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31, 2001
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Organized
Crime: Chicago Sun-Times columnist Mark Brown
talks with Steve Edwards about his personal experiences investigating
the Cicero Mob. Then, the Chicago Crime Commission's Wayne Johnson
and Steve Edwards talk about organized crime in Chicago.
(Originally Aired June 22, 2001) |
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Ray
Meyer: Sports contributor Cheryl Raye Stout interviews
longtime DePaul basketball coach Ray Meyer about his life
in college athletics. (Originally Aired October 18th 2001) |
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Bud
Herseth: Steve Edwards talks with Adolph "Bud"
Herseth, principal trumpet for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra,
about his distinguished 53 years with the orchestra. Herseth retires
after this season. (Originally Aired July 20, 2001) |
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December
28, 2001
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The
Gift: Chicago Sun-Times reporter Chris Fusco joins
Steve Edwards talk about his front page series entitled The
Gift: A Transplant Journey. |
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Tod
Lending: Steve Edwards talks with Tod Lending
director of the Academy Award-nominated documentary Legacy. |
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Side
Show Art: Victoria Lautman interviews the master painter
of circus sideshow banners, sword swallower, fire-eater and human
blockhead, Johnny Meah. (Originally aired March 9, 2001) |
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Cherry
Fest: Veteran pit-spitter Herb Teichman shares his techniques,
with a demonstration and preview of the Eau Claire, Michigan Cherry
Pit Competition. (Originally aired May 9, 2001) |
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December
27, 2001
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Underground
Railroad: Eight Forty-Eight contributor Richard Steele
shares a personal experience with a reenactment of slavery,
then speaks with Michelle Evans, associate director of interpretation
and co-writer of the Follow The North Star Tour at the Conner Prairie
Museum in Fishers, Indiana. He then talks with Glennette Tilley
Turner, author of The Underground Railroad in Illinois.(Originally
aired July 9, 2001) |
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Museum
Sound: Field Museum sound designers Michael Burns and
Steve Villano tell us about what goes into creating the audio
components of museum installations. (Originally aired June 13, 2001) |
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Fishing:
The Chicago Park District's Bob Long Jr. on teaching fishing
to kids. (Originally aired September 4, 2001) |
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Trains
and Towns: Steve Edwards takes us to the little town of Elburn,
Illinois, to talk about how a new Metra station might impact the
town. He speaks with resident Nancy Ayers, then Randy
Ream, resident and owner of Elburn Market and Dr. Jim Willey,
village president. Originally aired (Originally aired June 21, 2001) |
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Cassandra
Smith: The Chicago writer explains why she loves the CTA. (Originally
aired December 13, 2001) |
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December
26, 2001
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Ray
Brown: Chicago Public Radio's Dan Bindert sits down with
the legendary jazz bassist about his life in music. Brown celebrates
his 75th birthday on Saturday. (Originally aired October 12, 2001) |
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Sandro:
Chicago Public Radio's Richard Steele talk with Chicago-based
photographer Sandro about his work with sports stars, supermodels,
celebs and "everyday" people, as well as his current project
with the National Ballet of Cuba. (Originally aired November 1,
2001) |
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Poetry
Speaks: Steve Edwards talks with Dominique Raccah,
editor of Poetry Speaks, a book and compact disc anthology
of great poets reading their own works. (Originally aired November
8, 2001) |
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December
21, 2001
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Year
in Review: We take a look back at 2001 in news with Laura
Washington, columnist Chicago Sun-Times; Charlie Wheelan,
Midwest correspondent to the Economist Magazine and economics
contributor for Eight Forty-Eight and Eric Zorn, columnist
for The Chicago Tribune. |
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Sports
Wrap-up: Veteran sports reporter and Eight Forty-Eight
sports contributor Cheryl Raye Stout, joins Steve Edwards
for a look at the winners and losers of Chicago sports. |
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Architecture:
Eight Forty-Eight architecture contributor Ed Keegan,
talks with Steve Edwards for a look at the Block 37, Millennium
Park, Trump Towers Chicago and other news over the past year. |
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Film:
Film contributor Jonathan Miller looks at the silver screen
for the best and worst of 2001. |
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Theater:
Jonathan Abarbanel, theater contributor for Eight Forty-Eight
looks back at the 2001 theater season for the best. |
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Cool
Spot Reflections: Jerry Pohlen, author of the Oddball
Travel Series shares what he has learned over the past year searching
for Cool Spots. |
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December
20, 2001
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Death
of Daley: We remember the 25th anniversary of the day that Mayor
Richard J. Daley passed away. First Eight Forty-Eight media
contributor Wally Prodrazik remembers the day. Then, veteran
Chicago journalist, Bill Kurtis, and former Chicago Alderman
and UIC political professor Dick Simpson remember the politics
and legacy of the Mayor. |
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Bob
Crawford: Veteran Chicago broadcaster Bob Crawford looks
back on his career. |
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Preservation
Chicago: Reporter Linda Paul reports on the organization
seeking to maintain historic Chicago. |
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Radiology:
Eight Forty-Eight medical contributor Quentin Young
talks with Dr. V Amod Saxena and Dr. Robert Voglezang
brings us the latest in Radiological Technology from a recent
conference in Chicago. |
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December
19, 2001
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Justice
Suit: Steve Edwards talks with Jean Snyder, trial
Council at the MacArthur Justice Center about a lawsuit they are
filing this morning charging police and prosecutors with violating
the rights of those in custody. |
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Air
Traffic Control: Craig Burzych, president, National Air
Traffic Controllers Association at O'Hare Tower joins Steve Edwards
to talk about his concerns over planned expansion at O'Hare International
Airport. |
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Indiana
RTA: Steve Edwards talked with Dr. Dennis Rittenmeyer,
head of regional transportation committee that helped create the
Lake County Indiana RTA. |
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Book
Bag: Eight Forty-Eight resident philosopher Al Gini
shares his holiday book list with Steve Edwards. |
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Train
Exhibit: Richard Steele, talks with Martha Thorne,
curator of the Modern Transportation Exhibit and assistant curator
of at the School of Architecture at the School of the Art Institute
about the exhibit Modern Transportation and Splendid Stations. |
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Joliet:
Chicago writer Jerry Pohlen, shares ideas of what to do with
the closing Joliet Correctional Facility. |
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December
18, 2001
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Unexpected
Chicagoland: Steve Edwards takes us to Paul's Snack Shop
at 16th and Pulaski for a conversation with photographer Camilo
Jose Vergare and Chicago Historical Society Curator of Architecture
and Design Tim Samuelson about ways that classic Chicago
buildings have changed as neighborhoods have evolved. |
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Employment
Forecast: Eight Forty-Eight economics contributor Charlie
Wheelen speaks to employment expert John Challenger about
layoffs around the holidays and the employment forecast. |
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Diesel
Exhaust: The Great Lakes Radio Consortium's Julie Halpert
reports on air pollution generated in rural areas. |
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Buddha
Tomato: Chicago writer Ethel Hammer has a solution to
today's frantic lifestyle...the savoring of the perfect tomato. |
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Holiday
Baking: Eight Forty-Eight food contributor Steve Dolinsky
goes to Bittersweet restaurant on Chicago's northside and talks
about baking with Nancy Bagget, author of The All American
Cookie Book. Then, it's down to Streeterville's True restaurant
with Just a Bite author Gail Gan for some tips on
desserts. |
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Tiny
Tim: Chicago writer Sam Weller brings us a profile of
four area boys and young men who share a moment of greatness as
former and current Tiny Tims for a Chicago area theatre production. |
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December
17, 2001
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Political
Notebook: Steve Edwards begins our elections series with
a discussion of the pending state races with Chicago Public Radio
political reporter Carlos Hernandez Gomez, CBS 2 Chicago
political editor Mike Flannery and Chicago Sun-Times Statehouse
Bureau Chief Dave McKinney. |
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Bear
Down: Sports contributor Cheryl Raye Stout joins Steve
Edwards for a look at the Bears’ post season. |
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Muhammad
Ali: Richard Steele interviews the photographer, filmmaker
and long-time friend of Muhammad Ali, Howard Bingham, about
his book of photographs documenting his 30-year friendship with
Muhammad Ali and his work on the new film about Ali's life between
1964 and 1974. (Originally aired March 30, 2001) |
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Living
Sea: Eight Forty-Eight producer Justin Kaufmann
visits Mike Sergy, owner of the Living Sea Aquarium in Park
Ridge, for a look at this museum-like pet shop. |
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December
14, 2001
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Lemak
Update: Chicago Tribune reporter Ted Gregory updates
us on the Marilyn Lemak trial. |
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Insanity:
Steve Edwards talks with Dr. Emil Coccaro, director
of Clinical Research Section in the Department of Psychiatry at
the University of Chicago's Pritzker School of Medicine, about the
causes and definitions of insanity. |
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Simon
Callow: Eight Forty-Eight theater contributor Jonathan
Abarbanel talks with stage and screen actor Simon Callow,
currently starring in The Mystery of Charles Dickens at Chicago
Shakespeare Theatre. |
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Bob
Acri: Chicago Public Radio's Tony Sarabia brings us the
story of 83-year-old Chicago piano player Bob Acri, who has
just released his first CD, Timeless. |
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Christmas
Legend: Chicago writer Mike Houlihan retells a legendary
Christmas story from St. Gertrude's Catholic Church on Chicago’s
Northside. |
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Cool
Spot: Jerry Pohlen and Eight Forty-Eight producer
Gianofer Fields journey to the Octave Chanute Air-Space Museum
in Rantoul, Illinois. |
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December
13, 2001 |
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Airports:
Steve Edwards talks with U.S. Senator Peter Fitzgerald
about his opposition to last week's Daley/Ryan airport deal. |
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want YOU!: U.S Army Major General Dennis D. Cavin, head
of US Army Recruiting Command, talks with Steve Edwards about recruiting
men and women for the Army. |
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Mottlow: Eight Forty-Eight sports contributor Cheryl
Raye Stout talks with long-time Chicago sportscaster Red
Mottlow. |
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Cassandra
Smith: The Chicago writer explains why she loves the CTA. |
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Television: Eight Forty-Eight television contributor
Wally Podrazik talks with Channel 20's Zoraida Sambolin,
operations manager and host of Nuestros Ninos & Small Talk for
Parents, and Edward Menaker, director of strategic planning,
about courting the Hispanic community with Spanish language educational
programming. |
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December
12, 2001 |
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Education
Trust: Steve Edwards talks with Patty Barth, senior
associate at the Education Trust in Washington D.C., about the organization’s
national mission of encouraging schools, colleges and communities
to mount effective campaigns for high student achievement. |
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Historical Bookstore: Steve Edwards talks with long-time
Chicago journalist and historian Kenan Heise about his decision
to close his store Chicago Historical Bookworks. |
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Book: Eight Forty-Eight special contributor Studs
Terkel shares stories from his new book, Will The Circle
Be Unbroken? Reflections on Death, Rebirth, and Hunger for a Faith. |
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December
11, 2001 |
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Economic
update: Eight Forty-Eight economics contributor Charlie
Wheelan updates us on area economic stories. |
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First: Chicago Reporter publisher Alysia Tate talks
with Steve Edwards about the cover story, "Voters Lose
and Politics Win in Illinois First". |
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Sean
McLain: Food contributor Steve Dolinsky interviews Sean
McLain, chef and partner of Spring restaurant in Chicago’s
Bucktown neighborhood. |
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in The Park: Eight Forty-Eight architecture contributor
Ed Keegan interviews Julia Sniderman Bachrach, author
of The City in a Garden: A Photographic History of Chicago Parks. |
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McLean: Guitarist John McLean talks with regular contributor
Richard Steele about his new compact disc, and this Wednesday's
guitar extravaganza at the Green Mill to benefit local kids. |
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December
10, 2001 |
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Roscetti
Case: Chicago Tribune reporter Maurice Posley
and People's Law Office attorney Flint Taylor join host Steve
Edwards for analysis of the recently overturned convictions
of four men imprisoned for the 1986 murder of Lori Roscetti. |
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Bottling
Lake Water: Great Lakes Radio Consortium reports on state policy
as it pertains to water usage, specifically regarding a Perrier
bottling plant in Michigan |
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Political
Cartoons: Eight Forty-Eight contributor Rose Economou
talks with political cartoonist and novelist Doug Marlette
about his approach to cartoons and politics. His new novel is The
Bridge. |
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Electronic
surveillance: Technology contributor Lew Koch considers
national security as it relates to electronic surveillance of several
kinds. |
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Magnificent
Obsession: True stories of recovery from alcohol and drug addiction,
told by those living the experience, and produced by Jim Nayder.
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7, 2001 |
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Airport
Expansion: Steve Edwards talks with U.S. Senator Dick
Durbin about his support for O’Hare expansion. Then, Chicago
Sun-Times Washington Bureau Chief Lynn Sweet joins us
for an update on the Ryan/Daley Airport agreement. |
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Film
Reviews: Eight Forty-Eight film contributor Jonathan
Miller reviews The Z Film Festival at the Film Center of the
Art Institute and Band of Outsiders at the Music Box. |
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Pearl
Harbor: Eight Forty-Eight regular contributor Daniel
Ferri considers veterans and remembrance. Then, we hear stories
of Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941 from survivors John Barry of
Chicago and Ambrose Ferri of Waukegan. |
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Teens
React: Students from Niles West High School in Skokie discuss
their views on war in Afghanistan and security in the U.S. |
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Bennie
Currie: Chicago Writer Bennie Currie on talking to children
about crisis. |
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pre-empted for NPR coverage of U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft's
appearance before the Senate Judiciary Committee. |
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December
5, 2001 |
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Suburban
Roundup: Steve Edwards travels around the region getting
updates on news stories. He first talks with Chicago Tribune
staff writer Jeff Coen about the Marilyn Lemak trial; Ali
Abunimah, vice president of the Arab American Action Network,
talks with Steve Edwards about yesterday's fire which destroyed
his headquarters; Arlington Heights village manager Bill Dixon
speaks with Steve Edwards about the coming of the 2002 Breeders’
Cup Race World Thoroughbred Championships, and Michael Polzin,
publicity chairman for the Lake County Astronomical Society, talks
with Steve Edwards about searching for a little spot for
a big telescope. |
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Change:
Eight Forty-Eight resident philosopher Al Gini talks
with Steve Edwards about the concept of change in our daily
lives. |
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Theater
Scene: We continue our series highlighting local theater with
a scene from Remy Bumppo Theatre Company’s production of Caryl
Churchill's satire Top Girls. |
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Billy
Budd: Special contributor Studs Terkel talks with Theodor
Uppman, who premiered the role of Billy Budd in the 1951
opera. The work is currently being performed by Lyric Opera of Chicago. |
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December
4, 2001 |
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Winter
Weather: Steve Edwards talks with Channel 9 chief meteorologist
Tom Skilling for a look ahead to winter. |
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Afghan
Photos: Chicago Tribune photographer Pete Souza talks
with Steve Edwards about his recent travels covering stories
in Afghanistan. |
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Afghan
Photos: Steve Edwards continues his discussion with Chicago
Tribune photographer Pete Souza who recently traveled
to Afghanistan. |
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Alternative
Health: Steve Edwards talks with Dr. James Gordon,
founder and director of the center for Mind, Body, Medicine in Washington
D.C. |
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Sound
of Bluesic: Chicago writer and Eight Forty-Eight contributor
Jerry Pohlen points out the amazing similarities between
two cinematic masterpieces, The Sound of Music and The
Blues Brothers. |
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December
3, 2001 |
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West
Side Crime: Steve Edwards visits with Pastor Mike
Burns, minister and outreach worker with Chicago Victory Church,
about preventing violence in this West Garfield neighborhood. |
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Murder
Stats: Steve Edwards then talks with Thomas Kirkpatrick,
president of the Chicago Crime Commission, for up-to-date statistics
and analysis. |
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Weekend
Sports Wrap-Up: Veteran sports journalist and Eight Forty-Eight
sports contributor Cheryl Raye Stout joins Steve Edwards
for the latest on the Chicago Bears as well as regional college
football news. |
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Mike
Nussbaum: Chicago actor Mike Nussbaum, currently performing
in Steppenwolf’s production of Glengarry Glen Ross,
talks with Steve Edwards about working with playwright David
Mamet. (Originally aired July 11th 2001.) |
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The
Last Place: Independent radio producer Joe Richman shares
an archival audio diaries of the lives of residents of the Presbyterian
Homes in Evanston, Illinois. |
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