Eight Forty-Eight has been on the air since January 1999. In that time, there have been more than a thousand editions of the program, all archived in our audio library. So where do you start listening? You could spend a lifetime exploring the archives, but you still might miss some of the outstanding segments produced by the crack Eight Forty-Eightstaff and their corps of contributors. To make it easier on you, we've created this page to help direct you to the best work available. Enjoy!
Matt Cunningham
Producer
Fox & O'Bell Steve Dolinsky—Food Contributor September 25, 2001
After 5 years in operation, this upscale grocery has become an institution and with its proximity to Navy Pier, it is frequented by many Chicago Public Radio producers and hosts.
Thax Douglas November 8, 2001
Unsung rock poet Thax Douglas has made his way around the Chicago music scene for years, reading his poetry before concerts and during intermissions. He is heading to New York City soon after Labor Day to record with a Brooklyn band. He hopes to not come back.
Steve Edwards' interview with Bruce Iglauer, president and founder of Alligator Records, was fun to produce. He had a lot to say about the future of a genre I care about. I learned inside details on some of my favorite artists and the CD 35 x 35 celebrating the labels' 35-year history was great. This was included in a series on independent labels produced by my colleague Joe DeCeault.
In Search of the Soul
From April 2004, I enjoyed a week-long series exploring spirituality from contributor Judy Valente. The series addressed a different perspective of spirituality each day.
Aurora Aguilar
Editor
Why Is Chicago Sinking?
John Green—Contributor; Writer June 1, 2004
Just a gem of John Green satire. We miss him.
Holocaust Doctor
Ryan Bank—Filmmaker
I’d never met anyone who has actually witnessed the Holocaust. It was a humbling experience.
Steve Edwards
Along the Divide June 13, 2005
If you’ve been spending a lot of time stuck in traffic along the Dan Ryan Expressway these days, this interview with Chicago photographer Jay Wolke will give you something to ponder while passing the time. He spent years photographing life along America’s “busiest and dangerous” expressway—and the results are stunning. Who knew the Dan could be so damn glam.
Lipstick ‘N’ Dynamite June 3, 2005
There are “tough broads” and then there are “tough broads”. But none were tougher than the female professional wrestlers who came of age during the 1950s. Chicago was a haven for many of their performances and Chicago documentary filmmaker Ruth Leitman brings us the stories of such famous wrestlers as The Fabulous Moola and Gladys “Kill ’em” Gillem. Through contemporary interviews and archival footage, Leitman imbues these stories with a sense of empowerment and exploitation, humor and sadness. She sat down to talk about her experiences in this 2005 interview.
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