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Chicago Public Radio (WBEZ 91.5 FM) Wins Seven National PRNDI Awards for Outstanding Local News Coverage
6/22/2009
This year, Chicago Public Radio (WBEZ 91.5 FM) earned seven national Public Radio News Directors, Inc. (PRNDI) awards for outstanding public radio news reporting done in 2008.

Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me! Radio Program Returns to Millennium Park for Free Performance, June 11
6/9/2009
For the third year in a row, Chicago Public Radio invites you to join thousands of other public radio fans for a free, live performance of the popular news quiz Wait Wait...Don’t Tell Me! at the Jay Pritzker Pavilion in downtown Millennium Park.

Chicago Public Radio Presents: Hubs & Spokes: Threading the Wheels of Chicago's Bike Culture, May 30
5/15/2009
On Saturday, May 30, Chicago Public Radio Presents invites you to join us for a free group bike ride, followed by a ticketed panel discussion about Chicago’s biking culture at the Hyde Park Art Center.

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Ira Glass Of 'This American Life' Gets Inside Real People's Lives
Hartford Courant | 3/22/2009
When the radio program This American Life first aired in 1995, it featured quirky, thought-provoking nonfiction stories, like the one about a girl who grew up on a turkey farm.

Defogging the Economic Crisis
American Journalism Review | 3/10/2009
In February, for the third time in a year, This American Life's producers departed from the usual format to tackle the daunting challenge of explaining the global financial crisis to an increasingly perplexed public.

Glass’ house: Host brings radio to Paramount stage
The Hook | 2/2/2009
If you’re looking for an epiphany– like the kind radio listeners hear on the documentary program This American Life every week– in the story of how host Ira Glass came to be in radio, you won’t find it.

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