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Eight Forty-Eight—October 31, 2005 |
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As Bank One officially transitions to Chase, we talk to business contributor David Greising about the local banking scene and other local business stories. Then Eight Forty-Eight aports contributor Cheryl Raye Stout joins us to discuss the Bears' weekend victory. And Historian Richard Lindberg remembers the career of Al Lopez, the manager of the White Sox during their last trip to the World Series in 1959.
Plus, we share a “devilish” tale from StoryCorps, as Chicago Public Radio's Richard Steele talks with local broadcast legend Herb Kent. Eight Forty-Eight contributor Ana Castillo reflects on the magic and mystery of the Mexican holiday of the Day of the Dead. We bring you the story of a killer turned poet, Norman Porter. And, we celebrate Halloween with two creepy Chicago horror stories.
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Eight Forty-Eight—October 28, 2005 |
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We talk to a panel of guests about the biggest stories of October in our Month in Review. This month we chat with Eight Forty-Eight education contributor Alexander Russo, Sports Illustrated's Lester Munson and the New York Times' Jodi Wilgoren.
Plus, we introduce the new segment Studio 312. It features Eight Forty-Eight contributor Jimmy Carrane talking with folks “in the business” of entertainment. This inaugural installment of Studio 312 highlights author Jill Soloway. Then, Dominic Missimi, director of the music theater program at Northwestern University and Stuart Oken, artistic director of the American Music Theater Project, explain their hopes for the future of musical stagings.
Chicagoan Amy Brader shares her thoughts on the inevitable changing of the seasons. And, we'll bring you the music of Urban Collision, a musical collective featuring the former members of Marvin Tate's D-Settlement.
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Eight Forty-Eight—October 27, 2005 |
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The Chicago White Sox swept the Houston Astros to win the World Series! We hear from fans and chat with sports contributor Cheryl Raye Stout about what the team did right. Then, Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum president and White Sox fan Carlos Tortolero shares his obsession with Mexican baseball players. Plus, Chicago Public Radio's Ben Calhoun reports on the reaction in Bridgeport. And we bring you radio announcer and storyteller Jean Shepherd's famous radio routine about the difference between Sox fans and Cubs fans.
Then, freelance writer Steve Rhodes sheds some light on the personality and motivations of U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald. Eight Forty-Eight contributor Aaron Freeman speculates that some Chicago politicians may be pleased to have the prosecutor's attention focused elsewhere. And, theater critics Jonathan Abarbanel and Kelly Kleiman offer their takes on Wheatley at Victory Gardens Theatre and Hamlet at The Building Stage.
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Eight Forty-Eight—October 26, 2005 |
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We check in with sports contributor Cheryl Raye Stout about the White Sox charge toward their first World Series victory since 1917. Then, Eight Forty-Eight contributor Beth Finke shares the story of her love of the team. Plus, the White Sox post-season successes have made obvious what Chicago residents have known for years—there's a difference between North siders and South siders. Chicago Public Radio's Rob Wildeboer examines the divide and finds out how the World Series is bringing the two sides together.
Then, our series on invasive species continues as Steve Edwards talks with National Book Award Finalist Alan Burdick about his book Out of Eden: An Odyssey of Ecological Invasion (Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2005). And award-winning author and Chicago native Ana Castillo talks about the social prejudices facing poor women of color. It's one of the themes of her new book, Watercolor Women, Opaque Men (Curbstone Press, 2005).
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Eight Forty-Eight—October 25, 2005 |
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Illinois Public Radio's Sean Crawford previews the Illinois General Assembly's fall veto session. Then, we talk with Chicago Sun-Times legal affairs reporter Abdon Pallasch about an appellate court ruling concerning patronage hiring in Chicago.
Plus, Chicago Public Radio's Jesse Hardman gives us the history of the Bridgeport institution Schaller's Pump and its relevance to the community. And, Chicago Public Radio's Sonari Glinton reports on the southwest side school that's in the shadow of U.S. Cellular Field. Also, medical contributor Dr. Quentin Young talks with University of Chicago political scientist Eric Oliver about his new book Fat Politics: The Real Story Behind America's Obesity Epidemic (Oxford University Press, 2005).
Chicago Public Radio's Andrew Gill reports on one man's efforts to gather produce from northeastern Illinois farms to feed the hungry. Steve Edwards talks with Irene Lilienheim Angelico, coproducer of the new documentary Unbreakable Minds, about the struggles of the mentally ill.
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literary critic Donna Seaman discusses the spiritual nature of fiction, the decline of reading, and some of the interviews collected in her new book, Writers on the Air: Conversations about Books (Paul Dry Books, 2005). And we'll bring you an excerpt of Chicagoan Janet Blum's conversation with her friend Nancy Black Perlson from the StoryCorps MobileBooth.
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Eight Forty-Eight—October 24, 2005 |
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We find out what keeps a White Sox fan going, and discuss the curse that holds back the Cubs with Charles Billington, the author of Wrigley Field's Last World Series (Lake Claremont Press, 2005). It chronicles the Chicago Cubs' last World Series appearance in 1945. And Cheryl Raye Stout joins us to report on the the first games of the World Series.
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Historian Fred Hoxie takes us through the new exhibition on Lewis and Clark at the Newberry Library. Landscape photographer Richard Mack captured the Corps of Discovery in photos. And Sylvia Ewing learns about an exhibit at the Mitchell Museum in Evanston that celebrates the lives of ordinary native Indian women.
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Eight Forty-Eight—October 21, 2005 |
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Eight Forty-Eight preps you for the World Series with Cheryl Raye Stout's predictions for game one and the success of the White Sox.
Arts, architecture, and culture editor Edward Lifson joins us to discuss the 2005 American Institute of Architects awards. Filmmaker Deborah Koons Garcia talks about her documentary The Future of Food, which explores the controversy over genetically engineered foods. And artist Michael Piazza talks about how his work addresses a growing dependence on agriculture futures.
Plus, Eight Forty-Eight celebrates five years of the Third Coast International Audio Festival and shares some producers' picks. Eight Forty-Eight's film contributor Jonathan Miller reviews the movies Conformist, Electric Edwardians: The Films of Mitchell and Kenyon and The Riverside. And Kevin Coval talks with MC Dove Rock about how her new CD, Sylvia Plath Easy Bake Oven brings her feminist perspective to life.
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Eight Forty-Eight—October 20, 2005 |
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Eight Forty-Eight's David Greising reports on the United Airlines bankruptcy controversy. Then Chicago Public Radio's Rob Wildeboer reports on federal health experts who are in Chicago to show how avian flu could be identified and quarantined. And Dr. Catherine Counard, assistant medical director in communicable disease control
for the Cook County department of public health, tells us how local officials are preparing for possible outbreaks of illness in the state.
The president of the Great Lakes Partnership, Demetria Giannisis, tells us why we should be thinking about issues of sustainability when discussing the security of the Great Lakes region. Plus, writer and editor Robert Elder discusses his new book on the life and work of filmmaker John Woo: John Woo: Interviews (University Press of Mississippi, 2005).
We talk with Matt Parker, competitor and world record holder in Morton, Illinois' Ninth Annual Punkin' Chuckin' contest at the Green Acres Farm near Tremont, Illinois. Resident philosopher Al Gini contemplates the nature of evil, and a new feature kicks off on Eight Forty-Eight with theatre critics Jonathan Abarbanel and Kelly Kleiman offering battling opinions on local theater. Plus Steve Dolinsky explores the tastes of the Unimart Filipino mart in Woodridge, Illinois.
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Eight Forty-Eight—October 19, 2005 |
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Crain's Chicago Business Jeremy Mullman reports on the health of the Tribune Broadcasting Company. Sports marketing consultant Marc Ganis tells us how TV, Comiskey Park, and a certain failed road project prevented the White Sox from being as popular as the Cubs. He also offers advice to the Sox to capitalize on their current popularity.
The second installment in our series exploring threats to the Great Lakes region explores how invasive species may damage a once thriving population of native fish.
Plus photographer Bob Thall takes us to the spot that inspired his new collection of photographs, At City's Edge. And Steve Edwards speaks with founding member and artistic director of the Joffrey Ballet, Gerald Arpino, about fifty years of ballet. Critics Hedy Weiss and Terry Teachout recount the history of Chicago's Joffrey Ballet and comment on the company's performances. And this week, Eight Forty-Eight celebrates five years of the Third Coast International Audio Festival with producers' picks.
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Eight Forty-Eight—October 18, 2005 |
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We begin our series of reports on ten great threats to the Great Lakes region with an exploration of how waterways let in invasive species, and we
learn about an invasive species threatening to cross into Illinois. Then, we learn how the modern coyote is becoming increasingly urbanized. And artist Peggy MacNamara tells us how she marries art and entomology.
Plus, Eight Forty-Eight's contributor Cara Jepsen contemplates her ways, and Jonathan Miller talks with director Alicia Scherson about her new film, Play. Also, we hear about the antics of the improv game show comedy troop, Don't Spit the Water. And John Duggan of Time Out Chicago gives us his picks for the best DJs in Chicago, and we profile the Chicago musician Colby Beserra.
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Eight Forty-Eight—October 17, 2005 |
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Eight Forty-Eight's Cheryl Raye Stout reports from Anaheim where the White Sox celebrated their first trip to the World Series in forty-six years. And Chicago Tribune columnist Dawn Turner Trice discusses the south siders' chance to shine.
Later, business contributor David Greising reports on the Chicago Board of Trade's initial public offering and other business news. And we'll present two views on the legacy and career of playwright August Wilson.
Then Eight Forty-Eight's Sylvia Ewing talks with filmmaker Donnie Betts about his new documentary on the life of artist Oscar Brown, Jr. Plus we hear another installment from StoryCorps, and the producers over at the Third Coast Festival give us their critics' picks for the best audio work they've heard over the past five years.
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Eight Forty-Eight—October 14, 2005 |
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Chicago attorneys travel to Washington D.C. to describe Chicago police torture cases in front of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. Eight Forty-Eight's Aaron Freeman comments on the growing number of cameras placed by the Chicago Police Department.
And as a county judge determines the fate of the historic DuPage Theatre, we talk with one Lombard resident fighting to keep the landmark standing. Then, we explore the history of the Oak Park/River Forest area with one of its “founders.” Plus, we'll read from your letters.
Chicago writer Beth Finke writes about the pride of the South Side...the Chicago White Sox, while In These Times publisher Jeff Epton recalls how an important date in White Sox history helped heal a riff in his family.
Eight Forty-Eight film contributor Jonathan Miller reviews the newest big screen offerings and we talk with playwright Robert Koon about his new play, St. Colm's Inch, now on stage at Chicago Dramatists. Rita Coburn Whack talks with teacher and author Michael Poore.
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Eight Forty-Eight—October 13, 2005 |
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Reverend Al Sampson tells us about local efforts to organize for the Millions More March. Then, In These Times senior editor Salim Muwakkil discusses the legacy of the 1995 Million Man March and the significance of this Saturday's 10th anniversary event.
We talk with Field Museum paleontologist Peter Makovicky about the discovery of the buitreraptor, a small, carnivorous dinosaur that's changed the way scientists understand the evolution of birds. An Amish man from Indiana reflects on his changing community.
And contributor Anne Moore reminisces about her grandma's life.
Plus, author Candace Allen sits down with us about her book Valaida, which chronicles the life of entertainer and female jazz trumpeter Valaida Snow. We listen to the memories and music of two Chicago jazz musicians from different generations: Art Hoyle and Corey Wilkes. And contributor Lucia Mauro speaks with two of Chicago's most notable dance enthusiasts.
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Eight Forty-Eight—October 12, 2005 |
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We talk with ABC 7 reporter Paul Meincke about the ongoing trial of former Illinois Governor George Ryan. Then, we explore Chicago's long history of colorful Mayors and find out how the Democratic Machine was constructed. Plus, we talk with director Danielle Beverly about her documentary on the life and times of Chicago artist, Patsy Desmond.
And, on the 30th anniversary of the Willow Creek Community Church, we'll talk with Scott Thumma about the rise and significance of the megachurch. Art critics Terry Teachout and Laura Demanski review the Goodman Theatre production Beyond Glory, and Eight Forty-Eight's George Houde talks with author Meghann Marco about her book, Field Guide to the Apocalypse: Movie Survival Skills for the End of the World.
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Eight Forty-Eight—October 11, 2005 |
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Even after winning ninety-nine games this season, the Chicago White Sox feel like they have something to prove. But the team is poised to make believers out of their detractors. Today on Eight Forty-Eight, we talk with a panel of experts about the White Sox quest for their first pennant since 1959. Plus Eight Forty-Eight commentator and loyal Cubs fan Aaron Freeman dons some White Sox for the sake of his loyalty to the Windy City.
Then Eight Forty-Eight's Vanessa Bush talks with best-selling author James Loewen about the thousands of communities across the country that held ordinances preventing African Americans from stepping foot in town after sundown. Loewen writes about this in his new book, Sundown Towns: A Hidden Dimension of American Racism (New Press, 2005). Also, Susan Murphy is a leading expert on helping women who have escaped abusers. She'll join us to discuss her own experience of domestic abuse and how to get out of an abusive relationship.
The statewide arts initiative Illinois Creates unveils a statewide arts education report, Arts at the Core: Every School, Every Student. We talk with the group about their findings.Then, the acting president of the Chicago Humanities Festival explains why he thinks arts criticism shouldn't be black and white.
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we explore the significance of the late Wayne Booth, a professor emeritus at the University of Chicago and the author of The Rhetoric of Fiction, a book that argued that all narrative is a form of rhetoric.
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Eight Forty-Eight—October 10, 2005 |
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The FAA has announced plans to contribute $300 million to the O'Hare Modernization project. DePaul University professor Joe Schwieterman discusses the significance of the financing. Then, we talk with Lincoln Park Zoo veterinarian Dominic Travis and The Scientist's Janet Ginsburg about the propensity for avian flu among both domestic and zoo animals. Also, sports contributor Cheryl Raye-Stout weighs in on the Chicago White Sox's chances as they move forward to the AL championship.
Also, we talk with WLUW general manager Craig Kois and Loyola University Chicago professor Bren Murphy about a set of audio documentaries exploring hate speech in Chicago-area high schools. And we chat with filmmaker Mark Bussler about his new documentary taking us inside Chicago's 1893 World's Columbian Exposition.
Plus, as part of our StoryCorps series, Chicago publisher Haki Madhubuti shares the story of his troubled childhood. Contributor Kelly Kleiman explains why she won't be giving money to Hurricane Katrina relief. And in our Monday Music Corner, we bring you the sounds of the Chuchito Valdes Afro-Cuban Ensemble.
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Eight Forty-Eight—October 7, 2005 |
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The Chicago Transit Authority has announced plans to balance its 2006 budget. Greg Hinz of Crain's Chicago Business joins us to discuss the proposal. Then, Chicago writer Beth Finke wishes Mayor Daley would reconsider his plans to crack down on jaywalking. Plus, as the White Sox prepare to take on the Red Sox in Boston, we talk with sports contributor Cheryl Raye-Stout.
Also, we find out how a West Side community is making public art a priority, contributor Jonathan Miller checks out the Chicago International Film Festival, and Eight Forty-Eight's Gianofer Fields explores her fear of nature's creepy-crawlies.
The Great Lakes Radio Consortium's Shawn Allee looks at one developer's search for its next wind farm. And we hear from the winners of the Chicago-based Poetry Foundation's Pegasus Awards.
Chicago bassist Tatsu Aoki joins us live in studio to discuss highlights of the Asian American Jazz Festival, and contributor Lucia Mauro reports on Luna Negra Dance Company's new production of Quinceanera.
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Eight Forty-Eight—October 6, 2005 |
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We discuss energy costs with the head of the Citizens Utility Board, David Kolata, and Exelon Energy's Arlene Juracek. Then University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign law professor Francis Boyle tells us why former Illinois governor George Ryan should win the Nobel Peace Prize.
Plus, resident philosopher Al Gini talks about the latest “One Book, One Chicago” selection, Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. Contributor Judy Valente visits a home for ex-offenders. Cook County commissioner Larry Suffredin discusses plans to demolish the old Cook County Hospital. And food contributor Steve Dolinsky takes us on a spin through Thailand as he continues his series, Around the World Bite by Bite.
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Eight Forty-Eight—October 5, 2005 |
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Contributor Linda Paul talks with a young man about life inside Cook County's juvenile jail. Then we talk with the superintendent of the Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center, Jerry Robinson, about what's next for the facility.
The Campaign for Better Health Care's Jim Duffet tells us about the first in a series of public hearings aimed at improving access to and reducing the cost of health care in Illinois. Also, medical contributor Dr. Quentin Young sits down with Suzanne Gordon about her book documenting the struggles of modern nurses, Against All Odds.
We speak with filmmaker Daniel Alpert about his new documentary, A Doula Story. Contributor Sandy Hausman reports on a program offering free Korans to help people better understand Islam. Chicago actor Bill Brown reads from “Stump Louie,” a story by Lisa Halliday.
Chicago Public Radio's Ben Calhoun reports on the Chicago Conservation Center's efforts to salvage tens of millions of dollars' worth of artwork damaged by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. And a new Curie High School student shares her story of being relocated as a result of the hurricane disasters.
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Eight Forty-Eight—October 4, 2005
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We discuss the proposed smoking ban in Chicago restaurants and bars with a number of vested sides—including the American Cancer Society, the Illinois Licensed Beverage Association, and waiters and waitresses.
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Eight Forty-Eight—October 3, 2005 |
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Chicago Public Radio's Carlos Hernandez Gomez discusses former Republican governor Jim Edgar's decision not to toss his hat into the 2006 Illinois gubernatorial ring. Author Nuala O'Faolain talks about her new book, The Story of Chicago May. Plus, media contributor Wally Podrazik weighs in on the new TV season. Sports contributor Cheryl Raye-Stout previews the White Sox's playoff chances. Writer Mike Ervin shares his thoughts on the end of the Cubs' season. We reflect on the legacy of playwright August Wilson, who passed away yesterday at age 60. And the Chicago-based alt-country band Freakwater joins Chicago Public Radio's Tony Sarabia in our performance studio.
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