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March
30 ,
2001 |
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Muhammad
Ali: Richard Steele interviews the photographer, filmmaker
and long-time friend of Muhammad Ali, Howard Bingham, about
his new book of photographs documenting his 30-year friendship with
Muhammad Ali and his work on a new film about Ali's life between
1964 and 1974. |
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Month
in Review: Steve Edwards and David Schaper, Chicago
Public Radio political reporter; Laura Washington, editor
and publisher of the Chicago Reporter, and Jorge Luis
Mota, !Exito! reporter, take a look back at the big stories…and
the lesser known stories….of March. |
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Abarbanel:
Eight Forty-Eight theater contributor Jonathan Abarbanel
joins Steve Edwards to discuss Dame Edna: The Regal Tour
at the Shubert Theater; The Action Against Sol Schumann at
Victory Gardens, and the Chicago Dramatists’ production of
Drawing War. |
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March
29 ,
2001 |
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Tollway:
Steve Edwards talks with Illinois Public Radio’s Sean
Crawford about Governor Ryan’s plan to phase out the Toll
Road Authority and raise fares in the meantime. |
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Girl
X: Chicago Tribune columnist Eric Zorn joins Steve
Edwards with an update and analysis of the trial of the accused
attacker of the girl. |
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Bucky
Pt 1: Eight Forty-Eight contributor Victoria Lautman
talks with director D.W. Jacobs and actor Ron Campbell
about the play R. Buckminster Fuller: the History and Mystery
of the Universe, currently at the Mercury Theatre. |
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Bucky
Pt 2 : Eight Forty-Eight contributor Victoria Lautman
talks with director D.W. Jacobs and actor Ron Campbell
about the play R. Buckminster Fuller: the History and Mystery
of the Universe, currently at the Mercury Theatre. |
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Senior
Story: In our continuing series, Chicago senior Nate Willis
tells his story. |
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March
28 ,
2001 |
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Round
Lake: Terre Ezyk, board member of the Round Lake District
116 schools, talks with Steve Edwards about the April 3rd
ballot initiative asking voters to approve a schools tax increase.
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Daniel
Ferri: Writer, schoolteacher and regular Eight Forty-Eight
contributor Daniel Ferri learns from past mistakes. |
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Socrates
Cafe: Steve Edwards talks with Eight Forty-Eight
resident philosopher Al Gini about the book Socrates Café,
written by Christopher Phillips. |
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Claudia
Schmidt: Former Chicagoan and folk-based singer Claudia Schmidt
talks to Steve Edwards about her new CDs, Wings of Wonder
and Claudia Schmidt and the Jump Boys, Live at the Old Rectory
Pub. |
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March
27 ,
2001 |
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Rev.
Jesse Jackson’s Finances: Eight Forty-Eight economics
contributor Charlie Wheelan takes a look at the financial
doings of the Reverend Jesse Jackson and Operation PUSH. |
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Chicago
TV Production: Media contributor Wally Podrazik speaks
with Steve Edwards about the new Joan Cusack show, What About
Joan?, and the fate of other television production in Chicago. |
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Food
of Israel: Eight Forty-Eight food contributor Steve
Dolinsky looks at the modern blend of native and immigrant foods
on the cuisine of Israel. That conversation with Joan Nathan,
author of The Foods of Israel Today. |
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Boys'
Entrance: Victoria Lautman talks with Tim Cain,
member of the rock band Boys’ Entrance, and Trish Koch,
gay activist, about the writings of Jon-Henri Damske and the reason
the band wrote a song to honor him. |
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March
26 ,
2001 |
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Newspapers:
Steve Edwards discusses what Chicago’s major newspapers
are doing to redesign and redefine themselves to do to hold readers
and revenue. Guests are Anne Marie Lipinski, editor of the
Chicago Tribune, and Chicago Sun-Times' vice president
of editorials John Cruickshank. |
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Nuala
O'Faolain Pt 1: Eight Forty-Eight contributor Victoria
Lautman interviews Irish author Nuala O’Faolain
about her new novel My Dream of You. |
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Nuala
O'Faolain Pt 2: Eight Forty-Eight contributor Victoria
Lautman continues her interview with Nuala O’Faolain,
author of My Dream of You. |
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Rachel
Pt 7: Rachel Louise Snyder reads from her novel The
Light at San Miguel Dolores Church. |
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March
23 ,
2001
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Public
Housing: Steve Edwards is joined by Dawn Turner Trice,
author and reporter for the Chicago Tribune, and Alex
Kotlowitz, author of There are No Children Here, who
update us on what's happening with Chicago Public Housing, as it
moves to put its Plan for Transformation into place. |
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Tod
Lending Pt 1: Steve Edwards talks with Tod Lending
director of the Academy Award-nominated documentary Legacy. |
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Tod
Lending Pt 2: Steve Edwards continues his discussion
with Tod Lending director of the Academy Award-nominated
documentary Legacy. |
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Jonathan
Miller: Eight Forty-Eight film contributor Jonathan
Miller brings us the latest openings on the big screen. |
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March
22 ,
2001 |
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Cook
County: Cook County Board President John Stroger answers
questions from Steve Edwards about Cook County Board and
County Forest Preserve District finances. |
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Marktown:
Eight Forty-Eight architecture contributor Ed Keegan
visits with Paul Myers, the unofficial historian of the community
of Marktown, in East Chicago, Indiana, about this historic and architectural
treasure by archetect Howard Van Doren Shaw. |
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Letters:
We share your calls and comments about Eight Forty-Eight
segments. |
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Human
Evolution: Steve Edwards talks with Dr. Neil Shubin,
professor and chair of the department of organismal biology and
anatomy at the University of Chicago, about how humans evolved to
stand on our own two feet. |
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Hotel
Dining: Eight Forty-Eight food contributor Steve Dolinsky
rides the new wave of hotel dining. Restaurants discussed include:
Caliterra (Wyndham); Mossant Bistro (Monaco); Atwood Café
(Burnham); 312 Chicago (Allegro); Nomi (Park Hyatt); M’Olive
(Whitehall); Grill on the Alley (Westin); Becco d’Oro (Radisson). |
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March
21 ,
2001 |
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Terra
Cotta: Timothy Lynch, structural engineer and associate
at Robert Silman Associates in New York, talks with Steve Edwards
about repairing the aging facades on downtown high rises. |
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Endangered
Landmarks: David Bahlman, executive director of the Landmarks
Preservation Council of Illinois, reviews the council’s annual
list of the 10 most endangered historic places in Illinois. |
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Green
Homes: Great Lakes Radio Consortium’s Jonathan Ahl
reports on how a Chicago city program encourages home builders to
incorporate new earth-friendly systems. |
| Audio |
Time
Museum: Eight Forty-Eight’s Richard Steele tours
the Museum of Science and Industry’s new Time exhibit with
Mark Hayward, senior exhibit developer Museum of Science
and Industry National Time Museum. |
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Obituaries:
Writer Brett McNeil shares some insights he’s gained
from writing obituaries. |
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March
20 ,
2001 |
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Integration
vs. Segregation: Steve Edwards looks at how and where
we live with Clarence Wood, chairman of the Chicago Human
Relations Commission, Aurie Pennick, director of the Leadership
Council for Metropolitan Open Communities, and James Lewis
of the Institute for Metropolitan Affairs at Roosevelt University. |
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Charter
Schools: Richard Steele interviews Horace Turnbull,
board member of the planned charter school of the Chicago Children's
Choir. |
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Judicial
Elections: Illinois Public Radio's Shawn Johnson reports
on a recent Illinois gathering of representatives from 17 states
who discussed the problems inherent in judicial elections. |
| Audio |
Lynne
Munson: Victoria Lautman interviews Lynne Munson,
the author of Exhibitionism: Art in an Era of Intolerance. |
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Dixmoor:
Steve Edwards talks with Daily Southtown staffwriter
Brent Walters, for an update on the Chicago suburb of Dixmoor
bid for a NBA franchise (Vancouver Grizzlies). |
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March
19 ,
2001 |
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Marovitz
Obituary: We remember the life of Judge Abraham Lincoln Marovitz,
who died Saturday in Chicago. |
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Tom
Grey: Charlie Wheelan talks with Chicago area minister
Tom Grey, executive director of the National Coalition Against
Legalized Gambling, who speaks out about college sports gambling,
lotteries, casinos and the gambling culture in the U.S. |
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John
Callaway: Victoria Lautman talks with Chicago journalist
John Callaway about his one-man show based on his Chicago
Tonight TV program experiences. |
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Rachel
Book: Author Rachel Louise Snyder reads from her book
The Light at San Miguel Dolores Church. |
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March
16 ,
2001 |
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Census:
Richard Steele takes a look at Chicago area growth and change,
based on the 2000 census results with John McCarron, vice
president for strategy and communications for the Metropolitan Planning
Council; Danny Davis, 7th District Congressman from Illinois,
and Maria Valdes, senior litigator for MALDEF, Mexican American
Legal Defense Fund. |
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Sober
Up With Frank: Chicago writer Jerry Pohlen profiles a
little-known, but influential Illinois prohibitionist and political
activist on the eve of St. Patrick's day. |
| Audio |
Theater
Reviews: Richard Steele talks with theater contributor
Jonathan Abarbanel about the latest from the Chicago stage. |
| Audio |
Celtic
Spirituality: Religion contributor Judy Valente talks
with theologian Mary Jule Durkin and Colleen Grace,
mediation lawyer, founders of the Center for the Study of Celtic
Spirituality in Chicago at St. Patrick’s Church. |
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Sista’s
in the City :
Richard Steele interviews former Chicagoan, actress and movie,
television and internet entertainment writer Tina Andrews.
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March
15 ,
2001 |
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Economy:
Richard Steele talks with Eight Forty-Eight economics
contributor Charlie Wheelan about ways that recent layoffs
and stock market dives are affecting workers and investors in the
Chicago area. |
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Theater
Scene: As part of our ongoing look at the stages of local theater,
we bring you a scene from Prop Theater’s production of the
Bertolt Brecht play, Saint Joan of the Stockyards. It runs through
March at the Bailiwick Arts Center’s Studio Theater. |
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Beyond
the Easel: Eight Forty-Eight contributor Victoria
Lautman tours the Art Institute’s new exhibit, “Beyond
The Easel,” with Gloria Groom of the Department of European
Painting at The Art Institute of Chicago. |
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Anti-Wirtz
Book: Chicago Public Radio’s David Schaper speaks
with Mark Weinberg, author of Career Misconduct: The Story
of Bill Wirtz's Greed, Corruption and the Betrayal of the Blackhawks. |
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March
14 ,
2001 |
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NCAA
Check-in: Richard Steele talks with Daily Herald sports
columnist Mike Imrem about Chicago area and Illinois college
basketball teams playing in the first round of the NCAA basketball
tournament. |
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Chicago
Public League: Richard Steele talks with Roy Schmidt,
editor and publisher of the Illinois Prep Bulls-Eye Publication,
about those high school basketball players waiting in the wings. |
| Audio |
Chef's
Night Out: Victoria Lautmann interviews authors Andrew
Dornenburg and Karen Page about their new book, Chef’s
Night Out: From Four-Star Restaurants to Neighborhood Favorites,
100 Top Chefs Tell You Where (And How!) to Enjoy America’s
Best.
George Freeman: Richard Steele talks with Chicago jazz
guitarist George Freeman about his musical family and new CD At
Long Last George. |
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March
13 ,
2001 |
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Gary
Airport: Steve Edwards talks with William Staehle,
president of the Gary Airport Authority, about its plans to expand
and the potential impact of a third regional airport in Peotone
on the Gary airfield. |
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Airport: Richard Steele talks with Joseph Schwieterman,
director of the Chaddick Institute for Metropolitan Development
at DePaul University and associate professor of public services
management, to answer the question: if a third regional airport
is built in south suburban Peotone, would airlines come? |
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Civic
Engagement: Robert Haight, president of United Way of
Illinois; Todd Dietterle, acting president, Woods Fund of
Chicago, and Ed Wojcicki, publisher of Illinois Issues
Magazine, talk with Richard Steele about the civic involvement. |
| Audio |
Photo
Exhibit: Victoria Lautman talks with Antonia Contro,
one of the artists/photographers involved in the Descry Photo Exhibit
at the Museum of Contemporary Photography at Columbia College, Chicago. |
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Paleontology:
Richard Steele talks with paleontologist Dr. Paul Sereno,
associate professor of the University of Chicago Department of Organismal
Biology and Anatomy, about his work and life from art to artifacts.
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March
12 ,
2001
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Bronzeville:
Chicago Public Radio’s Richard Steele visits the Wabash
YMCA and gets a tour of the newly restored facility with Pat
Abrams, executive director of the Renaissance Apartments and
Fitness For Life Center. |
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Novel
Reading: As part of an ongoing series on Eight Forty-Eight,
Chicago writer Rachel Louise Snyder reads from her as-yet-unpublished
novel The Light at San Miguel Dolores Church. |
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Magnificent
Obsession: True Stories of Recovery from Alcohol and Drug Addiction
told by those living the experience, produced by Jim Nayder. |
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March
9, 2001 |
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by Victoria Lautman |
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Flavor
of Personality: Victoria Lautman talks with Dr. Alan
Hirsch, Neurological Director of the Smell and Taste
Treatment and Research Foundation about his new book, What Flavor
Is Your Personality: You Are What You Eat. |
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Chieft
Illiniwek: Victoria Lautman gets reaction to the University
of Illinois Board of Trustees’ commitment to Chief Illiniwek
from University of Illinois faculty member Carol Spindel,
author of Dancing at Halftime: Sports and the Controversy over
American Indian Mascots. |
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Federal
Funding: Great Lakes Radio Consortium’s Lester Graham
reports on how Great Lakes environmental agencies will seek
federal funds comparable to the level received last year in Florida. |
| Audio |
Film
Reviews: Eight Forty-Eight film contributor Jonathan
Miller reviews One Day in September at the Music Box;
The Hong Kong Film Festival , and Chuck Jones Retrospective
at the Gene Siskel Film Center. |
| Audio |
Stories
on Stage: Heidi Stillman reads "The Elephant's Child,”
an excerpt from Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling. |
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Side
Show Art: Victoria Lautman interviews the master painter
of circus sideshow banners, sword swallower, fire-eater and human
blockhead, Johnny Meah. |
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March
8, 2001 |
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Lake
Michigan Water: Cameron Davis, executive director of
the Lake Michigan Federation joins Victoria Lautman to talk
about the possibility of water from the Great Lakes, including Lake
Michigan, being sold to cities in need of water. |
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Shoreline
Project: Eight Forty-Eight producer Gianofer Fields
meets up with Charles Scofield, crane operator; James
Harmon, foreman, and Joanne Milo, project manager for
the U-S Army Corps of Engineer’s restoration of Chicago’s
shoreline. |
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Farnsworth
House: Architecture contributor Ed Keegan on the Mies
Van der Rohe house for sale in Plano, Illinois. |
| Audio |
The
Model Wife: Victoria Lautman speaks with Arthur Olman,
curator at the Chicago Art Institute, about the new photography
exhibit, The Model Wife. |
| Audio |
Indian
Food: Eight Forty-Eight food contributor Steve Dolinsky
visits Devon Avenue for regional Indian cooking that is finding
a home right here in Chicago. |
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March
7, 2001 |
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Centralized
School Curriculum: Steve Edwards looks at the issue of
centralization of the CPS with Chicago Public Radio's Jody Becker;
Chicago Public School deputy chief education officer Carlos Ascoita;
1992 Golden Apple Fellow Dr. Rene Cargeman-Dolezal, and Steve
Bushbacher, vice chair of the Local School Council at the Palmer
School. |
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Chief
Illiniwek: As trustees of the University of Illinois meet to
decide the fate of Chief Illiniwek, Eight Forty-Eight looks
at the history and ongoing controversy surrounding the sports symbol.
First, Steve Edwards talks with Bill Murphy,
associate chancellor for public affairs at University of Illinois
at Urbana-Champaign.
Second, Illinois Public Radio’s Dave Dickey gives
us the history of the Chief Illiniwek controversy.
Third, Carol Spindel, author for Dancing at Halftime
and professor at the University of Illinois, discusses student and
faculty opinions surrounding Chief Illiniwek. |
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Streeterville:
Steve Edwards talks with co-authors Ralph Covert
and G. Riley Mills and actor Jeff Bilcherman about
Timeline Theatre Company's production about Cap Streeter. |
| Audio |
Senior
Story: In our continuing series of personal stories from local
senior citizens, 75-year-old Bud Collins shares his stories
of life and love. |
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March
6, 2001 |
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Peter
Edelman: Steve Edwards interviews the former Assistant Secretary
of Health and Human Services and author Peter Edelman, about
his new book Searching for America’s Heart: RFK and the
Renewal of Hope. |
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Congressman
Bill Lipinski: The Chicago congressman discusses a proposed
third airport in south suburban Peotone and President Bush’s
visit to Chicago and his push for support among Democrats here for
a federal tax cut. |
| Audio |
Ella
Leya: Victoria Lautman talks with the Azerbaijan-born
Jazz singer Ella Leya, about her personal and musical journey to
America. |
| Audio |
Bears
Free Agent: Chicago Sun-Times sports writer Mike Mulligan
talks about free agency and the Bears’ opportunities. |
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March
5, 2001 |
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Elgin
Community College: Steve Edwards talks with Gary Christiansen,
professor of journalism and union spokesperson for the Elgin Community
Faculty Association, about the possible of a second round in the
faculty union action against the school. |
| Audio |
Kane
County: A variety of stories from Kane County are on the agenda,
as Steve Edwards talks with local reporter Marie-Ann Hogarth
about the ongoing controversy surrounding Kane County States Attorney
Meg Gorecki, and Aurora’s proposed expansion of Hollywood Casino. |
| Audio |
Novel
Reading: Chicago writer Rachel Louise Snyder reads from
her as-yet-unpublished novel The Light at San Miguel Dolores
Church. |
| Audio |
SUV
Safety: Eight Forty-Eight economics contributor Charlie
Wheelan shares his story about a January SUV accident involving
his family. |
| Audio |
Nelson
Algren: Steve Edwards talks with Dave Pavkovic, music
director and John Musial, director of Lookinglass Theater’s
production of Nelson Algren: For Keeps and a Single Day. |
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March
2, 2001 |
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Month
in Review: Steve Edwards looks back at the stories that made
the news in February with Chicago Public Radio reporter David
Schaper; Chicago Reporter editor and publisher
Laura Washington, and Chicago Sun-Times columnist
Mark Brown. |
| Audio |
Theater
Reviews: Eight Forty-Eight theater contributor Jonathan
Abarbanel discusses The Chicago Shakespeare Theater’s production
of King Lear; David Copperfield at the Steppenwolf,
and the Lookinglass Theater’s production of Nelson Algren,
For Keeps and a Single Day. |
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Amy Tan:
Rita Coburn Whack talks with Amy Tan, author of The
Bonesetter's Daughter. |
| Audio |
Gary,
Indiana: Chicago writer Jerry Pohlen shares some thoughts
on the real beauty in Gary, Indiana, site of the Miss USA pageant.
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March
1, 2001 |
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Consumer
Confidence: Eight Forty-Eight economics contributor
Charlie Wheelan talks with Steve Edwards about consumer
confidence, Alan Greenspan and President George W. Bush’s
tax-cut plan.
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Spring
Training :
Steve Edwards checks in with Eight Forty-Eight baseball contributor
Paul Friedman for the beginning of the spring training games. |
| Audio |
Primetime
Blues: Richard Steele has an extended discussion the
history and current content of minorities on television with Donald
Bogle, the author of Primetime Blues: African Americans on
Network Television. |
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