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2003 Audio On-Demand & Program Descriptions
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March 2003

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March 31, 2003 hosted by Steve Edwards
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Audio Campaign Notebook: Chicago's 1st Ward Runoff
Carlos Hernandez Gomez Political reporter for Chicago Public Radio
Audio Campaign Notebook: Chicago Runoffs
Sabrina Miller Reporter for the Chicago Tribune
Audio Campaign Notebook: Suburban Elections
Lucio Guerrero Reporter for the Chicago Sun-Times
Audio Sports Update
Cheryl Raye Stout Sports contributor
Audio Tree Disease
Erin Toner Reporter for the Great Lakes Radio Consortium
Audio Between Two Worlds: Latinos and Mental Health
Linda Paul Independent reporter
     
Eight Forty-Eight Sunday
March 30, 2003
hosted by Steve Edwards
Audio Wartime Responsibility on the Homefront
Al Gini Eight Forty-Eight resident philosopher and professor of philosophy at Loyola University
Charlie Wheelan Director of Policy and Communications for Chicago Metropolis 2020
Audio Grambo
Lorraine Kuryla — Retired USAF Master Sergeant, Gulf War Veteran
Audio

Lifelong Activist
Ethel Litten — 82 year old Evanston resident and veteran anti-war activist
Jesse Hardman — Contributor

March 28, 2003 hosted by Steve Edwards
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Audio Month in Review
David Schaper — Reporter for National Public Radio
Laura Washington — Columnist for the Chicago Sun-Times
Eric Zorn — Columnist for the Chicago Tribune
Audio Version 3.0
Paul Davis — Member of the 8 Bit Construction Set. Performing tonight at the MCA
Version 3.0 runs through Saturday
Audio Stevie
Jim Carrane — Contributor
Steve James — Filmmaker with Kartemquin Films in Chicago
Audio Strayhorn
Richard Steele — Regular contributor
Jeff Lindberg — Founder and director of the Chicago Jazz Orchestra
Alyce Claerbaut — Billy Strayhorn's niece and representative of Billy Strayhorn Inc
Museum of Science and Industry Saturday 3/29 @ 8PM and Harold Washington Library Sunday 3/30 @ 3PM
March 27, 2003 hosted by Steve Edwards
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Audio Peace Makers
Gene Stoltzfus — Director of the Christian Peacemaker Teams
Audio War Coverage
Wally Prodrazik — Media contributor
Audio Syringes Without Prescriptions
Michael Posey — Pharmacy editor of the Journal of the American Pharmaceutical Association
Audio

Sportstown
John Russick — Curator of Chicago Sports: You Should Have Been There at the Chicago Historical Society.
Lester Munson — Midwest Editor, Sports Illustrated
Cheryl Raye Stout — Sports contributor

March 26, 2003 hosted by Steve Edwards
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Audio Grambo
Lorraine Kuryla — Retired USAF Master Sergeant, Gulf War Veteran
Audio

Lifelong Activist
Ethel Litten — 82 year old Evanston resident and veteran anti-war activist
Jesse Hardman — Contributor

Audio Anti-war Marching Band
Scotty Iseri— Arts contributor for WBEZ
Audio Protesters
John Green — Contributor, satirist, and creator of sparksflyup.com
Audio Colon Cancer
Dr. Quentin Young — Medical Contributor
Dr. Earnestine Hambrick — Founder and Chairman of the Stop Colon/Rectal Cancer Foundation in Chicago
March is Colo-Rectal Prevention Month
Audio Local Music Corner
Fred Ho and the Afro-Asian Music Ensemble performing the Overture from Voice of the Dragon; performance this Friday night at the Chicago Theater
March 25, 2003 hosted by Steve Edwards
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Audio Desegregation
Linda Lenz — Editor in Chief of Catalyst
Audio Story Week
Irvine Welsh — Author of Trainspotting and numerous other books and writer-in-residence in the Fiction Writing Department at Columbia College
Antonia Logue — Author of Shadow-Box and professor in the Fiction Writing Department at Columbia College
Victoria Lautman — Regular contributor
Audio Why I Love Black Women
Richard Steele — Regular contributor
Michael Eric Dyson — Author of Why I Love Black Women and former columnist for the Chicago Sun-Times
Audio Carol Moseley Braun for President
Aaron Freeman — Writer, comedian and journalist
March 24, 2003 hosted by Steve Edwards
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Audio Economic Impact of the War in Iraq
David Griesing — Business contributor and columnist for the Chicago Tribune
Audio Friendly Fire: Illinois Pilots Most Likely Won't Face Courtmartial — Canadian Reaction
Jim Farrell — Staff writer for the Edmonton Journal
Audio Between Two Worlds: Latinos and Mental Health
Jay Field — Reporter for Chicago Public Radio
Audio Sports Update
Cheryl Raye Stout Sports contributor
Audio Wartime Responsibility on the Homefront
Al Gini Eight Forty-Eight resident philosopher and professor of philosophy at Loyola University
Charlie Wheelan director of Policy and Communications for Chicago Metropolis 2020
Audio Essay: The Bombing of Baghdad
Ishaq Ishaq Iraqi native; lives in Skokie
     
Eight Forty-Eight Sunday
March 23, 2003
hosted by Steve Edwards
Audio Civil Disobedience
Part 1: Patrons at the Heartland Cafe in Rogers Park
Part 2: A civil disobedience seminar sponsored by the American Friends Service Committee
Linda Beckstrom — Instructor, member of Iraq Peace Pledge
John Bartlett — Instructor, member of Iraq Peace Pledge
Sue Berg — Instructor, member of Iraq Peace Pledge and former Oak Park high school teacher
Dan Blumberg — Associate editor for Eight Forty-Eight
Audio Anti-war Protests in Illinois History
Brian Clardy — Professor of History and Political Science at Triton College in River Grove
Audio Domestic Security
Clark Staten — Executive director of Emergency Response and Research Institute
Audio

PTSD: Veterans React to New War
Dawn McClure — Operation Desert Storm veteran
Robert Bell — Vietnam veteran
Paul Jembers — World War II veteran
anonymous — Vietnam veteran
anonymous — Vietnam veteran
Brenda Doherty — Coordinator of VA Chicago Health Care System Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Clinic

March 21, 2003 hosted by Steve Edwards
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Audio Chicago Anti-War Protests
Jay Field — Reporter for Chicago Public Radio
Audio Domestic Security
Clark Staten — Executive director of Emergency Response and Research Institute
Audio Desert Storm Veteran
Pat Lafferty — Platoon leader, U.S. Army, Operation Desert Storm
Audio Illinois National Guard Volunteer
Pvt. Gino Maldonado — Illinois National Guard
Audio

PTSD: Veterans React to New War
Dawn McClure — Operation Desert Storm veteran
Robert Bell — Vietnam veteran
Paul Jembers — World War II veteran
anonymous — Vietnam veteran
anonymous — Vietnam veteran
Brenda Doherty — Coordinator of VA Chicago Health Care System Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Clinic

Audio

Fawell Verdict
Carlos Hernandez-Gomez — Reporter for Chicago Public Radio
Steve Warmbir — Reporter for the Chicago Sun-Times

March 20, 2003  
Eight Forty-Eight is preempted for NPR coverage of the war in Iraq
March 19, 2003 hosted by Steve Edwards
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Audio Anti-war Protests in Illinois History
Brian Clardy — Professor of History and Political Science at Triton College in River Grove
Audio Civil Disobedience
Part 1: Patrons at the Heartland Cafe in Rogers Park
Part 2: A civil disobedience seminar sponsored by the American Friends Service Committee
Linda Beckstrom — Instructor, member of Iraq Peace Pledge
John Bartlett — Instructor, member of Iraq Peace Pledge
Sue Berg — Instructor, member of Iraq Peace Pledge and former Oak Park high school teacher
Dan Blumberg — Associate editor for Eight Forty-Eight
Audio The Search for a New Illinois Poet Laureate
Kenneth Clarke — Executive director of the Poetry Center of Chicago
Click Here for more information on WBEZ's "Why I Should be the Next Illinois Poet Laureate" Contest
Audio 47th Street Black
Bayo Ojikutu — Author of 47th Street Black ; his debut novel is about a pair of friends on Chicago's South Side
Audio Houseboat
Judy and Dudley Rietshel — Residents of the Chicago River
Audio Local Music Corner
Artist: Nina Kotova
Album: Bloch, Bruch, Kotova - Cello Concertos
Song: "Prayer, From Jewish Life, No.1"
Performing Sunday at 2PM at the Spertus Center on South Michigan Avenue
March 18, 2003 hosted by Steve Edwards
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Reaction to President Bush's Speech
Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL 9th)
Reaction to President Bush's Speech
Rep. Mark Kirk (R-IL 10th)
Nerve Agents
Natalie Walston — Reporter for Great Lakes Radio Consortium
Audio Gentrification
John Green — Contributor, satirist, and creator of sparksflyup.com
Richard Roeper
Jim Carrane — Contributor
Richard Roeper — Columnist for the Chicago Sun-Times, co-host Ebert and Roeper at the Movies and author of 10 Sure Signs a Movie Character is Doomed and Other Surprising Movie Lists
Donald Marguiles
Victoria Lautman — Regular contributor
Donald Marguiles — Playwright and author of Dinner with Friends; now playing at the Goodman Theater through April 5th
March 17, 2003 hosted by Steve Edwards
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Audio Illinois Security
Carl Hawkins — Illinois Deputy Chief of Staff for Public Safety
Audio Endangered Landmarks List
David Bahlman — Executive director of the Landmarks Preservation Council of Illinois
Audio Between Two Worlds: Latinos and Mental Health
Jay Field — Reporter for Chicago Public Radio
Audio Sports Update
Cheryl Raye Stout — Sports contributor
Audio Bohala
Bohola — Jimmy Keane, Sean Cleland, and Pat Broaders; performing tonight at Martyr's at 8PM
March 14, 2003 hosted by Steve Edwards
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Health Insurance Reform
Dr. Steve DeAngeles — Physician in private practice and on staff at Northwestern Medical Center
Richard Steele — Regular contributor
Charlie Wheelan — Director of policy and communication at Chicago Metropolis 2020; author of Naked Economics: Undressing the Dysmal Science
Dr. Quentin Young — Medical contributor

Third Coast International Audio Festival
Johanna Zorn — Executive Producer — Third Coast International Audio Festival
Julie Shapiro — Producer — Third Coast International Audio Festival
Including:
Radio Row
Songs My Mother Taught Me
Lemon Tree
Change in Farming

Judgement at Nuremberg
Louis Contey — Director of Judgement at Nuremberg at the Shattered Globe Theater Company at the Victory Gardens Theater (2257 N. Lincoln)
New Theater Offerings
Johnathan Abarbanel — Theater contributor
Money — Remmy Bumpo Theater company at the Storefront
Dinner with Friends — Goodman Theater
Far from The Madding Crowd — LifeLine Theater Company
March 13, 2003 hosted by Steve Edwards
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Audio Religion and War
Rabbi Irwin Kula — Teacher, lecturer, and founder of the Aitz Hayim Center for Jewish Living in Chicago
Victoria Lautman — Regular contributor
Audio Anticipation
Al Gini — Eight Forty-Eight resident philosopher and professor of Philosophy at Loyola University
Discusses The Art of Travel and The Consolations of Philosophy by Alain De Botton
Audio Dragon Killas
John Green — Chicago writer, satirist, and creator of sparksflyup.com
Audio Gardening
Greg Stack — Educator and horticulturist at University of Illinois Extension
Audio Protest Songs
Bucky Halker — Guitarist; compiled Welcome to LaborLand, an album of labor protest songs
March 12, 2003 hosted by Steve Edwards
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Audio Econonomic Uncertainty
David Greising — Business contributor and columnist for the Chicago Tribune
Audio State Of State
Bill Wheelhouse — Statehouse bureau chief for Illinois Public Radio
Audio Homofrequencia
Steve Dolinsky — Contributor
Jorge Valdivia — Assistant general manager for Radio Arte.
Ivan Torreos and Tany Unzueta — Radio Arte in PIlsen; "Homofrucuencia" is broadcast Monday nights at 8:30
Audio Spider
Jonathan Miller — Film contributor
David Cronenberg — Filmmaker; Spider opens Friday
Audio Police Recruiting
Chris Lehman — Reporter for Illinois Public Radio
Audio Dearborn Center
Ed Keegan — Architecture contributor
Audio Falling Ice
Nicholas Day — Chicago Writer
Audio Local Music Corner
Artist: The Children's Hour
Album: SOS JFK
Song: "Adoption Day"
March 11, 2003 hosted by Steve Edwards
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Audio CHA Plan for Transformation
Sudhir Venkatesh — Professor of sociology at Columbia University
Audio CHA Plan for Transformation: Update
Catrin Einhorn — Reporter for Chicago Public Radio

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Movin' Out The Bricks
Dan Collison — Producer
Elizabeth Meister — Producer
Audio A Dream House Deferred
Charleen Taylor — Chicago writer and author of story "A Dream House Deferred," published in Journal of Ordinary Thought, Spring 2002
March 10, 2003 hosted by Steve Edwards
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Audio Fawell Closing Arguments
Carlos Hernandez Gomez — Political reporter for Chicago Public Radio
Steve Warmbir — Staff writer for the Chicago Sun-Times
Audio Between Two Worlds: Latinos and Mental Health
Jay Field — Reporter for Chicago Public Radio
Audio Cease Fire: Lowering the Murder Rate
Gary Slutkin — Director of the Chicago Project for Violence Prevention
Audio Film Noir
Kent Minturn — PhD student of art history at Columbia University
Michael Leja — Sewell C. Biggs professor of American art history at the University of Delaware and author of Reframing Abstract Expressionism: Subjectivity and Painting in the 1940s
March 7, 2003  
Eight Forty-Eight steps aside for coverage of the UN Security Council
March 6, 2003 hosted by Steve Edwards
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Audio TV News Anchors
Jim Kirk — Staff reporter for the Chicago Tribune
Audio Liberal Radio Network
Jon Sinton — CEO of Anshell Media
Audio Teacher Lay-Offs
James Dougherty — President of the Illinois Federation of Teachers
Audio Stories On Stage
Kathie Tellingator — Producer of Stories on Stage
Stories on Stage Sunday at 3PM at the Museum of Contemporary Art
Audio Cool Spot: Palace Of Gold
Jerry Pohlen — Author of the Oddball travel series
Gianofer Fields — Producer
Prabhupada's Palace of Gold, Moundsville, West Virginia 340 843 1812
Audio Final Invasion
Richard Steele — Regular contributor
Col. David G. Fitz-Enz, Ret. — Author of Final Invasion: Plattburgh and The War of 1812's Most Decisive Battle Originally Aired September 9, 2002
Audio Local Music Corner
Artist: Andreas Kapsalis
Album: Bubblegum Enlightenment
Song: "Blue Rondo a la Turk"
March 5, 2003 hosted by Steve Edwards
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Audio Gay Rights
Sean Crawford — Reporter for Illinois Public Radio
Audio Springfield Update
Sean Crawford — Reporter for Illinois Public Radio
Dave McKinney — Springfield bureau chief for the Chicago Sun-Times
Audio Walk Out
Sara Ellena — Senior at Naperville North High School
Audio Burberry
Paul Vinelli — Chicago writer and a production assistant with Chicago Public Radio's Odyssey
Audio Writers Block Party
Amy Krouse Rosenthal — Chicago writer www.writersblockparty.com
The Band, First Coat — Playing at Prodigal Son on N. Halsted St.
Mark Bazer — Columnist for RedEye
Dan Leftkowitz — Performs every Thursday night at UFFA on Armitage St.
Audio Respect
Richard Steele — Regular contributor
Richard Sennett — Sociology professor at New York University and president of the American Council on Work
New Book: Respect in a World of Inequality (Norton Press)
March 4, 2003 hosted by Steve Edwards
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Audio Metropolitan 20/20 Plan
Sean Stegall — Assistant city manager of Elgin
Richard Hyde — Mayor of Waukegan
Audio Dead River
Annie MacDowell — Reporter for Great Lakes Radio Consortium
Audio Chicago High Tech
Darcy Evon, publisher — President, and CEO of
I-Street Magazine and a Chicago Sun-Times columnist
Audio Fat Tuesday
Jimmy Bannos — Chef and Owner of Heaven on Seven (3 different locations)
Jim Chapman — Chef at 32nd Ward Seafood House in Bucktown.
Daryl Cameron — Jambalaya's in Bucktown
Audio City of the Century
Donald Miller — Author of City of the Century
March 3, 2003 hosted by Steve Edwards
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Audio Iroquois Theatre Fire
Nat Brandt — Author of Chicago Death Trap: The Iroquois Theatre Fire of 1903 (Southern Illinois University Press)
Anthony P Hatch — Author of Tinder Box: The Iroquois Theatre Disaster 1903 Academy (Chicago Publishers)
Audio Sports Update
Cheryl Raye Stout — Sports contributor
Audio Bus Hero
Jim Carrane — Contributor
Audio Double Deal
Michael Corbitt — Author of Double Deal: The Inside Story of Murder, Unbridled Corruption and the Cop Who Was a Mobster
Sam Giancana — Nephew of Sam Giancana
Richard Steele — Regular contributor

 

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