EIGHT FORTY-EIGHT Audio Library

December 30, 2003

hosted by Steve Edwards

Langston Hughes
Richard Steele — Regular contributor
Val Gray Ward — Founder of the Kuumbe Theater Troupe
Robert Irving III — Producer, arranger and composer
Album: Rhapsody in Hughes 101
originally aired May 30, 2003

Poetry Month
G.E. Murray — Poet
Collection: Arts of a Cold Sun
originally aired April 21, 2003

Andreus
Andreus — Evanston, Illinois musician
Album: Street Troubadour
originally aired April 20, 2003

December 29, 2003

hosted by Steve Edwards

Ella Baker
Richard Steele — Regular contributor
Barbara Ransby — Associate professor of African American studies and history at the University of Illinois at Chicago and author of the book Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement: A Radical Democratic Vision
originally aired July 25, 2003

Dawn Clark Netsch Profile
Dawn Clark Netsch — 1994 Illinois Democratic Gubernatorial nominee, former state senator, former state comptroller, and current professor emerita of law at Northwestern University
originally aired July 7, 2003

Stewarts Coffee
Nilda Matos — Worker at Stewarts Coffee
Don Stewart — Third generation owner of Stewarts Coffee
James Sansone — Worker at Stewarts Coffee
Steve Dolinsky — Food Contributor
originally aired July 10, 2003

December 26, 2003

hosted by Steve Edwards

Year in Review
A highlight local stories from the past year
Julie Sell — Midwest correspondent for The Economist
Abdon Pallasch — Reporter for the Chicago Sun-Times
Laura Washington — Contributor, professor at DePaul University, and columnist for the Chicago Sun-Times
Eric Zorn — Columnist for the Chicago Tribune

December 25, 2003

hosted by Steve Edwards

Program preempted for a special presentation

December 24, 2003

hosted by Steve Edwards

Program preempted for a special presentation

December 23, 2003

hosted by Steve Edwards

Vogel / Visiting Iraq: A Father's Mission
U.S. Army Reservist Sgt. Aaron Vogel
Paul Vogel — Barrington, Illinois resident and father of Aaron Vogel

Doctor in Nasiriya
Dr. Jamil Bayrum — Assistant professor of emergency medicine at Rush University Hospital

Lake Calumet
Victor Crivello — Environmental consultant and co-chair of the Lake Calumet vision committee

View of Lake Calumet

Landfill
Henry Henderson — Founding partner of the public policy firm, Policy Solutions Ltd. and founding commissioner of environment for the city of Chicago

Holiday Hurt
Jerry Pohlen — Author of the Oddball travel series: Illionis, Indiana, Wisconsin etc.

Singing Bus Driver
Earl Miles — CTA bus driver, fleet instructor on the 157 Streeterville bus

December 22, 2003

hosted by Steve Edwards

Campaign Notebook
Kicking off the latest season of Eight Forty-Eight's Campaign Notebook with a roundtable discussion about the U.S. Senate race in Illinois and the campaign ahead
Paul Green — Professor of policy studies at Roosevelt University
Eric Krol — Reporter for the Daily Herald
Kristin McQueary — Reporter for the Daily Southtown

Business Update
David Greising — Business contributor and chief business correspondent for the Chicago Tribune

Live Poultry
Linda Paul reports from a Chicago live poultry market
Linda Paul — Independent producer

Sports Update
Checking in on the past weekend in professional and college athletics
Cheryl Raye Stout — Sports contributor

Sam Weller
Writer Sam Weller reflects on the 50th anniversary of the publication of Ray Bradbury's Farenheit 451. Weller is the author of forthcoming authorized biography of Ray Bradbury.

Local Music Corner: Azita
Chicago no-wave icon, Azita Youssefi, sits down for a candid one-on-one conversation with Steve Edwards. She talks about her career, her approach to music and lyric, and about her latest release, Enantiodromia, on Drag City Records. Azita also joined us in our Performance Studio for a special performance of her song, "On the Road" from Enantiodromia.

December 19, 2003

hosted by Steve Edwards

Dirty Bomb
Lew Koch — Longtime Chicago journalist. His article, “Dirty Bomb? Dirty Justice,” will appear in the January issue of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.

Darnell Williams
Bob Kasarda — Staff writer for the Times of Northwest Indiana

Stateway Gardens Basketball Tournament Settlement
Diantha Parker — News correspondent for Chicago Public Radio

Arts Year in Review
Hamza Walker — Director of education at the Renaissance Society
Ed Keegan — Architecture contributor
Jonathan Abarbanel — Theater contributor

Theater Corner
A scene from The Great Society, now at the Famous Door Theatre in Chicago

Film Reviews
Jonathan Miller — Film contributor

Friday Morning Blues: West Side Blues
Tony Sarabia — News correspondent for Chicago Public Radio

December 18, 2003

hosted by Steve Edwards

Panel on Former Illinois Governor George Ryan's Indictment
Pat Deady — Partner at Hogan, Marren & McCahill, Ltd.
Chris Mooney — Director of the Institute for Legislative Studies and associate professor of political studies at the University of Illinois at Springfield
Carlos Hernandez-Gomez — Political correspondent for Chicago Public Radio

Generosity
Al Gini — Resident philosopher for Eight Forty-Eight on Chicago Public Radio and professor of philosophy and business ethics at Loyola University Chicago

Adam and Eve
Rev. Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite — Editor of the book Adam, Eve and the Genome: The Human Genome Project and Theology
Jason DeRose — Religion correspondent for Chicago Public Radio

Portrait Of A Family
The exhbition Portrait of a Family runs thru December 29, 2003, at the City Gallery at Water Tower
Tone Stockenstrom — Chicago photographer
Otilia Castaneda-Torres — Mother
Lissette, Diana, and German Torres — Children

December 17, 2003

hosted by Steve Edwards

Eight Forty-Eight Special:
Commemorating 100 Years of Human Flight

Ryan Indictment
Carlos Hernandez-Gomez — Political correspondent for Chicago Public Radio

Octave Chanute
The story of one of the Wright brothers' mentors, Octave Chanute
David Young — Former transportation writer for the Chicago Tribune

Wright Flyer Redux
We celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Wright Brothers' first flight with a look at a Chicago area aviator and engineer's recreation of the historic plane
Mark Miller — Glen Ellyn, Illinois, woodworker who replicated the historic Wright Flyer
Archive material comes from the Life History of the United States records collection

World War II Fighter Pilot
Michael Titre — Arlington Heights, Illinois, resident who completed 58 missions

The Gulf of Mexico
The virtues of keeping your feet on the ground
John Green — Chicago writer and satirist

Wagon Wheels to Wings
This historic 1948 broadcast from Chicago's Midway Airport chronicles the history of transportation and flight in Chicago. Produced by WENR, it originally aired in celebration of the opening of Marshall Field's“Cloud Room” at Chicago Municipal Airport (now Midway Airport)
Eight Forty-Eight is proud to broadcast Wagon Wheels to Wings in its entirety for the first time in 55 years
Special thanks to Marshall Field's for its assistance with this broadcast

December 16, 2003

hosted by Steve Edwards

Manufacturing
David Greising — Business contributor and chief business correspondent for the Chicago Tribune
Greg Baise — President of the Illinois Manufacturers' Association
Tim Leahy — Secretary treasurer of the Chicago Federation of Labor

Urinetown
Jim Carrane — Regular contributor
Greg Kotis and Mark Hollmann — Chicago duo behind the hit Broadway musical Urinetown. The musical runs through December 21, 2003, at Shubert Theater.

12x12 Artists, New Work: John Parot
A sound portrait of the next Museum of Contemporary Art series, 12 x 12. This installation runs December 5, 2003, through January 4, 2004.
Scotty Iseri — Arts producer for Chicago Public Radio

Favorite Things of 2003
Steve Dolinsky — Food contributor

Avec 615 W. Randolph, Chicago 312.377.2002	Bale Bakery 5018 N. Broadway, Chicago 773.561.4424
La Brea Bakery and Australian Homemade Ice Cream Parlor at Marshall Field's State/Randolph, Chicago	Pili Pili 230 W. Kinzie, Chicago 312.464.9988
Julius Meinl 3601 N. Southport, Chicago 773.868.1856	Southport Grocery & Café 3552 N. Southport, Chicago 773.665.0100
Sushi X 1136 W. Chicago Ave., Chicago 312.491.9232	Starfish 804 W. Randolph, Chicago 312.997.2433

Holiday Toys
Take a look at the latest in kids' holiday toys this season. For more information about Chicago Parent, a free, monthly magazine for parents, please visit their website.
Sussy Schultz — Editor of Chicago Parent magazine
Sylvia Ewing — Producer for Eight Forty-Eight

Toys
Mark Brown — Chicago Sun-Times columnist shares his perspective and his readers views of the demise of dangerous but fun toys from days gone by

December 15, 2003

hosted by Steve Edwards

Local Iraqi Reaction
Ishaq Ishaq and Juliet George, two Chicago area Iraqi-Americans, react to the capture of former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein
Jay Field — News correspondent for Chicago Public Radio

Conversation with a Soldier in Iraq
Gino Maldanado — U.S. Army National Guard Gunner with 933rd Military Police Company, stationed in Iraq at Tallil Airbase

December 12, 2003

hosted by Steve Edwards

Gay Games
Kevin Boyer — Spokesperson for Chicago Games

Chess Tournament
Youngsters from around the country are in town for the 2003 National Scholastic K-12 Collegiate Chess Championship

Pass/Fail: A Year in the Life of a Partnership School
Linda Lutton — Education writer for the Daily Southtown
The fourth in a series of stories on Bass Elementary, a public school in Chicago's Englewood neighborhood. The stories appear in the Daily Southtown and on Chicago Public Radio throughout the current school year.

Theater Reviews
Jonathan Abarbanel — Theater contributor
Productions reviewed:
Fa-La-La This 2, Hell -in-a-Handbag Productions; Jack and the Wild Goose Chase, Piccolo Theatre; A Merry Jewish Christmas, Bailiwick; Screw X-Mas, Chemically Imbalanced Comedy; The Swordsman's Holiday Spectacular, Noble Fool at the Pheasant Run Resort & Spa

Barber God
2003 Redmoon winter pageant asks Chicagoans: "If God was your barber…what would you talk to Him about?"

Mexican Saint
Judy Valente — Contributor

Black Chicago in Pictures
The exhibit is “Bronzeville: Black Chicago in Pictures 1941-1943.” It runs through February 29, 2004.
E. Selean Holmes — Chief curator at DuSable Museum of African American History

Friday Morning Blues: Blues Musician Jimmy Burns
Jimmy Burns — This blues man was born in the Delta and migrated to Chicago as a youth. His new CD is number one on several charts around the world.

December 11, 2003

hosted by Steve Edwards

Illinois Poet
Kevin Stein — Professor of English at Bradley University

Library Circulation
A conversation about why library circulation is up, despite dire predictions
Sarah Long — System director for the North suburban library system

No Touch Monkey
Ayun Halliday — Author of No Touch Monkey—And Other Travel Lessons Learned Too Late published by the East Village Inky
Diantha Parker — Producer for Chicago Public Radio
Former NeoFuturist Ayun Halliday left Chicago to travel the world, settling in New York, where she now lives with her husband and two children. She writes about her family's adventures in her quarterly 'zine, called The East Village Inky. But she's chronicled her misadventures from Sumatra to Salzburg in her new book, No Touch Monkey! And Other Travel Lessons Learned Too Late.

No Touch Monkey

Work Force Series: Dog Walkers
We begin this series of profiles on Chicagoans with unusual professions with an actress who walks dogs for a living
Lauren Pesca — Dogwalker by day, actress by night
Katia Dunn — Producer for Chicago Public Radio

Letters
Open letters, E-mail, and phone messages from some of our listeners. If you'd like to contact us with comments, questions, or suggestions, please do so at 848@chicagopublicradio.org.

TV to DVD
Examining the hot television industry trend of packaging series for DVD
Wally Podrazik — Television contributor

Another Lousy Day
Dan Collison — Independent producer
Elizabeth Meister — Independent producer

December 10, 2003

hosted by Steve Edwards

Paul Simon
Friends remember former Illinois senator, Paul Simon

A Discussion on the Life's Work of Senator Paul Simon
Lawrence Hansen — Vice president of the Joyce Foundation in Chicago and former special assistant to U.S. vice president Walter Mondale and U.S. senator Adlai E. Stevenson
Dawn Clark Netsch — Former Illinois state senator

Culture Of Pandering
Paul Simon — Former U.S. senator from Illinois talking about his book Our Culture of Pandering
Originally aired October 1, 2003

Paul Simon Remembered
Aaron Freeman — Chicago writer and contributor

Hope Dies Last
Author and special contributor Studs Terkel discusses his new book, Hope Dies Last.

Studs Terkel in studio.
Photo by Melisa Goh.

Soulful Christmas
Handel's Messiah and A Soulful Christmas Celebration takes place on Sunday, December 14 2003 from 3pm-5pm at St. James Catholic Church, 2942 S. Wabash Avenue, in Chicago
Wanda Lewis — Sounds of Blackness, St. James Catholic church
Sandita Jackson — Mezzo soprano, guest soloist

December 9, 2003

hosted by Steve Edwards

Lobbyists
The role of the lobbyist in Springfield
John Patterson — State Government editor for the Daily Herald

Gary Indictments
The latest on the FBI’s investigation into corruption in the City of Gary, Indiana
Steve Patterson — Indiana Post Tribune investigative reporter

Farnsworth House
Chicago Public Radio arts editor Edward Lifson talks about the significance of the Farnsworth House as it comes up for auction, and the latest on raising funds to buy the property

Medical Update
An update on the flu season and a discussion about local implications of the new Medicare law
Quentin Young, M.D. — Medical contributor

Pass/Fail: Lesson III
Linda Lutton — Education writer for the Daily Southtown
From our series of stories on Bass Elementary, a public school in Chicago's Englewood neighborhood. Listen to more from this series>>

Horse Meat
This Illinois Public Radio report takes us to a new meat packing plant in Illinois…that processes horse meat.
Chris Lehman — Reporter for Illinois Public Radio

Manet at the Sea
Interview with Art Institute curator, Ed Paschke, about the Manet exhibition
Scotty Iseri - Arts producer for Chicago Public Radio

Floss
Excerpt from the current Chicago play
Jenny Lawton — Arts producer for Chicago Public Radio

Tony Marie Montgomery
Steve Edwards interviews the Northwestern University's new dean of music about the path that led her to Chicago and a new major prize for composers
Tony Marie Montgomery — Dean of the school of music at Northwestern University

December 8, 2003

hosted by Steve Edwards

Cook County Budget, Part One
Rob Nash — Director of governmental relations for the Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce

Cook County Budget, Part Two
Forrest Claypool — Cook County board member

Cook County Budget, Part Three
Tom Glaser — Chief financial officer for Cook County board

Sports Update
Cheryl Raye Stout — Sports contributor

Inner Ring
Bill Hudnut — Former Mayor of Indianopolis, Indiana and author of Halfway to Everywhere

Great Cities
William Barnes — Director, research and municipal programs, National League of Cities
Alicia Mazur Berg — Commissioner, city of Chicago department of planning and development
Cedric Herring — Professor of sociology and the Institute for Government and public affairs at the University of Illinois Chicago
Raul Ramundo — Executive director of the Resurrection Project

Local Music Corner
Artist: Yang Wei and Betti Xiang
Album: Song of Consonance
Song: “Silk and Bamboo Music”
Label: Traditional Crossroads

December 5, 2003

hosted by Steve Edwards

Steel Tariffs
Mike Lynch — Vice president of governmental affairs at Illinois Tool Works (ITW), based in Glenview, Illinois
Paul Gipson — President of the United Steelworkers of America (USWA) Local 6787 in Chesterton, Indiana

Carbon Dioxide Emissions
Report on area CO2 emissions and efforts to control them
Ann Murray — Reporter for the Great Lakes Radio Consortium

Flu Season
Dr. Quentin Young — Medical contributor

Poet Laureate
Judy Valente — Arts contributor
Rodney Jones — One of two finalists in the running to be Illinois Poet Laureate

Youth Media
Rachel Davis — Talks about Community TV Network, an award winning youth arts education organization and it's teen TV show Hard Cover

Goose Calling
Tim Grounds — Owner of Tim Grounds Championship Calls in Johnson City, Illinois. Former national and international game calling champion.
Kelly Powers — Union City, Tennessee resident is the former national and international game calling champion

Film Reviews
Reviewed:
Anatahan — At the Gene Siskel Film Center Friday, December 5, 2003, 6 pm and Sunday, December 7, 2003, at 3pm
Carnage — Opens at the Landmark Century on December 12, 2003
Jonathan Miller — Film contributor

Friday Morning Blues: Blues and Folk-Funk Musician Bobby Rush
Bobby Rush — Singer
Niles Frantz — Host of Comin' Home on Chicago Public Radio

December 4, 2003

hosted by Steve Edwards

Chicago Teamsters
As members of Chicago Teamsters union local 705 vote on new leadership, host Steve Edwards talks with University of Illinois Chicago professor, Bob Bruno, about his new book and labor issues
Robert Bruno — Associate professor of labor and industrial relations at UIC and author of Reforming the Chicago Teamsters: The Story of Local 705

Wine Industry
A report on this growing industry in Illinois
Laura Kennedy — Reporter for Illinois Public Radio

Holiday Book Bag
Al Gini — Resident philosopher and professor of philosophy and business ethics at Loyola University in Chicago
Be sure to check out the Book List.

Downsize
A report on the play about corporate intrigue being performed in Chicago men's rooms … this weekend at Museum of Contemporary Art, Grammercy (women's room), and Piper's Alley in Chicago
Diantha Parker — News correspondent for Chicago Public Radio

Dionna Griffin
Dionna Griffin — Actor, on her performance of her autobiographical Univited Guest: the Freedom Show playing at the Second City Skybox, November 5 through December 20, 2003, on Saturdays at 10 pm

James Carter Obituary

December 3, 2003

hosted by Steve Edwards

Beyond the Murder Rate
A discussion about why Chicago's murder rate isn't dropping as much as other major cities like New York and Boston.
John Hagedorn — Associate professor, Department of Criminal Justice, and fellow, Great Cities Insititute at University of Illinois at Chicago
Gary Slutkin — Research professor, epidemiology and biostatistics and executive director of CeaseFire Chicago
Jim Molloy — Chief of detectives of Chicago Police Department

Immigrant Registry
Local reaction to the federal government's decision to scrap the immigrant registration program that was put in place not long after September 11.
Rouhy Shalibi — President of the Arab American Bar Association Home

Gary Murals
Host Steve Edwards tours downtown Gary, Indiana, with Chris Toepfer as they talk about his work stabilizing and repairing the facades of dilapidated buildings.
Chris Toepfel — Artist stabilizing and repairing the facades of dilapidated buildings

Off-Loop Licenses
The latest on the off-loop theater sweeps by the city of Chicago's department of revenue. Who is affected and who might not be around tomorrow?
Don Hall — Executive director of WNEP theater
Jonathan Abarbanel — Theater contributor

Vaudeville Underground
Sounds and scenes from Vaudeville Underground, an old fashioned variety show for the whole family. The variety show was produced by Christopher Ellis and Dawn Marie Galtieri.
Sylvia Ewing — Producer for Eight Forty-Eight

December 2, 2003

hosted by Steve Edwards

Patrick Murphy
The Cook County Public Guardian talks about the fire at 69 West Washington Street in Chicago that took the lives of three of his employees, the decision to keep wards of the state at Maryville, and his impending resignation

Des Plaines Asphalt
The latest on efforts to move a Des Plaines asphalt plant near a mobile home park
Patricia Boudalis — Homeowner at the Touhy Mobile Home Park

Trash Imports
A report on how trash is trucked and dumped throughout our region
Sara Hulett — Reporter for the Great Lakes Radio Consortium

Neighborhoodies
Michael DeZayas — Founder of Neighborhoodies
Jesse Hardman — Independent radio producer

Tribune Tower
A walk through the Tribune Tower's executive plaza
Katherine Solomonson — Author of The Chicago Tribune Tower Competition: Skyscraper Design and the Cultural Change in the 1920s
Robert Price — Contributor

Remembering My Students Who Dropped Out
A former teacher reflects on Chicago's high school drop-out rate with stories of his former students and their reasons for leaving school
Ray Salazar — Chicago writer and contributor

December 1, 2003

hosted by Steve Edwards

Business Report: Boeing
David Greising — Business contributor and chief business correspondent for Chicago Tribune

World AIDS Day
Melba Lara — News correspondent for Chicago Public Radio

Sports Update
Cheryl Raye Stout — Sports contributor

Illinois Poet Laureate
Judy Valente — Religion contributor
Kevin Stein — Candidate for Illinois poet laureate

Imagining the Prairie
William Cullen Bryant's poem "The Prairies" read by Chicago Public Radio's Heidi Goldfein.
Mariane Kinzer — Oak Park artist. Her new exhibition Lost Continent: Imagining The Prairie is at Metalworks Gallery in Chicago through December 31, 2003.