AUDIO LIBRARY

A Nation Transformed by Information
James Cortada - an executive consultant with IBM global services and the co-editor of A Nation Transformed By Information: How Information Has Shaped the United States from Colonial Times to the Present
Richard John - associate professor of history at the University of Illinois at Chicago and a contributor to, A Nation Transformed By Information. He is also the author of Spreading the News: the American Postal System from Franklin to Morse.

Presidential Politics
Greg Hinz - associate editor at Crain's Chicago Business
Charlie Madigan - freelance writer
Michael Tackett - Washington bureau reporter for the Chicago Tribune

Meteoritics
Doug Duncan - Associate professor of astronomy and astrophysics at the University of Chicago
Dr. Torrence Johnson - Senior research scientist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the project scientist for the Galileo Spacecraft
Dr. Sean Soloman - Director of the department of terrestrial magnetics at the Carnegie Institution of Washington. He is also the principal investigator for the planned messenger mission to Mercury
Dr. Mark Robinson - Research assistant professor in the department of geological sciences at Northwestern University and a member of the imaging team for the near earth asteroid rendezvous mission

State of the Economy
Bill Barnhart - Markets columnist for the Chicago Tribune
Paul Pieper - Associate professor and director of graduate studies in the department of economics at the University of Illinois at Chicago
Marcus Alexis - Professor of economics at Northwestern University

Care for the Elderly
Bruce Doblin - Medical director for Seasons Hospice Care
James Webster - Professor of medicine and emeritus director of the Buehler Center on Aging at the Northwestern University Medical School
Kathleen Cagney - Assistant professor in health studies at the University of Chicago

Dietary Supplements
Susan Hagar - President and CEO of Citizens for Health, a natural health consumer advocacy group
Dr. Robert Kushner - Medical director of the Northwestern Memorial Wellness Institute and Professor of Medicine at Northwestern University Medical School
Paul Coates - Director of the office of dietary supplements at the National Institutes of Health

Nathaniel Philbrick - author of, In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex

Public Health and the November Elections
Dr. Charles Drueck -Surgeon at Evanston Hospital and president of the Chicago Medical Society
Bob Murray - Co-Chairman of the policy and legislative committee at the Illinois Public Health Association
Rep. John Fritchey (D) - State Representative for the 33rd district in Chicago

The Flu Pandemic of 1918
Gina Kolata - science and medicine reporter for The New York Times and author of "Flu: The Story Of The Great Influenza Pandemic of 1918 and the Virus That Caused It."

Film Forum: Film School Students

The Democratic Convention
Alan Gitelson - Professor of political science at Loyola University - Chicago
Michael Mezey - Dean of the college of liberal arts and sciences and professor in the department of political science at DePaul University
Charles Lipson - Professor of political science and director of the program on international politics, economics and security at the University of Chicago

Religion and Politics
Jason DeRose - WBEZ's Religion Reporter
Mary Schaafsma - Deputy Director for policy and program at Protestants for the Common Good
Ellen Cannon - Professor of political science at Northeastern Illinois University and vice president of the American Jewish Congress for the Midwest. She is also a faculty member at the Wexner Heritage Institute.

Property Tax Reform
William Burns – Education and tax policy manager at the Metropolitan Planning Council
Paul Reilley – A tax attorney and director of the Tax Policy Forum
Andrea Raila – property tax consultant and board member at Citizens for Fair Assessments and Taxes
John Currie – President of the Civic Federation of Chicago

Bird Migration
Scott Weidensaul - author of, "Living on the Wind: Across the Hemisphere with Migratory Birds"

Social Capital
Robert Sampson - professor in the department of sociology at the University of Chicago
Jody Kretzmann - co-director of the Asset-Based Community Development Institute and senior research associate at the institute for policy research at Northwestern University
Robert Putnam - professor of public policy at Harvard University and the author of, "Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community"

Venture Capital
Shane Greenstein - associate professor of strategy and management at the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University
William Lederer - vice chairman of Netgov.com, chairman of Blue Meteor and Chairman and CEO of Minotaur Capital Management
Scott Meadow - a venture partner at the Sprout Group and a clinical professor of entrepreneurship at the Graduate School of Business at the University of Chicago

Democratic Convention Preview
Shirley Jahad - WBEZ News
Greg Hinz -associate editor at Crain's Chicago Business
Christopher Mobley - professor of political science at DePaul University
Delmarie Cobb - Democratic political consultant

The latest in medical news with Dr. Quentin Young

The Market and the Environment:
Richard Kosobud – Professor of Economics at the University of Illinois at Chicago
Jack Darin – Director of the Illinois Chapter of the Sierra Club
Richard Sandor – Chairman and CEO of Environmental Financial Products

Film Forum: Images of Black Women
Yvonne Wellbon – Director of, “Living With Pride: Ruth Ellis at 100”
Jacqueline Stewart – Assistant Professor in the department of English Language and Literature, and a member of the Committee on Cinema and Media Studies at the University of Chicago
Cal Ward – Director of, “Judy, Judy”
Adryenn Ashley – Producer of the film, “Metal”

Nanotechnology
Steven Sibener – professor of chemistry and director of the Materials Research Science and Engineering Center at the University of Chicago
Chad Mirkin – professor of chemistry and director of the Institute for Nanotechnology at Northwestern University

Republican Convention:
Allen Gittelson – Professor of Political Science at Loyola University
Charles Lipson – Professor of Political Science and Director of the Program on International Politics, Economics and Security at the University of Chicago

Ron Rosenbaum - author of, "The Secret Parts of Fortune: Three Decades of Intense Investigations and Edgy Enthusiasms."