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2002 Audio On-Demand & Program Descriptions
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August 2002

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August 30, 2002  
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Everybody Pays:
Maurice Possley and Rick Kogan — authors of Everybody Pays: Two Men, One Murder and The Price of Truth
Bugs:
Victoria Lautman — regular contributor
Rick Moeser — bug collector
Modeling:
Beth Austin — author
Out of Cool:
Dan Bindert — jazz host
Stephanie Stein Crease — author of Gil Evans: Out of the Cool, His Life and Music
   
August 29, 2002  
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Audio Month in Review:
Laura Washington — columnist for The Chicago Sun Times
Eric Zorn — columnist for The Chicago Tribune
Norma Garcia — news anchor for Channel 44
Audio Film Review:
Jonathan Miller — film contributor previews Mostly Martha which opens Friday at the Century Centre Cinema, 2828 N. Clark St. Miller also previews Jean Cocteau's Beauty and the Beast playing at The Music Box Theater, 3733 N. Southport.
Audio End, Beginning of Sports Seasons:
Cheryl Raye Stout — sports contributor
Audio Jazz Festival:
Dan Bindert — jazz host previews the 24th Annual Jazz Festival of Chicago
Audio Dr. Dee Parmer Woodtor:
Gwen Luster — friend of Woodtor and organizer of The African Festival of Arts
Patrick Saingbey Woodtor — husband and business owner
   
August 28, 2002  
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Audio Chicago Business Update:
David Greising — business contributor and reporter for The Chicago Tribune
Audio Hotel Strike:
Lars Negstad — spokesperson for Hotel Employees & Restaurant Employees Union
Audio Labor vs. Life:
Al Gini — professor of philosophy at Loyola University discusses Jonathon Lazear's book The Man Who Mistook His Job for a Life
Audio Cafe Central:
Carlos Flores — contributor
Raphael Cruz — owner of Café Central at 1437 W Chicago Ave. For information, call 312.243.6776
Audio Cornbread:
Aaron Freeman — writer and contributor
Audio
A dancer in Naeemah's Room
Naeemah's Room:
Matt Cunningham — director for Eight Forty-Eight
Kevin Iega Jeff — choreographer
Audio Music Corner:

 

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Audio Rabih Haddad Briefing:
Shirley Jahad — reporter for Chicago Public Radio
Audio Public Health Preparedness:
Dr. Quentin Young — medical contributor
Audio My Sisters' Voices:
Rita Coburn-Whack — contributor
Iris Jacob — editor of My Sisters' Voices: Teenage Girls of Color Speak Out
Audio Tai Chai Man and The Insane Unknown:
Tyehimba Jess — Chicago writer and poet
Darius Savage — bass player
Audio William Warfield:
Studs Terkel — contributor
Mignon Dunn — mezzo-soprano and adjunct professor of voice at Northwestern University and The Manhattan School of Music
Audio Music Corner:
William Warfield performs Blessed My Soul and Gone Away
   
August 26, 2002  
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Audio Cicero Verdict:
Carlos Hernandez Gomez — political reporter for Chicago Public Radio
Bob Fusil — former IRS agent and supervisor of the Division of Organized Crime
Terrance Norton — Executive Director for The Better Government Association and former federal prosecutor
Audio Taxing Civil Lawsuit Awards:
Monica McFadden — attorney with McFadden Law who represented Cook County Forest Preserve District officer Cynthia Spina
Audio Judges of Madison County:
Noam Neusner — chief economy correspondent for U.S. News and World Report
Audio Fat of the Land:
Jeffery Essman — Chicago writer and contributor
Audio
Tom Geoghegan
In America's Court:
Tom Geoghegan — labor lawyer and author of In America's Court: How a Civil Lawyer Who Likes To Settle Stumbled In a Criminal Court
Audio Music Corner:
Von Freeman performs After Dark from the album, Serenades and Blues
   
August 23, 2002  
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Audio Tim Kazurinsky:
The Chicago actor and writer talks about his career in comedy and his time on Saturday Night Live
Audio Des Plaines River:
Kent Taylor — Openlands Project
Gary Mechanic — director of The Access Project of the Illinois Paddling Council
Audio Writer's Block Party, Musak:
Contributor Amy Krouse Rosenthal brings us another edition of Writer's Block Party
Audio Voice Regained:
Wayne Messmer — part owner of the Chicago Wolves, actor, motivational speaker and veteran singer of the National Anthem
   
August 22, 2002  
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Audio Edgar Lee Masters:
Joe Parisi — editor of POETRY magazine
Audio Increased College Tuition:
Kal Chany — founder & president of New York-based Campus Consultants & author of Paying for College Without Going Broke
Audio The Truth about College Life:
John Green — is a Chicago writer for Sparksflyup.com and contributor to the show
Audio University of Hip Hop:
Jesse Hardman — independent producer and reporter
The University of Hip Hop is located at the Southwest Youth Collaborative, 6400 S. Kedzie
Audio New Restaurants:
Steve Dolinsky — food contributor reviews Fogo De Chao; Sal y Carvao; Grand Lux Café; Bob Chinn's Crabhouse and Bistro Campagna
Click here for a listing of new restaurants.
Audio Theater Reviews:
Jonathan Abarbanel — theater contributor
reviews: A Devil Inside at The Hyperworld Theatre at Links Hall and Marvin's Room at the Raven Theatre at Granville and Clark. Abarbanel also updates us on theater News: The Chicago Area Theaters (CAT) Contract was renewed for 18 months,
   
August 21, 2002  
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Audio Airport Woes:
Jon Hilkevitch — transportation reporter for The Chicago Tribune
Audio Socio-economic Census Data:
John Logan — sociologist at University of New York at Albany
Audio Drinkin' with Harry on Rush:
Vincent Brucket— playwright of the Aardvark Theatre Company's current production of Drinkin' with Harry on Rush performed at The Cubby Bear Lounge in Lakeview.
Lila Stromer — director of the show
Audio Sammy Sosa:
Cheryl Raye Stout — sports contributor speaks with the Chicago Cubs outfielder
Audio Dwight McBride:
Richard Steele — contributor and jazz host speaks with McBride, chair of the department of African American studies at Northwestern University and the editor of Black Like Us: A Century of Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual African American Fiction
Audio Music Corner:
The Chicago College of Performing Arts performs Beethoven's Symphony No. 1 from the cd Live From Japan
   
August 20, 2002  
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Audio Weather Update:
Tom Skilling — Chief Meteorologist WGN-TV News
Audio Study on Corn Affecting Humidity:
Dave Changnon — climatologist at Northern Illinois University
Audio Bad Boy Brawley Brown:
Rita Coburn-Whack — contributor
Walter Mosley — author of Bad Boy Brawley Brown: An Easy Rawlins Mystery
Audio Svengooli:
Contributor Wally Prodrazik ends his series of shows you must watch with Svengooli
Audio Channel 26:
Wally Prodrazik — media contributor
Neil Sabin — general manager for WCIU
   
August 19, 2002  
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Audio Baseball Strike:
Cheryl Raye Stout — sports contributor
Audio Campaign Notebook,Latino Agenda:
Jorge Luis Mota — reporter and writer for ¡Exito! weekly newspaper
Audio Money to Burn:
James Zagel — Federal court judge who authored Money to Burn
Audio Tornado:
Daniel Ferri — schoolteacher and writer
Audio The Outfit:
Richard Steele — contributor and jazz host
Gus Russo — award-winning investigative reporter for PBS Frontline and author of The Outfit:The Role of Chicago's Underworld in the Shaping of Modern America
   
August 16, 2002  
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Audio Going Home:
Richard Steele — regular contributor and music host
James and Dawn O'Neal — owners of Dusk to Dawn Bed and Breakfast.
Audio Journal of Ordinary Thought:
Frank Diaz — writer, Neighborhood Writer's Alliance Journal of Ordinary Thought
Audio Electronic House:
Ben Skora — inventor of the Electronic House in Palos Hills, IL.
Audio Peregrin Falcons:
Mary Hennen — ornithologist for the Field Museum.
Lee Clayton — veterineary intern Lincoln Park Zoon and Shed Aquarium
Audio Cleveland Anonymous:
Keith Gandal — English professor, Northern Illinois University, author of Cleveland Anonymous
   
August 15, 2002  
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Audio Campaign Notebook,State Fair Round-up:
Bill Wheelhouse — statehouse bureau chief for Illinois Public Radio
Audio Campaign Notebook #2 Political Party Woes:
Rick Means — Chicago attorney and director of the Public Access Project
Audio Campaign Ad Watch:
Jason DeRose — reporter for Chicago Public Radio
Lisabeth Weiner — crisis communications consultant
Clarke Caywood — professor of integrated marketing at Northwestern University
Audio NOmMo Remote Control:
Justin Kaufmann — Eight Forty-Eight senior producer
Claudia Wallace — director of Second City's NOmMo Remote Control
Stephanie Gadlin — founder of the NOmMo Gathering writers' collective
NOmMo Remote Control is being performed at 8 p.m. every Saturday at the Second City training center
Audio Restaurant Service:
Steve Dolinsky — food contributor and host of Good Eating on CLTV
Robert Scarrola — founder of www.grabbingabite.com
Robert and Nina Zagat— authors of the Zagat surveys
Audio Cool Spot, African Safari in Ohio:
Gianofer Fields — Eight Forty-Eight producer
Jerry Pohlen — contributor and author of the Oddball series of books
Audio Film Reviews:
Jonathan Miller — film contributor and film teacher at the Illinois Institute of Technology reviews Metropolis (1927) which opens Aug. 16 at the Music Box and Rocco and his Brothers (1961), also opening on Aug. 16 at the Gene Siskel Film Center
Audio Mandala:
Tibetan Monks of the Drepung Gomang Monastery in South India created a sand Mandala at the Chicago Cultural Center. The closing ceremony is Aug. 17.
   
August 14, 2002  
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Audio Airline economics and CEO filings:
David Greising — business contributor and columnist for The Chicago Tribune
Audio The Sale of Chicago Magazine:
Steve Rhodes — senior editor for Chicago magazine
Audio Spirituality:
Al Gini — professor of philosophy at Loyola University discusses Spirituality For the Skeptic by Robert Solomon; Religion and Moral Reasoning by Ronald Green and The Varieties of Religious Experience by William James
Audio Hull House:
Jonathan Abarbanel — theater contributor
Mike Nussbaum — Chicago actor
The Jane Adams Hull House on Belmont and Broadway is closing the Hattie Callner Theater on Aug. 19.
Audio Indonesian Stories:
Victoria Lautman — regular contributor
Doug Dawson — owner of Douglas Dawson Gallery
Indonesian Megaliths at the Ravenswood Boatyard, 4130 N. Rockwell St.
Audio Music Corner:
Sonia Dada — Better Brains from Barefoot Soul www.soniadada.com
   
August 13, 2002  
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Audio

The Economics of Freedom:
Charlie Wheelen — contributor and midwest correspondent for The Economist reports on the economics of sustaining former inmates upon their return to society
Brenda Palms Barber — director of the North Lawndale Employment Network
David Lockett, Myoshi Finley — members of the North Lawndale Employment Network, 2653 W. Ogden Ave. For information, call 773.542.2000 or visit www.nildt.com

Audio West Nile Virus:
Dr. Quentin Young — medical contributor
Information on West Nile Virus from the:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
City of Chicago
Illinois Department of Health
Audio The Power of the word Bracero:
Ray Salazar — writer and schoolteacher
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Braceros Class Action:
Jonathan Rothstein — attorney representing plaintiffs in class action lawsuit
For information, visit www.bracerojustice.com

Audio Jazzman:
Dan Bindert — Chicago Public Radio jazz host
George Coleman — saxophonist and former Miles Davis Quintet band member performs Aug. 30 at the Chicago Jazz Festival
   
August 12, 2002  
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Audio Campaign Notebook, Campaign Culture:
Rick Pearson — political writer for The Chicago Tribune
Audio Theater Town:
Ben Chapman — theater advocate
Audio Tales from Chicago Sports:
Cheryl Raye Stout — sports contributor
Bob Logan — sports writer for The Chicago Tribune and author of Bob Logan's Tales From Chicago Sports: Cubs, Bulls, Bears and Other Animals
Audio Girls & Science:
Ali Kawa — Illinois Public Radio
Audio Magnificent Obsession:
Jim Nayder — host of The Annoying Music Show and producer of Magnificent Obsession, stories of recovery told by those living the experience. The show airs at 4:30 a.m. every Saturday morning. For information, call 773.262.8246 or write to Nayder@aol.com.
   
August 9, 2002  
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Audio Jeremy Piven:
The Chicago native talks about his life and career on stage and screen, his late father and Chicago theater
Audio

Latinos in the Military:
Carlos Flores — contributor
William Luna — war veteran and military historian

Audio The Pledge of Allegiance:
Daniel Ferri — writer and teacher reflects on The Pledge of Allegiance
Audio Morton Arboretum:
Marlin Bowles, conservation biologist, Morton Arboretum
Audio

Miracle at St. Anna:
Rita Coburn-Whack — contributor
James McBride — author of Miracle at St. Anna

   
August 8, 2002  
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Audio Soldier Field Renovation:
Barnaby Dinges — director of communications for the Lakefront Redevelopment Project
Audio Bears Pre-season:
Cheryl Raye Stout — sports contributor previews the Chicago Bears upcoming game vs. Denver
Audio Cubs Expansion Project:
Marc Ganis — president of Sportscorp Ltd.
Audio Who is Bud Billiken?
Robert Sengstacke — owner of The Chicago Defender
Audio

Illinois State Fair 2002:
Curtis Mann — historian

Audio State Schools:
Sean Crawford — Illinois Public Radio
Audio Theater Reviews:
Jonathan Abarbanel — theater contributor reviews Curious George goes to War! currently at the Second City ETC stage; End of the World at the Baliwick Repertory Theatre; and members of Red Hen Productions performing Raven
Audio Nina, Redmoon Theater:
Jim Lasko — director
Kristin Burello — producer
Mark Messier — music
Part 1 of the Chekhov Cycle-inspired by Anton Chekhov's The Seagull is being performed Aug. 9 through Aug. 25 at the Humboldt Park Boat House, 1351 N. Sacramento Ave.
Audio

Music Corner:
Bill Quateman, The Almost Eve of Everything from the album Ties That Bind

   
August 7, 2002  
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Audio CHA Transformation:
Rayne Martin — Chicago Housing Authority
Ray Quintanilla — staff writer for The Chicago Tribune
Beauty Turner — resident advocate who recently moved out of Robert Taylor Public Housing Development.
Audio CHA Architecture:
Edward Keegan — architecture contributor
Audio Metropolitan Community Church:
Jason DeRose — religion reporter for Chicago Public Radio
Audio Asian Grilling:
Steve Dolinsky — food contributor, writer, producer and host of Good Eating on CLTV
Su-Mei Yu — author of Asian Grilling, 85 Kebabs, Skewers, Satays and Other Asian- Inspired Recipes for your Barbeque
Audio New Spider:
Petra Sierwald — assistant curator of insects in the department of zoology at The Field Museum of Natural History
Audio New Dinosaur:
Simone Orendain — Illinois Public Radio
Audio Music Corner:
Steve Evans Quartet — Doxi
   
August 6, 2002  
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Audio Mob Behavior:
Carl Bell — professor of public health and psychiatry at the University of Illinois in Chicago and founder and CEO of the Community Mental Health Center
Audio Betty Loren-Maltese Trial:
Carlos Hernandez Gomez — political reporter for Chicago Public Radio
Audio Summer:
Mary Schmich — columnist for Chicago Tribune
Audio Hiroshima, Part I:
Studs Terkel — special contributor
Overkill and Megalove, based on the book by Norman Corwin which first aired in 1963
Audio Hiroshima, Part II
   
August 5, 2002  
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Audio Campaign Notebook:
Mike Flannery — political editor for CBS
Audio Beach Closings:
Shirley Jahad — reporter for Chicago Public Radio
Audio Forest:
Bob Keleher — reporter for Great Lakes Radio Consortium
Audio New Yorker:
Victoria Lautman — contributor
Tom Bachtell — cartoonist and illustrator whose work appears in The New Yorker, Chicago Magazine, Entertainment Weekly
Audio Writer's Block Party:
Amy Krouse Rosenthal — contributor and host of Writer's Block Party
Audio Psychic:
Jim Carrane — contributor
Nora Herold — psychic on duty at Healing Earth Resources, 3111 N. Ashland Ave.
 
August 2, 2002  
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Audio Interview with Lani Guinier
Lani Guinier — author and Harvard Law School professor, author of The Miner's Canary: Enlisting Race, Resisting Power and Transforming Democracy
Barbara Ransby — regular contributor
Audio Essay: birth of a daughter
Daniel Ferri — writer and regular contributor
Audio Turning Kitchen Discards Into Beautiful Houseplants
Gianofer Fields — Eight Forty-Eight producer
Jim Frost — Urban Florist
Audio Newfound Sight
Victoria Lautman — regular contributor
Audio Franz Joseph Haydn's The Seven Last Words of Christ
Mark Strand — Pulitzer Prize winner, 1990 U.S. Poet Laureate and University of Chicago professor
Members of the Brentano String Quartet

 

August 1, 2002  
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Audio Campaign Fundraising Update
Carlos Hernandez-Gomez — political reporter for Chicago Public Radio
Rick Pearson — Chicago Tribune political reporter
Audio Films Reviews
Jonathan Miller — film contributor
Audio Celebrating Julia Child's 90th Birthday
Steve Dolinsky — food contributor
Audio TV Program Scrubs
Wally Podrazik — television contributor
Mark Stegeman — writer for Scrubs
Audio Big Jay McNeely
Big Jay McNeely — musician
Richard Steele — regular contributor

 

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