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Eight Forty-Eight

September 2003
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September 2003

	September 30, 2003	hosted by Steve Edwards
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Audio	Foriegn and Domestic Policy Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL)
Audio	Farm Preservation Jonathan Ahl — Reporter for Illinois Public Radio
Audio	Chicago Climate Exchange Dr. Richard Sanborn — Founder of the Chicago Climate Exchange
Audio	Black Steel Workers Ruth Needleman — Professor of labor studies at Indiana University Northwest, author of Black Freedom Fighters in Steel: The Struggle for Democratic Unionism, and the creator of Swing Shift College for steel workers
	September 29, 2003	hosted by Steve Edwards
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Audio	Cubs and Bears Season Updates Cheryl Raye Stout — Sports contributor Jim Litke — National sports columnist for the Associated Press
Audio	Fans Tour Soldier Field Cheryl Raye Stout — Sports contributor Scott Stassen — Mt. Prospect resident and season ticket holder since 1971
Audio	Soldier Field Financing and Public Relations David Greising — Chief business correspondent for the Chicago Tribune
Audio	Soldier Field and Bird Migration Richard Steele — Special contributor Douglas Stotz — Conservation ecologist at the Field Museum
Audio	Soldier Field Roundtable Discussion David Bahlman — President of Landmarks Preservation Council of Illinois Christie Nordhelm — Professor of marketing Northwestern University Kellogg School David Doig — Chicago Park District commissioner
Audio	Veterans and Soldier Field James Balcer — 11th Ward Chicago Alderman
Audio	Tailgating at the New Soldier Field John Green — Chicago writer, contributor, and creator of sparksflyup.com
	September 26, 2003	hosted by Sylvia Ewing
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Audio	Month in Review Eric Zorn — Columnist for the Chicago Tribune Laura Washington — Columnist for the Chicago Sun-Times Greg Hines — Business reporter for Crains Chicago Business
Audio	Kano Palace, Nigeria Richard Steele — Music host and special contributor Hedi J. Nast — Professor at DePaul University
Audio	Le Bicyclette Jim Carrane — Contributor. Mark Nutter and Dave Looman — Members of the comedy quartet performing Le Comedie De Bicyclette at the Lakeshore Theater in Chicago at Belmont and Broadway
Audio	Youth Activists Tenesha Williams and Miriam Bolivar — High school students American Friends Service Committee
Audio	Edward Albee Festival Katie Walenter — Arts contributor
Audio	Local Music Corner Artist: Central Falls Album: Love and Easy Living Song: "Don't Concern Yourself Label Truckstop Records
	September 25, 2003	hosted by Richard Steele
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Audio	Sports Update Cheryl Raye Stout — Sports contributor
Audio	Candice Delong Candice DeLong — Author of the book Special Agent: My Life on the Front Lines as a Woman in the FBI. She retired from the FBI after 20 years on the force in 2000
Audio	Black Men in Film Sergio Mims — Host of Images of the Black Male in American Cinema, an instructor at Columbia College, and movie reviewer for New City
Audio	Trucking Sean Crawford — Reporter for Illinois Public Radio
Audio	God Show Steve Edwards — Chicago Public Radio Tim O'Malley — Chicago comedian and actor who is on stage with his new show God Show Thursday nights through October at the Improv Olympic on North Clark Street
Audio	Local Music Corner —"Under the Wire" Festival Brent Gutzeit — Co-founder of BOXmedia talks about "Under the Wire," the sound art festival he co-created. The festival takes place Wednesday, Sept. 24 through Sunday, Sept. 28 at Heaven Gallery Artist: Nicole Mitchell Album: Black Earth Ensemble Song: "Episodes of an Obscure Life"
	September 24, 2003	hosted by Robbie Harris
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Audio	Transportation Frank Koppelman — Professor of civil engineering and transportation at Northwestern University John Hilkevitch — Transportation reporter for the Chicago Tribune
Audio	O'Hare Cemeteries Becky Vlamis — Arts contributor for Chicago Public Radio
Audio	Cubs Cheryl Raye-Stout — Sports contributor Gary Matthews — Hitting coach and former left fielder for the Chicago Cubs
Audio	Third Coast — Youth Radio Johanna Zorn — Executive director of the Third Coast International Audio Festival Julie Shapiro — Managing director of the Third Coast International Audio Festival	Youth Radio Links: Radio Arte Living on Earth at Queen of Peace High School Blunt Youth Radio Radio Rookies Transom Radio Diaries Teen Reporter Handbook
Audio	Sir Peter Hall Jonathan Abarbanel — Theater contributor Sir Peter Hall — Director of The Marriage of Figaro; on stage through October 26th at the Lyric Opera of Chicago
	September 23, 2003
	Eight Forty-Eight is preempted for NPR's special coverage of the UN General Assembly
	September 22, 2003	hosted by Tony Sarabia
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Audio	Drop Out Rates Dr. Jay Greene — Senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research and lead author of High School Graduation and College Readiness Rates in the United States Bill Leavy — Executive director of the Greater West Town Community Development Project Alexander Russo — Contributing editor for Catalyst, freelance writer, and former advisor for US Senate education committee
Audio	Streets of Glory Barbara Ransby — Associate professor of African American Studies and History at the University of Illinois at Chicago Omar McRoberts — Associate professor of Sociology at the University of Chicago Streets of Glory: Church and Comminty in a Black Urban Neighborhood
Audio	Race Essay Jeff Epton — Son of controversial politician provides an up close look at the historic race between his father, Bernard Epton, and Harold Washington
Audio	Migration Victoria Lautman — Regular contributor Sebastiao Salgado — Documentary photographer. The exhibition Sebastiao Salgado — Migrations: Humanity in Transition and the Children at the Chicago Cultural Center through September 28th, 2003
	September 19, 2003	hosted by Tony Sarabia
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Audio	Maryville Academy Jay Field — Reporter for Chicago Public Radio	Peter Fonda in the Chicago Public Radio Studios. Photo by Melisa Goh.
Audio	American Institute of Architects (AIA) Awards Ed Keegan — Architecture contributor
Audio	Peter Fonda —The Hired Hand Jonathan Miller — Film contributor and film instructor at the Illinois Institute of Technology Peter Fonda — Film director and film star talks about his latest film production
Audio	Rose Rage Jonathan Abarbanel — Theater contributor Edward Hall — Director/Adaptor of Chicago Shakespeare Theater's Rose Rage
Audio	Lyric Opera Season Steve Edwards — Chicago Public Radio Dennis Polkow — Music and opera critic William Mason — General director of Lyric Opera
Audio	Local Music Corner Kathleen Battle — Soprano Elgin Symphony Orchestra
	September 18, 2003	hosted by Steve Edwards
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Audio	Consumer Spending David Greising — Business columnist for the Chicago Tribune
Audio	Retail Revamp Will Ander — Partner at McMillan & Doolittle Retail Consultants
Audio	Interview with Author of Fabulous Small Views Al Gini — Resident and professor of philosophy and business ethics at Loyola University Chicago Joseph Epstein — Author of Fabulous Small Jews
Audio	Preview of Fall TV Season Wally Podrazik — Media contributor
Audio	Schaden Diet Sandy Marshall and Adam Witt — Members of Schadenfreude
Audio	World Music Festival Chris Heim — Chicago Public Radio Music Director and host
	September 17, 2003	hosted by Steve Edwards
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Audio	Guns Matt Crowl — Chicago Mayor Daley's deputy chief of staff	Host Steve Edwards with Billy Corgan in the Chicago Public Radio Studios. Photo by Melisa Goh.
Audio	Drugs Bill Hubbard — Assistant commissioner FDA Surrey Walton — Assistant professor and economist in the Department of Pharmacy Administration at University of Illinois Chicago Rahm Emmanuel — U.S. House representative from Illinois
Audio	Wright Brothers Mark Miller — Member of the team that replicated the 1903 Redux Flyer Plane
Audio	Chicago Aviation David Young — Author of about the anniversary of the history of flight in Chicago
Audio	Billy Corgan Billy Corgan — Musician and poet talks about his transition from rock music to poetry
	September 16, 2003	hosted by Steve Edwards
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Audio	Alderman Tours / Eight Forty-Eight on the Road Manny Flores — 1st ward alderman. Walk through Chicago's Wicker Park neighborhood Ray Colon — 35th ward alderman. Walk through Chicago's Logan Square neighborhood
Audio	White Sox Batting Greg Walker — Hitting coach for the Chicago White Sox Cheryl Raye Stout — Sports contributor
Audio	Ticket Scalping Greg Couch - Sports columnist for the Chicago Sun-Times
Audio	Mexican Independence Day — Food Prep Steve Dolinsky — Food contributor Rick Bayless — Chef and owner of Frontera Grill and Topolobampo on North Clark Street
Audio	Mariachi Juan Dies — Musicologist and director of community outreach for the Old Town School of Folk Music talking about the culture of mariachi Mariachi Perla De Mexico — Chicago-based mariachi band
	September 15, 2003	hosted by Steve Edwards
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Audio	Indiana Governor Matthew Tulley — Staff reporter for the Indianapolis Star
Audio	Missing Allen Gaylon Emerzian — Producer for the documentary Missing Allen, airing throughout September on the Sundance Channel
Audio	How Not to Raise a Racist Victoria Lautman — Regular contributor Susy Schultz — Editor for Chicago Parent Magazine Karen Goldman — Director of Early Childhood Education at the Chicago Children's Museum
Audio	Mort Sahl Mort Sahl — Comedian. Performing at the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts on September 15, 2003
Audio	Shelly Berman Jim Carrane — Contributor Shelly Berman — Stand up comedian/actor. Plays character of Larry David's father on the HBO show Curb Your Enthusiasm
	September 12, 2003	hosted by Steve Edwards
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Audio	Minority Health Dr. Quentin Young — Medical contributor
Audio	University of Chicago Midwife Clinic Karen Odway — University of Chicago spokesperson Charity Cooper — University of Chicago midwife
Audio	Ernest Dawkins Ernest Dawkins — Composer, arranger, and leader of the New Horizon's Ensemble, artistic director and founder of the Englewood Jazz Festival
Audio	Film Reviews Jonathan Miller — Film contributor Films Reviewed: Stoked: The Rise and Fall of Gator, director Helen Stickler, opens Century Landmark on September 12, 2003 Fifteenth Onion City Experimental Film and Video Festival. Runs September 12 through 14, 2003, at Columbia College Demon Lover, director Olivier Assayas, opens at Century Landmark on September 19, 2003
Audio	Comix Chicago Tony Sarabia — News correspondent for Chicago Public Radio
Audio	Dolinsky — Food in Toronto Steve Dolinsky — Food contributor Steve spent the past weekend in Toronto at the Toronto International Film Festival — but there's more to Toronto than movies. The food is sometimes better than what you can get in Chicago
Audio	Local Music Corner Artist: Sam Cooke Album: Ain't That Good News Song: "A Change is Gonna Come" Label: RCA
	September 11, 2003	hosted by Steve Edwards
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Audio	Department of Justice Website Bruce Newman — Professor of Marketing at DePaul University
Audio	Patriot Act Colleen Connell — Executive Director of the ACLU Monroe Anderson — Journalist and media analyst
Audio	Patriot Act Essay Lakshmi Rengarajan — Intern for Chicago Public Radio's Stories on Stage
Audio	Military Family Tax Relief Pat Quinn — Lt Governor of Illinois talking about income tax check off for U.S. military families
Audio	Cards Mike James — Founder and co-owner of Heartland Café in Roger's Park
Audio	Buttons Scotty Iseri — Arts Producer for Chicago Public Radio
Audio	Promontory Point Frank Lizzo — Visitors to Promontory Point Ed Nagle — Visitors to Promontory Point Conrad Winterberg — Visitors to Promontory Point
Audio	Tom Bachtell Victoria Lautman — Contributor Tom Bachtell — Cartoonist and illustrator whose work appears in The New Yorker, Chicago Magazine, Entertainment Weekly
	September 10, 2003	hosted by Steve Edwards
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Audio	Chicago Police Superintendent Rev. Jesse Jackson — Civil rights activist and head of Rainbow/PUSH Coalition Rev. Paul Jakes — Pastor of Old St. Paul's Missionary Baptist Church in Chicago Isaac Carothers — 29th Ward Chicago Alderman and chair of the Chicago City Council's Police and Fire Committee Frank Main — Crime reporter for the Chicago Sun-Times
Audio	National Air Tour Christopher Lynch — Chicagoan, and author of the book, Chicago's Midway Airport: The First 75 Years,talks about the 2003 National Air Tour
Audio	All American Girls Professional Baseball League Players from the All American Girls Professional Baseball League — Dotty Key, Peggy Fenton, Norma Berger, Betty Frances, Barbra Thompson, Terry Donahue and Angie Armatz
Audio	Second City In Color Aaron Freeman — Journalist, comedian and contributor
Audio	Soundstage Wally Podrazik — Media contributor
Audio	Chicago a Capella Jonathan Miller — Founder and artistic director of Chicago a Capella Tenth Anniversary Concert Saturday 8PM at the Unity Temple 875 Lake St, Oak Park, Sunday 7:30PM Lutkin Hall 700 University Place, Evanston
	September 9, 2003	hosted by Steve Edwards
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Audio	Indiana Governor Update Matthew Tully — Staff reporter Indianapolis Star Dan Lowery — Assistant professor at Indiana University Northwest
Audio	Ex-offender Study Jeremy Travis — Senior fellow in the Justice Policy Center at the Urban Institute
Audio	Theater Season Preview Jonathan Abarbanel — Theater contributor Plays reviewed: Anna and the Tropics — Victory Gardens Theater Secret in the Wings — Lookinglass Theater Rose Rage — Chicago Shakespeare Co. Hairspray — Oriental Theater Urinetown — Schubert Theater
Audio	Francis's Ethel Hammer — Chicago writer and contributor
Audio	Cornerstone Festival Arthur Jones and Butchy Fuego — Independent producers
Audio	Oakland Museum of Contemporary Art Milton Mizenberg — Chicago sculptor and founder of the Oakland Museum of Contemporary Art
	September 8, 2003	hosted by Steve Edwards
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Audio	Congressional Priorities Lynn Sweet — Washington Bureau Chief for the Chicago Sun-Times
Audio	Illinois Spending Report Dan Long — Executive director of the Illinois Economic and Fiscal Commission
Audio	Sports Update Cheryl Raye Stout — Sports contributor
Audio	Architecture Trends Richard Soloman — Director of the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts Victoria Lautman — Regular contributor
Audio	Race Music Guthrie P Ramsey, Jr. — Assistant professor of music at the University of Pennsylvania and author of Race Music: Black Cultures from Bebop to Hip-Hop Richard Steele — Regular contributor
	September 5, 2003	hosted by Steve Edwards
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Audio	Arts In Chicago Donald Young — Owner of Donald Young Gallery Monique Meloche — Owner of Monique Meloche Gallery Julie Walsh — Owner of Walsh Gallery
Audio	Shadow Art Judy Valente — Religion contributor Mark Elder — Instructor of Art, and University Public Art Coordinator at the University of Denver The Mandatum can be seen along the Kennedy Expressway between Randolph and Washington Streets in Chicago
Audio	Garden Drama Maurine McCabe — Director and Founder of Backyard Productions Christy Webber — Landscaper Jennifer Rule — Chicago Actress
Audio	Soldier Field Ed Keegan — Architecture contributor
Audio	Unplugged Paul McComas — Musician, appearing at Around the Coyote this weekend Rita Coburn Whack — Contributor
Audio	Local Music Corner — The Seventh Annual Hideout Block Party Proceeds go to benefit Tuesday's Child, P.L.A.Y., and the Alejandro Escovedo Fund Artist: Waco Brothers Album: New Deal Song: "AFC Song" Label: Bloodshot Records
	September 4, 2003	hosted by Steve Edwards
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Audio	Elder Care Kevin Kavanaugh — Director of Public Affairs for the Illinois Council of Long Term Care Gene Horcher — Jane Adams Sr. Caucus Mary Mayes — Assistant Division Manager of Long Term Care for the Illinois Department on Aging
Audio	The College Experience Al Gini — Eight Forty-Eight resident philosopher and professor of philosophy and business ethics at Loyola University Chicago
Audio	Frozen Custard Steve Dolinsky — Food contributor Mardi and Denny Moore — Owners of Scooters on Belmont and Paulina
Audio	Going Blind Beth Finke — Chicago writer and author of Long Time, No See
	September 3, 2003	hosted by Steve Edwards
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Audio	Business Update: United Airlines, Deficits, Gas Prices, McDonald's David Greising — Business contributor for Eight Forty-Eight and business columnist for the Chicago Tribune
Audio	McDonald's New Slogan Patrons at the McDonald's on Chicago's Navy Pier Dan Blumberg — Associate editor for Chicago Public Radio
Audio	Sports Update Cheryl Raye Stout — Sports contributor
Audio	Alternative Policing Officer Pete Almeida — Elgin Police Department
Audio	Chicago: What Really Happened? Richard Lindberg — Historian and author of several books about Chicago crime
Audio	Art Is Confession Aaron Freeman — Chicago writer, comedian and journalist
Audio	Suburban Sprawl Lester Graham — Reporter for the Great Lakes Radio Consortium
Audio	Straight Talk John Green — Writer, satirist, and creator of sparksflyup.com
	September 2, 2003	hosted by Steve Edwards
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Audio	Catholic Schools Update Nicholas Wolsonovich — Superintendent of Schools for the Archdiocese of Chicago
Audio	Chicago Teachers Union Priorities Deborah Lynch — President of the Chicago Teachers Union
Audio	First Day of School Expectations Rachel Finn — Chicago Public School teacher starting her first year at Northside Prep
Audio	No Child Left Behind Alexander Russo — Contributing editor for Catalyst
Audio	Pruning and Teaching Daniel Ferri — 6th grade school teacher and contributor
Audio	Mainstreaming the Disabled Joe Ford — Sophomore at Harvard University Liam Ford — Staff writer for the Chicago Tribune
Audio	Faith-Based Funding Charlie Schlenker — Reporter for Illinois Public Radio

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