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Odyssey

2000 Audio On-Demand & Program Descriptions
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December 2000

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December 29, 2000 Audio hosted by Gretchen Helfrich

Writing on Drugs
Sadie Plant, author of Writing on Drugs

December 28, 2000 Audio hosted by Gretchen Helfrich

Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville
Richard John – Associate professor of history at the University of Illinois at Chicago and the author of, Spreading the News: The American Postal System from Franklin to Morse
Neal Harris – A social and cultural historian and the acting chair of the history department at the University of Chicago. His latest book is Building Lives: Constructing Rites and Passages
Harvey Mansfield – Professor of government at Harvard University and translator of a new edition of Alexis de Tocqueville's Democracy in America

December 27, 2000 Audio hosted by Gretchen Helfrich

Bird Migration
Scott Weidensaul – author of, "Living on the Wind: Across the Hemisphere with Migratory Birds"

December 22, 2000 Audio hosted by Gretchen Helfrich

Film Forum: The Coen Brothers
Jonathan Miller – Teaches film studies at I.I.T. and reviews film for 848
Lee Gerstien – Reviews film for LesBiGay Radio and is the entertainment editor for Gab Magazine
Jim Chandler – Professor in english language and literature and a member of the committee on cinema and media studies at the University of Chicago

December 21, 2000 Audio hosted by Gretchen Helfrich

Social Capital
Robert Sampson – professor in the department of sociology at the University of Chicago
Jody Kretzmann – co-director of the Asset-Based Community Development Institute and senior research associate at the institute for policy research at Northwestern University
Robert Putnam – professor of public policy at Harvard University and the author of Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community

December 20, 2000 Audio hosted by Gretchen Helfrich

Affirmative Action
Richard Epstien – James Parker Hall distinguished service professor of law at the University of Chicago
Mary Anne Case – Professor of law at the University of Chicago
Barbara Ransby – Assistant professor in the departments of history and African American studies at the University of Illinois at Chicago

December 19, 2000 Audio hosted by Gretchen Helfrich

Happy Birthday, Quantum Theory!
Chris Quigg – Theoretical Physicist at Fermilab
Mark Ratner – Professor of chemistry at Northwestern University

December 18, 2000 Audio hosted by Gretchen Helfrich

Election Wrap Up
Alan Gitelson – Professor of political science at Loyola University - Chicago
Charlie Madigan – Senior writer at the Chicago Tribune
David Strauss – The Harry N. Wyatt professor of law, the Russell Baker scholar, and director of the legal theory program at the University of Chicago Law School

December 15, 2000 Audio hosted by Gretchen Helfrich

Holiday Films (or how I learned to stop watching It's a Wonderful Life)
Ron Fazone - Teaches in the film department at Columbia College
Susan Doll - Teaches film studies at Oakton Community College and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Joe Steiff - Teaches in the film department at Columbia College

Some of the Holiday Movies Recommended by the Panel on Odyssey's Film Forum (in no particular order):

Holiday
The Man Who Came to Dinner
Remember the Night
Heaven Can Wait
Hope and Glory
Ressurrection
Fearless
The Ref
Soul Food
The Homecoming
Holiday Affair
Last Night
Nightmare Before Christmas

Christmas Holiday
Ice Storm
Lethal Weapon
Strange Days
I'll Be Seeing You
Die Hard
Batman Returns
A Christmas Story
Gremlins
Edward Scissorhands
The Bishop's Wife
Shop Around the Corner
Lemon Drop Kid

 
December 14, 2000 Audio hosted by Gretchen Helfrich

E-Literature
Scott Rettberg – Executive director of the Electronic Literature Organization and the co-author of The Unknown, a hypertext novel
Rob Wittig – Director of the Tank 20 literary studio and a member of the literary advisory board of the Electronic Literature Organization. He is also a design consultant at Thirst, a Chicago design firm
John Unsworth – Professor of English and director of the institute for advanced technology in the humanities at the University of Virginia

December 13, 2000 Audio hosted by Gretchen Helfrich

Supreme Court Decides Bush v. Gore
Tom Merrill – The John Paul Stevens professor of law at Northwestern University
Elizabeth Garrett – Professor of law and deputy dean of academic affairs in the law school at the University of Chicago
Charles Lipson – Associate professor of political science and director of the program on international politics, economics and security at the University of Chicago
Steve Lubet – Director of the program on advocacy and professionalism and professor of law at Northwestern University

December 12, 2000 Audio hosted by Gretchen Helfrich

The Latest News from the World of Medicine
with Dr. Quentin Young

December 8, 2000 Audio hosted by Gretchen Helfrich

Jonathan Rosenbaum - Film critic for the Chicago Reader and the author of Movie Wars: How Hollywood and the Media Conspire to Limit What Films We Can See

December 7, 2000 Audio hosted by Gretchen Helfrich

The New President's Economy
John Frendreis - Associate vice president of planning and analysis and a professor in the political science department at Loyola University - Chicago. He is also the co-author of The Modern Presidency and Economic Policy
Bill Barnhart - Markets columnist at the Chicago Tribune
Owen LaMont -Associate professor of finance at University of Chicago's graduate school of business

December 6, 2000 Audio hosted by Gretchen Helfrich

Happiness, Death, and the Remainder of Life
by Jonathan Lear, the John U. Nef distinguished professor in the committee on social thought and the department of philosophy at the University of Chicago

December 5, 2000 Audio hosted by Gretchen Helfrich

Astronomy: Solar Eclipse on Christmas
Doug Duncan – Associate professor in astronomy and astrophysics at the University of Chicago
More info at Doug Duncan's website

December 4, 2000 Audio hosted by Gretchen Helfrich

Presidential Politics
Tom Merrill - Professor at the Northwestern University School of Law
David Strauss - Professor in the Law School at the University of Chicago
Charlie Madigan - Senior Writer at the Chicago Tribune


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