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2001 Audio On-Demand & Program Descriptions
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February 2001

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February 28, 2001 hosted by Gretchen Helfrich
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Stories We Tell About Love
Wendy Doniger – Mircea Eliade professor of history of religions in the divinity school at the University of Chicago. Her latest book is The Bedtrick: Tales of Sex and Masquerade
John Eaton – A composer and a professor of music and of the humanities in the college at the University of Chicago
David Bevington – Professor of English and of comparative literature and professor in the humanities at the University of Chicago

February 27, 2001 hosted by Gretchen Helfrich
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The Right to Vote
Richard John - Associate professor of history at the University of Illinois at Chicago and the author of, Spreading the News: The American Postal System from Franklin to Morse
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
Barack Obama – Illinois State Senator from 13th district and a senior lecturer in the law school at the University of Chicago

February 26, 2001 hosted by Gretchen Helfrich
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Juvenile Justice and Incarceration
Steven Drizin –Supervising attorney for the Children and Family Justice Center at the Northwestern University School of Law
Wallace Mlyniec – Director of the Juvenile Justice Clinic and associate dean for clinical programs at the Georgetown University Law Center

February 23, 2001 hosted by Gretchen Helfrich
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"Republic.Com" by Cass Sunstein
Cass Sunstein - The Karl Llewellyn professor of jursiprudence in the law school and the department of political science at the University of Chicago. His latest book is Republic.Com

February 22, 2001 hosted by Gretchen Helfrich
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The Future of Aging
Jay Olshansky – Professor in the school of public health at the University of Illinois at Chicago and a research associate at the Center for Aging at the University of Chicago
Bruce Carnes - Senior research scientist at the Center for Aging at the University of Chicago
Together they are the authors of The Quest for Immortality: Science at the Frontiers of Aging

February 21, 2001 hosted by Gretchen Helfrich
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Ethics of Cloning
Rex Chisholm – Professor of cell and molecular biology and director of the Center for Genetic Medicine at Northwestern University
Leon Kass – The Addie Clark Harding professor in the committee on social thought at the University of Chicago and the co-author, along with James Wilson, of The Ethics of Human Cloning

February 20, 2001 hosted by Gretchen Helfrich
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Joint Disease and Arthritis
Dr. Quentin Young – Odyssey’s medical contributor
Dr. Michael Ellman – Professor of clinical rheumatology in the department of medicine at the University of Chicago
Dr. James Cohen – Orthopedic surgeon specializing in joint replacement at the Midwest Orthopedics

February 19, 2001 hosted by Gretchen Helfrich
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Impact of the Economic Downturn
Mike Miller – Professor of economics at DePaul University.
Dan Lewis – Professor of human development and social policy at Northwestern University and a faculty fellow at the Joint Center For Poverty Research
Martin Malin – Professor of law and the director of the Institute for Law and the workplace at Chicago Kent College of Law

February 16, 2001 hosted by Gretchen Helfrich
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Film Forum: Looking
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
Pamela Robertson-Wojek – Assistant professor in film, television, and theater at Notre Dame University and the author of Guilty Pleasures: Feminist Camp From May West to Madonna
Tom Gunning – Professor and acting chair of the department of cinema and media studies at the University of Chicago, and the author of, Fritz Lang: Allegories of Vision and Modernity

February 15, 2001 hosted by Gretchen Helfrich
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Astronomer Doug Duncan
Doug Duncan - Associate professor in astronomy and astrophysics at the University of Chicago

February 14, 2001 hosted by Gretchen Helfrich
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Policy Initiatives from President Bush
Michael Mezey – Dean of the college of liberal arts and sciences and professor in the department of political science at DePaul University
Charlie Madigan – Senior writer at the Chicago Tribune
Greg Hinz – Associate editor at Crain's Chicago Business

February 13, 2001 hosted by Gretchen Helfrich
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Bush and Communitarianism
Martin Reddish – The Ancel professor of law and public policy at Northwestern University’s School of Law
Jean Bethke Elshtain – Professor of social and political ethics at the University of Chicago
Amitai Etzioni – University professor at George Washington University and the author of, “Next: The Road to the Good Society”

February 12, 2001 hosted by Gretchen Helfrich
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Prion Diseases
Dr. James Mastriani – Assistant professor of neurology and the co-director of the center for comprehensive care and research on memory disorders at the University of Chicago
Dr. Raymond Roos – Professor and chairman of the department of neurology and a member of the committees on immunology, neurobiology and virology at the University of Chicago

February 9, 2001 hosted by Gretchen Helfrich

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Electoral Reform
David Orr – Cook County Clerk
Jack Doppelt – Associate professor of journalism at Northwestern University and the co-author, along with Ellen Shearer, of Non Voters: America’s No Shows
Jeffery Milyo – Assistant professor in the Harris School of Public Policy Studies and a faculty director for the American Politics Workshop at the University of Chicago

February 8, 2001 hosted by Gretchen Helfrich

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Dreams
Mark Smaller – A psychoanalyst and a faculty member at the Chicago Institute for Psychoanalysis
Dr. Rosalind Cartwright – Chairman of the department of psychology and director of the Sleep Disorder Center at Rush Presbyterian - St. Luke's Medical Center
Chris Faraone – Professor of classical languages and literature at the University of Chicago

February 7, 2001 hosted by Gretchen Helfrich

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Community Based Social Services
Henrika McCoy – Director of admissions and financial aid and a clinical professor at the Jane Addams College of Social Work at the University of Illinois at Chicago
Cassandra McKay – Clinical professor in the Jane Addams College of Social Work at the University of Illinois at Chicago
Kale Williams – Former executive director at the Leadership Council for Metropolitan Open Communities. Currently, he is a senior scholar at the Center for Urban Research and Learning at Loyola University - Chicago

February 6, 2001 hosted by Gretchen Helfrich

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Health Care without Harm
February 5, 2001 hosted by Gretchen Helfrich

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The Generation Gap
Tom Smith – Director of the National Opinion Research Center's General Social Survey at the University of Chicago and the author of the report, "Changes in the Generation Gap, 1972 - 1998"
Terry Nichols Clark – Professor in the sociology department at the University of Chicago and the author of, "The New Political Culture"

February 2, 2001 hosted by Gretchen Helfrich

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Movie Venues
Ron Falzone – Professor in the film department at Columbia College
Jay Bliznick – Director of the Chicago Underground Film Festival and house manager of the Landmark Century Theaters
Turloch Hutchinson – Regional director of publicity and promotions for Landmark Theaters

February 1, 2001 hosted by Gretchen Helfrich

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President Bush’s Honeymoon
John Frendreis – Associate vice president of planning and analysis and a professor in the political science department at Loyola University - Chicago
Charles Lipson – Associate professor of political science and director of the program on international politics, economics and security at the University of Chicago


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