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Focus 580 Archives

Full list by date from old site

We resurrected this page by request of listeners,  even though it's a bit unwieldy.  We intend to develop better ways of organizing the archives and a better interface.  In the meantime, all archives from January 2000 thru March 4, 2003 are available here.

You can check our new Interview Archives Index for all archives since April 2002 organized by week.

You can also easily search by subject, guest, or date using our Google-based search engine.

 


March 4, 2003

10 am
Topic: The Potential For Trams In Champaign-Urbana
Guest: Tom Bruno, Champaign City council; and Laura Huth, Urbana City Council

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11 am
Topic: The Struggle For Europe: The Turbulent History Of A Divided Continent
Guest: William I Hitchcock, professor of Modern European History at Wellesley College

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March 3, 2003

10 am
Topic: Growing Up Saddam Hussein's Iraq
Guest: Zainab Al-Suwaij, executive director, America Islamic Congress

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11 am
Topic: Spring Storm Preparedness
Guest: Ed Kieser, WILL-AM-FM-TV Meteorologist

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February 28, 2003

10 am
Topic: Rebuilding Afghanistan's Agricultural Sector
Guest: Kevin McNamara

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11 am
Topic: Interracial Intimacies
Guest: Randall Kennedy, professor, Harvard Law School

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February 27, 2003

10 am
Topic: What Next: A Memoir Toward World Peace
Guest: Walter Mosley, novelist and author of above book

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11 am
Topic: Urban Planning
Guests: Gene Bunnell, AICP, adjunct professor in urban studies at Vassar College and New School University; and Norm Krumholz, professor in the Maxine Goodman Levin college of Urban Affairs at Cleveland State University

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February 26, 2003

10 am
Topic: On A Grander Scale: The Outstanding Life Of Sir Christopher Wren
Guest: Lisa Jardine, professor of Renaissance Studies at Queen MAry, University of London

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11 am
Topic: The Future Of Civil Society In Afghanistan
Guest: David Edwards, professor of anthropology, Williams College

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February 25, 2003

10 am
Topic: Literacy: The Teaching of Writing
Guest: Katie Wood Ray, writer and researcher

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11 am
Topic: The Well-Tended Perennial Garden: Planting and Pruning Techniques
Guest: Tracy Disabato-Aust, garden writer

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February 24, 2003

10 am
Topic: Women's Health
Guest: Suzanne Trupin, M.D.

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11 am
Topic: Forewarned: Why The Government Is Failing To Protect Us - And What We Must Do To Protect Ourselves
Guest: Michael Cherkasky, president and CEO of Kroll, Inc. a security firm

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February 21, 2003

10 am
Topic: Personal Finance
Guest: David Sinow

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11 am
Topic: Charitable Choice and Faith-Based Organizations
Guest: Kurt Schaefer, professor of economics at Calvin College

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February 20, 2003

10 am
Topic: Children's Health
Guest: Robert Boucek, M.D., pediatrician

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11 am
Topic: The Power of Active Nonviolence
Guest: Janet Chisholm, Coordinator of Nonviolence Training at the Fellowship of Reconciliation and Vice-Chair of the National Episcopal Peace Fellowship

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February 19, 2003

10 am
Topic: A Love Supreme: The Story Of John Coltrane's Signature Album 
Guests: Ashley Kahn, journalist and editor and Ravi Coltrance, jazz musician

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February 18, 2003

10 am
Topic: Passenger Screening Issues In Aviation Security
Guests: Laura McLay, Ph D. candidate, University of Illinois Mechanicl and Industrial Engineering; Sheldon Jacobson, the Willett Faculty Scholar Professor of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

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11 am
Topic: Modern Slavery In The Brazilian Amazon
Guest: Binka Le Breton, writer and co-founder of Iracambi Recursos Naturais Ltda.

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February 17, 2003

10 am
Topic: Home Care and Maintenance
Guest: Hank Spies

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11 am
Topic: Human Rights In Guatemala
Guests: Jessica Pupovac, human rights monitor in Guatemala in 2001; and Angelina Snodgrass Godoy, Guatemala country specialist to Amnesty International and assistant professor at the Department of Law, Societies and Justice and the Jackson School of International Studies at the University of Washington, Seattle  

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February 13, 2003

10 am
Topic: Vision Loss
Guests: Jewel Lewis, O.D., and Keziah McNamara, O.T.R.

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11 am
Topic: Insect Fear Film Festival 2003
Guest: May Berenbaum, professor and head of the entomology department, university of Illinois 

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February 12, 2003

10 am
Topic: The Myth of Laziness
Guest: Mel Levine, M.D., professor of pediatrics, University of North Carolina Medical School and Director of the Clinical Center for the Study of Development and Learning

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11 am
Topic: Cooperative Threat Reduction: Preventing Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation at the Source
Guest: Brigadier General Thomas Kuenning, Director, Cooperative Threat Reduction, Defense Threat Reduction Agency

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February 11, 2003

10 am
Topic: The Role Of The African Diaspora And African States In The Struggle Against White Minority Rule In South Africa
Guest: Bernard Magubane, professor emeritus of anthropology and sociology, University of Connecticut and director of the South African Democracy Education Trust

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11 am
Topic: Israel And The Middle East
Guest: David Horovitz, editor, Jerusalem Report

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February 10, 2003

10 am
Topic: The Bully, The Bullied And The Bystander
Guest: Barbara Coloroso, writer and speaker on parenting issues

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11 am
Topic: Talk To The Family Doctor
Guest: Jeff Swearingen, M.D., family practice physician, Carle Clinic

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February 7, 2003

11 am
Topic: Declining Worldwide Fish Stocks
Guest: Daniel Pauly, Ph D., Fisheries Centre, Vancouver, British Columbia

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February 4, 2003

10 am
Topic: Globalization and Sports
Guest: Grant Farred, associate professor of literature, Duke University

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11 am
Topic: The Right Man: The Surprise Presidency Of George W. Bush (An Insider's Account)
Guest: David Frum, special assistant to President Bush for economic speech writing, January 2001-February 2002

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February 3, 2003

10 am
Topic: Stand By Me: The Risks and Rewards of Mentoring Today's Youth
Guest: Jean E. Rhodes, professor of psychology at the University of Massachusetts at Boston

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11 am
Topic: Fat Land: How Americans Became The Fattest People In The World
Guest: Greg Critser, journalist

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January 31, 2003

10 am
Topic: State of the World 2003
Guest: Gary Gardner, director of research, WorldWatch Institute

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11 am
Topic: Alexander Hamilton: A Life
Guest: Willard Sterne Randall, visiting professor of humanities at Champlain College, Vermont, and award-winning investigative reporter

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January 30, 2003

10 am
Topic: The End Of Stress As We Know It
Guest: Author Bruce McEwen, head of the Harold and Margaret Milliken Hatch Laboratory of Neuroendocrinology at Rockefeller University

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11 am
Topic: Talk To The Radio Architect
Guest: Bill Rose, research architect, Building Research Council, School of Architecture, University of Illinois

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January 29, 2003

10 am
Topic: The Stakes: America And The Middle East: The Consequences Of Power And The Choice For Peace
Guest: Author Shibley Telhami, Anwar Sadat Professor for Peace and Development at the University of Maryland 

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11 am
Topic: Israel And The United States
Guest: Moshe Ram, Israeli Consul General to the Midwestern United States

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January 28, 2003

10 am
Topic: Caregiving Series: Legal Issues of Caregiving
Guest: S. Byron Balbach, attorney at Balbach & Fehr, P.C. 

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11 am
Topic: What's New In Consumer Electronics?
Guest: Rich Warren, reviewer and columnist

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January 24, 2003

10 am
Topic: Current Economics and Politics of Brazil
Guest: Carol Jago, director, California Reading and Literature Project, University of California, Los Angeles 

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11 am
Topic: The Two Faces of Islam: The House of Sa'ud From Tradition To Terror
Guest: Author Stephen Scwartz, journalist

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January 23, 2003

10 am
Topic: Current Economics and Politics of Brazil
Guests: Werner Baer, the Jorge Paulo Lemann Distinguished Chair, University of Illinois College of Commerce and Business Administration; Zachary Elkins, assistant professor, Department of Political Science, University of Illinois; Joseph Love, professor, Department of History, University of Illinois 

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11 am
Topic: Fatal Deception: The Untold Story of Asbestos - Why It is Still Legal And Still Killing Us
Guest: Author Michael Bowker. journalist

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January 22, 2003

10 am
Topic: Eating In The Dark: America's Experiment With Genetically Engineered Food
Guest: Kathleen Hart, journalist

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January 21, 2003

10 am
Topic: Fierce Pajamas: An Anthology of Humor Writing From The New Yorker
Guest: Harry Finder, book editor and editorial director of The New Yorker

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11 am
Topic: Silence At Boalt Hall: The Dismantling Of Affirmative Action
Guest: Author Andrea Guerrero, immigration lawyer in San Diego

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January 20, 2003

10 am
Topic: Home Maintenance
Guest: Hank Spies, Spies Home Inspection Service

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11 am
Topic: Tomorrow Now: Envisioning The Next Fifty Years
Guest: Author Bruce Sterling

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January 17, 2003

10 am
Topic: Personal Finance
Guest: David Sinow, department of finance, University of Illinois

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11 am
Topic: U.S. Tax Policy
Guest: Richard Kaplan, professor of law, University of Illinois

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January 16, 2003

10 am
Topic: Children's Health
Guest: Robert Boucek, M.D., pediatrician

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11 am
Topic: Winter Skin Care
Guest: Lester Fahrner, M.D., Christie Clinic Dermatologist

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January 15, 2003

10 am
Topic: Colored White: Transcending The Racial Past
Guest: Author David Roediger Professor of History at the University of Illinois

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11 am
Topic: The Essential Guide To Prescription Drugs 2003: Everything You Need To Know For Safe Drug Use
Guest: James Rybacki, Pharm D.

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January 14, 2003

10 am
Topic: Water And American Government: The Reclamation Bureau, National Weather Policy, And The West, 1902-1935
Guest: Author Donald J. Pisani, Merrick Professor of History at the University of Oklahoma

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11 am
Topic: Operation Snowball And Prevention For At-Risk Youth
Guest: Robert Silverman, counselor, Operation Snowball; Kim and Shana, participants

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January 13, 2003

10 am
Topic: Disarming Strangers: Nuclear Diplomacy With North Korea
Guest: Leon V. Sigal, Director, Northeast Asia Cooperative Security Project of the Social Science Research Council

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11 am
Topic: Celebrating The Birth Of Radio
Guest: Donald P. Mullally, Director, Division of Broadcasting, And General Manager, WILL AM-FM-TV

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January 10, 2003

10 am
Topic: Lewis And Clark In Illinois
Guests: Robert Hartley, journalist specializing in Illinois history; and Harry Windland, treasurer of the Illinois Bicentennial Commission

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11 am
Topic: Detective Fiction
Guest: Alexander McCall Smith, Professor of Medical Law, School of Law, The University of Edinburgh

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January 9, 2003

10 am
Topic: Dealing With A Dysfunctional Workplace 
Guest: Pauline Kayes, president, Diversity Works, Inc.

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11 am
Topic: Benjamin Franklin
Guest: Author Edmund Morgan, Yale University Sterling Emeritus Professor of History 

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January 8, 2003

10 am
Topic: Cooking 
Guest: Doyle Moore

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11 am
Topic: Social And Political Implications Of Technology
Guest: Langdon Winner 

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January 7, 2003

10 am
Topic: Talk To The TV Managers
Guests: Carl Caldwell, WILL-TV Station Manager; and David Thiel, WILL-TV Program Director 

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11 am
Topic: Pipe Dreams: Greed, Ego And The Death Of Enron
Guest: Author Robert Bryce, journalist 

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January 6, 2003

10 am
Topic: Current Venezuelan Economics and Politics
Guest: Barry Lynn, fellow at the New America Foundation

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11 am
Topic: The End Of The American Era: U.S. Foreign Policy And The Geopolitics Of The 21st Century
Guest: Author Charles Kupchan, professor of foreign relations at Georgetown University and senior fellow at the Council on foreign Relations 

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January 3, 2003

10 am
Topic: Winter Bird Feeding and Watching
Guest: Larry Keller, owner of Wild Birds in Champaign and Peoria 

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11 am
Topic: I Want That: How We All Became Shoppers
Guest: Author Thomas Hine

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December 31, 2002

10 am
Topic: L. Frank Baum, Creator Of Oz
Guest: Author Katharine M. Rogers 

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11 am
Topic: The Place of Tolerance In Islam
Guest: Author Khaled Abou El Fadl, Distinguished Fellow in Islamic Law, UCLA

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December 30, 2002

10 am
Topic: 3 Black Chicks Review Flicks: A Film Guide With Flava!
Guests: The Diva, Kamal Larsuel Ulbright and Bams, Rose Cooper

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11 am
Topic: Interview
Guest: New Yorker European Correspondent Bill Buford

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December 23, 2002

10 am
Topic: Women's Health
Guest: Suzanne Trupin, professor of obstetrics and gynecology, University of Illinois

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11 am
Topic: Caregiving Series: Depression In The Elderly And Among Caregivers
Guest: Linda Lopez. gerontologist

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December 20, 2002

10 am
Topic: Personal Finance
Guests: David Sinow and Kevin Waspi, finance department, University of Illinois

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11 am
Topic: Cradle to Cradle: Remaking The Way We Make Things
Guest: Author William McDonough

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December 19, 2002

10 am
Topic: Children's Health
Guest: Robert Boucek

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11 am
Topic: Beyond Earth Day
Guest: Author Gaylord Nelson, founder of Earth Day

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December 18, 2002

10 am
Topic: Big Doctoring In America: Profiles In Primary Care
Guest: Fitzhugh Mullan, MD

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11 am
Topic: The Hundred Greatest Stars
Guest: Author Jim Kaler, professor of astronomy at the University of Illinois

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December 17, 2002

10 am
Topic: Books
Guests: Tonia Leotsakos, Pages For All Ages Bookstore; and Philip Graham, author and professor of English, university of Illinois 

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recommended books:
SELF, Yann Martel (Vintage Canada)
THE TIME OF OUR SINGING, Richard Powers (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
DREAMS OF TIME, Antonio Tabuccchi (City Lights)
UNDER THE FRANGIPANI, Mia Conto (Serpent's Tail)
AFTER THE QUAKE, Haruki Murakami (The Haverhill Press
FRENCH TOAST, Harriet Welty Rochefort (St. Martin's Press)
LOOK AT ME, Jennifer Egan (Anchor Books)
LITTLE KING DECEMBER, Axel Hacke (Bloomsbury)
GEEK LOVE, Katherine Dunn (Warner Books)
HOW TO BE ALONE, Jonathan Franzen (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
DRESS CODES, Noelle Howey (Picador USA)
LORD OF THE KILL, Theodore Taylor (The Blue Sky Press)
HARMONY, Rita Murphy (Delacorte Press)

11 am
Topic: The Hydrogen Economy
Guest: Author Jeremy Rifkin

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December 16, 2002

10 am
Topic: Home Maintenance
Guest: Hank Spies, Spies Home Inspection Service

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11 am
Topic: The Annotated Classic Fairy Tales
Guest: Maria Tatar, editor of above book, professor of Germani languages and literature, Harvard University

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December 13, 2002

10 am
Topic: The English Language
Guest: Dennis Baron, professor and head of the English department, University of Illinois

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11 am
Topic: This Is Cuba: An Outlaw Culture Survives
Guest: Author Ben Corbett

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December 12, 2002

11 am
Topic: Tinderbox: U.S. Middle East Policy And The Roots Of Terrorism
Guest: Author Steven Zunes, professor of politics and chair of the Peace And Justice Studies Program, University of San Francisco

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December 11, 2002

10 am
Topic: Identity Theft And Other Consumer Protection Issues
Guest: Steven Baker, director, Midwest Region, Federal Trade Commission

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11 am
Topic: Partisan Hearts And Minds: Political Parties And The Social Identities of Voters
Guest: Author Donald Green, the A. Whitney Griswold Professor of Political Science and Psychology at Yale University

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December 10, 2002

10 am
Topic: Emma's War: An Aid Worker, A Warlord, Radical Islam And The Politics Of War: A True Story Of Love And Death In Sudan
Guest: Author Deborah Scroggins

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11 am
Topic: What's New In Consumer Electronics?
Guest: Rich Warren, reviewer and columnist

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December 9, 2002

10 am
Topic: Children's Books
Guests: Janice Del Negro, director of the Center for Children's Books, UIUC; and Deborah Stevenson, editor of the Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, UIUC

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11 am
Topic: Talk To The Family Doctor
Guest: Jeff Swearingen, M.D.

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December 6, 2002

10 am
Topic: A Secret History of the IRA
Guest: Author Ed Moloney

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11 am
Topic: How The Scots Inverted The Modern World: The True Story Of How Western Europe's Poorest Nation Created Our World And Everything In It
Guest: Author Arthur Herman

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December 5, 2002

10 am
Topic: Missile Defense and International Security
Guest: Bob Bowman, Institute for Space and Security Studies

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11 am
Topic: Opening NATO's Door: How The Alliance Remade Itself
Guest: Author Ronald Asmus

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December 4, 2002

10 am
Topic: Cooking: Fruitcake
Guest: Doyle Moore, WILL Chef-In-Residence

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11 am
Topic: Computing In The Social Sciences And Humanities
Guest: Author Vernon Burton, professor of history and scoiology, University of Illinois

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December 3, 2002

11 am
Topic: Family Practice And Holistic Science
Guest: Sjanna Johnson, MD, professor of family medicine, University of Illinois and staff physician, McKinley Health Center

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December 2, 2002

10 am
Topic: Cameras and Photography
Guest: Brian Johnson, professor of journalism, University of Illinois

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11 am
Topic: Making Sweatshops: The Globalization of the U.S. Apparel Industry
Guest: Ellen Israel Rosen

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November 27, 2002

10 am
Topic: Car Care
Guest: Rick Karch, Rick's Automotive Service

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November 26, 2002

10 am
Topic: Caregiving - Respite And In-Home Care
Guests: Lorilei Palmer, Julie Glawe and Hellen McDonald

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11 am
Topic: The Press Effect: Politicians, Journalists And The Stories That Shape The Political World
Guest: Co-author Paul Waldman

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November 25, 2002

10 am
Topic: Women's Health
Guest: Suzanne Trupin, MD, professor of obsterics and gynecology at the University of Illinois College of Medicine

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November 22, 2002

10 am
Topic: Literacy: Great Books For The Holidays
Guest: Teri Lesesne, Sam Houston State University Department of Library Science

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11 am
Topic: Persian Pilgrimages: Journeys Across Iran
Guest: Author Afshin Molavi

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November 21, 2002

10 am
Topic: Children's Health
Guest: Robert Boucek, M.D., pediatrician

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11 am
Topic: U.S. Policy on Iraq
Guest: Jeff Guntzel of Voices In The Wilderness

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November 20, 2002

10 am
Topic: When Smoke Ran Like Water: Tales Of Environmental Deception And The Battle Against Pollution
Guest: Author Devra Davis, visiting professor of Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon University

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11 am
Topic: Home Energy Efficiency
Guest: Larry Lister, mechanical engineer, Facility Dynamics Engineering

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November 19, 2002

10 am
Topic: The Lion's Grave: Dispatches From Afghanistan
Guest: Author Jon Lee Anderson, staff writer for The New Yorker

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11 am
Topic: Mobilizing Islam: Religion, Activism And Political Change In Egypt
Guest: Author Carrie Rosefsky Wickham, professor of political science, Emory University

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November 18, 2002

10 am
Topic: Home Maintenance
Guest: Hank Spies, Spies Home Inspection Service

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11 am
Topic: Winter Weather Preparedness
Guest: WILL Meteorologist Ed Kieser

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November 15, 2002

10 am
Topic: Personal Finance
Guest: David Sinow, Department of Finance, University of Illinois

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11 am
Topic: Past, Present And Future of Nursing
Guest: Suzanne Gordon, journalist and author

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November 14, 2002

10 am
Topic: Information Technology And The Military
Guest: Admiral Archie Clemins, retired, former commander in Chief of the U.S. Pacific Fleet 

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11 am
Topic: Diagnosis: Schizophrenia
Guest: Author Rachel Miller and patient Xavier

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November 12, 2002

10 am
Topic: Lawn and Garden Care
Guest: Sandy Mason, horticulture educator, University of Illinois Extension in Champaign County

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11 am
Topic: Holocaust: A History
Guest: Co-author Deborah Dwork

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November 11, 2002

10 am
Topic: Climate Change and the Economy
Guest: Robert Mendelsohn, professor, School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University

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11 am
Topic: Wedge: From Pearl Harbor To 9/11, How The Secret War Between The FBI And CIA Has Endangered National Security
Guest: Author Mark Riebling, editorial director of the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research

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November 8, 2002

10 am
Topic: Literacy Issues: Responding To Literature
Guest: Robert Probst, professor of English education, Georgia State University

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11 am
Topic: Activism And Violence: Debates On The Nature And Purpose Of Islam 
Guest: Stephen Humphreys, professor of Islamic And Middle East History, University of California at Santa Barbara

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November 7, 2002

10 am
Topic: The Role Of International Food Aid In A Changing World
Guest: Werner Kiene, representative of the United Nations World Food Program

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November 6, 2002

10 am
Topic: Cooking: Filled Dumplings
Guest: Doyle Moore

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11 am
Topic: A Moral Reckoning: The Role Of The Catholic Church In The Holocaust And Its Unfulfilled Duty Of Repair 
Guest: Daniel Jonah Goldhagen

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November 5, 2002

10 am
Topic: Dangerous Waters
Guest: Author John S. Burnett

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11 am
Topic: Predicting New Words: The Secrets Of Their Success
Guest: Author Allen Metcalf

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November 4, 2002

10 am
Topic: Campaign Finance And The 2002 Elections
Guest: Kent Redfield, professor of political studies and associate director of the Institute of Legislative Studies, University of Illinois at Springfield

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11 am
Topic: Talk to the Candidate
Guest: Naomi Jakobsson, Democrat, 103rd Illinois House District Race

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November 1, 2002

10 am
Topic: Can't Buy My Love: How Advertising Changes The Way We Think And Feel 
Guest: Author Jean Kilbourne

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11 am
Topic: Talk to the Candidate
Guest: Jim Durkin, Republican, US Senate Race from Illinois

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October 31, 2002

10 am
Topic: Talk to the Candidate
Guest: Bill Black, Republican, 104th Illinois House Race

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11 am
Topic: Talk to the Candidate
Guest: Chapin Rose, Republican, 110th Illinois House Race

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October 30, 2002

11 am
Topic: Talk to the Candidate
Guest: Rick Winkel, Republican, 52nd Illinois Senate Race

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October 29, 2002

10 am
Topic: Talk to the Candidate
Guest: Charles Mattis, Democrat, 104th Illinois House Race

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11 am
Topic: Mozart's Brain And The Fighter Pilot: Unleashing Your Brain's Potential
Guest: Author Richard Restak, M.D., professor of neurology, George Washington University Medical Center

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October 28, 2002

11 am
Topic: Talk to the Candidate
Guest: John Hayden, Democrat, 110th Illinois House Race

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October 25, 2002

10 am
Topic: Lawn and Garden Care
Guest: Sandy Mason, horticulture educator, University of Illinois Extension in Champaign County

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11 am
Topic: Lawn and Garden Care
Guest: Sandy Mason, horticulture educator, University of Illinois Extension in Champaign County

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October 24, 2002

10 am
Topic: Great Books
Guests: Philip Graham, author and professor of English, Unviersity of Illinois; Tonia Leotsakos, Pages for All Ages Bookstore

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11 am
Topic: Great Books (continued)
Guests: Philip Graham, author and professor of English, Unviersity of Illinois; Tonia Leotsakos, Pages for All Ages Bookstore

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October 23, 2002

10 am
Topic: More Than Moody: Recognizing and Treating Adolescent Depression
Guest: Author Harold Koplewicz, M.D., founder and director of the New York University Child Study Center  

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11 am
Topic: Films
Guest: Richard Leskosky, Unit for Cinema Studies, University of Illinois

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October 22, 2002

10 am
Topic: Caregiving: Resources for Caregivers
Guests: Rosanna McLain, Caregiver Advisor, Family Service Resource Center; and Vic Christiansen, Senior Services, Champaign County Regional Planning Commission and Audrey Irwin, Caregiver

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11 am
Topic: Talk to the Chief Engineer
Guest: Ed West, Chief Engineer, WILL AM-FM-TV

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October 21, 2002

10 am
Topic: Election 2002: Talk To The Candidate
Guest: Tim Johnson, Republican Candidate for the 15th Congressional District

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11 am
Topic: Censorship and Intellectual Freedom
Guest: Marianna Tax Choldin, director, Mortenson Center for International Library Programs, University of Illinois

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October 18, 2002

10 am
Topic: Personal Finance
Guest: David Sinow, College of Finance, University of Illinois

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11 am
Topic: Election 2002: Talk To The Candidate
Guest: Jim Ryan, Illinois Attorney General and Republican Candidate for Illinois Governor

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October 17, 2002

10 am
Topic: Children's Health
Guest: Robert Boucek, M.D., pediatrician

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11 am
Topic: Election 2002: Talk To The Candidate
Guest: Steven Burgauer, Libertarian candidate for the U.S. Senate

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October 16, 2002

10 am
Topic: Facing Atrocity: Revenge, Justice and Reconciliation in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Guest: Svetlana Broz, director, Garden of the Righteous Worldwide, Sarajevo

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11 am
Topic: Election 2002: Talk To The Candidate
Guest: Dick Durbin, 47th U.S. Senator from Illinois, incumbent and Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate

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October 15, 2002

10 am
Topic: Election 2002: Talk To The Candidate
Guest: Rep. David Phelps, Democratic Candidate, 19th Illinois Congressional  District

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11 am
Topic: The Threatening Storm: The Case For Invading Iraq
Guest: Author Kenneth Pollack, former director of Gulf Affairs at the National Security Council

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October 14, 2002

10 am
Topic: Election 2002: Talk To The Candidate
Guest: Rep. Tom Berns, Republican Candidate, 103rd Illinois House District

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11 am
Topic: Talk To The Family Doctor
Guest: Jeff Swearingen, M.D., family practice physician, Carle Clinic

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October 11, 2002

10 am
Topic: Parking Lot Nation
Guest: Author James Howard Kunstler

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11 am
Topic: Realities Of Gay And Lesbian Relationships
Guest: Mary Lee Sargent, department of Women's Programs And Studies, Parkland College

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October 7, 2002

10 am
Topic: Crucial Conversations: Tools For Talking When Stakes Are High