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2000 Audio On-Demand & Program Descriptions
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October 2000

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October 31, 2000 Audio hosted by Gretchen Helfrich

Money and Politics
Elizabeth Drew - Author of, The Corruption of American Politics: What Went Wrong and Why

October 30, 2000 Audio hosted by Gretchen Helfrich

Body Shape and Evolution
Neil Shubin - Professor and chair of the department of organismal biology and anatomy at the University of Chicago

October 27, 2000 Audio hosted by Gretchen Helfrich

Film Forum Friday: Horror Movies
Ron Falzone, professor in the film department at Columbia College.
Larry Knapp, PhD canadidate in the Department of Radio Television and Film at Northwestern University and the author of: "Directed By Clint Eastwood."

October 26, 2000 Audio hosted by Gretchen Helfrich

Having and Possession: ideas of property and possession in social and political life
William Schweiker, professor in theological ethics at the University of Chicago.
Claudia Camp, professor in the religion department at Texas Christian University.
Arjo Klamer, professor in cultral economics at Erasmus University in Rotterdam.

October 25, 2000 Audio hosted by Gretchen Helfrich

Concepts of Biological and Social Evolution
Paul Erlich, professor of population studies in the department of biological sciences at Stanford University and author of Human Natures: Genes, Cultures, and the Human Prospect.
Susan Sperling, professor in the history of health sciences at the University of California at San Fransisco.
Frans de Waal, professor of psychology at Emory University.
Jonathan Marks, Biological Anthropologist at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and president elect of the General Anthropoligy Association.

October 24, 2000 Audio hosted by Gretchen Helfrich

Third Party Political Parties (Cont.)
Matt Beauchamp, chair of the Libertarian Party of Chicago, and a candidate for congress in Illinois 5th District.
Larry Evans spokesman for John Hagelan's campaign and the Natural Law Party's candidate for senate in Indiana, though he's not on the ballot.

October 23, 2000 Audio hosted by Gretchen Helfrich

Third Party Politics
Dan Johnson Weinberger, Illinois State Coordinator for the Nader 2000 campaign.

October 20, 2000 Audio hosted by Gretchen Helfrich

The State of Gays in America
Andrew Koppelman – Associate professor at Northwestern University’s School of Law
George Chauncey – Professor of history at the University of Chicago
Tom Smith – Director of the general social survey at the National Opinion Research Center and a lecturer in the departments of sociology and political science at the University of Chicago

October 19, 2000 hosted by Gretchen Helfrich

Audio for this program is not available at this time.

October 18, 2000 Audio hosted by Gretchen Helfrich

Valley of the Golden Mummies
Zahi Hawass

October 17, 2000 hosted by Gretchen Helfrich

Laurie Garrett, author of "Betrayal of Trust: The Collapse of Global Public Health"

October 16, 2000 Audio hosted by Gretchen Helfrich

The Purpose of Education
Dr. Michael Klonsky –Director of the small schools workshop and a faculty member in the college of education at the University of Illinois at Chicago. His latest book is Simple Justice: The Challenge For Teachers In Small Schools.
George Clowes –Managing editor of School Reform News, a publication of the Heartland Institute

October 13, 2000 Audio hosted by Gretchen Helfrich
Film Forum: Women of Pre-Code Hollywood
Ron Falzone - Professor in the film department at Columbia College
Susan Doll -Teaches film studies at Oakton Community College and occasionally at the school of the Art Institute of Chicago
Mick Lasalle - Film critic for the San Fransico Chronicle and the author of Complicated Women: Sex and Power in Pre-code Hollywood
October 12, 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
October 11, 2000 Audio hosted by Gretchen Helfrich

New Directions in Opera
David Levin - Teaches in Germanic studies department at the University of Chicago
Brian Dickie - General director of the Chicago Opera Theater
Christopher Alden - Stage director of an upcoming production of Rigaletto at the Lyric Opera of Chicago
Joanne Akalaitis - A theater director and director of the theater department at bard college. She will be directing In the Penal Colony, a new opera by Phillip Glass at the court theater in November.

October 10, 2000 Audio hosted by Gretchen Helfrich

Dr. Quentin Young: Health Care and the Presidential Race
Dr. Gail Walinsky - Health care advisor to the Bush campaign and senior fellow at the Project Hope, where she analyzes and develops policies relating to health care reform. She served as deputy assistant for policy development in the Bush Administration
Janice Lachance - Director of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, which oversees heath insurance programs for federal employees.

October 9, 2000 Audio hosted by Gretchen Helfrich

Business Models and the Internet
Austan Goolsbee – Associate professor of economics at the graduate school of business at the University of Chicago
Albert Muniz – Assistant professor of marketing in the college of commerce at DePaul University
Barbara Rose – Business technology reporter and columnist for the Chicago Tribune. Her Tech Life column appears Thursdays in the business section

October 6, 2000 Audio hosted by Gretchen Helfrich

Presidential Campaign
Charles Lipson – Professor of political science and director of the program on international politics, economics and security at the University of Chicago
John Frendreis - Associate vice president of planning and analysis and a professor in the political science department at Loyola University - Chicago
Greg Hinz – Associate editor at Crain’s Chicago Business

October 5, 2000 Audio hosted by Gretchen Helfrich

"When Genius Failed: The Rise and Fall of Long Term Capital Management," by Roger Lowenstein, columnist for Smart Money magazine

October 4, 2000 Audio hosted by Gretchen Helfrich

Writing on Drugs
Sadie Plant, author of Writing on Drugs

October 2, 2000 Audio hosted by Gretchen Helfrich

Archiving in the Digital Age
Ken Tibadoe - Director of the electronic records archives program at the national archives
Jon Boyd - Editorial production manager at Britannica.com
Anne Gilliland-Swetland - Assistant professor of information studies at the University of California at Los Angeles


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