Eight Forty-Eight 12.23.11

Eight Forty-Eight 12.23.11
Chicagoans began 2011 digging out their cars after a blizzard hit the city in early February. Getty/Scott Olson
Eight Forty-Eight 12.23.11
Chicagoans began 2011 digging out their cars after a blizzard hit the city in early February. Getty/Scott Olson

Eight Forty-Eight 12.23.11

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Eight Forty-Eights Eilee Heikenen-Weiss hosts a special encore edition of the show featuring the annual Year in Review. Eight Forty-Eight’s Alison Cuddy reviewed the headlines of 2011 with journalists Mary Mitchell, Mick Dumke and Kris Kridel. Then, Heikenen-Weiss revisits some of her favorite conversations from the last year, including a scientific look at how—and when—people exercise financial restraint and WBEZ’s Justin Kaufmann soul-searching examination of his deep hate for the Green Bay Packers.