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Right Now with Richard Steele Broadcasts Live from Englewood Farmers' Market, Opening Day June 19
6/13/2008
On Thursday, June 19 at 3 pm, join Chicago Public Radio as Richard Steele hosts a special one-hour broadcast – live on opening day from Englewood’s new farmers’ market (6452 S. Ashland Ave).
Vacation with a Cause: Chicago Public Radio's Worldview Presents a New Series on Volunteer Vacations
6/11/2008
To kick off summer vacation season, Chicago Public Radio’s weekday global affairs program Worldview is launching a new series, My Global Activism Vacation, airing June 17 – 27 on WBEZ 91.5 FM.
Call for Entries: 2008 Third Coast Festival / Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition
5/28/2008
The Third Coast International Audio Festival is now accepting entries for the 2008 Third Coast Festival / Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition. Now in its eighth year, the Competition honors creative and compelling documentary audio work being produced worldwide in English for radio and the Internet.
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Recent Press Coverage
A decade of 'Wait'-ing
Chicago Tribune | 6/16/2008
Public radio's irreverent news quiz Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me! celebrated its 10th anniversary over the weekend. At a party at the Adler planetarium last Friday, we took the chance to ask the show's roster of personalities: "To what do you attribute the show's longevity?"
10 Questions for Ira Glass
Time | 5/15/2008
For 13 years he has hosted the documentary series This American Life on public radio. The television version is currently in its second season on Showtime. Ira Glass will now take your questions.
Hot Seat: Ira Glass
TimeOut New York | 4/30/2008
Just in time for both a live staging of This American Life on Thursday 1 (which will be beamed to movie theaters around the country) and the television show’s second-season premiere on Sunday 4, we talked to Glass about some of America’s favorite things: pizza, politics and professional wrestling.
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