Eight Forty-Eight—July 29, 2005 |
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Month in Review
Alysia Tate—Editor and Publisher, The Chicago Reporter
Laura Washington—Columnist, Chicago Sun-Times
Eric Zorn—Columnist, Chicago Tribune
We'll talk with Alysia Tate of The Chicago Reporter, Laura Washington of the Chicago Sun-Times, and Eric Zorn
of the Chicago Tribune about the most significant stories from the month of July.
Music Button: Lou Donaldson, “Turtle Walk,” Blue Break Beats, Volume One (Blue Note, 1992)
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City Closes in on O'Hare Expansion, Part One
Ben Calhoun—Correspondent, Chicago Public Radio News
The Federal Aviation Administration's environmental impact statement voices approval for Chicago's O'Hare airport expansion
plan.
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City Closes in on O'Hare Expansion, Part Two
Jay Franke—Assistant Director, Northwestern University Transportation Center
Jay Franke of the Northwestern University Transportation Center joins us to discuss the significance of the FAA's
announcement.
Music Button: Mark Farina, “Love Make's,” Air Farina (Om, 2003)
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Blue Line Blues
Nick Day—Writer
After narrowly averting another planned series of fare increases and service reductions, the CTA warns that these cuts may be
inevitable. Writer and blue line rider Nick Day offers his solution to the CTA's financial worries.
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State of the Unions
Tony Sarabia—Correspondent, Chicago Public Radio News
With the division in the AFL-CIO and the decision of striking Walgreens' pharamcists to return to work without a new
contract, it calls to question the strength of organized labor groups, espcially among white collar workers.
Music Button: The Mercury Program, “Egypt,” A Data Learn the Language (Tiger Style, 2002)
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Film Reviews
Jonathan Miller—Film Contributor
Contributor Jonathan Miller joins us to discuss two international films playing in Chicago: Jia Zhangke's The World
and Hans Weingartner's The Edukators.
The World opens July 29, 2005, at the Music Box Theatre—3733 North Southport Avenue in Chicago's Lakeview
neighborhood. The Edukators opens August 5, 2005, at Landmark's Century Centre Cinema—2828 North Clark Street
in Chicago's Lakeview neighborhood.
Miller teaches film at Illinois Institute of Technology and the University of Illinois, Chicago.
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Chicago Blues Reunion
Harvey Mandel—Musician
Corky Siegel—Musician
In the 1960s, Chicago blues musicians were defining the sound of their generation. Many of these legends have come together
to form the group Chicago Blues Reunion. They released the CD/DVD Buried Alive in the Blues (33rd Street, 2005).
Music Button: Chicago Blues Reunion, “Snake,” Buried Alive in the Blues (33rd Street, 2005)
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Eight Forty-Eight—July 28, 2005 |
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CAFTA Victory
Chad Pergram—Reporter, Capital News Connection
Members of the U.S. House of Representatives approved the Central American Free Trade Agreement by a slim two-vote majority. We discuss the significance of the CAFTA vote and other key pieces of legislation with correspondent Chad Pergram.
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Teacher Pension Probe
Chris Fusco—Reporter, Chicago Sun-Times
Financial advisers for Illinois' suburban and downstate teachers' pension fund may be involved in a scheme to extort money from the system.
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Teacher Patrol
Daniel Ferri—Writer and Contributor
How can we address the problem of underfunded teachers' pensions and make our highways safer? Writer and sixth-grade teacher Daniel Ferri offers his solution.
Music Button: Nostalgia 77, “Changes,” The Garden (Ubiquity, 2005)
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Animal Ethics
Al Gini—Resident Philosopher
Zoos are in the spotlight after a string of animal deaths at the Lincoln Park Zoo sparked debate about their treatment
of animals. After traveling in the wilderness of Uganda, Al Gini shares his new perspective on the ethics of zoos.
Gini is a professor of philosophy and business ethics at Loyola University Chicago. He's also cofounder and associate editor
of Business Ethics Quarterly, the journal of the Society for Business Ethics
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Music Button: Anamude, “Confetti in the Sea,” Pentimento (Keep, 2005)
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Dr. Herman White
Dr. Herman White—Scientist, Fermilab
Aaron Freeman—Writer and Contributor
One of the first African Americans to enter the field of particle physics, Dr. Herman White has been doing research at
Fermilab in west suburban Batavia for thirty years. He discusses his life and work with contributor Aaron Freeman.
Freeman is a comedian and journalist in Chicago.
Music Button: Kaskade, “I Like the Way,” In The Moment (Om, 2004)
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The Hyatt Center
Ed Keegan—Architecture Contributor
The Pritzker family has unveiled their new headquarters in Chicago. Architecture Contributor Ed Keegan talks with us about
the Hyatt Center, a forty-nine story lozenge-shaped building on South Wacker Drive.
Keegan is a contributing editor of Architecture Magazine.
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Art in the Parks
Heather Becker—CEO, Chicago Conservation Center
Edward Lifson—Editor, Arts, Architecture, and Culture; Chicago Public Radio
Chicago's second-largest mural collection is housed in the Park District's field houses...and covered with decades of
pollution. But the Chicago Conservation Center is on a mission to restore more than fifty of the murals in two years.
Originally broadcast July 24, 2005, on Hello Beautiful!
Related Link
Chicago Conservation Center
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Eight Forty-Eight—July 27, 2005 |
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Former Chicago Patronage Hire Shares Story
Chicago Public Radio's Diantha Parker brings us the story of former City worker Tomas Flores.
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Shakman Decree Roundtable
David Orr—Clerk, Cook County
Jay Stewart—Executive Director, Better Government Association
Carlos Hernandez Gomez—Correspondent, Chicago Public Radio News
What is the Shakman Decree designed to do? How effective is it? And how do you create a fair hiring system for local government?
Music Button: Madrid de los Austrias, “Valldemossa,” American Rag CIE (Quango, 2004)
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Smart Museum Director
Anthony Hirschel—Director, David and Alfred Smart Museum of Art, University of Chicago
Edward Lifson—Editor, Arts, Architecture, and Culture; Chicago Public Radio
Anthony Hirschel takes the helm of the University of Chicago's Smart Museum of Art as it's looking to increase its visibility and perhaps expand its collection and facilities.
Related Link
Smart Museum of Art
Music Button: Praful, “Moon Glide,” Pyramid in Your Backyard (Encoded Music, 2005)
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Sculpting in Glass
James Yood—Professor of Art History, Theory, and Criticism; School of the Art Institute of Chicago
We tour an exhibition of contemporary glass sculpture at Northwestern University's Block Museum of Art. Many of the pieces are from the private collections of three local families.
Sculpting in Glass continues through August 28, 2005. Guest James Yood is a contributor to Hello Beautiful!
Related Link
Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art—Northwestern University
Music Button: The Bionaut, “Theme from ‘Please Teenage,’” Lubricate Your Living Room (Matador, 2001)
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Spirituality and Creativity
Vinita Hampton Wright—Author and Writing Instructor
Vanessa Bush—Writer and Contributor
A conversation with the author of The Soul Tells a Story: Engaging Creativity with Spirituality in Writing Life (InterVarsity Press, 2005)
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Eight Forty-Eight—July 26, 2005 |
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Chicago's Tallest Skyscraper?
Ed Keegan—Architecture Contributor
Renowned Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava has proposed a 115-story, twisting spire where the Chicago River meets Lake Michigan.
Contributor Ed Keegan is a contributing editor for Architecture magazine.
Music Button: Jim Ward Morris, “Analogue,” Ten Instrumentals for TV and Radio (Double M Ranch, 1998)
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Promontory Point Plan Moves Forward
Originally aired July 26, 2005, during our news broadcasts
Lynette Kalsnes—Correspondent, Chicago Public Radio News
The City of Chicago has won permission to proceed with designs for its controversial plan to renovate the historic limestone seawall at Promontory Point in Hyde Park. But some preservationists and neighborhood residents are planning a fight.
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Frank Lloyd Wright in Japan
Koichi Mori—Filmmaker
Karen Severns—Filmmaker
Jonathan Miller—Film Contributor
A conversation with the filmmakers behind the documentary, Magnificent Obsession: Frank Lloyd Wright's Buildings and Legacy in Japan
Contributor Jonathan Miller teaches film at Illinois Institute of Technology and the University of Illinois, Chicago.
Music Button: eighth blackbird, “Pocket Symphony C,” Fred (Cedille, 2005)
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ADA Turns Fifteen
Karen Tamley—Commissioner, Mayor's Office for People with Disabilities, City of Chicago
What has the Americans with Disabilities Act accomplished? And what has it failed to do?
Related Link
Mayor's Office for People with Disabilities
Music Button: Jazz Is Dead, “Unbroken Chain,” Blue Light Rain (Zebra, 1998)
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Alzheimer's—A Personal Story
Chicago Public Radio's Tony Sarabia brings us the story of Chicagoan Jennifer Knauss and her husband, Don Moyer.
Related Link
Alzheimer's Association
Music Button: The Album Leaf, “Brennivin,” Seal Beach EP (Better Looking Records, 2005)
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Alzheimer's—Research and Treatment
We're joined by Dr. Bill Thies, Vice President of Medical and Scientific Affairs for the Alzheimer's Association.
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Sri Lankan Stories
Mary Anne Mohanraj—Author
Lakshmi Rengarajan—Contributor
Hailed as an honest portrayal of Sri Lankan immigrant life, Mary Anne Mohanraj's debut collection, Bodies in Motion, follows two Sri Lankan families over the course of fifty years.
Mohanraj is a visiting professor at Roosevelt University in Chicago. She reads from her book on Thursday, July 28, 2005, at 7:30 pm at Women and Children First—5233 North Clark Street in Chicago's Andersonville neighborhood.
Book Information
Bodies in Motion: Stories (HarperCollins, 2005)
More from our Summer Reading Series >>
Music Button: Anoushka Shankar, “Kirwani,” Anoushka (Angel Records, 1998)
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Comedy Meets Reality TV
Todd Milliner—Television Producer
Jim Carrane—Contributor
Cocreated by The Second City veteran Todd Milliner, Situation Comedy is a behind-the-scenes look at producing and selling a national TV show.
Situation Comedy debuts Tuesday, July 26, 2005, at 7 pm CT on cable channel Bravo.
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Eight Forty-Eight—July 25, 2005
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The Future and History of Organized Labor |
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SEIU Leads Push for AFL-CIO Change
Originally aired July 25, 2005, during our news broadcasts
Catrin Einhorn—Correspondent, Chicago Public Radio News
The unions boycotting the AFL-CIO convention say the organization isn't doing enough to recruit new members. A Chicago local of the Service Employees International Union is in the heart of a campaign illustrating the push to unionize more workers.
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AFL-CIO Schism
Robert Bruno—Associate Professor of Labor and Industrial Relations, University of Illinois, Chicago
Steve Franklin—Staff Reporter, Chicago Tribune
David Moberg—Senior Editor, In These Times
The AFL-CIO has been struggling with declining power and membership. And now some of its largest unions are threatening to leave the fold.
Guest Robert Bruno is author of Reforming the Chicago Teamsters: The Story of Local 705. Steve Franklin is author of Three Strikes: Labor's Heartland Losses and What They Mean for Working Americans.
Music Button: Ry Cooder, “Highway Twenty-three,” Music by Ry Cooder (Reprise, 1995)
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Chicago's Labor Trail
Originally broadcast March 2, 2005
Leon Fink—Distinguished Professor of History, University of Illinois, Chicago
Dominic Pacyga—Faculty Member, Liberal Education Department, Columbia College Chicago
With more than 120 sites in dozens of neighborhoods, the Labor Trail project chronicles the history of Chicago's working-class residents.
Related Link
The Labor Trail
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Labor Poems
Chicago mother Sabrina Coleman reads her poem, “Paycheck.” And Chicago musician Ron Yokley reads his poem, “I'm a Laborer.”
Both pieces appear in the spring 2005 issue of the Journal of Ordinary Thought, a project of the Neighborhood Writing Alliance.
Related Link
Journal of Ordinary Thought
Music Buttons
Uncle Tupelo, “Sandusky,” March 16–20, 1992 (Rockville, 1992)
Jim Ward Morris, “The Ending First,” Ten Instrumentals for TV and Radio (Double M Ranch, 1998)
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Labor Protest Songs
Originally broadcast March 12, 2003
A conversation with Chicago guitarist Bucky Halker about the compilation album, Welcome to LaborLand
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Eight Forty-Eight—July 22, 2005 |
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Daley Reforms Hiring at City Hall
Carlos Hernandez-Gomez—Correspondent, News
Forming an independent public service commisssion is Chicago Mayor Daley's biggest effort yet to reform hiring practices at city hall. Chicago Public Radio's Carols Hernandez-Gomez joins us to discuss the scandal and the mayor's move.
Music Button: Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet, “Five American Six Canadian,” Dim the Lights, Chill the Ham (Cargo, 1993)
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AFL-CIO Union Rifts, Part One
Stuart Acuff—National Organizing Director, AFL-CIO
Tensions are running high within the AFL-CIO as unions representing over six million workers are threatening to leave the organization, among them the largest and quickest growing group, the Service Employees International Union.
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AFL-CIO Union Rifts, Part Two
Stephen Lerner—Director of Property Services Division, Service Employees International Union
The Service Employees International Union weighs in on reasons unions are wanting to break away from the AFL-CIO, on the eve of the 25th Annual Convention.
Music Button: Naked Funk, “Sana Fey,” Evolution Ending (Palm Pictures, 1999)
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Dodge Ball Making a Comeback
Lucas Kahun—Western Springs Dodge Ball Player
Katie Moses—Western Springs Dodge Ball Player
Jim Osterhaout—Western Springs Dodge Ball Player
Dodge ball is no longer the violent sport it used to be. In Western Springs, Illinois we visit the reigning champions of the National Amateur Dodge Ball Association as they prepare for their next title.
Related Information
Dodge Ball Days
1675 Old Schaumburg Road
Schaumburg, Illinois
Music Button: Mr. Scruff, “Sweet Smoke,” Trouser Jazz (Ninja Tune, 2002)
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Sports Update
Cheryl Raye-Stout—Sports Contributor
We get an update on the Chicago Bears start at training camp, the White Sox and the Cubs get ready to take on the Boston Red Sox, and the ice may be cleared for the Chicago Blackhawks.
Music Button: Remigio Ducros, “Scherzi Pesanti,” Hunk of Heaven (Jazzman, 2005)
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Theater Update
Jonathan Abarbanel—Theater Contributor
Jonathan Abarbanel reviews new productions on area stages, including Wicked and The Wild Party.
Wicked runs through September 25, 2005, at the Oriental Theatre—24 West Randolph, in Chicago's Loop. The Bohemian Theatre Company's The Wild Party runs through August 13, 2005, at the Stage Left Theatre—3408 North Sheffield, Chicago.
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Redwalls
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Redwalls in the Performance Studio.
Photo by Andrew Gil.
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Jim Carrane—Music Contributor
Justin Baren—Musician, Redwalls
Logan Baren—Musician, Redwalls
Ben Greeno—Musician, Redwalls
Andrew Langer—Musician, Redwalls
The Chicago-based band Redwalls will play at this years Lollapolloza music festival in Grant Park along with a few other Chicago bands. Redwalls played in the Jim and Kay Mabie Performance Studio and had a conversation with music critic Jim Carrane.
Featured Music
Live Performance of “Thank You,” De Nova (Capitol Records, 2005)
Live Performance of “Easy Come and Go,” Previously Unreleased
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Eight Forty-Eight—July 21, 2005 |
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WIFI in Chicago
Harold Henderson—Correspondent, Chicago Reporter
The Chicago Reporter's Harold Henderson joins us to talk about about the questions surrounding the push to create city-wide wireless internet access.
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WIFI Almost in Philly
Dinah Neff—Chief Information Officer, City of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is way ahead of Chicago in it's move towards a city-wide wireless internet service. Chief Information Officer for the city of Philadelphia joins us to discuss their network and what Chicago could learn from the business plan.
Music Button: Madvillian, “Great Day,” Four Tet and Koushik Remixes (Stone's Throw, 2005)
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Stopping Senator Meeks
Aaron Freeman—Writer and Contributer
Chicago Aldermen are responding to the traffic stop of Illinois Senator and Reverend Meeks. Meeks states he was the victim of racial profiling. Eight Forty-Eight contributor Aaron Freeman says there is more to the situation than meets the eye.
Music Button: Q-Burns Abstract Message, “Iffy,” Future Past Tense (Stone's Throw, 2005)
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Illinois Drought
Dr. Derek Winstanley—Chief, Illinois State Water Survey; Member, Illinois Drought Task Force
With no major relief in sight, the regional drought continues to worsen. The Illinois Drought Task Force meets to discuss the drought's impact on the state.
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Tree Care During a Drought
Edith Makra—Community Tree Advocate, Morton Arboretum
During these days of drought, we get tips for keeping trees healthy.
Music Button: Jump with Joey, “Jack Lord Ska,” Come…Jump with Joey (Ryko, 1997)
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Funeral Putt Putt
Simon Smith—Writer and Contributor
Doug Ahlgrim—Funeral Director, Ahlgrim Funeral Home
Contributor Simon Smith visits a community fun center in a very odd place.
Music Button: Hawke, “Positive Subtracting,” Love Won Another (Eighth Dimension, 2005)
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Not Your Normal Sushi
Steve Dolinsky—Food Contributor
Steve Dolinksy learns there is more to sushi than fish when he takes a sushi rolling class for kids with his daughter.
Food contributor Steve Dolinsky is a food reporter for ABC Channel Seven in Chicago.
Music Button: Nail, “All This,” Omlounge Two (Om, 1999)
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What's in a Number?
Daniel Ferri—Writer and Contributor
Chicago Public School officials are in the middle of wrapping up public hearings on their new five million dollar budget. Contributor Daniel Ferri puts “the number” in perspective.
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Chicago Blues Museum
Gregg Parker—Founder, Chicago Blues Museum
Musician Gregg Parker has made it his mission to pay homage to blues artists that he considers overlooked. He has collected memorabilia and stories from these artists and has opened his dream, the Chicago Blues Museum.
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Eight Forty-Eight—July 20, 2005 |
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Ongoing Scandals Shadow Daley
Originally aired July 20, 2005, during our news broadcasts
Carlos Hernandez Gomez—Correspondent, Chicago Public Radio News
Chicago Public Radio's Carlos Hernandez Gomez reports on how a series of scandals is affecting Chicago mayor Richard Daley's popularity and chances for reelection.
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Illinois Governor's Race
Scott Fornek—Political Reporter, Chicago Sun-Times
Kristen McQueary—Columnist, Daily Southtown
Meta Minton—Editor, Southern Illinoisan
Bernie Schoenburg—Political Columnist, Springfield State Journal-Register
At least nine Republicans are considering a challenge to Governor Rod Blagojevich in 2006. Who's in, who's out, and what kind of race will it be?
Music Button: Groovilicious, “Raisins and Rutebagas,” The Recipe (New Breed, 1996)
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Bush Taps Roberts for Supreme Court
Dennis Hutchinson—Senior Lecturer, University of Chicago Law School
Reaction from the University of Chicago's Dennis Hutchinson, editor of The Supreme Court Review
Music Button: “Scherzo a la Russe,” The Essential Igor Stravinsky (Sony, 2003)
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Illinois Reviews Eminent Domain
Susan Garrett—State Senator, Twenty-ninth District, Illinois
Following the Supreme Court's controversial ruling on the power of eminent domain, Illinois lawmakers are holding a special hearing to review the state's own eminent domain law.
Our guest, state senator Susan Garrett, chairs the State Senate Government Committee. She's a Democrat from north suburban Lake Forest.
Music Button: Praful, “Says Kabir,” Pyramid in Your Backyard (Rendezvous, 2005)
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Sculpture, Culture, and Identity
Through his installation on the lawn of the Evanston Art Center, Chicago sculptor Bernard Williams aims to honor the cultural diversity of our region.
The installation, Cultural Cargo, is on display through June 1, 2006.
Related Link
Evanston Art Center
Music Button: Tortoise, “Ten-day Interval,” TNT (Thrill Jockey, 1998)
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Remembering the Eastland Disaster
Jay Bonansinga—Author
It's the deadliest incident in Chicago history: more than 800 died on July 24, 1915, when the S. S. Eastland sank into the Chicago River near Clark Street.
Book Information
The Sinking of the Eastland: America's Forgotten Tragedy
By Jay Bonansinga (Citadel Press, 2004)
Related Link
Eastland Disaster Historical Society
Music Button: Pacifica Quartet, “String Quartet in E Flat Major,” Mendelssohn: The Complete String Quartets (Cedille, 2005)
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Lake Michigan Poem
Paulette Roeske reads her poem, “7 am, Lakefront.”
It was first published in Poetry magazine.
Music Button: The Six Parts Seven, “Changing the Name of October,” Silence Magnifies Sound (Troubleman Unlimited, 2000)
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Eight Forty-Eight—July 19, 2005 |
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Two More Charged in Hired Truck Probe, Part One
Dan Mihalopoulous—Staff Reporter, Chicago Tribune
Carlos Hernandez Gomez—Correspondent, Chicago Public Radio News
Federal prosecutors have charged two Chicago officials with running fraudulent hiring practices dating back decades.
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Two More Charged in Hired Truck Probe, Part Two
Reaction from forty-ninth ward Chicago alderman Joe Moore
Music Button: By the End of Tonight, “Tigers,” A Tribute to the Tigers (Temporary Residence, 2005)
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Alleged Dirty Bomber Appeals
Abdon Pallasch—Legal Affairs Reporter, Chicago Sun-Times
Detained as an enemy combatant since 2002, former Chicago gang member Jose Padilla has argued his case before the Fourth U.S.
Circuit Court of Appeals.
Music Button: The Fareed Haque Group, “Lahara,” Cosmic Hug (Magnatude, 2005)
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CPD Office of Professional Standards
Craig Futterman—Clinical Associate Professor, University of Chicago Law School
We take a closer look at the agency charged with investigating citizen complaints about the Chicago Police
Department.
Guest Craig Futterman is founder of the Civil Rights Police Accountability Project at the University of Chicago's Mandel
Legal Aid Clinic.
Music Button: Gene Harris, “Sitting Duck,” Blue Break Beats, Volume Four (Blue Note, 1999)
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Summer Reading Essay
Contributor Sam Weller kicks off our summer reading series by remembering how a great story changed his life.
Weller is author of The Bradbury Chronicles: The Life of Ray Bradbury.
Music Button: Suba, “Cannibals,” São Paolo Confessions (Six Degrees, 2000)
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My Friend Leonard
James Frey—Author
Jim Carrane—Contributor
The author's relationship with a West Coast mobster is at the center of former Chicagoan James Frey's novel, My Friend
Leonard.
Book Information
My Friend Leonard (Riverhead Hardcover, 2005)
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Crash Kills Three Chicago Musicians
Michael Dahlquist, John Glick, and Doug Meis were killed on July 14 while stopped at a red light in north suburban Skokie.
An allegedly suicidal woman has been charged with their deaths.
The three men worked together at Shure Incorporated in north suburban Niles. Dahlquist was the drummer for the
critically-acclaimed post-punk outfit, Silkworm. Glick was a guitarist for the garage punk band, The Returnables. And
Meis was a drummer for several bands, including EXO and The Dials.
Featured Music: Silkworm, “That's All There Is,” You Are Dignified (Touch and Go, 2000)
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Eight Forty-Eight—July 18, 2005 |
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Business Update
David Greising—Business Contributor
A preview of the AFL-CIO convention in Chicago as well as the latest on the Walgreens pharmacist strike and Boeing's trade dispute before the WTO
Business contributor David Greising is chief business correspondent for the Chicago Tribune.
Music Button: Fragment Orchestra, “The Muse,” Departures, Volume One (OM, 2002)
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Drought Hurting Crops
Earl Williams farms more than 700 acres in northern Illinois, just south of Rockford. And he says his fields aren't a pretty sight.
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Water Supply and Diversion
We talk with Cam Davis, executive director of the Alliance for the Great Lakes.
Related Link
Alliance for the Great Lakes
Music Button: Woody Guthrie, “Blowing Down That Old Dusty Road,” Dust Bowl Ballads (Rounder, 1964)
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Meeks Calls for Police Code of Conduct
Originally aired July 18, 2005, during our news broadcasts
Sonari Glinton—Correspondent, Chicago Public Radio News
Illinois state senator Rev. James Meeks is calling for a code of conduct for police and motorists during traffic stops. Meeks alleges that he was a victim of racial profiling by a Chicago police officer.
Music Button: Poets of Rhythm, “Plus Plus” Discern/Define (Quannum Projects, 2001)
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Ebert Theory
As Chicagoans celebrate Roger Ebert Day, Maryland-based writer and blogger J. F. Schloman uncovers what he thinks is the secret to Ebert's movie reviews.
To share your own Ebert theory, call Chicago Public Radio's comment line at 312.948.4701 or E-mail us >>
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AMC Movie Club
Jamie Ceasar—Television Producer
Nathan Rabin—Writer
Jim Carrane—Contributor
Featuring diverse personalities, AMC Movie Club aims to be a hip and funny film review show. And with several Chicago natives involved, it also has a Windy City attitude.
AMC Movie Club airs Fridays at 10 pm and Sundays at 9:30 am CT on cable channel AMC.
Music Button: Ernest Gold, “It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World Main Theme,” Sneak Preview (Ryko, 1997)
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HDTV
Media contributor Wally Podrazik shares some thoughts on the proliferation of high definition television.
Podrazik is coauthor of Watching TV: Six Decades of American Television. He's also head writer for exhibits at the Museum of Broadcast Communications, opening in Chicago in 2006.
Music Button: Naked Funk, “Trango,” Evolution Ending (Palm Pictures, 1999)
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Fermilab Butterflies
Tom Peterson—Technical Engineer, Magnet Test Facility, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Gianofer Fields—Producer and Correspondent, Eight Forty-Eight
Occupying nearly 7000 acres in west suburban Batavia, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory is home to a reconstructed prairie and fifty-four butterfly species.
Related Link
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
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Lincoln Park's North Pond
Writer and contributor Lucia Mauro remembers how a bird united her community.
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Monday Music Corner: Fulcrum Point New Music Project
Chicago-based Fulcrum Point aims to use music and art to establish cross-cultural understanding.
The ensemble makes its Ravinia Festival debut on Tuesday, July 19, 2005, at 8 pm.
Related Links
Fulcrum Point New Music Project
Ravinia Festival
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Eight Forty-Eight—July 15, 2005 |
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Jesse Jackson, Jr., for Mayor?
Jesse Jackson, Jr.—U.S. Representative, Second District, Illinois
With his outspoken criticism of Mayor Richard M. Daley, there is speculation that U.S. Congressman Jesse Jackson, Jr., may be
considering a run for Mayor in 2007. He joins us to discuss his election plans and his views of democracy in Chicago.
Music Button: Booker T. and the MG's, “Hip Hug-Her,” Hip Hug-Her (Rhino/Wea, 1992)
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A Year of Millennium Park, Part One
Ed Keegan—Architecture Contributor
James Yood—Visual Arts Critic, Hello Beautiful!
Millennium Park opened to massive crowds and international acclaim on July 16, 2005. Then, many people thought of it as more
theme park than urban oasis. We visit the park with James Yood and Ed Keegan to see what they think of the park one year later. |
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A Year of Millennium Park, Part Two
Originally aired July 15, 2005, during our news broadcasts
Ben Calhoun—Correspondent, Chicago Public Radio News
Since Chicago's $475 million, twenty-four acre park opened, city officials say 2.5 million people have visited and it has
garnered more than thirty awards. Chicago Public Radio's Ben Calhoun got Chicagoans' opinions of the year-old park.
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A Year of Millennium Park, Part Three
Zachary White—Writer
Some critics of Millennium Park have unfavorably compared it to an amusement park, but according to Zachary White, that's not
necessarily a bad thing.
Music Button: Blue States, “Stereo 99,” Nothing Changes Under the Sun (ESL, 2000) |
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Toulouse-Lautrec and Montmartre
Gloria Groom—David and Mary Winton Green Curator of European Painting, The Art Institute of Chicago
Edward Lifson—Arts, Architecutre, and Culture Editor
French painter Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec is known for his vibrant paintings of late 19th century Parisian night life. A new
exhibit at the Art Institute of Chicago highlights his depictions of Paris's illicit entertainment district, Montmartre.
The exhibit, Toulouse-Lautrec and Montmartre continues through October 10, 2005, at the Art Institute of Chicago.
Related Link
Toulouse-Lautrec and
Montmartre
Music Button: Juan Garcia Esquivel, “I Love Paris,” Four Corners of the World (BMG, 1995) |
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Film Reviews
Jonathan Miller—Film Contributor
Contributor Jonathan Miller reviews The Beat that My Heart Skipped, a French remake of a 1978 film that originally
starred Harvey Keitel, and Murderball, a documentary about the members of the quadriplegic U.S. Paralympic rugby team.
The Beat that My Heart Skipped opens July 15, 2005, at the Landmark Century Centre Cinema—2828 North Clark Street in Chicago's Lakeview neighborhood and at the Century CineArts Six—1715 Maple, in north suburban Evanston.
Murderball opens July 22, 2005, at at the Landmark Century Centre Cinema.
Contributor Jonathan Miller teaches film at Illinois Institute of Technology and at the University of Illinois, Chicago.
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The Intonation Music Festival
Ryan Schreiber—Editor-in-Chief, Pitchfork
Scott Plagenhoef—Managing Editor, Pitchfork
Chris Kaskie—Advertising Director, Pitchfork
A new underground music festival in Chicago is drawing national attention. It's curated by the Chicago based online music
journal Pictchfork. Members of their staff join us to preview the independent festival.
The Intonation Music Festial is July 16 and 17, 2005, at Union Park—1501 W. Randolph in Chicago's West Loop
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Eight Forty-Eight—July 14, 2005 |
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Supreme Court Audio Archive
Jerry Goldman—Professor of Political Science, Northwestern University
The Court began recording oral arguments and bench statements in 1955. And a Northwestern University professor is determined to make them all available for free on the Web.
Related Link
Oyez—U.S. Supreme Court Multimedia
Music Button: Bosco and Jorge, “You Holdem I'll Punchem,” Ally in the Sky (Six Gun Lover, 2005) |
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The Coast Guard and Homeland Security
Originally aired July 14, 2005, during our news broadcasts
Catrin Einhorn—Correspondent, Chicago Public Radio News
Two years after the U.S. Coast Guard was incorporated into the Department of Homeland Security, Chicago Public Radio's Catrin Einhorn takes to the water with the Calumet Harbor Coast Guard.
Music Button: Fila Brazillia, “Airlock Holmes,” OM Lounge, Volume Three (OM, 2000) |
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Female Space Flight Pioneers
Martha Ackmann—Senior Lecturer in Women's Studies, Mt. Holyoke College
Gene Nora Jessen—Member, Mercury 13
Irene Leverton—Member, Mercury 13
Gianofer Fields—Producer and Correspondent, Eight Forty-Eight
Thirteen American women tested for space flight in 1961. They became known as the “Mercury 13,” and they never made it to lift-off.
Book Information
The Mercury 13: The Untold Story of Thirteen American Women and the Dream of Space Flight
By Martha Ackmann (Random House, 2003)
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Lift-off
Richard Steele—Special Contributor
Chicago Public Radio music host Richard Steele gives us a peek into his past life. Here's a hint: it involves space flight and a song.
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Out of the Darkness
Briget Woods-Thompson—Board Member, American Foundation of Suicide Prevention, Midwest Chapter
A Chicagoan shares her personal story of how suicide has changed her life.
Related Link
Out of the Darkness Community Walks—American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
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Wild Animals and Suburban Sprawl
The Great Lakes Radio Consortium's Ann-Elise Henzl reports.
Related Link
Great Lakes Radio Consortium
Music Button: The Modernist, “Manson Soup,” Listen Picks: Beats (Noiseland Industries, 2000) |
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Writers' Block Party
Amy Krouse Rosenthal—Writer and Contributor
Featuring writer Charles Blackstone and musicians Liz Walker, Dennis Kuzel, Nick Gage, and Karen Berk
Blackstone is author of The Week You Weren't Here. Walker and Kuzel are members of the band, Ever So Jake.
“Writers' Block Party” host and Eight Forty-Eight contributor Amy Krouse Rosenthal is author of several books, including Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life and the children's story, Little Pea. |
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Eight Forty-Eight—July 13, 2005 |
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Patterson Trial Begins
Diantha Parker—Correspondent, Chicago Public Radio News
Pardoned from Illinois death row in 2003 for wrongful conviction, Aaron Patterson is in federal court on drug and firearm charges.
Music Button Ballistic Brothers, “Prophesy Reveal,” Dope on Plastic, Volume Eight (React Music, 2001) |
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Speck Murders Anniversary
Aimee Algas—Writer
A Chicagoan shares her personal reflections on serial murderer Richard Speck's July 14, 1966, attack on a nursing dormitory in South Chicago.
Music Button: Broadway Project, “No Pain,” Compassion (ESL Music, 2001) |
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Crime and Heat
Brian Jacob—Assistant Professor of Public Policy, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
How can heat waves help us understand crime patterns?
Music Button: Man or Astroman?, “Touch of Evil,” Shots in the Dark (Del-Fi, 1996) |
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Deadly Heat Wave—Ten Years Later
Originally aired July 13, 2005, during our news broadcasts
Tony Sarabia—Correspondent, Chicago Public Radio News
More than 700 died during the 1995 Chicago heat wave, the second-worst in city history. Chicago Public Radio's Tony Sarabia looks back on those four deadly days and the changes that came from them.
Music Button: Ry Cooder, “Main Theme,” Music by Ry Cooder (Reprise, 1995) |
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Deadly Heat Wave—Social Factors
Originally broadcast July 10, 2002
Eric Klinenberg—Assistant Professor of Sociology, New York University
A conversation with author Eric Klinenberg about his book exploring the social, political, and institutional factors in the 1995 Chicago heat wave deaths
Book Information
Heat Wave: A Social Autopsy of Disaster in Chicago (University of Chicago Press, 2002) |
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Deadly Heat Wave—Aging Alone
Amanda Solon—Executive Director, Metro Seniors in Action
A senior citizen advocate discusses why the 1995 Chicago heat wave disproportionately affected the elderly and the problem of social isolation.
Music Button: Mogwai, “R U Still in 2 It,” Government Commissions: BBC Sessions 1996–2004 (Matador, 2005) |
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Deadly Heat Wave—Could It Happen Again?
Dr. Gerald Meehl—Senior Scientist, National Center for Atmospheric Research
We're joined by an expert on global warming and heat waves.
Music Button: Gabriel Rene, “Absynthesis,” OM Lounge, Volume Two (OM, 2002) |
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Deadly Heat Wave—Remembering the Victims
Performance artist Nicole Garneau tells us about her yearlong project exploring the 739 deaths resulting from the 1995 Chicago heat wave.
Related Link
Heat:05 |
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Eight Forty-Eight—July 12, 2005 |
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Smokers Speak Out
We hit the streets to find out what Chicagoans think of the city's proposed smoking ban. |
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Smoking Ban Burns Wilmette Restaurant
Cindy Falzer—Co-owner, CJ Arthur's
The north suburban village of Wilmette banned smoking in 2003. And restauranteur Cindy Falzer says it's had an adverse effect on her business. |
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Smoking Ban Pros and Cons
Maureen Martin—Senior Fellow for Legal Affairs, Heartland Institute
Adrienne White—Vice President of Health Initiatives and Advocacy, American Cancer Society
Experts weigh in on Chicago's proposed ban on smoking in enclosed public places. |
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Smoking Struggles
Simon Smith—Writer and Contributor
Ban or no ban, Chicago writer Simon Smith has been trying—and failing—to stop smoking.
Music Button: Clifford Brown, “Smoke Gets in Your Eyes,” Jazz 'Round Midnight (Verve, 1993) |
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Poker on TV
Steve Lipscomb—Founder and President, World Poker Tour Enterprises
A conversation with a University of Chicago Law School graduate who launched the first weekly televised poker series |
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World Series of Poker
Originally broadcast April 29, 2003
James McManus—Author
Award-winning novelist and amateur poker player James McManus recounts his journey through the World Series of Poker.
McManus chronicles his experience in the book, Positively Fifth Street: Murderers, Cheetahs, and Binion's World Series of Poker (Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 2003)
Music Button: Frank Sinatra, “Luck Be a Lady,” The Reprise Collection (Reprise, 1961) |
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Australian Wine
Jan Steubing—Director, Australian Wine Bureau
Steve Dolinsky—Food Contributor
With several regions producing world-class wines, there's more to Australia's culinary scene than shrimp on the barbie.
Food contributor Steve Dolinsky is a food reporter for ABC Channel Seven in Chicago.
Music Button: Oranj Symphonette, “Days of Wine and Roses,” Plays Mancini (Gramavision, 1996) |
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Why White Kids Love Hip Hop
Bikari Kitwana—Author
Kevin Coval—Poet and Contributor
With its diverse audience, hip hop has the potential to be a powerful political force. That's according to a book exploring the demographics and nuances of hip hop culture.
Author Bikari Kitwana is a former editor at Chicago's Third World Press. He's also cofounder of the 2004 National Hip Hop Political Convention.
Contributor Kevin Coval is a poet and performance artist in Chicago. He's a regular guest on Russell Simmons's Def Poetry Jam and teaches for Young Chicago Authors.
Book Information
Why White Kids Love Hip Hop: Wangstas, Wiggers, Wannabes, and the New Reality of Race in America (Basic Civitas Books, 2005)
Music Button: A Tribe Called Quest, “Youthful Expression,” People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm (Jive, 1990) |
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Eight Forty-Eight—July 11, 2005 |
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Business Update
David Greising—Business Contributor
How is the drought affecting crops and commodities both in Illinois and across the Midwest?
Contributor David Greising is chief business correspondent for the Chicago Tribune.
Music Button: Marques Wyatt, “Rhythm Is?,” Remixed (OM, 2004) |
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The Future of Advertising
Joseph Jaffe—Author
A conversation with marketing expert Joseph Jaffe about his book exploring the death of the thirty-second television commercial
Book Information
Life after the 30-second Spot: Energize Your Brand with a Bold Mix of Alternatives to Traditional Advertising (John Wiley & Sons, 2005)
Music Button: Manfred Minnich, “The Riviera Set,” Music for TV Dinners: The '60s (Scamp, 1997) |
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World's Largest Catsup Bottle
Judy DeMoisy—Collinsville, Illinois, Resident
To discuss another type of marketing, we turn to the “catsup bottle lady” of downstate Collinsville, home of the World's Largest Catsup Bottle.
Related Link
World's Largest Catsup Bottle
Music Button: Laurindo Almeida, “Meditation,” Ultra-lounge, Volume Fourteen: Bossa Novaville (Capitol, 1997) |
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Working toward Whiteness
David Roediger—Professor of Afro-American Studies, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Richard Steele—Special Contributor
We explore the labor, housing, and political issues that have shaped America's definition of “whiteness.”
Guest David Roediger is also director of the Center on Democracy in a Multiracial Society at the University of Illinois.
Book Information
Working toward Whiteness: How America's Immigrants Become White. The Strange Journey from Ellis Island to the Suburbs
By David Roediger (Basic Books, 2005)
Music Button: The Don Baker Trio, “Dansero,” Ultra-lounge, Volume Six: Rhapsodesia (Capitol, 1996) |
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Standing up to White Flight in Beverly
Sonari Glinton—Correspondent, Chicago Public Radio News
In 1971, Chicago businessman Pat Stanton walked up to the pulpit of his church and called upon his fellow parishioners to accept integration in their Southwest Side neighborhood.
Chicago Public Radio's Sonari Glinton brings us the story of Pat and his wife, Lorraine.
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The Pain and the Itch
Bruce Norris—Playwright and Actor
Outward appearances mask deep secrets, including the possibility of sexual abuse, in Chicagoan Bruce Norris's play, The Pain and the Itch.
It continues through August 28, 2005, at Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre.
Related Link
Steppenwolf Theatre Company
Music Button: Shark Quest, “Shivers,” Gods and Devils (Merge, 2004) |
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Sports Update
Cheryl Raye-Stout—Sports Contributor
A mid-term report card for the Chicago Cubs and White Sox and the latest on the Bulls' roster
Music Button: Sookie Allstars, “In and Out,” New Testament of Funk (Unique, 1999) |
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Monday Music Corner: Hypnotic
Playing for thousands each year on one of the best stages in the city, the Hypnotic brass ensemble sets up shop at the intersection of State and Randolph Streets in downtown Chicago.
Eight Forty-Eight's Madeleine Bair takes us there. |
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Eight Forty-Eight—July 8, 2005 |
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Securing Chicago's Transit, Part One
Diantha Parker—Correspondent, Chicago Public Radio News
Following the attacks in London, transit systems across the country are on higher alert. But Chicago officials stress that
procedures under Orange Alert are close to what they are everyday.
Music Button: Fatigue, “Untitled,” Unknown (Self-Released, 2000)
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Securing Chicago's Transit, Part Two
Joseph Schwieterman—Director of the Chaddick Institute for Metropolitan Development, DePaul University
Just how vulnerable are Chicago's public transportation systems? We talk about security on the Metra and CTA with transit
expert Joseph Schwierterman. |
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Saving the Great Lakes
Joel Brammeier—Manager of Habitat Recovery Program, Alliance for the Great Lakes
We discuss the details of the United States Environmental Protection Agency's proposed plan to improve the health and
quality of the Great Lakes.
Related Link
Alliance for the Great Lakes |
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Dealing with Drought
Cara Jepsen—Writer
Hot, dry weather affects more than just crops and trees. Writer Cara Jepsen shares the impact Illinois's drought is having
on her life.
Music Button: Jeff Parker, “Sea Change,” The Relatives (Thrill Jockey, 2005) |
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Theater Reviews
Jonathan Abarbanel—Theater Contributor
Contributor Jonathan Abarbanel shares his thoughts on the plays, Dollhouse, Short Eyes, and The Taming of the
Shrew.
Dollhouse runs through July 24, 2005, at the Goodman Theatre—170 North Dearborn Street in Chicago's Loop. The
Taming of the Shrew runs through August 7, 2005, presented by the First Folio Shakespeare Company at the Mayslake Peabody
Estate—1717 West 31st Street in Oak Brook, Illinois. Short Eyes ran through July 3, 2005, presented by the
Urban Theater Company at the Aguijón Theate in Chicago.
Abarbanel is a theater critic in Chicago.
Music Button: Pell Mell, “Pound Cake,” Interstate (DGC, 1995)
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Migrating to the Movies
Jacqueline Stewart—Associate Professor of English Language and Literature, University of Chicago
Edward Lifson—Editor, Arts, Architecture, and Culture; Chicago Public Radio
Jacqueline Stewart's book, Migrating to the Movies: Cinema and Black Urban Modernity (University of California Press,
2005), chronicles the relationship between the rise of the cinema and the Great Migration of African-Americans north.
Music Button: Lafayette Afro Rock Band, “Darkest Light,” Pulp Fusion: Revenge of the Ghetto Grooves (Harmless, 1999)
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Orphaned Sea Otter Finds a Home
Jessica Whiton—Senior Trainer, Shedd Aquarium
Gianofer Fields—Producer and Correspondent, Eight Forty-Eight
After being abandoned off the coast of Alaska, a two-month-old sea otter named Kiana is making a splash at the Shedd
Aquarium.
Related Link
Shedd Aquarium
Music Button: Juan Garcia Esquivel, “Whatchamacallit,” Space Age Bachelor Pad Music (Bar None Records, 1994) |
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The Joys of Gardening
Though planting vegetable gardens has lost some popularity, practicioners are passionate about it. The Great Lakes Radio
Consortium's Rebecca Williams explores the obsessions of vegetable gardeners.
Related Link
The Great Lakes Radio Consortium
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Folk and Roots Festival
David Roche—Executive Director, Old Town School of Folk Music
Bands from around the globe and right here in Chicago descend on Welles Park for the annual Chicago Folk and Roots Festival,
put on by the Old Town School of Folk Music.
The Chicago Folk and Roots Festival is Saturday and Sunday, July 9th and 10th, at Welles Park, located at the intersection of
Lincoln and Montrose in Chicago's Lincoln Square neighborhood.
Related Link
Old Town School of Folk Music
Featured Music:
Alejandro Escovedo, “Amsterdam,” Bourbonitis Blues (Bloodshot Records, 1999)
Otis Clay, “Sho Wasn't Me,” Respect Yourself (Blind Pig, 2005)
Tinariwen, “Ténéré Daféd Nikchan,” Amassakoul (World Village, 2004)
Ozomatli, “(Who Discovered) America?” Street Signs (Concord Records, 2004)
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Eight Forty-Eight—July 7, 2005 |
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London Bombings Affect Chicago Commuters
Jay Field—Correspondent, Chicago Public Radio News
How are Chicago-area public transit and safety officials reacting to security concerns raised by the terrorist bombings in London? |
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School Integration and Criminal Justice
John Hagan—John D. MacArthur Professor of Sociology and Law, Northwestern University
A study of ninth and tenth graders in the Chicago Public Schools finds that integration has a significant effect on student views of criminal justice.
Guest John Hagan is one of the lead authors of the paper, “Race, Ethnicity, and Youth Perceptions of Criminal Injustice.” It appears in the July 2005 edition of the American Sociological Review. Hagan is a senior research fellow at the American Bar Foundation.
Music Button: Koushik, “Too Many Ways,” Be With (Stone's Throw, 2005)
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FTC Hearings on North Shore Hospital Merger
Bruce Japsen—Staff Reporter, Chicago Tribune
We preview closing arguments in the Federal Trade Commission's probe into whether the 2000 merger of Evanston Northwestern Healthcare and Highland Park Hospital led to anti-competitive pricing.
Music Button: Pimp Daddy Nash, “To Osaka by Rail,” The New Jazz Science (Eighth Dimension, 2005)
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Senate Hearings on Chicago VA Office
Originally aired July 7, 2005, during our news broadcasts
Diantha Parker—Correspondent, Chicago Public Radio News
VA officials, veterans, doctors, and hospital administrators gathered in Chicago to discuss how well local Veterans Affairs facilities are handling disability claims and requests for assistance.
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Persian Restaurant Inspires Play
David Feiner—Cofounder, Albany Park Theater Project
Laura Wiley—Cofounder, Albany Park Theater Project
Noon-O-Kabab on Chicago's northwest side is a hot destination for area foodies. And it's at the center of Saffron, conceived and performed by teens in the Albany Park Theater Project.
The play runs through Sunday, July 10, 2005, at the Storefront Theater in Chicago's Gallery 37 Center for the Arts. Noon-O-Kabab is located at 4661 North Kedzie Avenue in Albany Park.
Related Links
Albany Park Theater Project
Gallery 37 Center for the Arts |
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Lunch Trucks
Steve Dolinsky—Food Contributor
A walking tour of some of downtown Chicago's lunch trucks
Food contributor Steve Dolinsky is a food reporter for ABC Channel Seven in Chicago.
Music Button: Pimp Daddy Nash, “Box That Shut Up,” The New Jazz Science (Eighth Dimension, 2005)
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Zappa and the Home Front
Tony Sarabia—Correspondent, Chicago Public Radio News
A rock opera inspired by a Frank Zappa song explores some of the changes that take place on the home front during wartime.
Billy the Mountain and Other Wartime Stories is produced by the Striding Lion InterArts Workshop. It continues Thursday nights through July 28, 2005, at the Elbo Room—2871 North Lincoln Avenue in Chicago's Lakeview.
Related Link
Striding Lion InterArts Workshop |
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Jazz Critic Larry Kart
Larry Kart—Music Critic
Richard Steele—Special Contribuor
Former Down Beat magazine and Chicago Tribune critic Larry Kart sits down with Chicago Public Radio's Richard Steele to recount his encounters with jazz legends.
Kart's writings are collected in the book, Jazz in Search of Itself (Yale University Press, 2004).
Music Button: Clifford Brown, “Step Lightly,” Ultimate Clifford Brown (Verve, 1998)
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Eight Forty-Eight—July 6, 2005 |
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Walgreens Pharmacists May Strike
Chuck Sauer—Executive Director, National Pharmacists Association
More than 1200 Walgreens pharmacists in Northeast Illinois and Northwest Indiana are poised to strike in protest over working conditions.
Music Button: Q-Burns Abstract Message, “This Time,” Re-routed (Eighth Dimension, 2002) |
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Out among the Dragons
Dan Noonan—Playwright
Finding humor in tragedy, Chicagoan Dan Noonan has channeled his experiences as an HIV-positive hemophiliac into the play, Out among the Dragons.
The world debut production continues through Sunday, July 10, 2005, at Northminister Presbyterian Church—2515 Central Park Avenue in north suburban Evanston.
In this segment, actors Joel Mehr, Joe Sherman, Jane Andrea Noles, and Michael Denini perform excerpts from the play.
Music Button: The Mercury Program, “There Are Thousands Sleeping in Peace,” All the Suits Began to Fall Off (Tiger Style, 2001) |
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World's Largest Wind Farm
Michael Hawthorne—Staff Reporter, Chicago Tribune
McLean County, Illinois, has cleared the way for more than 200 wind turbines, each almost forty stories tall. How does the project fit into Governor Rod Blagojevich's renewable energy strategy?
Music Button: Folksmen, New Main Street Singers, and Mitch & Mickey, “A Mighty Wind,” Mighty Wind: The Album (DMZ/Columbia/Sony Music Soundtrax, 2003) |
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Brownfields Program Gives Hope
Small towns are remaking their landscapes with help from an EPA initiative that funds efforts to convert contaminated factory sites into green space.
The Great Lakes Radio Consortium's Shawn Allee reports.
Related Link
Brownfields Cleanup and Redevelopment—Environmental Protection Agency
Great Lakes Radio Consortium
Music Button: Luther Johnson, “I Got a Mind to Travel,” Nothin' but the Blues (Castle/Pulse, 1999) |
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Cal City-Hammond Divide
Originally aired July 6, 2005, during our news broadcasts
Ben Calhoun—Correspondent, Chicago Public Radio News
Some residents of Hammond, Indiana, want to build a six-inch-high, unbroken curb to beef up the town's border with Calumet City, Illinois. The proposal has uncovered old wounds and ignited other issues dividing the two communities. |
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Silent Film Star Harold Lloyd
Jonathan Miller—Film Contributor
Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton are cultural icons. But the legacy of Harold Lloyd has largely taken a backseat.
A retrospective of Lloyd's work continues through Thursday, July 7, 2005, at the Music Box Theatre—3733 North Southport Avenue in Chicago's Lakeview.
Contributor Jonathan Miller teaches film at Illinois Institute of Technology and the University of Illinois, Chicago. |
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Buddhism Basics
Steven Asma—Philosophy Professor, Columbia College Chicago
A conversation with Steven Asma about his book, The Gods Drink Whiskey: Stumbling toward Enlightenment in the Land of the Tattered Buddha (HarperSanFrancisco, 2005)
Asma is also author of Buddha for Beginners and Stuffed Animals and Pickled Heads: The Culture and Evolution of Natural History Museums.
Music Button: Tuatara, “Eastern Star,” Breaking the Ethers (Sony, 1997) |
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Midwest Economic Outlook
Paul Kasriel—Chief Economist and Senior Vice President, Northern Trust Bank
Carl Tannenbaum—Chief Economist, LaSalle Bank
Two area economists join us to discuss rising interest rates, record oil prices, concerns over a possible housing bubble, and other issues.
Music Button: Madvillian, “Money Folder,” Four Tet and Koushik Remixes (Stone's Throw, 2005) |
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Teacher Turnover
Originally aired July 5, 2005, during our news broadcasts
Jay Field—Correspondent, Chicago Public Radio News
In Chicago, as in many big cities, neighborhood schools have a difficult time finding and retaining high-quality teachers. Chicago Public Radio's Jay Field reports on the problem and what some are doing to combat it.
Music Button: Couch, “Was Alles Hält,” Profane (Matador, 2001) |
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Summer Poem
Curie High School senior Tonette Palmer takes us to her neighborhood on Chicago's southwest side.
Palmer is part of Curie's youth radio program.
Music Button: Hawke, “Garden of Your Mind,” Love Won Another (Eighth Dimensions, 2005)
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The Birth of Improv
David Shepherd—Cofounder, The Compass
Founded in 1955 by seven young actors in Chicago's Hyde Park, the Compass sparked a comedic revolution that gave birth to the Second City and the off-Loop theater movement.
Music Button: Sufjan Stevens, “Concerning the UFO Sighting Near Highland, Illinois,” Illinois (Asthmatic Kitty, 2005) |
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Musician Sufjan Stevens
As part of his fifty state project, Sufjan Stevens weaves lush melodies, public histories, and personal memories into an impressionistic portrait of Illinois.
Album Information: Illinois (Asthmatic Kitty, 2005)
Songs Featured
“Chicago”
“Decatur”
“The Predatory Wasp of the Palisades Is Out to Get Us!”
“Casimir Pulaski Day”
“Come On! Feel the Illinoise! Part One: The World's Columbian Exposition”
“Part Two: Carl Sandburg Visits Me in a Dream”
“They Are Night Zombies!! They Are Neighbors!! They Have Come Back from the Dead!! Ahhhh!”
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Eight Forty-Eight—July 4, 2005
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Examining Interrogations
Robert Milan—First Assistant State's Attorney, Cook County
As Richard Devine's top assistant, Robert Milan is in a unique position to study the factors that lead to wrongful
convictions. He shares his research and insights with us.
Music Button:Godspeed You Black Emperor, “Antennas to Heaven,” Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to
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The American Revelation
Neil Baldwin—Writer
Charlie Wheelan—Reporter
Neil Baldwin's book, The American Revelation: Ten Ideals that Shaped Our Country from the Puritans to the Cold War
(St. Martin's Press, 2005), examines the beliefs and customs that have formed our nation.
Contributor Charlie Wheelan is a faculty member at the University of Chicago's Harris School of Public Policy and former
Director of Policy and Communications for Chicago Metropolis 2020. He's also author of the book, Naked Economics:
Undressing the Dismal Science.
Music Button: United States Air Force Band of the Golden West, “The Stars and Stripes Forever,” An American Celebration (Department of the Air Force, 2000)
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History of Old Comiskey
Richard Lindberg—Writer and Historian
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This marble plaque is on the site of home plate at the old Comiskey Park. |
The wrecking ball took old Comiskey Park in 1990, but the field left an indelible mark on the hearts of White Sox fans. Honoring the
ninety-fifth anniversary of their first game, we visit the former site with Sox historian Richard Lindberg.
Lindberg is the author of The White Sox Encyclopedia (Temple University Press, 1997).
Music Button: Charlie Hunter, “Return of the Candyman,” Return of the Candyman (Blue Note Records, 1998)
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Going Hands-Free
Mike Rhee—Correspondent, Chicago Public Radio News
Drivers in Chicago caught with their cell phones to their ears will face a $50 fine under a new ordinance. Chicago Public
Radio's Mike Rhee went to a downtown cell phone store to find out how residents are preparing.
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Robbie Fulks performing in Chicago Public Radio's studios |
Robbie Fulks
Robbie Fulks—Musician
We caught up with Chicago-area country musician Robbie Fulks to talk about his new album Georgia Hard. Fulks says the
songs tell a coming of middle age story.
Robbie Fulks will perform at the American Music Festival on July 2,2005, at FitzGerald's—6615 West Roosevelt Road in
Berwyn, Illinois.
Featured Music:
Robbie Fulks; “Where There’s a Road,” “I'm Gonna Take You Home (and Make You Like Me),” “Countrier Than Thou,” “Cold Water, Tennessee;” Georgia Hard (Yep Roc Records, 2005)
Don Wiliams, “Good Ole Boys Like Me,” The Gentle Giant (American Legends, 2005)
“Cold Water, Tennessee” was performed live at Chicago Public Radio's studios.
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