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Monday, July 7, 2008
 
Eight Forty-Eight is pre-empted for The Doctor Can't See You Now.
 
 
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Eight Forty-Eight 7/4/2008  
Eight Forty-Eight is pre-empted for a Louder Than a Bomb 2008hosted by Young Chicago Authors co-founder Kevin Coval.
Eight Forty-Eight 7/3/2008  
We report on how Hyde Park helped form the politics of Senator Barack Obama. Then, we profile a group of young people living in a Christian commune in Chicago. We talk with the author of a book about a nineteenth century Chicago woman who led a religious movement in Jerusalem.  Plus, we continue the Autism Chronicles series as Amy Thompson brings her son to a specialist.
Eight Forty-Eight 7/2/2008  
Greg Scott takes us to the streets, where a shot of Narcan can make a difference between the life and death of a heroin addict. We talk with the executive director of Americans United for the Separation of Church and State about Senator Barack Obama’s speech Tuesday announcing a plan to support faith-based social initiatives as president. Then, we talk to the author of the book, What Do White Americans Want to Know About Black Americans But are Afraid to Ask. Plus, as part of the Autism Chronicles from Long Haul Productions, we continue the story of a single mother coping with her son’s autism.
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