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1999 Audio On-Demand & Program Descriptions
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| December
30, 1999 |
Join guest
host Victoria Lautman for Odyssey. Victoria looks
at what life was like at the turn of the last millennium with
Robert Lacey, author of "In the Year 1000: What Life was Like
at the Turn of the First Millenium."
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| December
29, 1999 |
The
value of athletes as role models.
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| December
28, 1999 |
Host
Gretchen Helfrich and Dr Quentin Young look at recent medical
news.
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| December
27, 1999 |
Gretchen Helfrich talks with Elizabeth Drew, author of "The Corruption
of American Politics."
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| December
23, 1999 |
Join
host Gretchen Helfrich as she looks at Amateurism with Wayne Booth,
professor emeritus in English Languages and Literature at the
University of Chicago, and author of the book For the love
of it. Amateuring and its rivals.
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| December
22, 1999 |
Guest host
Victoria Lautman looks at issues around mental health.
Guests include:
Dr Steven Postic, regional health administrator for the
United States Department of Health and Human Services.
Dr Ron Davidson, director of Mental Health Policy Program
and a faculty member in the Department of Psychiarty at the
University of Illinois at Chicago.
Dr Carl Bell, president of the Community Mental Health
Council and a clinical professor of Psychiatry and Public Health
at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
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| December
21, 1999 |
Guest host
Victoria Lautman investigates the sociology of plastic surgery.
Guest include:
Dr David Teplica, attending surgeon at St. Joseph's Hospital
in Chicago.
James Hugunin, adjunct professor in Art History, Theory
and Criticism at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
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| December
20, 1999 |
Guest
host Doug Duncan discusses some of greatest astronomical discoveries
of the millennium with Noel Swerlow, Professor in Astronomy and
Astrophysics, and History at the University of Chicago.
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| December
17, 1999 |
Guest host
David Schaper looks at the year in politics.
Guest include:
Shirley Jahad, WBEZ news reporter.
Paul Green, director of policy studies at Roosevelt University.
Greg Hinz, political reporter for Crain's Chicago
Business.
Steve Neal, political columnist for the Chicago Sun-Times.
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| December
16, 1999 |
Guest
host Richard Steele looks at the recent decision by the U.S. Supreme
Court to look at Miranda Rights.
Guests include:
Stephen Schulhofer, professor of Law and Criminology and
director of the Center for Studies in Criminal Justice at the
University of Chicago.
Ron Smith, professor at John Marshall Law School.
Jim Ferguson, partner at Sonnenschein Nath and Rosenthal.
And former assistant U.S. attorney from 1980 to 1989.
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| December
15, 1999 |
Guest host
Victoria Lautman on the philosophy of humor with Ted
Cohen, professor in Philosophy at the University of Chicago
and the author of Jokes: philosophical Thoughts on Joking
Matters.
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| December
14, 1999 |
Guest host
Dr. Quentin Young talks with Illinois policy experts about the
distribution of funds from the tobacco settlement.
Guests include:
Authur Hoffman, dead of the section of preventive medicine
at Cook County Hospital.
Julie Arell, director of Tobacco Control
at the American Lung Association of Metropolitan Chicago.
John Fritchey, state representative from the 33rd district
and co-chair of the Special House Committee on Tobacco Proceeds
Distribution.
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| December
13, 1999 |
Guest host
Victoria Lautman takes a look at suburban sprawl and
the possible benefits.
Guests include:
Robert Bruegmann, professor in the department fo Art
History and Architecture at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
Mary Sue Barrett, executive director of the Metropolitan
Planning Council.
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| December
10, 1999 |
Film Forum -- Editing, Pace & Time in Film
as part of this week's WBEZ series on Time
Guest include:
Tom Gunning, professor in the departments of Art History
and Cinema and Media studies at the University of Chicago Paul
Hettell, teaches editing in the department of film and video
at Columbia College.
John Petrakis, freelance film critic for the Chicago
Tribune. He also teaches screenwriting at the School of
the Art Institute of Chicago.
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| December
9, 1999 |
A rebroadcast
of a conversation with University of Chicago astronomers Doug
Duncan and Rocky Cobb. Host Gretchen Helfrich has two questions.
What is space? And what is time?
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| December
8, 1999 |
Host Gretchen
Helfrich discusses protests in Seattle of the World Trade Organization
meeting.
Guest include:
Charles Lipson, associate professor in the Political
Science department and chairman of the Committee on International
Relations at the University of Chicago.
Bob Bruno, assistant professor in Labor and Industrial
Relations at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
Abe Peck, professor in the Medill School of Journalism
at Northwestern University.
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December
7, 1999
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Past-Present-Future
-- conceptions
of time in Western thought as part of this week's WBEZ series
on Time.
Guest include:
Ken Vaux , professor of Theology and Ethics at the Garrett
Evangelical Seminary.
Bill Sterner, lecturer in computer science and a student
in conceptual foundations of science at the University of Chicago.
Bill Wincott, professor of Philosophy and a member on
the Committee on Evolutionary Biology and Conceptual Foundations
of Science.
Bob Richards, professor of History and the Philosophy
of Science at the University of Chicago.
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| December
6, 1999 |
Body
Time -- biological clocks and other mechanisms that our
bodies use to keep time as part of this week's WBEZ series on
Time.
Guest include:
Joe Takahashi, professor of Neurobiology and Physiology
and a member of the Howard Hughes Medical Center at Northwestern
University.
Eve Van Cauter, professor of medicine and a research
associate in the section of Endocrinology at the University
of Chicago.
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| December
3, 1999 |
Host
Gretchen Helfrich looks at Risk Assessment with Dr Ronald
Thisted, chair and professor in the department of Health Studies
and a professor in the departments of Statistcs and Anesthesia
and Critical Care at the University of Chicago.
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| December
2, 1999 |
Host Gretchen
Helfrich and guests analize the Regional Rental Market.
Guests include:
Ed Sacks, columnist for the Chicago Sun-Times.
Toni Hartich, associate professot of Public Administration
at Roosevelt University.
Pat Wright, representative for the Coalition to Save
Public Housing and the associate director of the Voorhees Neighborhood
Center at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
Janet Smith, assistant professor of Urban Planning at
theUniversity of Illinois at Chicago.
Robert Miller, senior vice president for Applied Real
Estate Analysis, Inc.
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| December
1, 1999 |
Host
Gretchen Helfrich examines the link between politics and the judiciary.
Guest include:
Dennis Huthchinson, professor and senior lecturer in the
school of law and editor of the Supreme Court Review at
the University of Chicago.
Susan Mezey, professor of political science at Loyola University-Chicago.
Sheldon Nahmob, professor of law at Chicago Kent College
of Law.
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| November
30, 1999 |
Host
Gretchen Helfrich discusses updates in Radiology with Odyssey
medical contributor,Dr. Quention Young; Dr Abe Malouf, assistant
professor of Radiology at the University of Mississippi Medical
Center; Dr Michael Knauth, a neuro-radiologist at the University
of Heidelberg Medical School in Heidelberg Germany; and Dr Burton
Drayer.
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| November
29, 1999 |
Host
Gretchen Helfrich discusses College Admissions Tests with Mary
Patillo-McKoy, assistant professor in Sociology and African American
studies at Northwestern University; Andre Phillips, associate
director of Undergraduate Admissions at the University of Chicago;
and Dan Murry, executive director of the Midwest Regional Office
of the College Board.
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| November
24, 1999 |
Join
host Gretchen Helfrich for Odyssey.
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| November
23, 1999 |
Host
Gretchen Helfrich talks with Bill Barnhart, Chicago Tribune
financial columnist and Gene Schlickman, former state legislator
for sixteen years and a retired attorney. Barnhart and Schlickman
are co-authors of Kerner: The Conglict of Intangible Rights.
A biograpy of Illinois governor Otto Kerner.
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| November
22, 1999 |
Host
Gretchen Helfrich takes a look at what issues are being discussed
at the fall veto session down in Springfield with Shirley Jahad
and David Schaper of WBEZ News and Doug Holt, reporter for the
Chicago Tribune.
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| November
19, 1999 |
Host
Gretchen Helfrich looks at the state of Philanthropy with David
Lucas of the Chicago Community Trust; Kristen Anderson of the
Donors Forum; and Eugene Temple, executive director of the Indiana
University Center on Philanthropy.
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| November
18, 1999 |
Host
Gretchen Helfrich on increasing traffic congestion in Chicago.
Guest include, John Paige, director of Planning Services at the
Northeastern Illinois Planning Commission; Jan Metzger, co-director
of the Chicagoland Transportation and Air Quality commission;
and Dave Schultz, director of the Infrastructure Technology Institute
at Northwestern University.
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| November
17, 1999 |
Host
Gretchen Helfrich looks at the Leonid meteor show with guest Doug
Duncan, associate professor in astronomy and astrophysics at the
University of Chicago.
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| November
16, 1999 |
Host
Gretchen Helfrich looks at racial disparity in Health and Health
Services. She is joined by Odyssey Medical contributor,
Dr. Quentin Young; Linda Murray of Cook County Hospital; Steve
Whitman, director of the epidemiology program at the Chicago Board
of Health; and Dr. David Ansell, associate chair of the department
of Medicine at Mt. Sinai Hospital and Medical Center.
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| November
15, 1999 |
Its
Chicago Politics on Odyssey today. Host Gretchen Helfrich talks
with WBEZ's David Schaper; reporter for the Chicago Reporter,
Alicia Tate; and Robert Davis, journalism professor at the University
of Illinois at Chicago and former Metro editor and City Hall reporter
for the Chicago Tribune.
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| November
12, 1999 |
 Its
Film Forum Friday and this week host Gretchen Helfrich and guests,
John Petrakis, freelance film critic for the Chicago Tribune
and teaches screenwriting at the School of the Art Institute;
Peter Bondanella, professor of Italian Studies at Indiana University
and author of Italian Cinema from Neo-Realism to the Present;
and Allessia Ricciardi, assistant professor in the department
of Italian at Northwestern University, talk about the Films of
Marcello Mastroianni.
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| November
11, 1999 |
It's
the 50th anniversary of the publishing of George Orwell's 1984.
Host Gretchen Helfrich explores the author's vision on the future
with guests Richard Epstien, James Parker Hall distiguished service
professor at the University of Chicago Law School; Peter Novick,
professor emeritus in the department of History at the University
of Chicago; and Margaret Drabble, novelist and editor of The
Oxford Companion to English Literature.
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| November
10, 1999 |
Host
Gretchen Helfrich talks with Michael Janeway, director of the
National Arts Journalism Program at Columbia University and author
of Republic of Denial: Press, Politics and Public Life.
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| November
9, 1999 |
Host
Gretchen Helfrich talks with author George Plimton about the biography,
Truman Capote: In Which Various Friends, Enemies, Acquaintences
and Detractors Recall His Turbulent Career.
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| November
8, 1999 |
Host
Gretchen Helfrich discusses the Capital Litigation Trial Bar with
guest; Kerry Peck, president of the Chicago Bar Association; Larry
Marshall, professor of law at Northwestern University; Sheila
Murphy, former presiding judge of the Sixth Municipal District
of the Circuit Court of Cook County from 1989 to 1999; and Andrea
Zopp, former first assistant state's attorney of Cook County from
1992 to 1996.
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| November
5, 1999 |
Host
Gretchen Helfrich is joined by John Flynn, curator of Fossil Mammals
and chair of the department of Geology at the Field Museum of
Natural History. Today, they talk about the oldest dinosaur fossils.
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| November
4, 1999 |
Host
Gretchen Helfrich and guests James Darsey, professor of Communications
at Georgia State University, John Lynn, professor of Communications
at the University of Pittsburgh and a fellow at the Center for
the Philosopy of Science, and Joan Leach, lecturer in science
communication at Imperical College at the University of London,
and the editor of the journal, Social Epistemology, talk
about the rhetoric of science.
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| November
3, 1999 |
Host
Gretchen Helfrich talks with author Gary Wills about his new book,
A Necessary Evil: A History of American Distrust of Government.
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| November
2, 1999 |
Host
Gretchen Helfrich is joined by Dr. Quentin Young as they talk
with Dr. Whitney Addington, professor of Internal Medicine, Family
Medicine and Nursing, and director of the Primary Care Institute
at Ruch-Presbyterian-St. Lukes Medical Center, and Dr. Barney
Turnok, clinical professor and director of Community Health Sciences
in School of Public Health at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
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| November
1, 1999 |
The
Supreme Court is currently reviewing the possible cases eligible
to come in front of the court. Host Gretchen Helfrich looks at
some of the possible cases up for review with Jeffrey Shaman,
professor of Law at DePaul University, and Dennis Hutchinson,
professor and senior lecturer at the University of Chicago School
of Law and editor of the Supreme Court Review.
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| October
29, 1999 |
Its
Film Forum Friday and this week host Gretchen Helfrich and guests,
Ron Falzone, professor of Film at Columbia College, Jonathan Miller,
Eight Forty-Eight film contributor, and Scott Marx, head
of LaSalle Theater, Chicago's longest running revival house discuss
the work of Martin Scorese.
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| October
28, 1999 |
Host
Gretchen Helfrich talks with Dr Quentin Young about Public Hospitals.
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| October
27, 1999 |
The
proposed Chicago 2000 city budget includes several increases.
Host Gretchen Helfrich looks at the increases and how the money
is to be allocated. Joining Gretchen are WBEZ's David Schaper,
city of Chicago budget director, Mike Harris, 18th Ward alderman
Thomas Murphy, and John Paul Jones, director of community outreach
for the Neighborhood Capital Budget Group.
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| October
26, 1999 |
Host
Gretchen Helfrich and guest look at the recent changes in banking
reform. Guests include, George Kaufmann, director of the Center
for Financial and Policy Studies, and professor of Finance at
Loyola University, Marcus Alexis, professor of Economics at Loyola
Univerity, and Joyce Probes, policy director at the Chicago Rehab
Network.
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| October
25, 1999 |
Host
Gretchen Helfrich talks with Robert Nelson, senior research fellow
of the American Bar Association and professor of Sociology at
Northwestern University; and William Bridges, professor of Sociology
at the University of Illinois at Chicago, about their new book
Legalizing Gender Inequality.
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| October
22, 1999 |
Host
Gretchen Helfrich discusses Section 8 Housing with Ed Sacks, Odyssey's
housing contributor and a columnist for the Chicago Sun-Times
Bill Reilly, executive director of CHAC, Chicago Section 8 Housing
Program , Hector Gamboa, program director for the Spanish Coalition
for Housing, and Aurie Penack, executive director of the Leadership
Council for Metropolitan Open Communities.
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| October
21, 1999 |
Host
Gretchen Helfrich talks with Amir Aczel, author of God's Equation:
Einstein, Relativity, and the Expanding Universe.
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| October
20, 1999 |
Host
Gretchen Helfrich talks with Martin Eichenbaum, professor of Economics
at Northwestern University and Bill Barnhart, Markets Columnist
for the Chicago Tribune about Al Greenspan and the Economy.
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| October
19, 1999 |
Dr.
Quentin Young talks joins host Gretchen Helfrich as they look
at the growing movement to unionize doctors.
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| October
18, 1999 |
Join
host Gretchen Helfrich as she takes an indepth look at the Reform
Party with guests, Charlie Madigan, senior writer at the Chicago
Tribune, John Fredreiss, associate vice president of planning
and analysis and a professor of Political Science at Loyola University,
Chicago.
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| October
15, 1999 |
Its
Film Forum Friday. Join host Gretchen Helfrich and guests, Jonathan
Miller, Illinois Institute of Technology film instructor, May
Barrent, former programer for the Chicago International Children's
Film Festival and filmaker, Shaudi Wang as they talk about children's
films.
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| October
14, 1999 |
Host
Gretchen Helfrich talks about non voters. Gretchen talks with
Jack Doppelt, associate professor of Journalism at Northwestern
University and Ellen Shearer, director of the Medill News Service
and associate professor of Journalism at Northwestern University
about their book, Non Voters: America's No Shows.
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| October
13, 1999 |
Host
Gretchen Helfrich is joined by Doug Duncan, associate professor
in Astronomy and Astrophysics at the University of Chicago discuss
Space Telescopes, both in space and developments of land based
telescopes.
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| October
12, 1999 |
Join
host Gretchen Helfrich for Odyssey.
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| October
11, 1999 |
Join
host Gretchen Helfrich for Odyssey.
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| October
8, 1999 |
Join
Guest host David Schaper and guests as they examine City Budget.
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| October
7, 1999 |
Join
Guest host Shirley Jahad and guests as they examine managed care.
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| October
6, 1999 |
Join
Guest host Victoria Lautman and guests as they talk about the
history of codes.
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| October
5, 1999 |
Guest
host Dr. Quentin Young takes a look at men's health problems with
Gerald Chodak, director of the Midwest Prostate and Urology Health
Center at Weiss Memorial Hospitial and a Clinical Professor of
Surgery at the University of Chicago.
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| October
4, 1999 |
Guest
host Victoria Lautman talks about genetic counseling.Dr. David
Ledbetter, professor and chair of the Department of Human Genetics
at the University of Chicago, Kelly Ormond, director of the graduate
program in Genetic Counseling at Northwestern Medical School and
Dr. Barbara Burton, professor of Pediatrics at Northwestern University
and a medical geneticits at Children's Memorial Hospital.
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| October
1, 1999 |
Its
Film Forum Friday!!! Host Gretchen Helfrich looks at the films
of George C. Scott with Ron Falzone, artist in residence in
the Film Department at Columbia College, John Petrakis, Film
Critic for the Chicago Tribune, and Scott Marx, head
of the LaSalle Theater, Chicago's Longest running revival house.
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| September
30, 1999 |
Join
host Gretchen Helfrich for Odyssey.
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| September
29, 1999 |
Host
Gretchen Helfrich discusses the topic of Executive Privilege with
Michael Mezey, dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences,
and professor of political science at DePaul University, and Harold
Krent, professor of Law and associate dean at Chicago-Kent College
of Law.
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| September
28, 1999 |
Gretchen
Helfrich looks at the affects of utility mergers with Marty Cohen,
executive director of the Citizen's Utility Board, Steve Daniels,
reporter for Crain's Chicago Business, and Thomas Lys,
professor in the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern
University.
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| September
27, 1999 |
Host
Gretchen Helfrich examines television culture with Steve Johnson
TV critic for the Chicago Tribune, and Larry Lichty, professor
of Radio, Television and Film at Northwestern University.
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| September
24, 1999 |
Host
Gretchen Helfrich delves into Shakespearean stage acting with
David Bevington, professor in the humanities at the University
of Chicago, Barbara Gaines, artistic director and founder of the
Chicago Shakespeare Theater and David Darlow , actor and director.
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| September
23, 1999 |
Host,
Gretchen Helfrich, talks with Andrew Ross, professor and director
of the American Studies Program at New York University and the
author of, The Celebration Chronicles: Life, Liberty, and the
Pursuit of Property Value in Disney's New Town.
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| September
22, 1999 |
Host
Gretchen Helfrich talks about the Supreme Court in the 20th Century
with Dennis Hutchinson, professor and senior lecturer in the school
of Law and editor of the Supreme Court Review at the University
of Chicago, and Jerry Goldman, professor of political science
at Northwestern University.
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| September
21, 1999 |
Host
Gretchen Helfrich talks with Dr. Robert Kushner , medical director
of the Northwestern Memorial Wellness Institute and professor
of medicine at Northwestern University Medical School about Obesity.
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| September
20, 1999 |
Host
Gretchen Helfrich takes an indepth look at the economics of with
David Lucking-Reiley,assistant professor of economics at Vanderbilt
University and a visiting professor at Northwestern University's
Kellogg School of Management, and Rafeal Tenario, associate professor
in economics at DePaul University.
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| September
17, 1999 |
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host Gretchen Helfrich
for Odyssey.
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| September
16, 1999 |
A
recent study shows mercury levels in Lake Michigan to be higher
than expected. Gretchen Helfrich and will examine the causes and
what it reveals to us about the Great Lakes ecosystem with guests
Alexis Cain, mercury reduction coordinator with U.S. E.P.A., Beberly
Macklellan, toxic specialist with the Lake Michigan Federation
and, Susan Headman staff attorney for the Environmental Law and
Policy Center.
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| September
15, 1999 |
Join
host Gretchen Helfrich for Odyssey.
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| September
14, 1999 |
Join
host Gretchen Helfrich as she looks at Amateurism with Wayne Booth,
professor emeritus in English Languages and Literature at the
University of Chicago, and author of the book For the love
of it. Amateuring and its rivals.
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| September
13, 1999 |
Gretchen
Helfrich and guests get back to business with a discussion of
Illinois state politics. Gretchen welcomes WBEZ political reporter
David Schaper, and Illinois Public Radio Statehouse reporter
Sean Crawford.
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| September
10, 1999 |
Join
host Gretchen Helfrich for Odyssey.
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| September
9, 1999 |
Join
host Gretchen Helfrich for Odyssey.
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| September
8, 1999 |
Gretchen
Helfrich and guests discuss the preservation of building facades
[fah-sahds] as a way of saving some of Chicago's history.
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| September
7, 1999 |
Gretchen
Helfrich and guests examine the development of quantum computing,
which has the potential to dramatically expand the power of computers.
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| September
3, 1999 |
Join
host Gretchen Helfrich for Odyssey.
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| September
2, 1999 |
Join
host Gretchen Helfrich for Odyssey.
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| September
1, 1999 |
Join
host Gretchen Helfrich as she talks with Lawrence Friedman, professor
of history at Indiana University and the author of Identity's
Architect: A Biography of Erik H. Erikson, and Fran Stott,
director of academic programs at the Ericson Institute, a graduate
school for Child Development here in Chicago.
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| August
31, 1999 |
Guest
Host Dr. Quentin Young talks with guest about Bovine Growth Hormones
and their effects on humans. Joining Quentin for the panel discussion
are Samuel Epstien - professor of Occupational and Environmental
Medicine at the University of Illinois School of Public Health
here in Chicago and chairman of the Cancer Prevention Coalition.
Joyce Nettleton - director of Science Communication at the Institute
for Food Technologists. Rosie Newsome - senior food scientist
at the Institute for Food Technologists. Dr. Peter Bielenson -
commissioner of the Health Department for the city of Baltimore.
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| August
27, 1999 |
David
Schaper fills-in for host Gretchen Helfrich... Today, David talks
with Chicago Public Schools C-E-O Paul Vallas.
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| August
26, 1999 |
Join
host Gretchen Helfrich for Odyssey.
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| August
25, 1999 |
Host
Gretchen Helfrich looks at banking in the low income people with
Alderman Toni Preckwinkle; Rhonda McFarland, vice president Harris
Bank; and Marva Williams, vice president Woodstock Institute.
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| August
24, 1999 |
Join
host Getchen Helfrich as she talks with Kevin Hassett, economist
at The American Enterprise Institute and Bill Barnhart, markets
columnist for The Chicago Tribune about the continued growth
of the Stock Market.
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| August
23, 1999 |
Join
host Gretchen Helfrich for Odyssey.
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| August
20, 1999 |
Join
host Gretchen Helfrich for Odyssey.
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| August
19, 1999 |
Gretchen
Helfrich and guests discuss the Buckley v. Velayo Supreme Court
decision that defines campaign spending as a constitutionaly protected
form of free speech.
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| August
18, 1999 |
Join host
Gretchen Helfrich for Odyssey.
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| August
17, 1999 |
Dr.
Quentin Young joins host Gretchen Helfrich to bring the latest
news from the world of medicine and public health policy.
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| August
16, 1999 |
Gretchen
Helfrich will host a journalist roundtable to discuss recent events
in Chicago politics.
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| August
13, 1999 |
Join
host Gretchen Helfrich for Odyssey.
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| August
12, 1999 |
Join
host Gretchen Helfrich for Odyssey.
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| August
11, 1999 |
Twenty
Five years
ago, the efforts of two journalists led to the resignation of
President Nixon. Host Gretchen Helfrich and guests, Dave Protess
of Northwestern University and Charlie Madigan of the Chicago
Tribune examine the state of investigative journalism.
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| August
10, 1999 |
Astronomer
Doug Duncan joins Gretchen Helfrich to discuss the upcoming eclipse
in Europe as well as the Persiad meteor shower.
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| August
9, 1999 |
Gretchen
Helfrich talks with historian Gale Christiansen about his new
book, Greenhouse: The 200 Year story of Global Warming.
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| August
6, 1999 |
"Student
Films" is the topic on Odyssey's Film Forum. In the
wake of the recent success of new film, The Blair Witch Project,
Gretchen Helfrich and guests will examine the aesthetic of student
filmmaking.
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| August
5, 1999 |
Dr
Quentin Young joins Gretchen Helfrich to examine the latest research
in the field of neurology with Dr. Bindu Dusai [doo-s-eye].
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| August
4, 1999 |
Gretchen
Helfrich and guests discuss the lastest news on welfare reform
in the wake of this week's Welfare to Work Conference, held here
in Chicago.
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| August
3, 1999 |
Host Gretchen
Helfrich talks with historian Phillip Deloria about his new
book, Playing Indian.
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| August
2, 1999 |
Join
host Gretchen Helfrich for Odyssey.
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| July
30, 1999 |
Join
host Gretchen Helfrich for Odyssey.
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| July
29, 1999 |
Join host
Gretchen Helfrich for Odyssey.
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| July
28, 1999 |
Join
host Gretchen Helfrich for Odyssey.
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| July
27, 1999 |
Host
Gretchen Helfrich talks with journalist Elizabeth Drew about her
new book, The Corruption of Politics: What Went Wrong and Why?
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| July
26, 1999 |
Gretchen
Helfrich discusses the impact of biotechnology on agriculture
and the food supply with Jim Ritter, reporter for the Chicago
Sun-Times, Joyce Nettleton of the Institute of Food Technologists,
and Jane Rizzler of the Union of Concerned Scientists.
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| July
23, 1999 |
Its
Film Forum Friday. Host Gretchen Helfrich and guests re-examine
the legacy of the late director, Stanley Kubrick. They looks at
Kubrick's last film, Eyes Wide Shut, and what it reveals
about his filmmaking.
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| July
22, 1999 |
What
does it mean when we something a cutural problem? Host Gretchen
Helfrich explores the idea with Jim Darcey of Northern Illinois
University and Miceala Di Leonardo of Northwestern University.
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| July
21, 1999 |
Host
Gretchen Helfrich and guests look at the latest research into
the human genome. Guests include:- Joe Piccirilli from the University
of Chicago - Eric Sontheim from Northwestern University.
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| July
20, 1999 |
Join
host Gretchen Helfrich and Dr. Quentin Young as they look at the
lost art of bedside manners..
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| July
19, 1999 |
Join host
Gretchen Helfrich for Odyssey.
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| July
16, 1999 |
A
rebroadcast of a conversation between host Gretchen Helfrich and
Niles Eldridge, author of Pattern of Evolution.
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| July
15, 1999 |
Host
Gretchen Helfrich talks with paleontologist Paul Sereno of the
University of Chicago about a recent article he wrote on his research
into dinosaur evolution.
|
| July
14, 1999 |
Astronomer
Doug Duncan and geologist Fred Anderson join host Gretchen Helfrich
to discuss the scientific legacy of the Apollo moon landing,
which took place 30 years ago this week.
|
| July
13, 1999 |
Guest
host David Schaper will explore the limits of free speech in the
wake of recent hate crimes with Steve Lubet of Northwestern University,
Eric Zorn of the Chicago Tribune, and Harlan Loeb of the
Anti-Defamation League [ADL].
|
| July
12, 1999 |
Guest
host Victoria Lautman leads a discussion on the state of women's
mental health with
Dr. Valarie David Raskin of MacNiel Hospital, and Dr. Nahama Dresner
of Northwestern University Medical School.
|
| July
9, 1999 |
Odyssey's
Film Forum examines Hollywood's so called, "second golden age"
of the late sixties and early seventies.
|
| July
8, 1999 |
Join
Gretchen Helfrich and guests for a discussion on the balance of
power between the federal government and the states.
|
| July
7, 1999 |
A
conversation with Brian Greene, author of, "The Elegeant Universe".
|
| July
6, 1999 |
Host
Gretchen Helfrich is joined by medical contributor Quentin Young
and Dr. Shreryl Lynn Walker of Northwestern Memorial Hospital
to discuss research and treatment for allergies.
|
| July
2, 1999 |
Host
Gretchen Helfrich discusses care for the mentally ill.... Guests
include: Dr. Ron Davidson from the University of Illinois at Chicago,
Benjamin Wolf from the ACLU, and Dr. Jeremy Dinsin from Thresholds,
a pyschiatric care center.
|
| July
1, 1999 |
Hear
the latest news about the Microsoft anti-trust case as well as
about the rest of the world of high tech with host Gretchen Helfrich
and guests Shane Greenstein from Northwestern University and Don
Crabb from the Chicago Sun-Times.
|
| June
30, 1999 |
A
look at the Juvenile Justice System ... which began in Chicago
a hundred years ago this week. Guests include: Cathryn Stewart
from Northwestern University's Legal Clinic; Emily Buss, assistant
professor of Law at the University of Chicago Law School, Katherine
Ryan, assistant state's attorney and chief of the Juvenile Justice
Bureau.
|
| June
29, 1999 |
The future
of high speed rail in the Midwest will be the topic of discussion
for host Gretchen Helfrich and her guests on the next Odyssey.
Guests include: Howard Lerner from the Environment Law and Policy
Center, Greg Hinz from Crain's Chicago Business, and
Linda Wheeler from the Illinois Department of Transportation.
|
| June
28, 1999 |
Gretchen
Helfrich and guests discuss taxing internet commerce. Guests include
Austan Goolsbee from the University of Chicago, Brian Hamer from
the Chicago Department of Revenue, and Mark Nebergall from the
Software and Information Indusrty Association.
|
| June
25, 1999 |
Host
Gretchen Helfrich. Summer movie trends are the topic of discussion
on Odyssey's Film Forum.Guests include: Lee Gerstein from
Columbia College, Scott Marks of the LaSalle Theater, and film
critic John Petrakis.
|
| June
24, 1999 |
Host
Gretchen Helfrich and guests discuss Tuesday's Supreme Court decision
limiting the scope of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Guests
include: Tom Merrill of Northwestern University and Steve Greenberger
of DePaul University
|
| June
23, 1999 |
Host
Gretchen Helfrich talks with historian Howard Chudacoff about
his new book, The Age of the Bachelor: Creating an American
Subculture.
|
| June
22, 1999 |
Dr.
Quentin Young joins host Gretchen Helfrich for a discussion on
the importance of fitness and nutrition in children. Other guests
include: Dr. Art Korman of Children's Memorial Hospital; Dr. Cozette
Buckney from Chicago Public Schools; Shiela Lyne, commisioner
of the Chicago Department of Public Health; and Danielle Gordon
from the Chicago Reporter.
|
| June
21, 1999 |
Host
Gretchen Helfrich leads a discussion on the legal and political
legacy of the Magna Carta with Richard Helmholz from the University
of Chicago and Steven Siegel from DePaul University.
|
| June
18, 1999 |
Gretchen
Helfrich talks with journalist Gary Webb about his latest book,
"Dark Alliance: The CIA, the Contras, and the Crack Cocaine Explosion".
|
| June
17, 1999 |
Host
Gretchen Helfrich talks with CTA president Frank Kruezi.
|
| June
16, 1999 |
Host
Gretchen Helfrich and guests discuss the redevelopment of the
Old South Works Steel Mill and the future of Chicago's Southeast
Side. Guests Include: Blair Kamin of the Chicago Tribune, Lynne
Cunningham of the Southeast Chicago Development Commission, and
Eileen Fiegel, Mayor Daley's Southworks project manager.
|
| June
15, 1999 |
Gretchen
Helfrich and guests discuss the cellular biology of aging. Guests
include: Dr. Anamitra Bhattacharyya from the University of Chicago
and Dr. David Smith from Northwestern Universty's Buehler Center
on Aging.
|
| June
14, 1999 |
Host
Gretchen Helfrich and guests discuss the City of Chicago's anti-gang
loitering ordinance, which last week was found unconstitutional
by the U.S. Supreme Court.
Guests Include:
Warren Friedman of the Chicago Allience for Neigtborhood Safety,
Larry Rosenthal from the City of Chicago's Law Department, and
Tracy Meares from the University of Chicago .
|
| June
11, 1999 |
Its another
edition of Film Forum and host Gretchen Helfrich and guests
discuss the films of director Billy Wilder, who made such classics
as Double Indemnity and Some Like It Hot.
|
| June
10, 1999 |
Concerns
about increased demand for energy have resurfaced with the arrival
of summer. Host Gretchen Helfrich and guests discuss the challenges
that face Commonwealth Edison, consumers, and local municipalities
in handling the hot weather.
|
| June
9, 1999 |
Host
Gretchen Helfrich on Odyssey.
|
| June
8, 1999 |
Dr.
Quentin Young joins Gretchen Helfrich to discuss the latest news
from the world of Medicine.
|
| June
7, 1999 |
Host Gretchen
Helfrich on Odyssey.
|
| June
4, 1999 |
Astronomers
Doug Duncan and Alex Filipenkp join Gretchen to discuss the speed
at which the universe is expanding.
|
| June
3, 1999 |
Host
Gretchen Helrich and guests discuss tort reform and product liability
laws.
|
| June
2, 1999 |
Host
Gretchen Helfrich looks at the changing leadership at the CHA.
We'll take a look at the low income housing environment in Chicago
and the challenges of providing housing to low income housing.
|
| June
1, 1999 |
Members
of the American Astronomical Society are meeting in Chicago this
week to share the latest findings from outer space. The Guests
include Doug Duncan from the University of Chicago, Geoffrey Marcy
from San Francisco State University, and Alvin Dresler from the
Carnegie Observatories.
|
| May
28, 1999 |
It's another
edition of film forum. Gretchen
Helfrich and guests will discuss what movie studios won't show
you. Hollywood production codes through the years today on Odyssey.
|
| May
27, 1999 |
Host Gretchen
Helfrich talks with Jonathon Weiner, author of Time, Love,
Memory: A Great Biologist and his quest for the "Origins
of Behavior."
|
| May
26, 1999 |
Policy
makers are relying on public opinion polls more and more to help
shape policy. Host Gretchen Helfrich talks polls and policy with
Jim Darsey of Northern Illinois University, Mark Pollack of Loyola
University and Peter Miller of Northwestern University.
|
| May
25, 1999 |
Dr. Quentin
Young joins Gretchen Helfrich to discuss the latest news from
the world of medicine.
|
| May
24, 1999 |
Gretchen
Helfrich and guests take a look at state politics as the legislative
session comes to an end. Guests will include David MacKinney
of the Chicago Sun Times, Bill Wheelhouse of Illinois
Public Radio, and David Schaper of WBEZ News.
|
| May
21, 1999 |
Host Gretchen
Helfrich and guests will discuss the state of welfare reform
here in Illinois and across the country.
|
|
May
20, 1999
|
Guests
join Gretchen to discuss the resignation of Robert Rubin from
Treasury Secretary. Guests include Pete Klinow of the University
of Chicago, Bill Barnhart of the Chicago Tribune, and
Professor Sam Rosenberg of Roosevelt University in Chicago.
|
| May
19, 1999 |
Guests
join Gretchen Helfrich to look at the Presidential Race 2000.
Guests include Alan Gittelson of Loyola University and Michael
Mezey of DePaul University.
|
| May
18, 1999 |
Dr. Quentin
Young joins host, Gretchen Helfrich, to discuss Medical News.
|
| May
17, 1999 |
Today a
conversation between host Gretchen Helfich and David Halbersatm
about his latest book, Playing for Keeps: Michael Jordan
and the World He Made.
|
| May
14, 1999 |
It's Film
Forum Friday, Gretchen Helfrich and guests explore the work
of writer/director Preston Sturges. Guests will include Ron
Falzone of Columbia College, Jim Chandler, from the Universtiy
Of Chicago.
|
| May
13, 1999 |
Astornomer
Doug Ducan of the University of Chicago talks with Gretchen
Helfrich and gives tips on summer sky watching.
|
| May
12, 1999 |
Dr. Quentin
Young joins Gretchen Helfrich to discuss the latest research
in dermatology with Dr. Larry Solomon, head of Pediatric Dermatology
at Lutheran General Hospital.
|
| May
11, 1999 |
Grethchen
Helfrich and guests discuss Governor Ryan's "Illinois First"
infrastructure plan and its possible impact on the Chicago region.
|
| May
10, 1999 |
Host Gretchen
Helfrich has a discussion on the Communist Manifesto and its
legacy.
|
| May
7, 1999 |
Join host
Gretchen Helfrich, live from Springfield. Today, a round-up
with state house reporters from across the state.
|
| May
6, 1999 |
Broadcasting
live from Springfield, host Gretchen Helfrich and guests will
examine Governor Ryan's "Illinois First" proposal and whether
it sufficiently addresses infrastructure needs across the state.
.
|
| May
5, 1999 |
Host Gretchen
Helfrich as she broadcasts from the State Capital and is joined
by House Minority Leader Lee Daniels, to discuss the issues
that face lawmakers in the last weeks of the legislative session.
|
| May
4, 1999 |
Host Gretchen
Helfrich is broadcasting live from Springfield...On today's
Odyssey, Gretcehn Helfrich talks with Lobbyists about their
role in the legislative process.
|
| May
3, 1999 |
Host Gretchen
Helfrich is on the road all this week... broadcasting Odyssey
from the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield. Today's guest
is Democratic House Speaker Mike Madigan.
|
| April
30, 1999 |
Gretchen
Helfrich and guests discuss Italian
neo-realist cinema on this installment of
Odyssey's Film Forum.
|
| April
29, 1999 |
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| April
28, 1999 |
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| April
27, 1999 |
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| April
26, 1999 |
Gretchen
Helfrich and guests will take a look at Illinois state politics
and preview Odyssey's week of broadcasts, live from Springfield
beginning
May 3, 1999.
|
| April
23, 1999 |
Host Gretchen
Helfrich and guests will discuss the impact that recording technology
has and on music of all types.
|
| April
22, 1999 |
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| April
21, 1999 |
Gretchen
Helfrich and guests explore the impact that technology has had
on productivity.
|
| April
20, 1999 |
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| April
19, 1999 |
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| April
16, 1999 |
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| April
15, 1999 |
Host Gretchen
Helfrich discusses the topic of privacy with Amitai Etzioni,
author of The Limits of Privacy.
|
| April
14, 1999 |
Host Gretchen
Helfrich discusses the health of the Fox River with guests Jack
Darin, state field representative for the Illinois Chapter of
the Sierra Club; Scott Goldstein, vice president of Policy and
Planning, Metropolitan Planning Council; and Dennis Dreher (DRAY-er),
director of Natural Resources, Northeastern IL Planning Commission.
|
| April
13, 1999 |
Join host
Gretchen Helfrich and doctor Quentin Young for a discussion
on the factors influencing what medical gets funding.
|
| April
12, 1999 |
| April
9, 1999 |
| April
8, 1999 |
Contributor
Doug Duncan joins Gretchen Helfrich to discuss the latest news
from the world of astronomy and answer your questions about
the universe.
|
| April
7, 1999 |
Gretchen
Helfrich and guests will preview the municipal run-off elections
in the city of Chicago.
|
| April
6, 1999 |
Medical
Contributor Quentin Young joins Gretchen Helfrich and guests
to explore the state of public health policy in Illinois.
|
| April
5, 1999 |
Japan has
lowered its interest rates to 0%. Gretchen Helfrich and guests
will explore the goals and lessons of this economic experiment
and what the U.S. can learn from it.
|
| April
2, 1999 |
Gretchen
Helfrich and guests discuss Italian neo-realist cinema on this
installment of Odyssey's Film Forum.
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| April
1, 1999 |
| March
31, 1999 |
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| March
5, 1999 |
"Coming
of Age" Films
Gretchen Helfrich and guests discuss "coming of age" films on
this installment of Odyssey's Film Forum. Guests include
WBEZ's film critic Jonathan Miller, Ron Falzone of Columbia
College, and Scott Marx from the LaSalle Theater.
|
| March
4, 1999 |
Govornor
George Ryan's recent budget proposal for the state of Illinois
Guests will include Dave McKinney, Statehouse reporter for the
Chicago Sun-Times, Sean Crawford of Illinois Public Radio,
Ric Pearson of the Chicago Tribune, along with WBEZ's
David Schaper.
|
| March
2, 1999 |
Medical
contributor Dr. Quentin Young joins host Gretchen Helfrich to
discuss the latest news from the world of medicine.
|
| March
1, 1999 |
Host Gretchen
Helfrich and guests handicap the canidates for the year 2000
Presidential race. Guests include Alan Gittleson, professor
of Political Science at Loyola University and Charles Madigan,
senior writer at the Chicago Tribune.
|
| February
26, 1999 |
A rebroadcast
of a conversation betweeen host Gretchen Helfrich and John Dominick
Crossen, author of The Birth of Christianity: Discovering
What Happened in the Years Immediately Following the Execution
of Jesus
|
| February
25, 1999 |
Host Gretchen
Helfrich is joined by Brian Greene, author of The Elegant
Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for
the Ultimate Theory.
|
| February
24, 1999 |
Guest Host
David Schaper provides post game analysis of Tuesday's City
elections. Guests include Greg Hinz, political reporter for
Crain's Chicago Business, Scott Fornick, political reporter
for the Chicago Sun-Times, and John Friendreis, dean
of the Political Science Program at Loyola University.
|
| February
23, 1999 |
A rebroadcast
of a conversation between host Gretchen Helfrich and Wendy Doniger,
author of The Implied Spider: Politics and Theology in Myth
|
| February
22, 1999 |
A City
Election Preview
Host
Gretchen Helfrich and WBEZ reporters Jody Becker, Tony Sarabia,
David Schaper, and Shirley Jahad for a preview Tuesday's city
elections
|
| February
19, 1999 |
Film
Forum takes on Shakespeare!
Gretchen Helfrich and guests explore the bard's work as it has
appeared on the silver screen. Guests include University of
Chicago professors Jim Chandler and David Bevington, along with
film critic John Petrakis.
|
| February
18, 1999 |
Section
Eight Housing
Housing contributor Ed Sacks joins host Gretchen Helfrich and
guests to discuss implementation of Section Eight housing subsidies
in the Chicago metropolitan area.
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February
17, 1999
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February 15, 1999
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Mayoral Candidate - Congressman Bobby Rush
with guest host David Shaper of WBEZ News
February 4, 1999
David Halberstam, author of Playing for Keeps: Michael Jordan
and the World He Made
February 3, 1999
Meteorology and Folklore with Doug Sisterson, research meteorologist
in the Environmental Research division at Argon National Laboratory
and site project manager of the cloud and radiation test bed for the
atmospheric radiation measurement program under the auspices of the
DOE, and George Freier, professor emeritus of Physics at the University
of Minnesota and author of Weather Proverbs: How 600 Proverbs, Sayings
and Poems Accurately Explain Our Weather.
February 2, 1999
Social Security Reform with Jason Barabus, graduate fellow at
the Institute for Policy Research at Northwestern University and the
Joint Center for Poverty Research, and Henry Rose, associate professor
of Law at Loyola University -- Chicago
January
29, 1999
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Governor Jim Edgar
January 6, 1999
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