people who live near nuclear
power plants. There are 24 plants in the Great Lakes states. |
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Eye
Sight: Eight Forty-Eight’s Victoria Lautmann
shares her decision to liberate herself from her eye glasses. |
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Theatre
Scene: We continue our series of local theatre productions with
an excerpt from European Repertory Company’s production of
Go Away, Go Away. |
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Theater
Producers: Eight Forty-Eight theatre contributor Jonathan
Abarbanel talks with New York director Philip Rose
and Northwestern artist in residence and philanthropist Hope
Abelson about producing theater in the 1950's and 60's. |
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February
11, 2002
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Gubernatorial
Debate: We continue with the Eight Forty-Eight Campaign
Notebook with an excerpt of Saturday's Rainbow/PUSH- sponsored Democratic
Gubernatorial Debate moderated by Cliff Kelly. |
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Joseph
Birkett: Host Steve Edwards talks with DuPage County
State's Attorney and Illinois Attorney General candidate Joe
Birkett. |
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Soy
Houses: Illinois Public Radio reporter Susan Stephens
visits the northern Illinois town of Princeton where building and
environmentalists are praising a new material for insulation. |
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College
Hoops: Sports contributor Cheryl Raye Stout joins Steve
Edwards to talks about how the college basketball season is
shaping up. |
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Magnificent
Obsession: True stories of recovery from alcohol and drug addiction,
told by those living the experience, and produced by Jim Nayder.
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February
8, 2002
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Amtrak:
Steve Edwards talks with Cheryl Jackson, vice president
of Communications for Amtrak, about the Amtrak Reform Council's
recent recommendations to eliminate 18 long distance train routes
and the effect that will have on Chicago area passengers/employees. |
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United
Mechanics: Chicago Tribune aviation writer John Schmeltzer
gives Steve Edwards a preview of Tuesday's contract vote
by the United Airlines machinists union and the effect the outcome
could have on the airline's survival. |
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Suburban
Highways: Daily Herald writer Bob McCoppin talks
with Steve Edwards about federal highway funding in our area. |
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Theater
Review: Theater contributor Jonathan Abarbanel looks
at the latest from the area stage, including the Victory Garden's
Waiting to be Invited; the Trap Door's Quills and Go
Away, Go Away at the European Repertory Theatre. |
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Drowning
Crow: Eight Forty-Eight’s Richard Steele talks
with actress Suzanne Douglas about returning home to perform
in the Goodman Theater's production of Drowning Crow. |
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Lapidary
Art: Eight Forty-Eight producer Gianofer Fields
and author and Eight Forty-Eight contributor Jerry Pohlen
talks with Marley Nelson, of the Lizzadro Museum of Lapidary
Art in Elmhurst, Illinois. |
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Stories
on Stage: Sean Fortunato reads an excerpt from Bill Ayers'
Fugitive Days, as one of three selections on this Sunday
afternoon's WBEZ Stories on Stage program at the Museum of Contemporary
Art. |
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February
7, 2002
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Millennium
Park: Steve Edwards talks with Eight Forty-Eight
architecture contributor Ed Keegan, Neighborhood Capital
Budget Group executive director Jackie Levy, and Chicago
Tribune staff reporter Andrew Martin about the cost overruns
and construction delays of Millennium Park. The City of Chicago
twice confirmed participation in, then back out of this discussion. |
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Cleopatra:
Eight Forty-Eight producer Gianofer Fields explores
the life of the Last Queen of Egypt, Cleopatra, with David Foster,
project administrator for Temporary Exhibitions at the Field Museum.
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Greg
Fishman: Chicago Public Radio’s Dan Bindert interviews
the Chicago tenor saxophonist Greg Fishman, about his life
and body of work. |
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February
6, 2002
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Enron:
Chicago Tribune business columnist David Greising updates
Steve Edwards on the Enron hearings before Congress. Then,
Eight Forty-Eight contributor Charlie Wheelan joins
Steve Edwards to talk about retirement investing in company
savings plans in the aftermath of the Enron collapse. |
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Business
Ethics: Resident philosopher Al Gini joins Steve Edwards
for a discussion on the philosophy of corporate ethics. |
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African
American Studies: Eight Forty-Eight contributor Barbara
Ransby talks with Michael Dawson, director of the Center
for Race, Politics and Culture at the University of Chicago, about
the state of African American studies as he leaves for a new position
at Harvard University. |
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Sox
Convention: Sports contributor Cheryl Raye Stout takes
us to the White Sox convention and talks with General Manager Kenny
Williams, manager Jerry Manuel and starting pitcher Todd
Richey for their outlook on the 2002 season. |
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Home
Ownership: Chicago writer Gail Isaacson finds home ownership
can be littered with problems. |
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February
5, 2002
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Food
Roundtable: Steve Edwards is joined by Eight Forty-Eight
food contributor Steve Dolinsky, Chicago Reader food
editor Laura Levy Shatkin, and Phil Vittel, food writer
for the Chicago Tribune, to talk about the hot food scene
in Chicago. |
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Cubs
Convention: Sports contributor Cheryl Raye Stout takes
us to the Chicago Cubs recent season preview and asks pitching coach
Larry Rothschild, starting pitcher Jon Leiber, and
3rd baseman Bill Mueller for their outlook on the 2002 season.
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Luis
Rodriguez: Steve Edwards talks with activist Luis
Rodriguez about his new book, Hearts and Hands: Creating
Community in Violent Times, and his work with young people in
danger of gang life and prison. |
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Computer
Museum: Robert Carver, dean of Southern Illinois University's
business school, talks with Steve Edwards about his collection
of antiquated computers. |
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February
4, 2002
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Campaign
Ads: Steve Edwards talks with Bruce Newman, professor
of marketing at DePaul University, about some examples of current
GOP gubernatorial ads. It's part of this week's regular election
feature Campaign Notebook. |
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Campaign
Reform: Cindy Canary, project director for the Illinois Campaign
for Political Reform, joins Steve Edwards for a look at efforts
to reform funding campaigns. |
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Here
is New York: Eight Forty-Eight contributor Victoria
Lautman visits Here is New York: A Democracy of Photographs.
The New York photo exhibit about the World Trade Center bombing
is at the Chicago Cultural Center. |
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9-11
Essay: Writer Tom Montogmery-Fate tries different words
to explain loss to his daughter. |
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Arlington
Heights: Senior producer Justin Kaufmann talks with Gerry
and Janet Souter about their new book Arlington Heights
Illinois: Downtown Renaissance, published by Arcadia. |
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Computer
Recycling: The Great Lakes Radio Consortium's Lester Graham
reports on the environmental concerns of disposing of old computers. |
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Who's
Afraid of Virginia Woolf?: We continue our series on excerpts
of local theater productions with the Shattered Globe Theater Company's
production of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? at Victory
Gardens Theater. |
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1, 2002
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Unexpected
Chicagoland: Steve Edwards takes us to Paul's Snack Shop
at 16th and Pulaski for a conversation with photographer Camilo
Jose Vergare and Chicago Historical Society Curator of Architecture
and Design Tim Samuelson about ways that classic Chicago
buildings have changed as neighborhoods have evolved. . (Originally
aired December 18, 2001) |
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Street
Sounds: Chicago poet David Hernandez joins Steve Edwards
to talk about his new CD, Satin City Serenade, which fuses poetry
and music. (Originally Aired November 28, 2001) |
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Lou
Donaldson: Chicago Public Radio jazz host Dan Bindert
interviews the jazz alto saxophonist Lou Donaldson, who celebrated
his 75th birthday this November. (Originally aired November 29,
2001) |
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