AUDIO LIBRARY

October 31, 2000 Audio

• Channel 2: Steve gets the latest from former CBS Channel 2 news anchor, Carol Marin, the morning after her resignation after nine months from the critically admired but low-rated 10 o’clock news.
  SWANCC Case: Chicago Public Radio’s Jody Becker talks with Steve about oral arguments beginning today before the U. S. Supreme Court on a local environmental case that could have national implications for clean air laws.
  
• Election Halloween: Jerry Pohlen, author of Oddball Illinois, shares Chicago lore on getting out the vote.
  
• Science: Richard Steele tours Chicago’s International Museum of Surgical Science, whose four floors highlight 4,000 years of surgical history with Jean Douglass, director of programs and events for the northside museum.
  
• Daughter of Death: Eight Forty-Eight’s Amy Dorn reflects on growing up as the daughter of a mortician.
  
• Fear: We talk with Dr. Mark Reznick, professor of Physiology and Biophysics and psychiatry at the University of Illinois College of Medicine about the physical effects of fear on humans.
  
• Psycho Circus: Eight Forty-Eight is out for a firsthand look at The William Darke and Mark Fay Psycho Circus, where people once called freaks and historically featured in circus sideshows now take centerstage.

• Election Check-in: Steve and Chicago Public Radio’s David Schaper update national races, 10th District campaigns and analyze voter constituenies.
  
• Gay Vote : Chicago Public Radio’s Jason DeRose reports on the political force of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender community.
  
• McHenry County: We travel out to the northwest suburbs to talk with Ed Collins, Natural Resource Manager for McHenry County Conservation District, about the history and colorful characters of old McHenry County.
  
• Shane Meadows : Eight Forty-Eight film contributor Jonathan Miller talks with Shane Meadows, director of the semi-autobiographical film about two 12-year-old friends: A Room for Romeo Brass.
  
• Green Architecture: Victoria Lautman speaks with architect James Wines, a proponent of environmentally friendly architecture and author of Green Architecture [Taschen].

• Cicero: Steve talks with Charles Nicodemus, Chicago Sun-Times staff writer, about the political history of the village of Cicero.
• AIA Awards: Steve talks with Eight Forty-Eight architecture contributor Ed Keegan about this year's American Institute of Architects award winners, honored in Chicago tonight.
  
• Theater Preview: Theater Contributor Jonathan Abarbanel discusses weekend theater, including Blast, Annie Get Your Gun, Tongue on a Bird, Whitman, Nelson and Simone, and Tantalus, a recent international theatre event in Denver.
  
• Teen Dulcimer: Chicago Public Radio's Tony Sarabia visits Max Zbiral Teller, a 16 year-old Evanston musician who will soon release his first hammered dulcimer CD.
  
• Day of the Dead: Steve Dolinsky explores the food of the Mexican holiday, Dead of the Dead.
  
• OM2: Chicago Public Radio's Justin Kaufmann talks with Anita Loomis, about her early theatre days, the success of her show Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind and an upcoming collaboration with the Japanese theatre group OM2.

• Peaker Plants: Chicago Public Radio reporter Edie Rubinowitz reports how residents are using ballot initiatives to deal with the rise of Peaker Plants being built in the suburbs.
  
• Kane County: Steve talks with Marie Anne Hogarth, staff writer for the Beacon News of Aurora, about the Kane County State’s Attorney’s race and the criminal charges dropped against Republican Candidate Meg Gorecki.
  
• Theater Scene: A scene from Early and Often at the Theatre Building.
  
• Pumpkin Patch: Steve visits Vernon Stade’s Dairy Farm in McHenry County which…at this time of year…has been transformed into a pumpkin patch.
  
• AT&T: Steve talks with economics contributor Charlie Wheelan about the recent news that AT&T is spinning off its companies.
  
• Rhizome.org: Victoria talks with Mark Tribe, founder and president of the internet-art archive, www.rhizome.org.

• Zoning Discussion : Steve talks with John Schmidt, co-chair of Zoning Reform Commission; Greg Hinz, Crain’s Chicago Business; Kevin Jackson, chair of the Lakeview Citizens Council Zoning Committee; and Martin Jaffe, associate professor in the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs at UIC, about Chicago’s plans to redesign its zoning codes.
  
• South Side: Special Contributor Studs Terkel talks with photographer Wayne Miller about his book Chicago South Side 1946-1948 (University of California Press).

• Vanishing Scientists: Steve talks with Dr. Petra Sierwald, assistant curator of insects in the Zoology department at the Field Museum of Natural History; Dr. Barry Chernoff, associate curator and head of Fisher in the Zoology at the Field Museum of Natural History; and Dr. Gregory Mueller, associate curator of Mycology and chair of the Botany Department at the Field Museum, about attracting students to become scientists.
  
• IPR: Illinois Public Radio’s Kathy LeComte with the Illinois Political Journal.
• Hemophiliac Community: We explore the Ricky Ray Fund, a pending legislation for reparations of hemophiliacs who contracted HIV from tainted blood, first with HIV positive Chicagoan, Dan Noonan; then with Judy Buchner, executive director of the Hemophilia Foundation of Illinois.
  
• Housing: Great Lakes Radio Consortium’s Lester Graham reports on the lack of affordable housing in Northern Illinois.
  
• Dream Catcher: Chicago Public Radio’s Jesse Hardman, searches for his identity in this essay.
  
• 100 Tears: Steve talks with artist Lee Tracy about his exhibit, 100 Tears now at First Floor a new exhibit space on the city’s northwest side.

• Election Check-in: Steve talks with Chicago Public Radio reporter David Schaper for an update on the upcoming Illinois elections.
• Lead Poisoning: Steve talks with Anita Weinberg, director of Child Law Policy and Legislative Programs, and chair of the Illinois Lead Safe Housing Task Force, about National Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Week.
• Colin M. Turnbull: Eight Forty-Eight contributor Victoria Lautman talks with Roy Richard Grinker, author of In the Arms of Africa: The Life of Colin M. Turnbull.
• Eddy Clearwater: Chicago Public Radio blues host Niles Frantz talks with Chicago blues musician Eddy Clearwater about his life, music and his new CD, Reservation Blues.

• Boy Scouts of America : We visit a local scout meeting to get reaction from a scoutmaster on the National Boy Scouts of America Organization’s decision to exclude gays from leadership positions.
  Then, Steve talks with Greg Shields, National Spokesman for the Boy Scouts of America about ramifications of their decision.
  
• South Side : An excerpt of the upcoming interview between special contributor Studs Terkel and photographer Wayne Miller about Miller’s new book of Chicago South Side 1946-1948 (University of California Press). The entire interview will air on Eight Forty-Eight Wednesday, 10/25/00.
  
• Film Preview: Film contributor Jonathan Miller talks about the films: Dancer in the Dark; Goya in Bordeaux; and A Time for Drunken Horses.
  
• Lady Bugs : Chicago Public Radio’s Richard Steele comments on a bug that is not a lady.
  
• Gwen Verdon: We remember the life and music of this Broadway Diva.

• Indiana Elections: We check in with Terry Burns, Statehouse bureau chief for The Times of Northwest Indiana, about how the governors race is heating up in Indiana.
  
• Letters: We read your comments and suggestions.
  
• Stock Market: Steve talks with Doug Monieson, trader at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange about how the recent market drops compare to past years.
  
• Education: Chicago Public Radio’s Edie Rubinowitz talks with Roger Schank, author of Coloring Outside the Lines: Raising a Smarter Kid by Breaking All the Rules.
  
• Nomi : Food contributor Steve Dolinsky visits the newest in upscale hotel restaurants. Noni: 800 N. Michigan Avenue @ The Park Hyatt Hotel (312-239-4030)

• Million Family March : Steve talks with Rev. Willie Barrow, of Rainbow/PUSH, about being honored as a Mother of the Civil Rites Movement.
  
• Bennie Currie: Writer Bennie Currie reflects on family rules and rulers.
  
• Michael Paha: Victoria Lautman talks with artist Michael Paha, an artist who fashions art with Natural Landscape; exhibit is now at the Perimeter Gallery in Chicago.
  
• Mitch Covic : Steve talks with Chicago bassist Mitch Covic.

• Nobel Prize: Steve talks with Dr James Heckman, the Henry Schultz Distinguished Service Professor in Economics at the University of Chicago, who has just won this year’s Nobel Prize in Economics.
  
• Corner Buildings: Eight Forty-Eight architecture contributor Ed Keegan joins Steve on North Michigan Avenue to discuss the significance of corner buildings.
  
• Art of Dance: Victoria Lautman talks about the art of dance with dancer/choreographer Mark Morris.
  
• Poverty Study Findings: Steve talks with Sid Mohn, president of the Heartland Alliance about the results of the 2000 Report on Illinois Poverty.

• Election Check-in: Steve talks with Chicago Public Radio reporter David Schaper for an update on the upcoming Illinois elections.
  
• Election Vox : We ask Chicagoans what they want to tell politicians.
  
• Geppetto : Chicagoan Matt Vaccarello reads Eight Forty-Eight contributor Daniel Ferri’s letter to Walt Disney which reflects on the dark and complex tale, Pinocchio.
  
• Patricia Barber: Chicago Public Radio’s Jazz host, Dan Bindert talks with Chicago jazz pianist/vocalist Patricia Barber about her new cd, Nightclub (Premonition/Blue Note).

• Terra Museum : Steve speaks with Jon Yates, reporter for the Chicago Tribune, about a proposal to move the Terra Museum of American Art from North Michigan Avenue to Washington, DC.
  
• Chicago Fire : We talk with Andrew Ricks, Lane Tech teacher and soccer coach about being a fan of the Chicago Fire soccer team as they attempt to win their second national championship.
  
• Beer and Circus: Richard Steele talks with Murray Sperber, author of Beer and Circus: How Big-Time College Sports is Crippling Undergraduate Education.
  
• Theater Review: Theater contributor Jonathan Abarbanel previews weekend plays.

• Chicago Budget: Steve talks with Chicago Public Radio’s David Schaper, about Mayor Daley’s 2001 budget.
  
• Bio-terrorism: Steve talks with Georgeen Polyak, director of the Oak Park Health Department about developing a preparedness plan.
  
• Cost of Guns: Eight Forty-Eight economics contributor Charlie Wheelan, talks with Jens Ludwig, assistant professor of Public Policy at Georgetown University and co-author of Gun Violence: The Real Cost.
  
• Octoberfest: Food contributor Steve Dolinsky tips his beerstein to Octoberfest celebrations throughout Chicago.
  
• Vagina Monologues: Victoria Lautman, talks with actor and playwright Eve Ensler, about her production of The Vagina Monologues, now playing at the Apollo.

• Chicago Blues: Steve discusses the state of Chicago business with Joseph Weber, Chicago Bureau Manager for Business Week Magazine; David Greising, business columnist for the Chicago Tribune; Paul O’Conner, executive director of the World Business Chicago; and George Kaufman, professor of finance and banking at Loyola University. This discussion sites an article earlier this fall from Business Week magazine called “Chicago Blues.”
  
• American Culture: Eight Forty-Eight resident philosopher Al Gini talks with Steve about the book: The Twilight of American Culture, by Morris Berman.
  
• Theater Scene: A scene from Mom’s The Word, at the Royal George Theater.
  
• Libros: Eight Forty-Eight contributor Carlos Flores talks with the father/daughter team of Dr. Felix Padilla and Star Padilla about how children’s books teach multicultural literature.
  
• Succot: Chicago writer Caryn Bark on her family’s tradition for celebrating the Jewish holiday of Succot.

• The Pill: Victoria Lautman talks with Sharon Powell, public affairs consultant and an educator specializing in women’s health, and Dr. Alice Dan, director of the Center for Research on Women and Gender at UIC and a founding member of the Society for Menstrual Cycle Research, about women’s reproductive issues.
• Motor Row : Motor Row on Chicago's southside has received landmark status and we rebroadcast our tour of the area with Lee Bey, architecture critic for the Chicago Sun-Times.
• Fall Colors: Steve views the fall colors with Doris Taylor, plant information specialist, Morton Arboretum.
• Cornish Society: Steve explores Cornish heritage with Susan Pellow, president Illinois Cornish Society and Ann Trevehen Jenkin, Grand Bard of Cornwall.

• Election Update : Steve talks with Dave McKinney, Statehouse reporter for the Chicago Sun-Times and Bill Wheelhouse, political reporter for Illinois Public Radio, about state races.
  
• Book Week : Steve talks with Mary Dempsey, commissioner of Chicago Public Library about book week.
  
• Columbus Day : An encore broadcast our original Columbus Day radio play, Columbus Day: Chicago Style.
  
• Magnificent Obsession: True Stories of Recovery from Alcohol and Drug Addiction told by those Living the Experience, produced by Jim Nayder.

• Alternative Schooling : Chicago Public Radio's Edie Rubinowitz reports on an alternative school in Joliet where students drive the learning process.
  
• Film Preview : Film contributor Jonathan Miller examine the films of the ResFest and the Chicago International Film Festival.
  
• Columbus Day: A Columbus Day Encore presentation from the archives of Special contributor Studs Terkel.

• Rosemont: Steve talks with Chicago Sun-Times staff writer Chris Fusco about the Rosemont Casino update.
  
• Toxins: Steve talks with Dr. Laurie Achenbach, professor of Environmental Geo-Micro Biology at Southern Illinois University, and Dr. John Coates, professor of Molecular Micro Biology at Southern Illinois University, about a bacteria they developed that eats toxic waste.
  
• Tribune Towers: Architecture contributor Ed Keegan talks with Blair Kamin, author of Tribune Towers: American Landmark The Complete Guide to a Great Chicago Skyscraper.
  
• e-commerce : Eight Forty-Eight food contributor Steve Dolinsky investigates dining online.
  
• Senior Series: Retired local ad-man Dick Weiner remembers his years at Leo Burnett.

• O'Hare: Ted Gregory, staff writer for the Chicago Tribune; Gerry Roper, President and CEO, Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce; Joseph Karaganis, attorney for the suburban O'Hare commission; Paul Green, Director of the School of Policy Studies and Arthur Rubloff Chair of Policy Studies, Roosevelt University
• Black MBA's: Antoinette Malveaux, President, CEO National Black MBA Assoc, Inc
• Bungalows: Victoria Lautman talks to Dominick Pacyga, Urban History Professor, Columbia College; Historic Bungalow Initiative - City of Chicago www.chicagobungalow.org
• Art Shay: Richard Steele talks to photographer Art Shay about his book, Album for an Age: Unconventional Words and Pictures From the Twentieth Century (Publisher: Ivan R Dee)
• Music Corner: OK GO "Hello, My Treacherous Friends" www.okgo.net

• Political Economics: Economics Contributor Charlie Wheelan on the economic issues in this election season
• Election Season: Writer and school teacher Daniel Ferri recalls a personal, pivotal moment during an election season years ago.
• Kennedy/Nixon Debate Discussion: Guests include Debate Director Don Hewitt, Nixon Advisor Herbert Klein, and Kennedy Advisor Ted Sorensen. Clips from the original broadcast include Moderator Howard K. Smith, Panelist Sander Vanocur, and 1960 Presidential Candidates, John F. Kennedy and Richard M. Nixon. Sponsored by the Museum of Broadcast Communications.

• Election Update: Chicago Public Radio's Political Reporter, David Schaper
• Iceman: Brenda Fowler is author of the book The Iceman: Uncovering the Life and Times of a Prehistoric Man found in an Alpine Glacier.
• Sports Roundtable: Chicago Sun-Times Sports Columnist Ron Rapoport; Chicago Tribune sportswriter Bill Jaus
• Jimmie Lee Robinson: Bluesman Jimmie Lee Robinson is on a hunger strike to stop the demolition of Maxwell Street.
• Rum and Coke: Eight Forty-Eight's Victoria Lautman talks to actress Carmen Palaez about her show "Rum and Coke" running through October 22nd at the O'Rourke Center at Truman College.
• Music Corner: Max Zbiral, "Teller" from the CD Too Heavy to Carry, southport@chicagosound.com