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2001 Audio On-Demand & Program Descriptions
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August 31, 2001
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Film Forum: The Art of Acting
Tom Gunning – Professor in the department of cinema and media studies at the University of Chicago and the author of The Films of Fritz Lang: Allegories of Vision and Modernity
John Petrakis – Film writer for the Chicago Tribune and a screenwriting instructor at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Carole Zucker – Professor in the school of cinema at Concordia University in Montreal, Canada and the author of In the Company of Actors: Reflections on the Craft of Acting

August 30, 2001
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Memoirs
Deborah Nelson – Assistant professor of English language and literature at the University of Chicago
Sidney Smith – Professor in the departments of English language and literature and women’s studies at the University of Michigan

August 29, 2001
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Work
John Bowe – Co editor of Gig: Americans Talk about Their Jobs at the Turn of the Millennium
Andrew Abbott – Chair of the department of Sociology at the University of Chicago

August 28, 2001
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Proteomics
Dr. Hilary Godwin – Associate professor, the department of biochemistry, molecular biology and cell biology – Northwestern University
Audrey Lamb – Post doctoral fellow, department of biochemistry, molecular biology and cell biology – Northwestern University
Dr. Brian Shoichet - Assistant professor, department of biological chemistry and molecular pharmacology –– Northwestern University

August 27, 2001
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Business Cycles and the Economy
Michael Miller – Chairman of the department of economics at DePaul University
Diane Swonk – Chief economist and a senior vice president at Bank One

August 24, 2001
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Film Forum: Movies Now and Then
Jonathan Rosenbaum – Film critic for the Chicago Reader and the author of Movie Wars: How Hollywood and the Media Conspire to Limit What Films We Can See
Hank Sartin – A lecturer in the humanities at the University of Chicago and a film critic for the Chicago Free Press

August 23, 2001
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Jesse Helms and the Future of Conservatism
Richard Epstein – Professor of law at the University of Chicago
Michael Mezey – Professor of political science and the dean of the college of liberal arts and sciences at DePaul University
Rick Perlstein – Author of Before the Storm: Barry Goldwater and the Unmaking of the American Consensus

August 22, 2001
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The Immutable Laws of Science
Sean Carroll – Assistant professor of physics and a faculty member at the Enrico Fermi Institute at the University of Chicago
Bill Wimsatt – Professor of philosophy and a member on the committee on evolutionary biology at the University of Chicago

August 21, 2001
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Our Monica, Ourselves
Lauren Burlant – Professor of English at the University of Chicago and the co-editor of Our Monica, Ourselves: The Clinton Affair and the National Interest
Sasha Torres – Teaches cultural and media studies at Johns Hopkins University

August 20, 2001
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Community Policing
Wesley Skogan – Professor of political science and a faculty fellow at the Institute for Policy Research at Northwestern University. He is the co-author of Community Policing Chicago Style
Tracey Meares – Professor of law and director of the Center for Studies in Criminal Justice at the University of Chicago. She is the author of Urgent Times: Policing and Rights in Inner City Communities
Bernard Harcourt – Visiting professor of law at Harvard University and author of Illusion of Order: The False Promise of Broken Windows Policing

August 17, 2001
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Aspect Ratios
A discussion of wide-screen film formats
Ron Falzone -- Professor of film at Columbia College
Jonathan Miller -- Film critic for Eight Forty-Eight
Scott Marx -- Head of LaSalle Theater
Rebroadcast

August 16, 2001
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The Legacy of Bush v. Gore
Richard Epstein - Interim Dean of the Law School at the University of Chicago
Elizabeth Garret - Professor of Law at the University of Chicago
Cass Sunstein - Professor of Law at the University of Chicago
Rebroadcast

August 15, 2001
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Bob Dylan
Greg Kot – Music critic for the Chicago Tribune
Robert Van Halberg – Teaches American poetry in the department of English language and literature at the University of Chicago
John Domini – Visiting professor of English at Northwestern University
Rebroadcast

August 14, 2001
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Leisure
Neil Harris – The Preston and Sterling Morton professor of history at the University of Chicago
Jody Kretzmann – Co director of the Asset Based Community Development Institute at Northwestern University
Geoffrey Godbey – Professor of leisure studies at Penn State University and the co author of Time for Life: The Surprising Ways Americans Use Their Time.

August 13, 2001
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Science in Public Life
Bill Wimsatt, Professor of Philosophy and a Member on the Committees on Evolutionary Biology and Conceptual Foundations of Science
Bob Richards, Professor of History and the Philosophy of Science at the University of Chicago
David Hall, The Dressler Professor in the Humanities Teaching in the Philosophy Department at Northwestern University
Rebroadcast

August 10, 2001
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Mies Van Der Rohe
Franz Schulze – Professor Emeritus of art at Lake Forest College and the author of Mies Van Der Rohe: A Critical Biography.
Michael Hays – Professor of architectural theory at the graduate school of design at Harvard University. He is also adjunct curator of architecture at the Whitney Museum of American Art.
Phyllis Lambert – Chair of the board of trustees of the Canadian Center for Architecture in Montreal. She was director of planning for Mies Van Der Rohe’s Seagram Building in New York City

August 9, 2001
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E Literature
Scott Rettberg – Executive director of the Electronic Literature Organization and the co-author of The Unknown, a hypertext novel
Rob Wittig – Director of the Tank 20 literary studio and a member of the literary advisory board of the Electronic Literature Organization. He is also a design consultant at Thirst, a Chicago design firm
John Unsworth – Professor of English and director of the institute for advanced technology in the humanities at the University of Virginia

August 8, 2001
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Janel Mueller – Professor of English, The William Rainey Harper professor in the college and the dean of the division of humanities at the University of Chicago. She is the co-editor, along with Mary Beth Rose and Leah Marcus of Elizabeth I: Collected Works

August 7, 2001
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Having and Possession
William Schweiker - Professor in theological ethics at the University of Chicago
Claudia Camp - Professor in the religion department at Texas Christian University
Arjo Klamer - Professor in cultural economics at Erasmus University, in Rotterdam

August 6, 2001
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Investigative Journalism
(rebroadcast)
Charlie Madigan – Perspectives editor at the Chicago Tribune
David Protess – Professor at Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism and the co author of A Promise of Justice: The Eighteen Year Fight to Save Four Innocent Men

August 3, 2001
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Film Forum: Animal Anxiety
Susan Doll – Teaches film studies at Oakton Community College
Tom Mitchell – Professor of English and art history and the editor of the journal Critical Inquiry at the University of Chicago
Michaela di Leonardo – Professor of anthropology at Northwestern University

August 2, 2001
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Privileged Relationships
Rev. Thomas Baima– A priest in the archdiocese of Chicago and a professor of systematic theology at the University of St Mary of the Lake in Mundelein
Dr. Robert Sobut – Clinical instructor of Psychiatry at Northwestern University
Steven Rynkiewicz– The Society of Professional Journalists and the Chicago Tribune Interactive
Steve Lubet – Professor of law at Northwestern University and the author of Nothing But the Truth: Why Trial Lawyers Don’t, Can’t and Shouldn’t Have to Tell the Whole Truth

August 1, 2001
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Electoral Reform and the 2000 Election
Jack Doppelt - Associate professor of journalism at Northwestern University and the co-author, along with Ellen Shearer, of Non Voters: America's No Shows
Jeff Manza - Associate professor of sociology at Northwestern University. He is the co-author, along with Clem Brooks, of Social Cleavage and Political Change: Voter Alignment and Party Coalitions
Alex Keyssar - Professor of history and public policy at Duke University and the author of The Right to Vote: The Contested History of Democracy in America


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