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Eight Forty-Eight

2001 Audio On-Demand & Program Descriptions
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June 2001

	June 29, 2001
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Audio	Month in Review: Steve Edwards looks at the winners and losers of June with Rafael Ramo of Univision Chicago, Chicago Public Radio's David Schaper and Laura Washington of the Chicago Reporter.
Audio	Films: Eight Forty-Eight film contributor Jonathan Miller reviews the Films of Amos Gitai at Facets Multimedia.
Audio	Cool Spot: Author Jerry Pohlen takes us to the Friendship Gardens of Michigan City, IN.
Audio	Jimmy Fuerst: A conversation with the Chicago public housing expert, and a look at how our area's public housing stacks up to the rest of the nation.
Audio	Childfree: Writer Lisa Rosenthal chooses not to expand her family.
Audio	Uncommon Ground: The independent Lakeview coffee house and music venue celebrates a decade of change, growth and providing a stage for local entertainers.
	June 28, 2001
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Audio	Next Series: Chicago Public Radio's Jody Becker, introduces us to a new series on the future of Chicago metropolitan area. Tony Sarabia begins the series with a report of the future of the Chicago River.
Audio	Black Enterprise: Steve Edwards talks with Stacie Tackie, senior director of Marketing & Research Black Enterprise Magazine about the Ten Best Cities for African Americans.
Audio	Aspen: Eight Forty-Eight food contributor Steve Dolinsky takes to the slopes of Aspen for food and wine ideas.
Audio	Landon Cox: King High School basketball coach Landon Cox, talks with Steve Edwards about his 20 years of coaching and his love of Jazz.
Audio	Baffler Benefit: Tom Frank, editor and Greg Lane, publisher of The Baffler join Steve Edwards to talk about the upcoming fundraiser for the Hyde Park cultural criticism magazine.
Audio	WWDTM: Steve Edwards sits down with NPR and WBEZ's Peter Sagal about his work and tonight's live performance at Symphony Center.
	June 27, 2001
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Audio	African American/Latino Alliance: Steve Edwards talks with Danny Davis, 7th District llinois Democratic Congressman, and Luis Gutierrez, Democratic Congressman of Illinois' 4th District, about a rekindled social and political coalition between blacks and Latinos.
Audio	Father Found: Chicago writer Bob Oehman rediscovers his father.
Audio	Palm Tavern: A re-broadcast of Richard Steele's interview with Gerri Oliver, owner of the Palm Tavern. The South Side institution is closing its doors July 2nd.
Audio	Hot Club of Cowtown: Steve Edwards interviews Elena Fremerman, violinist and vocalist with the trio Hot Club of Cowtown, about their blend of jazz and western swing.
	June 26, 2001
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Audio	Tree Studios: Jim Romano, resident and shop owner at Tree Studios, walks Steve Edwards through the building that is being remodeled for commercial space. Then Steve Edwards talks with David Bahlman, executive director of the Landmarks Preservation Council of Illinois, about landmark status for Tree Studios and other buildings statewide.
Audio	NBA Draft: Cheryl Raye Stout, Eight Forty-Eight sports contributor, previews Wednesday's NBA draft, in which the Bulls have fourth choice.
Audio	My Bloody Life: Eight Forty-Eight producer Teshima Walker interviews Remundo Sanchez, author of My Bloody Life: The Making of a Latin King.
Audio	Erik Truffaz: Chicago Public Radio's Sarah Israel interviews French jazz trumpeter Erik Truffaz.
Audio	CPS CEO: Chicago Public Radio reporter David Schaper reports live from City Hall where Mayor Daley just announced Arne Duncan as the new CEO of the Chicago Public Schools.
	June 25, 2001
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Audio	Block 37: Eight Forty-Eight architecture contributor Ed Keegan, NPR reporter Edward Lifson, and Wim Wiewel, dean of the College of Business Administration at UIC, discuss possible solutions to the troubles of Chicago’s most infamous vacant block.
Audio	Studs Terkel with author Gerald Nicosia and Eight Forty-Eight executive producer Tish Valva. Vietnam Veterans: Eight Forty-Eight special contributor Studs Terkel talks with Gerald Nicosia, author of Home to War: A History of the Vietnam Veterans’ Movement.
	June 22, 2001
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Audio	Organized Crime: Chicago Sun-Times columnist Mark Brown talks with Steve Edwards about his personal experiences investigating the Cicero Mob. Then, the Chicago Crime Commission's Wayne Johnson and Steve Edwards talk about organized crime in Chicago.
Audio	Economics of Commuting: Steve Edwards explores the economics of the commute with Eight Forty-Eight economics contributor Charlie Wheelan.
Audio	Ideal Commuting: We ask commuters for suggestions on improving the quality of commuting life.
Audio	Food on the Go: Eight Forty-Eight food contributor Steve Dolinsky takes us through O'Hare International Airport for an upscale bite on the run.
Audio	Cool Spot: Chicago writer Jerry Pohlen continues his series looking for cool travel destinations with a trip to the LaPorte County Historical Society and an exhibit on Belle Gunness, America's first female serial killer. [Check out the Cool Spots contest and photos]
Audio	Pride Parade: Eight Forty-Eight director Matt Cunningham reassesses his pride.
Audio	Theater Reviews: Theater contributor Jonathan Abarbanel looks at the Pride Series at the Bailiwick Theater; Among The Thugs at the Goodman Theater, and Bomb-Bitty of Errors at the Royal George Theater.
	June 21, 2001
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Audio	Laurence Hobgood: Chicago Public Radio’s Richard Steele interviews the jazz pianist and member of the trio Union about his life in music and the new solo album Left to My Own Devices.
Audio	Trains and Towns: Steve Edwards takes us to the little town of Elburn, Illinois, to talk about how a new Metra station might impact the town. He speaks with resident Nancy Ayers, then Randy Ream, resident and owner of Elburn Market and Dr. Jim Willey, village president.
Audio	South Shore Line: Regular contributor Victoria Lautman talks about art inspired by the South Shore commuter rail line with Mitch Markovitz, illustrator, and founding artist and former art director of the South Shore Poster Project.
Audio	Letters: We share your calls and comments about Eight Forty-Eight segments.
Audio	Summer Solstice: Chicago Tribune columnist Mary Schmich talks to Steve Edwards about ways to kick off and enjoy summer.
	June 20, 2001
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Audio	CHA Hope 6: Chicago Sun-Times columnist Curtis Lawrence discusses federal and local money for public housing.
Audio	Chicago Public Schools: Steve Edwards talks with Jackie Leavy, executive director with the Neighborhood Capital Budget Group about The New Study: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly and examine where the new Chicago Public School regime.
Audio	Ideal Highway: Eight Forty-Eight writer Jerry Pohlen visits the ideal highway near Dyer, Indiana.
Audio	Vox Pop: Favorite train stops, bus stops, routes to work.
Audio	Shortcuts: Eight Forty-Eight producer Justin Kaufmann goes to the expert driver, CLTV camera operator, Nelson Howard, to find out the quickest ways to get from place to place in Chicago.
Audio	Wrigley Reaction: Steve Edwards gets reaction of the Cubs plan for Wrigley Field with Charlotte Newfield, a member of Citizens United for Baseball in Sunshine(C.U.B.S.), and then with 44th Ward Alderman Bernard Hanson and member comment on the proposal.
	Wrigley Field Design: Eight Forty-Eight architecture contributor Ed Keegan examines the proposed renovations to the ballpark.
Audio	Great Lakes Songs: Great Lakes Radio Consortium reporter Chris Julin brings us the songs of the Great lakes from Chicago native Lee Murdock.
	June 19, 2001
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Audio	Underground Railroad: Eight Forty-Eight contributor Richard Steele shares a personal experience with a reinactment of slavery, then speaks with Michelle Evans, associate director of interpretation and co-writer of the Follow The North Star Tour at the Conner Prairie Museum in Fishers, Indiana. He then talks with Glennette Tilley Turner, author of The Underground Railroad in Illinois.
Audio	Vox Pop: We ask commuters to tell us their various methods for getting to work.
Audio	History of the El: David M. Young, author of Chicago Transit: An Illustrated History, talks with Chicago Public Radio's Richard Steele about how Chicago's elevated train system came to be.
Audio	Sustain Study: Steve Edwards talks with Bob McNeill, research director, Campaign for Better Transit, about that groups survey of Chicago Transit Authority bus riders.
Audio	Borelli: Actor and writer Jim Carrane interviews actor and ex-con Rick Borelli about his prison experience and how he transformed that into a one-man show.
	June 18, 2001
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Audio	Commuting Roundtable: Steve Edwards explores the history and circumstances of commuting with Jim LaBelle, executive director of Business Leaders for Transportation and senior advisor for Metropolis 2020; Joseph Schofer, professor and chair of Department of Civil Engineering, Northwestern University, and Jackie Grimshaw, with Center for Neighborhood Technology.
Audio	Community Vox Pop: Chicago area commuters tell it like it is.
Audio	Daily Commute from Hell: Inese Hoover shares her daily commute from Rockford to downtown Chicago.
Audio	Rachel’s Commute: Writer Rachel Louise Snyder shares the pros and cons of her daily commute from her bed to her desk.
Audio	Marktown: Eight Forty-Eight architecture contributor Ed Keegan takes us to Northwest Indiana's Marktown for a history of the residential area and its creator, Howard Van Doren Shaw. He talks with Marktown's unofficial historian Paul Meyers.
Audio	Airports: Illinois Public Radio's Chris Lehman takes us to a community where residents choose to live close to the roar of planes arriving and departing.
Audio	Cicero: Chicago Public Radio's Tony Sarabia asks Cicero residents what they think of indicted town president Betty Loren-Maltese.
	June 15, 2001
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Audio	City Watch: Steve Edwards talks with Chicago Tribune staff writer Jon Anderson, author of City Watch: Discovering the Uncommon Chicago.
Audio	Juniors Achieve: Charlie Wheelan brings us to an International Junior Achievement Conference in Chicago, where teens from around the world are talking about global trade. Charlie speaks first with David Loose, Vice President of Junior Achievement International, then we hear the personal ambitions of participants from Vietnam, Australia, Brazil and other countries.
Audio	Film Reviews: Eight Forty-Eight film contributor Jonathan Miller reviews King of the Radio, The Anniversary Party, and the Tom Palazzo Retrospective.
Audio	Father's Day Essay: Chicago writer Bennie Currie considers some famous sports dads while revealing his own views on fatherhood.
Audio	Cancer Fundraising: Eight Forty-Eight's Richard Steele looks at some ways that the performing and culinary arts are tackling cancer. We go from actress Carmen Roman of the Goodman Theater production of Wit, to BJ's Market on Chicago's South Side with owner John Meyers and the fundraiser Real Men Cook.
	June 14, 2001
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Audio	Aviation: Steve Edwards talks with Jim Ott, contributing editor for Aviation Week and Aviation Now.com
Audio	Police Torture: Flint Taylor, attorney with the People’s Law Office, talks with Steve Edwards about the need for a special prosecutor to investigate Chicago Police brutality.
Audio	Urban Dream Capsule: Victoria Lautman takes us to Sears on State Street to speak with Richard Jeziorny, set designer for the Urban Dream Capsule in the Sears on State windows, about the living-on-display installation.
Audio	Traveling: Chicago writer and mother Caryn Bark shares experiences of traveling with her family.
Audio	Canadian Cuisine: Eight Forty-Eight food contributor Steve Dolinsky looks at Chicago’s French food connection.
Audio	Gianofer's Garden: Eight Forty-Eight producer Gianofer Fields and Jim Frost, co-owner of Urban Flora, have some setbacks with the urban garden.
Audio	Flag Guy: On this Flag Day, we visit a flag store to see what's waving.
	June 13, 2001
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Audio	Suburban Round-Up
	Flex Time: Steve Edwards talks with U.S. Congresswoman Judy Biggert (R-IL), from Hindsdale, about her bill in offering flextime as well as overtime to those who want or need it.
	Mega Church: Steve Edwards talks with David Staal, director of Communications for the Willow Creek Church, about the church's plans to expand into satellites spaces.
	Crystal Lake Station: Metra is planning to create a brand new, second stop in Crystal Lake to alleviate traffic congestion in the downtown area. Steve Edwards talks about this with Joe Misurelli, city manager for Crystal Lake.
	Main Newsstand: After 8 years, the newsstand on the corner of Chicago and Main in Evanston is re-opening and Bob Siedenberg, city editor at the Evanston Review, tells Steve Edwards what Evanston residents are saying.
Audio	Hillard Leadership: Chicago Tribune reporter Maurice Possley talks with Steve Edwards about recent coverage of Chicago Police Chief Terry Hilliard’s handling of the 1998 Ryan Harris murder case.
Audio	School Vox: We went out to get reaction of those affected by the resignation of Chicago schools CEO Paul Vallas. We talk first with students at Whitney Young Magnet High School on Chicago's west side and from parents at Pulaski Elementary School in Bucktown.
Audio	Teaching Uranus: Sixth-grade teacher Daniel Ferri explains the difficulties of teaching about the planet Uranus.
Audio	Museum Sound: Field Museum sound designers Michael Burns and Steve Villano tell us about what goes into creating the audio components of museum installations.
	June 12, 2001
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Audio	Wacker Construction: Steve Edwards visits Wacker Drive with Miguel D’Escoto, Department of Transportation commissioner for the next phase of construction.
Audio	Public Art: Chicago attorney Scott Hodes updates Steve Edwards about the latest on his battles with the City of Chicago over the city's Public Art Program.
Audio	Marcello Piras: Richard Steele talks with Marcello Piras, 2001 Center for Black Music Research resident fellow at Columbia College, about the re-issue of the recordings of alto/flute/bass clarinetist Eric Dolphy.
Audio	Juvenile Theater: Chicago Public Radio’s Annie Baxter visits a special theatre program at the Cook County Juvenile Dentention Center.
Audio	Musical Theatre: Eight Forty-Eight theater contributor Jonathan Abarbanel talks with composer/lyricists William Finn, Jason Robert Brown and Michael La Chuisa about the process of composition and production and their works opening in Chicago.
	June 11, 2001
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Audio	Execution Essay: Just hours after the execution of convicted mass murderer Timothy McVeigh, Elmhurst College professor and former reporter Ron Wigonton reflects on an execution he witnessed and reported on years ago.
Audio	Sugar Subsidies: Eight Forty-Eight economics contributor Charlie Wheelan discusses the economic impact of sugar subsidies on our sweet tooth.
Audio	Favorite Desserts: Chicago writer George Savino shares some sweet memories of his mom's cooking.
Audio	Christian Literature: Eight Forty-Eight's Rita Coburn Whack interviews bookseller Clara Villa Rosa, novelist Victoria Christopher Murray and publicist Denise Stinson about the increasing popularity of Christian Literature in the African American Community.
Audio	Magnificent Obsession: True stories of recovery from alcohol and drug addiction, told by those living the experience, and produced by Jim Nayder.
	June 8, 2001
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Audio	CPS Leadership: Steve Edwards gets an update from Chicago Public Radio's David Schaper on the nomination of Michael Scott as the president of the Chicago Public Schools.
Audio	Pre-NBA Draft Camp: Veteran Sports reporter Cheryl Raye Stout brings us up to date on the annual NBA pre-draft clinic at Chicago's Moody College.
Audio	Paul Vallas: Steve Edwards interviews Chicago Public Schools CEO Paul Vallas, who announced yesterday that he'll resign.
Audio	Summer Kids Activities: Now that school is out, host Steve Edwards looks at what area kids will do this summer, with, Ranae Ogletree, Chicago Youth Agency, Chicago For Youth; Kim Dell’ Angela, Department of Pediatrics at Loyola University , and Leslie Abrahamson, community outreach coordinator for YMCA DuPage and Kane Counties Child Resource and Referral Service.
Audio	Cool Spots: Throughout this summer, Eight Forty-Eight producer Gianofer Fields ventures to cool spots around Indiana, Michigan and Wisconsin with Jerry Pohlen, author of the OddBall travel series. Today, we begin the first summer day trip in Northwest Indiana at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Grotto, Carmelite Shrines in Munster, Indiana. [Check out the Cool Spots contest and photos]
	June 7, 2001
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Audio	Vallas Resignation: Chicago Public Radio’s Jody Becker talks with Steve Edwards from City Hall before Chicago Public School CEO Paul Vallas’ resignation. Then we get reaction first from Fred Hess, director of the Center for Urban School Policy at Northwestern University, and from Don Moore, executive director of Designs for Change.
Audio	Stormy Weather: Steve Edwards talks with Channel Nine Chief Meteorologist Tom Skilling for an historical look at Chicago weather trends, as well as what we can expect for this summer’s weather.
Audio	Weather Effects: We went out and asked businesspeople along Navy Pier how the weather is affecting their sales.
Audio	Parking Angel: Chicago writer Amy Krouse Rosenthal shares her experience with a parking angel in the Loop.
Audio	Theater Reviews: Eight Forty-Eight theater contributor Jonathan Abarbanel gives us a listing of what productions to see this weekend, including Wit; at the Goodman.
Audio	Eight Forty-Eight food contributor Steve Dolinsky with author Russ Parsons. Science of Food: Food contributor Steve Dolinsky sits down with Los Angeles Times food editor Russ Parsons to talk about his new book How to Read a French Fry: What Happens when Oil meets Water and Other Stories of Intriguing Kitchen Science.
	June 6, 2001
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Audio	Soldier Field Redesign: Eight Forty-Eight architecture contributor Ed Keegan talks with Steve Edwards about the re-redesign of Soldier Field unveiled yesterday.
Audio	Corner Buildings: Reporter Linda Paul take us to the corner of Milwaukee and Montrose, where efforts to save one endangered building may affect neighborhood groups citywide.
Audio	Summer Book List: Resident philosopher Al Gini looks in his summer book bag for fiction and nonfiction suggestions.
Audio	Dating in the City: Victoria Lautman has a personal story about those personal ads.
Audio	Greenhouse Gases: Great Lakes Radio Consortium reporter Daniel Grossman reports on a recently discovered greenhouse gas with an Illinois connection.
Audio	Butterfly Book: Eight Forty-Eight producer Gianofer Fields takes a trip to the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum’s Butterfly Haven with Rick Mikula, author of The Family Butterfly Book.
	June 5, 2001
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Audio	Archival Report: On this special edition of Eight Forty-Eight, on the 20th anniversary of AIDS, we begin with and excerpt of an NPR report from 1981.
Audio	Young Gay Men: Steve Edwards brings us the reaction of several Chicagoans to last week's Centers for Disease Control report.
Audio	Rashad Burgess: Richard Steele talks with Rashad Burgess, head of the Chicago Department of Public Health's Project MOCHA, Men of Color with HIV/AIDS, about incidence and prevention of the disease locally.
Audio	Rae Lewis Thornton: Eight Forty-Eight producer Teshima Walker talks with Rae Lewis Thornton, former journalist, AIDS victim and AIDS activist, about her efforts to educate young people about HIV and AIDS.
Audio	Rural AIDS: Sara Sobiech Johnson goes to Northwest Indiana where we hear from Tammy Morris and Jim Thode of the Aliveness Project in Gary and Larry Rosenberg and Tom Beatty of the South Bend AIDS Ministry.
Audio	Medicine Cabinet: Today, HIV-positive individuals face a daily regimen of drug cocktails in order to control symptoms of the disease. This is one story.
Audio	AIDS Test: We went to Howard Brown Health Center to find out the procedure in taking an HIV test.
Audio	Hemophiliacs: Eight Forty-Eight producer Justin Kaufmann talks with Dan Noonan, who became HIV-positive through a blood transfusion.
Audio	AIDS Volunteers: Sandra Barone, 83, and Aida Reshke, 64, reflect on the time volunteering with those afflicted with HIV and AIDS.
Audio	J. Pat Miller: Eight Forty-Eight theatre contributor Jonathan Abarbanel and other members of the Chicago theatre community remember J. Pat Miller, one of Chicago's first theatre community members who openly suffered from, and died as a result of AIDS.
	June 4, 2001
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Audio	Lake Michigan: Steve Edwards meets on the shore with Cam Davis, executive director of the Lake Michigan Federation, for an update on the health of this great lake.
Audio	Cubs Check-in: The Chicago Cubs are in the lead of the National League Central division and Steve Edwards talks with Eight-Forty-Eight baseball contributor Paul Friedman about the health of the Cubbies.
Audio	Book Expo: Eight Forty-Eight contributor Rita Coburn Whack takes us to the Book Expo 2001 at McCormick place to talk with author Yolanda Joe; Desiree Sanders of Chicago's Afrocentric Bookstore, and Emma Rogers of Black Images Book Bazaar in Dallas.
Audio	Special Education: Illinois Public Radio’s Dave Dickey reports on legislation that would require statewide regulations for special education teachers.
Audio	Valedictorians: Radio producer Edie Rubinowitz talks with former high school valedictorians for the final documentary in the Chicago Matters: Education Matters series. The documentary is entitled Most Likely to Succeed.
	June 1, 2001
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Audio	Suite Home Chicago: Eight Forty-Eight senior producer Justin Kaufmann talks with Chicago artist David Philpot, about his installation for the outdoor art fest Suite Home Chicago. Then, Steve Edwards talks with Libby Mahoney of the Chicago Historical Society for a history of furniture production in Chicago.
Audio	Art Fairs: Steve Edwards talks with arts festival producer Amy Amdur for a preview of art exhibits coming up in and around Chicago this summer.
Audio	Film Reviews: Eight Forty-Eight film contributor Jonathan Miller reviews Bread and Roses, directed by Ken Loach; The Circle, directed by Jafar Panahi, and Chicago's Own: New Experimental Works, a program of various short films and videos at Chicago Filmmakers on Saturday June 9.
Audio	Free Agent Nation: Economics contributor Charlie Wheelan talks with Daniel Pink, author of the book Free Agent Nation: How American’s New Independent Workers are Transforming the Way We Live.

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