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2002 Audio On-Demand & Program Descriptions
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April 2002

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  April 30, 2002 hosted by Steve Edwards
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Audio Rhino Poetry, National Poetry Month
Alice George, co-editor, Rhino
Audio Bather: Teen Girls of Color Speak Out
Jade Pagkas Bather, senior at Lincoln Park High School, contributed a poem to My Sisters' Voices: Teenage Girls of Color Speak Out, edited by Iris Jacobs
Audio Sports Update
Cheryl Raye Stout, Eight Forty-Eight sports contributor
Audio AIA National Architectural Awards
Ed Keegan, Eight Forty-Eight architecture contributor
Audio Chicago Matters: Inside Housing Documentary
"Residence Elsewhere: Urban Nomads"
Joan Schuman, Chicago Matters producer
     
  April 29, 2002 hosted by Steve Edwards
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Audio African-American Studies
Dwight McBride, associate professor of English, head of Department of African-American Studies, University of Illinois at Chicago. McBride is leaving UIC for Northwestern University.
Richard Steele, Eight Forty-Eight contributor
Audio Jeremy Piven
Jeremy Piven, Evanston actor
Audio Letters to J.D. Salinger
Chris Kubica, co-editor, Letters to J.D. Salinger
   
April 26, 2002 hosted by Steve Edwards
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Audio Month in Review
Laura Washington, columnist, Chicago Sun-Times
Eric Zorn, columnist, Chicago Tribune
Cheryl Corley, reporter, National Public Radio
Audio Radio ARTE
Yolanda Rodriguez, general manager, Radio ARTE
Carlos Flores, Eight Forty-Eight contributor
Audio Duck Decoys
Dave McGuire, Eight Forty-Eight contributor
Audio Cool Spots: Bird's Eye View Museum
Jerry Pohlen, Eight Forty-Eight contributor
Devon Rose, Bird's Eye View Museum, Wakarusa, Indiana
Gianofer Fields, Eight Forty-Eight producer
Audio Film Reviews
Jonathan Miller, Eight Forty-Eight film contributor, reviews Umberto D., The Piano Teacher, and Reels 1-4
 
April 25, 2002 hosted by Steve Edwards
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Audio Jon Burge Probe
Locke Bowman, legal director, MacArthur Justice Center, University of Chicago
Audio Reaction to Vatican Conference
Sheila Daley, co-director, Call to Action
Audio Yiddish Radio Project
Henry Sapoznik, musician and historian
Audio Chicago Matters: Inside Housing
"Personal Story: Virdajean and Her Mother: The Lady with the High-Heeled Shoes"
Virdajean Townes-Collins, retired postal worker
Geraldine Norwood, mother
Alex Kotlowitz, Chicago Matters reporter / producer
Amy Dorn, Chicago Matters producer
Audio Home Improvement
Wally Prodrazik, Eight Forty-Eight media contributor
Audio Bugs
Jorg Schmidt-Bailey, Ph.D., educator, University of Illinois Extension
Gianofer Fields, Eight Forty-Eight producer
Audio Hamburgers
Steve Dolinsky, Eight Forty-Eight food contributor
Audio Cattle Farms
Simone Orendain, reporter, Great Lakes Radio Consortium
Audio Local Music Corner
Song: "The Coffee Song"
Artist: Ralph Covert
Album: At the Bottom of the Sea
 
April 24, 2002 hosted by Steve Edwards
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Audio Airport Security
Mary Ann Akers, reporter, National Public Radio
Audio Drug Money
Bill O'Brien, assistant state's attorney, Cook County narcotics division
Audio Dream Project
Alan Stone, artist planning “Chicago Dreams” for a September 2002 exhibit at the Chicago Cultural Center
Victoria Lautman, Eight Forty-Eight contributor
Audio Chicago Matters: Inside Housing
"Trailer Parks"
Jesse Hardman, Eight Forty-Eight contributor
Audio Hubbard St. Dance Company
Ron De Jesus, dancer, Hubbard St. Dance Company
Sandi Cooksey, dancer, Hubbard St. Dance Company
Justin Kaufmann, Eight Forty-Eight senior producer
Audio Local Music Corner
 
April 23, 2002 hosted by Steve Edwards
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Audio Preview: Jon Burge Special Prosecutor Hearing
Frank Ralph, coordinator of the Campaign to Prosecute Police Torture
Flint Taylor, People's Law Office
Ron Allen, John Henry Wigmore professor, Northwestern University School of Law
Audio Chicago Matters: Inside Housing
"Personal Story: Patricia Evans: Healing"
Patricia Evans, Chicago resident
Alex Kotlowitz, Chicago Matters reporter/producer
Amy Dorn, Chicago Matters producer
Audio One Book, One Chicago
Marta Segal, Chicago writer, reviews Chicago's choice of Night by Elie Wiesel
Audio Hal Prince
Harold Prince, director, Hollywood Arms, at the Goodman Theater
Jonathan Abarbanel, Eight Forty-Eight theater contributor
Audio Book Stall
Roberta Rubin, owner, BookStall on Chestnut Court in Winetka
Jim Carrane, Eight Forty-Eight contributor
Audio Local Music Corner
Song: "Funny Day"
Artist: David Hernandez & Street Sounds
Album: Satin City Serenade
 
April 22, 2002 hosted by Steve Edwards
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Audio Illinois Justice
Kenneth A. Manaster, author, Illinois Justice: The Scandal of 1969 and the Rise of John Paul Stevens
Audio Calumet
Mark Brush, reporter, Great Lakes Radio Consortium
Audio Chicago the Beautiful
Kenan Heise, author, Chicago the Beautiful: A City’s Rebirth, in Photographs and Prose
Audio Kids Cafe
Sister Joellen Tumas PHJC, Holy Cross Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish
Audio Invasive Plants
Mr. Jody Shimp, natural heritage biologist, department of natural resources, University of Illinois Extension
Gianofer Fields, Eight Forty-Eight producer
Audio Chicago Connect
Adrian Bleifuss-Prados, student organizer, Francis Parker High School
Fannie Diego, student organizer, Farragut High School
Audio Local Music Corner
 
April 19, 2002 hosted by Steve Edwards
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Audio Court Rulings
Sean Crawford, reporter, Illinois Public Radio
Audio Tollway Voices
Motorists at the Lake Forest Oasis
Audio Asian Carp
John Rogner, field director, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Audio Assisted Living
Simone Orendain, reporter, Illinois Public Radio
Audio Theater Reviews
Jonathan Abarbanel, Eight Forty-Eight theater contributor, reviews: The Tempest at Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Mirandolina at Noble Fool Theater, and Contact at Oriental Theater
Audio Chicago Matters: Inside Housing
"Personal Story: Don Kimball: The Visitor"
Don Kimball, structural engineer
Alex Kotlowitz, Chicago Matters reporter / producer
Amy Dorn, Chicago Matters producer
Audio
Gloria Rolando and Carlos Flores
Cuban Film
Gloria Rolando, Cuban filmaker, Raices de Mi Corazon (Roots of My Heart)
Carlos Flores, Eight Forty-Eight contributor
Audio Camerata
Steve Dolinsky, Eight Forty-Eight food contributor, food writer for the Chicago Reader, host & producer of Good Eating on CLTV
Audio Local Music Corner
Song: "Procrastination"
Artist: Kristin Ronne
Album: Red Line Train
 
April 18, 2002 hosted by Steve Edwards
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Audio Regional Planning
Ed Keegan, Eight Forty-Eight architecture contributor, contributing editor to Architecture Magazine
John McCarron, former urban affairs reporter for the Chicago Tribune
Alicia Berg, director, Chicago Department of Planning and Development
Joe McElroy, planner, McElroy Associates
Audio Chicago Matters: Inside Housing
"Training Chicago Housing Authority Residents for New Homes"
Linda Paul, independent producer
Audio Theater Scene
Amy Raffa & Anne Whitney, actors in The Trip to Bountiful, at the American Theater Company
Audio Garden Flowers
Greg Stack, horticulture educator, Department of Horticulture at University of Illinois Extension
Gianofer Fields, Eight Forty-Eight producer
Audio Cloned Cows
Gil Halstead, reporter, Great Lakes Radio Consortium
Audio Local Music Corner
Song: "Trouble A Come"
Artist: D Settlement
Album: American Icons
 
April 17, 2002 hosted by Steve Edwards
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Audio Tollway Hearings
Tom Cuculich, executive director, Illinois State Toll Highway Authority
State Representative Jeffrey Schoenberg, Democrat, 58th district, Evanston
Joseph Schwieterman, director, Chaddick Institute for Metropolitan Development at DePaul University
Audio One Book, One Chicago
Al Gini, Eight Forty-Eight's resident philosopher, professor of philosophy at Loyola University discusses Night by Elie Wiesel
Audio Chicago Matters: Inside Housing
“Personal Story: Milton Reed: Panthers and Palm Trees”
Milton Reed, mural painter
Alex Kotlowitz, Chicago Matters reporter/producer
Amy Dorn, Chicago Matters producer
Audio Taken By Design
David Travis, curator, "Taken By Design: Photographs from the Institute of Design, 1937-1971" at the Art Institute of Chicago
   
April 16, 2002 hosted by Steve Edwards
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Audio Death Penalty Report
Tom Needham, member of Governor Ryan's Commission on Capital Punishment
Rob Warden, director, Northwestern University's Center on Wrongful Convictions
Carol Heise, lawyer, Midwest Center for Justice
State Senator Barack Obama, Democrat, Chicago
Audio Chicago Matters: Inside Housing
“Leaving the CHA”
Andrea Defotis, independent producer
Audio Centro de Estudios Puertoriquenos
Carlos Flores, Eight Forty-Eight contributor
Marixsa Alicea, associate professor, DePaul University School of New Learning
Merida Rua, doctoral candidate, program in American Culture at the University of Michigan.
Audio Eastland Disaster Documentary
Victoria Lautman, Eight Forty-Eight contributor
Harvey Moshman, co-writer and producer of The Eastland Disaster
Chuck Copalla, co-writer and producer of The Eastland Disaster
 
April 15, 2002 hosted by Steve Edwards
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Audio State Budget Update
Stephen Schnorf, Director of the Illinois Bureau of the Budget
Audio Recovering Unpaid Taxes
Tom Creal, president, Recovermetrics
Audio Sports Update
Cheryl Raye Stout, Eight Forty-Eight sports contributor
Audio Whooping Cranes
Susan Stephens, reporter, Illinois Public Radio
Audio 100 Year Anniversary
Richard Nopar, photographer, Edward Fox Photography
Audio Pritzker Awards
Ed Keegan, Eight Forty-Eight architecture contributor on architect Glenn Murcutt, winner of the 2002 Pritzker Architecture Prize
 
April 12, 2002 hosted by Steve Edwards
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Audio Chicago Archdiocese Responds to Scandal
Chancellor Jimmy Lago, Chicago Archdiocese
Audio New Catholics
Bob Bakis, Chicago attorney and RCIA team leader at St. Gertrude Church in Chicago
Helen Banta, Chicago social worker and recent convert to Catholicism
Pierre Talbert, Chicago attorney and recent convert to Catholicism
Audio Chicago Matters: Inside Housing
“Landlords and Renewal in Washington Park”
Johanna Zorn, Chicago Matters reporter
Audio
Ramin Serry
Maryam
Ramin Serry, Iranian-American filmaker, Maryam
Shauna Lyon, producer, Maryam
Audio Film Reviews
Jonathan Miller, Eight Forty-Eight film contributor discusses "Pulse 2002: A Spotlight on Digital Media" and reviews Time Out
Audio Cool Spot: F.A.S.T Corporation
Jerry Pohlen, Eight Forty-Eight contributor
Gianofer Fields, Eight Forty-Eight producer
Audio Local Music Corner
Song: "The Weather!"
Artist: Oh My God
Album: The Action Album
Label: NoVo Arts Inc.
 
April 11, 2002 hosted by Steve Edwards
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Audio Rabih Haddad Hearings
Mosque Controversy in Palos Heights

Rouhy Shalabi, president, Arab-American Bar Association
Audio NEXT: Latino Immigration Patterns
Jesse Hardman, Eight Forty-Eight contributor
Audio Chicago Matters: Inside Housing
"Bronzeville Class Conflict"
Veida Hugley, Chicago Matters mentorship program
Audio Thai New Year
Art Lee, chef at Erawen
Arun Sampantharivat, chef at Arun's
Steve Dolinsky, Eight Forty-Eight food contributor
Audio Soils
Ellen Phillips, crops educator, University of Illinois Extension
Gianofer Fields, Eight Forty-Eight producer
Audio TV Reviews
Wally Podrazik, Eight Forty-Eight media contributor and author, reviews Greg the Bunny and Andy Richter Controls the Universe
 
April 10, 2002 hosted by Steve Edwards
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Audio Campaign Finance
Jay Stewart, Staff Attorney, Better Government Association
Audio Hog Farm Lawsuit
Willis Kern, reporter, Illinois Public Radio
Audio

Chicago Matters: Inside Housing
"Personal Story: The Miners: Staying"
Michael Miner & Betsy Nore, homeowners
Alex Kotlowitz, Chicago Matters reporter / producer
Amy Dorn, Chicago Matters producer

Audio Studs Terkel - Myra MacPherson
Studs Terkel, Eight Forty-Eight special contributor
Myra MacPherson, author, Long Time Passing: Vietnam, The Haunted Generation, and She Came to Live Out Loud
     
April 9, 2002 hosted by Steve Edwards
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Audio Arthur Andersen Layoffs
The Cost of Pedophilia

Charlie Wheelan, Eight Forty-Eight economics contributor, Midwest correspondent for The Economist
Audio First Black Congressional Page
Rep. Paul Findley, former Illinois Republican Congressman
Audio Chicago Matters: Inside Housing
"Teens Fight Gentrification"
Judith McCray, Chicago Matters reporter
Audio Prairie Burn
Tom Hintz, senior ecologist, V-3 Consultants, Woodbridge, IL
Doug Taron, biologist consultant, Peggy Notebart Nature Museum
Gianofer Fields, Eight Forty-Eight producer
Audio Mexican Folk Art
Cesario Moreno, visual arts director, Mexican Museum of Fine Arts
Victoria Lautman, Eight Forty-Eight contributor
Audio Local Music Corner
The Cricket Rumor Mill: "Frisbee"
     
  April 8, 2002 hosted by Steve Edwards
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Audio Lessons from Ground Zero
Michael Fagel, Certified Emergency Manager, based in Aurora and stationed at Ground Zero in New York City in Fall 2001
Audio Rookie Year
Tyson Chandler, forward, Chicago Bulls
Eddie Curry, center, Chicago Bulls
Bill Wennington, Assistant Coach, Chicago Bulls
Cheryl Raye Stout, Eight Forty-Eight sports contributor
Audio

Chicago Matters: Inside Housing
"Personal Story: There When You Need It"
Mark Jones, man who lives in Ryder trucks
Alex Kotlowitz, Chicago Matters reporter / producer
Amy Dorn, Chicago Matters producer

Audio Female Baritone Saxophonist
Juli Wood, Chicago saxophonist
Richard Steele, Eight Forty-Eight contributor
   
  April 5, 2002 hosted by Steve Edwards
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Audio Wrigley Field Controversy
Ken Jakubowski, consultant to the Lakeview Community and Wrigleyville Rooftop Owners Association
Alicia Berg, City of Chicago, Department of Planning and Development
Audio The Bleacher Preacher
Jerry Pritikin, Cubs fan known as the Bleacher Preacher
Audio National Archive
Martin Touhy, Lead Technician, National Archives, Great Lakes Region
Audio Theater Reviews
Jonathan Abarbanel, Eight Forty-Eight theater contributor, reviews The Lonesome West, Battle of the Bands, and Xena Live
Audio Chicago Matters: Inside Housing
"Moving to Olympia Fields"
Ed Taylor, first time contributor
Audio Asian Film Showcase
Justin Lin, director of Better Luck Tomorrow
Audio Chicago Latino Film Festival
Juan Ramirez, director and producer of Israel in Exile
Carlos Flores, Eight Forty-Eight contributor
   
  April 4, 2002 hosted by Steve Edwards
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Audio Gas Formulas
Congressman Paul Ryan, Republican, Wisconsin's 1st district
Audio Suburban Sprawl
Lester Graham, reporter for the Great Lakes Radio Consortium
Audio Tri-state Accord
Scott King, Mayor of Gary, Indiana
  President George W. Bush
Breakaway to President Bush press conference in the Rose Garden about the crisis in the Middle East
Audio Vertigo
TJ Jagadowski, performer
Jim Carrane, Eight Forty-Eight contributor
Audio National Re-Pot Your Plant Day
Jim Frost, co-owner of Urban Flora
Gianofer Fields, Eight Forty-Eight producer
   
  April 3, 2002 hosted by Steve Edwards
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Audio Operation Safe Road
Carlos Hernandez-Gomez, Chicago Public Radio's political reporter
Audio Local School Council Elections
Archon Fung, assistant professor of public policy at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government
Audio School Choice
Jody Becker, Chicago Public Radio's education reporter
Audio Trust
Al Gini, Eight Forty-Eight's resident philosopher and professor of philosophy at Loyola University
Audio Daughters
Aaron Freeman, Eight Forty-Eight contributor, Chicago writer and performer
Audio Chicago Matters: Inside Housing
"Choosing Where to Live"
Jay Field, Chicago Public Radio's social services and human affairs reporter
Audio Transgenesis
Lorrainne Sade Baskerville, executive director of Transgenesis
Gianofer Fields, Eight Forty-Eight producer
Audio Local Music Corner
Lesser Birds of Paradise: "If You Want It"
   
  April 2, 2002 hosted by Steve Edwards
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Audio Where We Live
Dan Immergluck, Senior Vice President, Woodstock Institute
Audio What We Live In
Ed Keegan, Eight Forty-Eight architecture contributor
Audio Chicago Matters: Inside Housing
"Homeshare"
Julia McEvoy, executive producer of Chicago Matters
Audio Neo-natal Care
Kristina Orfali, Assistant Director, MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics at the University of Chicago
Victoria Lautman, Eight Forty-Eight Contributor
Audio

The Art of Chicago Improv
Rob Koslowski, author of The Art of Chicago Improv
Jonathan Abarbanel, Eight Forty-Eight theater contributor

Audio Local Music Corner
Silverback: "Alsace-Lorraine"
   
  April 1, 2002 hosted by Steve Edwards
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Audio Campaign Notebook: Illinois Senators
Lynn Sweet, political reporter Chicago Sun-Times
Audio Campaign Notebook: Cook County GOP
Chris Robling, former Republican party activist
Audio Campaign Notebook: Municipal Elections
Alderman Ed Bus, 53rd Ward
Audio Opening Day
Cheryl Raye Stout, Eight Forty-Eight sports contributor
Audio The Economics of Major League Baseball
Allan Sanderson, Sports Economist, University of Chicago
Charlie Wheelan, Eight Forty-Eight economics contributor
Audio Bean Soup Times
Toure Muhammed, publisher and editor, Bean Soup Times
Audio Cool Spot: Close To Home
Jerry Pohlen, Eight Forty-Eight contributor
Gianofer Fields, Eight Forty-Eight producer

 

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