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2003 Audio On-Demand & Program Descriptions
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April 2003

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April 30, 2003 hosted by Steve Edwards
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Interfaith Conference
Rev. Bob Edgar General Secretary National Council of Churches
Dr. Sayyid Mohammed Syeed General Secretary of the Islamic Society of North America
John Paxson
John Paxson General Manager for the Chicago Bulls
Cheryl Raye Stout Sports contributor
Homemade Pasta
Steve Dolinsky Food contributor
Chef Corcoran O'Connor Gioco, South Loop
Chef and owner Jennifer Newberry Fortunato, Wicker Park
Executive chef Tony Mantuano Spiaggia, Gold Coast
Chef Silvia Marani Merlo, North Lincoln Ave in Lincoln Park

First Word
Daniel Ferri Writer and sixth grade school teacher

April 29, 2003 hosted by Steve Edwards
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Jim Mcmanus
Jim McManus Author of Positively Fifth Street and writing teacher at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Harold Washington Inaugural Anniversary
Excerpt of Harold Washington's Inaugural speech April 29th 1983
Thin Skin
Victoria Lautman Regular contributor
Barbara Clausen Co-curator of Thin Skin: The Fickle Nature of Bubbles, Spheres, and Inflatable Structures
Now through June 29th at the Chicago Cultural Center
August Wilson
Jonathan Abarbanel Theater contributor
August Wilson Pulitzer Prize winning playwright
The Gem of the Ocean is playing at the Goodman Theater through May
April 28, 2003 hosted by Steve Edwards
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Audio Business Update
David Griesing Business contributor and columnist for the Chicago Tribune

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Poetry Slam
Mark Smith Chicago poet and narrator of The Spoken Word Revolution
Mark Eleveld Editor of The Spoken Work Revolution
Michael Warr Chicago Poet
Eight Forty-Eight Sunday
April 27, 2003
hosted by Steve Edwards
Audio Month in Review
Eric Zorn Columnist for the Chicago Tribune
Laura Washington Columnist for the Chicago Sun-Times
John Hilkevitch Transportation reporter for the Chicago Tribune
Audio Feeling Lucky?
Jim Carrane Contributor
Dr. Richard Wiseman Author of The Luck Factor: Changing Your Luck, Changing Your Life: The Four Essential Principles
Audio Mentoring
Eileen Favorite Chicago writer and poet
Audio ETA Theatre
Abena Joan Brown Co-founder and director of ETA Creative Arts Foundation
Richard Steele Regular contributor
April 25, 2003 hosted by Steve Edwards
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Audio Month in Review
Eric Zorn Columnist for the Chicago Tribune
Laura Washington Columnist for the Chicago Sun-Times
John Hilkevitch Transportation reporter for the Chicago Tribune
Audio Film Reviews
Jonathan Miller Film contributor
Films Reviewed: Blackboards directed by Samira Makhmalbaf, April 25 - May 1. Gene Siskel Film Center
An Injury to One + National Archive
Friday, April 25 -- 8:00pm Chicago Filmmakers
Winged Migration opens Music Box May 2
Audio Patricia Barber
Sarah Toulouse Music host and producer
Audio Slip Knot
TJ Anderson Composer
Rhoda Levine Director
Eric McKeever Protagonist
Joelle Lamarue Mother
Gianofer Fields Producer
Slip Knot Opera at Northwestern University Lever Memorial Temple 7:30PM April 26th
April 24, 2003 hosted by Steve Edwards
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Audio Historic Preservation
Blair Kamin Architecture critic for the Chicago Tribune
Patrick Reardon Staff writer for the Chicago Tribune
Audio Heart Disease
Dr. Quentin Young Medical Contributor
Audio Open Heart
Elory Rozner K-12 education manager at the Museum of Science & Industry
Gianofer Fields Producer
www.livefromtheheart.org
Audio ETA Theatre
Abena Joan Brown Co-founder and director of ETA Creative Arts Foundation
Richard Steele Regular contributor
April 23, 2003 hosted by Steve Edwards
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Audio Internet Users
Steve Jones Professor of communication at UIC and senior research fellow with the Pew Internet & American Life Project
Audio Turn Off the TV
Wally Prodrazik Media Contributor
This week is National Turn Off Your Television Week, sponsored by Turn off TV network
Audio Education Funding
Charlie Schlenker Reporter for Illinois Public Radio
Audio Parking
Michael Burton Spokesperson for the Zoning for Transportation Equity Coalition
Audio Feeling Lucky?
Jim Carrane Contributor
Dr. Richard Wiseman Author of The Luck Factor: Changing Your Luck, Changing Your Life: The Four Essential Principles
Audio Mentoring
Eileen Favorite Chicago writer and poet
Audio Brownsville
Victoria Lautman Regular contributor
Oscar Casares Author of Brownsville: Stories
Audio Local Music Corner
Artist: Sara Osmer
Album: Dry Mouth
Song: "Nameless Faces"
April 22, 2003 hosted by Steve Edwards
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April 21, 2003 hosted by Steve Edwards
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Audio Caryl Phillips
Richard Steele Regular contributor
Caryl Phillips Author of A Distant Shore
Audio Sports Update
Cheryl Raye Stout Sports contributor
Audio Telecom Ad Battles
Bill Wheelhouse Statehouse bureau chief for Illinois Public Radio
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Poetry Month
G.E. Murray Poet
Collection: Arts of a Cold Sun

Eight Forty-Eight Sunday
April 20, 2003
hosted by Steve Edwards
Made In Chicago
Steve Dolinsky Food Contributor.
Eric Futran Photographer, whose work chronicling a piece of Vienna Beef Corned Beef is on display
Nathan Mason Curator of Special Projects for the Public Art Program for the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs
Made in Chicago runs at the Historic Water Tower through June 30th
Audio African Pottery
Victoria Lautman Regular contributor
Douglas Dawson Gallery owner and curator of The Art of African Clay, Ancient and Historic African Ceramics; runs through May 13th at the Douglas Dawson Ethnographica
222 W Huron, Chicago IL 312 751 1961
Audio Andreus
Andreus Evanston musician
Performing Thursday Night at Nevin's Pub 1450 Sherman in Evanston
Album: Street Troubadour
April 18, 2003 hosted by Richard Steele
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Audio Education Bill
Debbie Lynch Chicago Teachers Union President
Audio Sex Offenders
Edward Petka Illinois State Senator (R-42nd)
Audio Shoppertainment
Simone Orendain Reporter for Illinois Public Radio
Audio Unruly Baseball Fans
Dan Blumberg Associate editor for Eight Forty-Eight
Audio New Authors
Rita Coburn Whack Contributor
Tracye Price Thomson Author of Black Coffee and Chocolate Sangria
Y Black Moore Author of Triple Take
Regina Harris Biacchi Author of Indigo Sound
Audio Seven Last Words Of Christ
Mark Strand, University of Chicago and Former US Poet Laureate and Pulitzer Prize winner
Mark Steinberg, Brentano Quartet
April 17, 2003 hosted by Steve Edwards
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Business Update
David Greising Business contributor and columnist for the Chicago Tribune
Pembroke Prison
Jay Field Reporter for Chicago Public Radio
War As Meaning
Al Gini, Eight Forty-Eight resident philosopher professor of philosophy and business ethics at Loyola University
War is a Force that Gives Us Meaning by Chris Hedges
Regarding the Pain of Others by Susan Sontag
Holes
Jim Carrane Contributor
Andy Davis -- Director of Holes
Louis Sachar - Author and screenwriter of Holes
Made In Chicago
Steve Dolinsky Food Contributor.
Eric Futran Photographer, whose work chronicling a piece of Vienna Beef Corned Beef is on display
Nathan Mason Curator of Special Projects for the Public Art Program for the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs
Made in Chicago runs at the Historic Water Tower through June 30th
Local Music Corner
Artist: Ben Hollis
Album: Live Your Life
Song: "Remember This Day"
April 16, 2003 hosted by Steve Edwards
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Audio Peter Fitzgerald Won't Run For Reelection
Rick Pearson Political reporter for the Chicago Tribune
Christine Dudley Republican consultant
Kevin Lampe Democratic consultant
Audio Third Coast - War
Johanna Zorn Executive Director of the Third Coast International Audio Festival
Julie Shapiro Managing Director of the Third Coast International Audio Festival
Audio Passover
Rabbi David Sofian Congregation Emanuel on N. Sheridan Road in Edgewater
Audio Jewish Therapy
Aaron Freeman Writer, journalist, and comedian
Audio Andreus
Andreus Evanston musician
Performing Thursday Night at Nevin's Pub 1450 Sherman in Evanston
Album: Street Troubadour
April 15, 2003 hosted by Steve Edwards
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Audio Chicago Water
David F. Schulz Executive director of the Infrastructure Technology Institute and adjunct professor at Northwestern University
Cam Davis Executive director of the Lake Michigan Federation
Audio Plain Scared
Sandi Wisenberg Writer
Audio Gaming Update
Chris Fusco Reporter for the Chicago Sun-Times
Audio African Pottery
Victoria Lautman Regular contributor
Douglas Dawson Gallery owner and curator of The Art of African Clay, Ancient and Historic African Ceramics; runs through May 13th at the Douglas Dawson Ethnographica
222 W Huron, Chicago IL 312 751 1961
Audio Better Luck Tomorrow
Justin Lin Director of Better Luck Tomorrow
Esquire Theater in Chicago and Cineplex 12, CineArts 6 in Evanston
Audio Smart Growth
Lester Graham Reporter for Great Lakes Radio Consortium
April 14, 2003 hosted by Steve Edwards
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Audio Veterans Benefits
Ray Toczeck Veterans benefits counselor, Department of Veterans Affairs
Audio Channel One
Janet Choi Reporter for Channel One
Audio Library Patriot Act
Leigh Estabrook Director of the Library Research Center and Dean of the graduate school of Library and Information Science at the University of Illinois
Audio Identity Theft
Jason Parrott Reporter for Illinois Public Radio
Audio Poetry Month
Renee Moore Poet
Li-Young Lep Poet
Kevin Coval Poet
Eight Forty-Eight Sunday
April 13, 2003
hosted by Steve Edwards
Audio Clarence Page
Clarence Page Columnist and editorial board member for the Chicago Tribune
Audio The Trojan Women
Mary Zimmerman Director of The Trojan Women; at the Goodman Theater through May 11th
Jonathan Abarbanel Theater contributor
Audio

Janet Bean
Janet Bean and the Concertina Wire
Album: Dragging Wonder Lake
Performing at the Empty Bottle, April 13th

April 11, 2003 hosted by Steve Edwards
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Audio Clarence Page
Clarence Page Columnist and editorial board member for the Chicago Tribune
Audio Peace Marketing
Jason DeRose Reporter for Chicago Public Radio
Audio Affordable Housing
Peter Skosey Vice President of External Relations Metropolitan Planning Council
Audio Film Reviews
Jonathan Miller Film contributor
Films reviewed:
Chicago Filmmakers Presents:
Stan Brakhage (1933-2003)
; special memorial screening Wednesday, April 23, 7pm at the Cassidy Theater
Ten; opens Friday April 11, 2003 at the Music Box
Audio The Secret
Melinda Ronish Director and co-producer of The Secret;
Saturday Night on Channel 11 at 8:00 PM
Audio The Trojan Women
Mary Zimmerman Director of The Trojan Women; at the Goodman Theater through May 11th
Jonathan Abarbanel Theater contributor
April 10, 2003 hosted by Steve Edwards
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Audio The Fall of Baghdad: Local Reaction
Maha Malik Journalist
Faisal Istrabadi Vice President and founder of Iraqi Forum for Democracy in Valparaiso, IN
Audio Teaching About War
Daniel Ferri Writer and sixth grade school teacher
Audio Budget Address
Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich presents his budget proposal
Audio Budget Reaction
Carlos Hernandez Gomez Political reporter for Chicago Public Radio
Audio Budget Reaction
Roy Johnson Chicago Business writer, communications consultant, and former aide to gubernatorial candidate Roland Burris
Audio

Janet Bean
Janet Bean and the Concertina Wire
Album: Dragging Wonder Lake
Performing at the Empty Bottle, April 13th

April 9, 2003  
Eight Forty-Eight is preempted for special BBC coverage of the war in Iraq
April 8, 2003 hosted by Steve Edwards
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Audio Long Range Weather Forecast
Tom Skilling Chief meteorologist for WGN News
Audio Climate Change Report
Dr. Donald Wuebbles Head of the department of atmospheric sciences at the University of Illinois
Audio Jerry Krause Resigns as Bulls GM
Cheryl Raye Stout Sports contributor
Audio Loyola Championship
Ron Miller Member of Loyola's 1963 NCAA Championship Basketball Team
Audio Transportation Update
Robert Herguth Staff Reporter for the Chicago Sun-Times
Audio Illinois State Budget Preview
Sean Crawford Reporter for Illinois Public Radio
Audio Pigeons
Nicholas Day Chicago writer living in Hyde Park
April 7, 2003 hosted by Steve Edwards
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Audio Chicago Stadiums
Costas Spirou Associate professor and chair of social science at National Louis University
Larry Bennett Professor of political science at DePaul University
Spiru and Bennet are co-authors of Hardly Sportin': Stadiums, Neighborhoods and the New Chicago
Audio Pritzker Prize
Ed Keegan Architecture contributor
Audio Leon Kreir
Leon Kreier Inaugural recipient of the Richard Dreihaus Award for Classical Architecture
Ed Keegan Architecture contributor
Audio Between Two Worlds: Latinos and Mental Health
Viviendo En Mi Mundo
Producers: Melissa Flores, Jessica Vargus Silvana Tabares, and Jess Palencia of Radio Arte - WRTE 90.5 FM, a youth initiative the Mexican Fine Arts Museum
     
Eight Forty-Eight Sunday
April 6, 2003
hosted by Steve Edwards
Audio Sun-Times War Coverage
John Cruickshank Co-editor of the Chicago Sun-Times
Audio War And Public Health
Dr. Barry Levy Author of War and Public Health and Terrorism and Public Health, professor at Tufts University, and former president of the American Public Health Association
Audio Mesopotamia
Victoria Lautman Regular contributor
Clemens Reikel Research associate for the Oriental Institute at the University of Chicago
Audio Paintball
Neal Bailen Chicago writer
April 4, 2003 hosted by Steve Edwards
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Audio O'Hare Expansion Update
Ramon Ricondo President of Ricondo and Associates (aviation consulting firm)
Craig Burzych Air traffic controller and president of NATCA at O'Hare International Airport
Audio Sun-Times War Coverage
John Cruickshank Co-editor of the Chicago Sun-Times
Audio Mesopotamia
Victoria Lautman Regular contributor
Clemens Reikel Research associate for the Oriental Institute at the University of Chicago
Audio Paintball
Neal Bailen Chicago writer
Audio Arena Football
Cheryl Raye Stout Sports contributor
Mike Hohenesee Head Coach of the Chicago Rush
Cedrick Walker Defensive specialist for the Chicago Rush
Tom Dohr - Announcer for the Chicago Rush
Wally Prodrazik Media contributor
Jeremy Mullman Sports and entertainment business reporter for Crains Chicago Business
April 3, 2003 hosted by Steve Edwards
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Audio One Book, One Chicago: A Raisin in the Sun
Al Gini Eight Forty-Eight Resident Philosopher and professor of philosophy at Loyola University
A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry
Audio One Book, One Chicago: Hansberry House
Timuel Black Historian and retired professor
Audio Lorraine Hansberry — Studs Terkel 1959 Interview
Studs Terkel Special contributor
Lorraine Hansberry Former Illinois Poet Laureate and author of A Raisin in the Sun
Courtesy: WFMT
Audio Local Music Corner
Artist: Jimmy Yancey
Album: Jimmy and Mama Yancey Chicago Piano Vol One
Song: How Long Blues
April 2, 2003 hosted by Steve Edwards
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Audio Media Ownership
Rick Morris Associate professor of communication studies at Northwestern University
Audio Runoff Election Results
Carlos Hernandez-Gomez Political reporter for Chicago Public Radio
Audio War And Public Health
Dr. Barry Levy Author of War and Public Health and Terrorism and Public Health, professor at Tufts University, and former president of the American Public Health Association
Audio Teaching High Schoolers About War
Ray Salazar — Contributor and school teacher
Audio Marisol
Jonathan Abarbanel — Theater contributor
Jose Rivera — New York playwright; his play Marisol is being performed by Greasy Joan and Co. at the Viaduct Theater
Ed Dzialo and Kathleen Powers - Actors performing in Marisol
Audio Fun Camp
After school activities at Whittier Elementary School in Pilsen
April 1, 2003 hosted by Steve Edwards
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Audio Meigs Field Runway Destroyed
Carlos Hernandez Gomez Political reporter for Chicago Public Radio
Micahel Shakman Attorney and former Special Attorney General
Erma Tranter Executive director of Friends of the Park
Rachel Goodstein President of Friends of Meigs Field
Audio Business Update: Motorola, Phillip Morris, Airline Woes
David Greising Business ontributor and columnist for the Chicago Tribune
Audio Unbanked
Julie Sell Midwest correspondent for The Economist
Audio Laurel Canyon
Victoria Lautman Regular contributor
Lisa Cheledenko Director of Laurel Canyon; playing at Landmark Theaters
Audio Girls Baseball
Players from the All American Girls Professional Baseball League Dotty Key, Peggy Fenton, Norma Berger, Betty Frances, Barbra Thompson, Terry Donahue and Angie Armatz
Baseball as America is at the Field Museum

 

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