Focus 580 Archives
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archives and a better interface. In the meantime, all archives
from January 2000 thru March 4, 2003 are available here. You can
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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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here to listen
11 am
Topic: Election 2002: Talk To The Candidate
Guest: Jim Ryan, Illinois Attorney General and Republican
Candidate for Illinois Governor
click
here to listen
October 17, 2002
10 am
Topic: Children's
Health
Guest: Robert Boucek, M.D., pediatrician
click
here to listen
11 am
Topic: Election 2002: Talk To The Candidate
Guest: Steven Burgauer, Libertarian candidate for the U.S.
Senate
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here to listen
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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here to listen
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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here to listen
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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here to listen
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
click
here to listen
October 14, 2002
10 am
Topic: Election 2002: Talk To The Candidate
Guest: Rep. Tom Berns, Republican Candidate, 103rd Illinois
House District
click
here to listen
11 am
Topic: Talk To The
Family Doctor
Guest: Jeff Swearingen, M.D., family practice physician,
Carle Clinic
click
here to listen
October 11, 2002
10 am
Topic: Parking Lot Nation
Guest: Author James Howard Kunstler
click
here to listen
11 am
Topic: Realities Of
Gay And Lesbian Relationships
Guest: Mary Lee Sargent, department of Women's Programs And
Studies, Parkland College
click
here to listen
October 7, 2002
10 am
Topic: Crucial Conversations: Tools For Talking When Stakes Are
High
Guest: Author Joseph Grenny
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here to listen
11 am
Topic: Seeing In The Dark: How Backyard Stargazers Are Probing
Deep Space And Guarding Earth From Interplanetary Peril
Guest: Author Timothy Ferris
click
here to listen
October 4, 2002
10 am
Topic: Science And
Environmental Law Enforcement
Guest: Susan McRory, environmental coordinator, Special
Prosecutions Branch of Alberta Justice
click
here to listen
11 am
Topic: Apollo's
Eye: A Cartographic Genealogy of the Earth In The Western
Imagination
Guest: Author Denis Cosgrove, professor of geography,
UCLA
click
here to listen
October 3, 2002
10 am
Topic: Election
2002: Talk To The Candidate
Guest: Joshua Hartke, Democratic Candidate for the 15th
Illinois Congressional District
click
here to listen
October 2, 2002
10 am
Topic: Cooking:
Yakitori, Satay, Souvlakia
Guest: Doyle Moore
click
here to listen
11 am
Topic: Reaction To
U.S. Policy On Terrorism And Iraq In The Arab World
Guest: Yvonne Haddad, Center for Muslim-Christian
Understanding, Georgetown University
click
here to listen
October 1, 2002
10 am
Topic: Election
2002: Talk To The Candidate
Guest: John Shimkus, Republican Candidate for the 19th Illinois
Congressional District
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here to listen
11 am
Topic: Iraq: The Case Against Preemptive War
Guest: Paul Schroeder, professor emeritus of history and
political science, University of Illinois
click
here to listen
September 30, 2002
10 am
Topic: Election 2002: Talk to the Candidate
Guest: Dan McCollum, Democratic Candidate for the 52nd
Illinois Senate District
click
here to listen
11 am
Topic: What's New
In Consumer Electronics?
Guest: Rich Warren, reviewer and columnist
click
here to listen
September 27, 2002
10 am
Topic: Dealing With
Hate Crime
Guests: Steve Wessler, director, Center for the Prevention of
Hate Violence, University of Maine; Robyn Lugar, chairperson,
department of social work, Indiana State University
click
here to listen
11 am
Topic: The Power of
Writing in Children's Lives
Guest: Shelley Harwayne, Superintendent of Schools, District
2, Manhattan
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here to listen
September 24, 2002
10 am
Topic: Literacy For
The 21st Century
Guest: Jerome Harste, distinguished professor of language
education, Indiana University
click
here to listen
11 am
Topic: Sound Money
Guest: Chris Farrell, senior analyst, Minnesota Public
Radio's Sound Money
click
here to listen
September 23, 2002
11 am
Topic: Daily Life In The Occupied Territories And Alternatives To
War
Guest: Osama Saba, Palestinian Activist, University of Iowa
click
here to listen
September 20, 2002
11 am
Topic: Environmental Contamination And Corporate Responsibility
Guest: Jack Matson, professor of environmental engineering,
Pennsylvania State University
click
here to listen
September 18, 2002
11 am
Topic: Reaction to
the day's Iraq hearings
Guests: Cliff Singer, Edward Kolodziej
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here to listen
September 17, 2002
10 am
Topic: Talk To The Candidate
Guest: Carl Estabrook, Green Party Candidate for the 15th
Illinois Congressional District
click
here to listen
11 am
Topic: John
Adams
Guest: Author David McCollough
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here to listen
September 16, 2002
11 am
Topic: Amnesty International: Defending Human Rights
Guest: William F. Schulz, executive director, Amnesty
International USA
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here to listen
September 12, 2002
10 am
Topic: Election 2002: Illinois Governor Race
Guest: Cal Skinner, Jr., Libertarian Candidate
click
here to listen
11 am
Topic: Fixing Elections: The Failure of America's Winner-Take-All
Politics
Guest: Author Steven Hill
click
here to listen
September 10, 2002
10 am
Topic: Lawn And Garden Care
Guest: Sandy Mason, horticulture educator, University of
Illinois Extension in Champaign County
click
here to listen
11 am
Topic: Alternative Medicine: The Definitive Guide
Guest: Author Burton Goldberg
click
here to listen
September 9, 2002
10 am
Topic: Globalization
From Below: The World Social Forum
Guest: Walden Bello, director of focus on the Global South, professor of
public administration and sociology, University of the Philippines
click
here to listen
11 am
Topic: Is Climate
Change Too Uncertain For Policy?
Guest: Stephen Schneider, professor of biological sciences
click
here to listen
September 6, 2002
10 am
Topic: PCB's In The Environment: Assessing The Risk
Guest: Deborah Rice, senior toxicologist, U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency
click
here to listen
11 am
Topic: 20-Minute Learning Connection: A Practical Guide For
Parents Who Want To Help Their Children In School
Guest: Author Douglas Reeves, President of the Center for
Performance Assessment
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here to listen
September 5, 2002
10 am
Topic: Global Food
Security
Guest: Per Pinstrup-Anderson, director general, International
Food Policy Research Institute
click
here to listen
11 am
Topic: Naked
Economics: Undressing The Dismal Science
Guest: Author Charles Wheelan, economics correspondent, WBEZ
Chicago
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here to listen
September 4, 2002
10 am
Topic: Cooking
Guest: Doyle Moore
click
here to listen
11 am
Topic: Institutional
Transformation: The Architecture Of Change
Guest: Author Faith Gabelnick, president of Pacific
University
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here to listen
August 30, 2002
10 am
Topic: Korean
Endgame: A Strategy for Reunification and U.S. Disengagement
Guest: Selig Harrison, author of the above book, former
Washington Post Asian editor
click
here to listen
11 am
Topic: Gun
Regulation and Public Health
Guest: Sue Peschin, Firearms Project Manager, Consumer
Federation of America; and
Brooke Anderson, Gun Regulation Organizer, Champaign County Health
Care Consumers
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here to listen
August 29, 2002
11 am
Topic: Linked: The New Science of Networks
Guest: Albert Laszlo Barabasi, author of above book,
professor of physics, University of Notre Dame
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here to listen
August 28, 2002
10 am
Topic: Literacy Issues: Connecting Kids with Reading
Guest: Kylene Beers, professor of education, University of
Houston
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here to listen
11 am
Topic: The Health of the Country: How American Settlers
Understood Themselves and Their Land
Guest: Conevery Bolton Valencius, author of above book
click
here to listen
August 27, 2002
10 am
Topic: The
Independent Family Newspaper
Guests: John Foreman, editor and general manager, The
Champaign-Urbana News-Gazette; and Tom Kunkel, dean of the
Philip Merrill College if Journalism, University of Maryland
click
here to listen
11 am
Topic: Interview with Neil Gaiman
Guest: Neil Gaiman, novelist and fantasy writer
click
here to listen
August 26, 2002
10 am
Topic: Women's Health
Guest: Suzanne Trupin, M.D., professor of obstetrics and
gynecology, University of Illinois College of Medicine
click
here to listen
11 am
Topic: Repercussions of Going
to War with Iraq
Guest: Col. David Hackworth, military correspondent and
commentator
click
here to listen
August 23, 2002
10 am
Topic: The New
Japan: Debunking Seven Cultural Stereotypes
Guest: author David Matsumoto, professor of psychology, San
Francisco State University
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here to listen
11 am
Topic: Talk to the Cardiologist
Guest: Matthew Gibb, MD, chief of cardiology, Carle Clinic,
Urbana
click
here to listen
August 22, 2002
10 am
Topic: Update on the Airline Industry
Guest: Darryl Jenkins, Director, The Aviation Institute,
George Washington University
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here to listen
11 am
Topic: God in
the Equation: How Einstein Became the Prophet of the New Religious
Era
Guest: Corey Powell, author of the above book, editor at
Discover magazine
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here to listen
August 21, 2002
10 am
Topic: Talk to the
Veterinarians
Guests: Steve Marks, Chief of Small Animal Medicine; and
Julia Whittington, medical director of the Wildlife Medical Clinic;
College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Illinois
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here to listen
11 am
Topic: Global
Community: The Role of International Organizations in the Making of
the Contemporary World
Guest: Akira Iriye, author of above book, professor of
American History, Harvard University
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here to listen
August 20, 2002
10 am
Topic: Cameras and Photography
Guest: Brian Johnson, professor of journalism, University of
Illinois
click
here to listen
11 am
Topic: A Year
at the Movies: One Man's Filmgoing Odyssey
Guest: Kevin Murphy, author of above book
click
here to listen
August 19, 2002
10 am
Topic: Home
Maintenance
Guest: Hank Spies, Spies Home Inspection Service
click
here to listen
11 am
Topic: Against
the Dead Hand: The Uncertain Struggle for Global Capitalism
Guest: author Brink Lindsey, senior fellow at the Cato
Institute
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here to listen
August 16, 2002
10 am
Topic: Personal Finance
Guest: David Sinow, professor of finance, University of
Illinois
click
here to listen
11 am
Topic: What
Kids Need: Today's Best Ideas for Nurturing, Teaching, and
Protecting Young Children
Guest: author Rima Shore
click
here to listen
August 15, 2002
10 am
Topic: Children's
Health
Guest: Robert Boucek, MD, pediatrician
click
here to listen
11 am
Topic: Shark
Trouble: True Stories About Sharks and the Sea
Guest: author Peter Benchley
click
here to listen
August 14, 2002
10 am
Topic: U.S. foreign Policy on Asia and the War on Terrorism
Guest: John Gershman, Asia/Pacific Editor of Foreign Policy
in Focus
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here to listen
11 am
Topic: The
Krannert Center Jazz Project
Guests: Cecil Bridgewater, trumpeter, arranger and composer;
and
Michael Ross, director, Krannert Center for the Performing Arts
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here to listen
August 13, 2002
10 am
Topic: Lawn and
Garden Care
Guest: Sandy Mason, horticulture education, University of
Illinois Extension in Champaign County
click
here to listen
11 am
Topic: Eisenhower:
A Soldier's Life
Guest: author Carlo D'Este
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here to listen
August 12, 2002
10 am
Topic: Local Flavors: Cooking and Eating From America's
Farmers Markets
Guest: author Deborah Madison
click
here to listen
11 am
Topic: Talk to the
Family Doctor
Guest: Jeff Swearingen, MD, Family Practice Physician, Carle
Clinic
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here to listen
August 9, 2002
10 am
Topic: Wind Energy
Guest: Writer Alex Markels
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here to listen
11 am
Topic: Back
Care
Guest: James J. Harms, M.D., orthopedic spine surgeon
click
here to listen
August 8, 2002
10 am
Topic: Update On
Haiti
Guest: Robert Maguire, Director of Programs in International
Affairs at Trinity College, Washington, D.C.
click
here to listen
11 am
Topic: The
Lure Of The Edge: Scientific Passions, Religious Beliefs And The
Pursuit of UFOs
Guest: Author Brenda Denzler
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here to listen
August 7, 2002
10 am
Topic: Cooking:
Salsa
Guest: Doyle Moore
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here to listen
11 am
Topic: What Went
Wrong? Western Impact And Middle Eastern Response
Guest: Author Bernard Lewis, Cleveland E. Dodge Professor of
Near East Studies, Emeritus, Princeton University
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here to listen
August 6, 2002
10 am
Topic: Car Care
Guest: Rick Karch, Rick's Automotive
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here to listen
11 am
Topic: Spoiling
For A Fight: Third Party Politics In America
Guest: Author Micah L. Sifry, senior analyst at Public
Campaign
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here to listen
August 5, 2002
10 am
Topic: Insects
Guest: May Berenbaum, professor and head of entomology,
University of Illinois
click
here to listen
11 am
Topic: The Odd
Girl Out: The Hidden Culture Of Agression in Girls
Guest: Author Rachel Simmons, writer and trainer for The
Ophelia Project
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here to listen
August 2, 2002
10 am
Topic: The
People And The President
Guest: Authors Lawrence W. Levine, professor of history at
George Mason University; and Cornelia R. Levine, independent scholar
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here to listen
11 am
Topic: Antiques
And Collectibles
Guest: Matthew Peckham and Barbara Peckham of Peckham Estate
Sales and Appraisers
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here to listen
August 1, 2002
10 am
Topic: The English
Language
Guest: Dennis Baron, professor of English and head of the
English Department, University of Illinois
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here to listen
11 am
Topic: Sonic
Boom: Napster, MP3 And The New Pioneers Of Music
Guest: John Alderman, journalist and culture editor, Wired
News
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here to listen
July 31, 2002
10 am
Topic: Update on Champaign's TIMES Center and Services To The
Homeless
Guests: Joyce Schmidt, director of the TIMES Center; and
Carol Timmes, president of the TIMES Center Advisory Board
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here to listen
11 am
Topic: Vital
Signs 2002: The Trends That Are Shaping Our Future
Guest: Michael Renner, senior researcher, WorldWatch
Institute
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here to listen
July 30, 2002
10 am
Topic: Summer Reading
Guests: Philip Graham, professor of English, University of
Illinois; and Tonia Leotsakos, Pages For All Ages Bookstore
click
here to listen
11 am
Topic: Listening
To Whales: What The Orcas Have Taught Us
Guest: Author Alexandra Morton, marine mammal
researcher
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here to listen
July 29, 2002
10 am
Topic: Tooth Care
Guest: Nicholas Sabbia, D.D.S.
click
here to listen
11 am
Topic: Minding
Animals: Awareness, Emotions And Heart
Guest: Author Mark Bekoff, professor of biology at the
University of Colorado, Boulder
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here to listen
July 26, 2002
10 am
Topic: Betrayal: The Crisis
In The Catholic Church
Guest: Kevin Cullen, reporter for The Boston Globe and
co-author of above book
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here to listen
11 am
Topic: Eye
Care
Guest: Jim Faron, O.D., Carle Clinic
click
here to listen
July 25, 2002
10 am
Topic: The Coming
Health Care Labor Crisis
Guest: Noreen Sugrue and Mary Jo Snyder, College of Nursing,
University of Illinois
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here to listen
11 am
Topic: Birds,
Bats And Butterflies
Guests: Donald and Lillian Stokes, co-authors of 23 books on
birds and nature
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here to listen
July 24, 2002
10 am
Topic: Astronomy
Guest: James Kaler
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here to listen
11 am
Topic: A Mind
At A Time
Guest: Author Mel Levine, M.D.
click
here to listen
July 23, 2002
10 am
Topic: Environmental
Impacts of Current U.S. Energy Policy
Guest: Eric Schaeffer, former director, Office of Regulatory
Enforcement, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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here to listen
11 am
Topic: G8
Issues
Guest: Per Pinstrup-Andersen, Director General,
International Food Policy Research Institute
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here to listen
July 22, 2002
10 am
Topic: Women's Health
Guest: Suanne Trupin, M.D., professor of obstetrics and
gynecology, University of Illinois College of Medicine
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here to listen
11 am
Topic: America's
Childcare Problem: The Way Out
Guests: Authors Suzanne W. Helburn, emeritus professor of
economics, University of Colorado at Denver; and Barbara R. Bergmann,
emeritus professor at American Unviersity and University of
Maryland
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here to listen
July 19, 2002
10 am
Topic: Personal
Finance
Guest: David Sinow, professor of finance, University of
Illinois
click
here to listen
11 am
Topic: Who Owns
History? Rethinking The Past In A Changing World
Guest: Author Eric Foner, DeWitt Clinton Professor Of History
at Columbia University
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here to listen
July 18, 2002
10 am
Topic: Children's Health
Guest: Robert Boucek, M.D., pediatrician
click
here to listen
11 am
Topic: Tinkering
With Eden: A Natural History Of Exotic Species
Guest: Author Kim Todd, environmental writer
click
here to listen
July 17, 2002
10 am
Topic: Household
Pest Control
Guest: Phil Nixon, extension entomologist, University of
Illinois
click
here to listen
11 am
Topic: Corporate Ethics
Scandals And The Current Political Climate
Guest: Joshua Green editor at The Washington Monthly
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here to listen
July 16, 2002
10 am
Topic: Apollo:
The Epic Journey To The Moon (Archive From May 14, 2002)
Guest: author David West Reynolds
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here to listen
11 am
Topic: Ordinary
Mind: Exploring The Common Ground Of Zen And Psychoanalysis
Guest: Author Barry Magid, psychotherapist and Zen
teacher
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here to listen
July 15, 2002
10 am
Topic: Home
Maintenance
Guest: Hank Spies, Spies Home Inspection Service
click
here to listen
11 am
Topic: Coping With Autism
Guests: Cheryl Blackwell and Mandee Seagrove from Project
CHOICES, IL State Board of Education
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here to listen
July 12, 2002
10 am
Topic: Summer Skin
Care
Guest: Ann Tice, M.D., dermatologist, Carle Clinic
click
here to listen
11 am
Topic: "A Problem From Hell": America And The Age Of
Genocide
Guest: Author Samantha Powell, executive director of the Carr
Center for Human Rights Policy at the John F. Kennedy School of
Government at Harvard University
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here to listen
July 11, 2002
10 am
Topic: Politics,
Identity And Comedy After September 11
Guest: Roy Hanania, Palestinian-American comedian and
author
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here to listen
11 am
Topic: Saving
Milly: Love, Politics And Parkinson's Disease
Guest: Author Morton Kondracke, columnist and commentator
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here to listen
July 10, 2002
10 am
Topic: The Role Of Court-Appointed Special Advocates
Guests: Genevieve Lambert, executive director, Champaign
County CASA: George Perlstein, Advocate
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here to listen
11 am
Topic: White Collar Sweat Shop: The Deterioration Of Work And Its
Rewards In Corporate America
Guest: Author Jill Andresky Fraser, editor at Inc. and
Bloomberg Personal Finance
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here to listen
July 9, 2002
10 am
Topic: Lawn And
Garden Care
Guest: Sandy Mason, horticulture educator, University of
Illinois Extension in Champaign County
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here to listen
11 am
Topic: The Victim's Fortune: Inside The Epic Battle Over The
Debts Of The Holocaust
Guest: Author Richard Wolffe, correspondent for The
Financial Times
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here to listen
July 8, 2002
10 am
Topic: Who Was Deep
Throat?
Guest: Bill Gaines, professor of journalism at the University
of Illinois
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here to listen
11 am
Topic: The Universe At Midnight: Observations Illuminating The
Cosmos
Guest: Author Ken Croswell, astronomy writer
click
here to listen
July 3, 2002
10 am
Topic: Cooking With
Soy
Guest: Barbara Klein, professor of foods and nutrition and
Director of the Illinois Center for Soy Foods
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here to listen
11 am
Topic: The
Botany Of Desire: A Plant's Eye View Of the World
Guest: Author Michael Pollan, contributing writer for The
New York Times Magazine
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here to listen
July 2, 2002
10 am
Topic: Prescription
Drugs and Natural Remedies
Guest: Lynette Lister, pharmacist
click
here to listen
11 am
Topic: Holy War, Inc.: Inside The Secret World Of Osama Bin Laden
Guest: Author Peter Bergen, terrorism analyst for CNN
click
here to listen
July 1, 2002
10 am
Topic: Household
Hints
Guest: Mary Ann Fugate, consumer and family economics
educator, University of Illinois Extension in Champaign County
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here to listen
11 am
Topic: Is Our Food Safe? A Consumer's Guide To Protecting Your
Health And The Environment
Guest: Warren Leon, co-author of above book
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here to listen
June 28, 2002
10 am
Topic: Talk To The Radio Manager
Guest: Dan Simeone, Station Manager, WILL-AM/FM
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here to listen
11 am
Topic: Issues In
Evolutionary Science
Guest: Stephen Palumbi, professor of biology, Harvard
University
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here to listen
June 27, 2002
10 am
Topic: Secret Trials And Executions: Military Tribunals And The
Threat To Democracy
Guest: author Barbara Olshansky, assistant legal director,
Center for Constitutional Rights
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here to listen
11 am
Topic: Films
Guest: Richard Leskosky, assistant director, Unit for Cinema
Studies, University of Illinois
click
here to listen
June 26, 2002
10 am
Topic: American Ground: Digging Out The World Trade Center
Guest: William Langewieche, staff writer, The Atlantic
Monthly
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here to listen
11 am
Topic: Inside
The Cuban Revolution
Guest: author Julia Swieg, senior fellow and Deputy Director
of the Latin America Program, Council On Foreign Relations
click
here to listen
June 25, 2002
10 am
Topic: The Meat We Eat
Guest: author John Romans, professor of animal sciences,
University of Illinois
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here to listen
11 am
Topic: Home Energy
Guest: Bill Seaman, owner, Bill Seaman Construction; Pat
Gallahue, marketing advisor, Eastern Illini Electric Cooperative
click
here to listen
June 24, 2002
10 am
Topic: Women's
Health
Guest: Suzanne Trupin, M.D.
click
here to listen
11 am
Topic: The Other Side Of The Leash: Why We Do What We Do Around
Dogs
Guest: Patricia McConnell
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here to listen
June 21, 2002
11 am
Topic: Inside
Al-Qaeda: Global Network Of Terror
Guest: author Rohan Gunaratna, former principal investigator
for the U.N. Terrorism Prevention Branch
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here to listen
June 20, 2002
11 am
Topic: At The
Entrance To The Garden Of Eden: A Jew's Search For Hope With
Christians And Muslims In The Holy Land
Guest: author Yossi Klein Halevi, Israel correspondent for The
New Republic
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here to listen
June 19, 2002
10 am
Topic: Men And Speed: A Wild Ride Through NASCAR's Breakout
Season (archive from May 17, 2002)
Guest: author G. Wayne Miller, senior staff
writer, The Providence Journal
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here to listen
11 am
Topic: Blood: An
Epic Of Medicine And Science
Guest: author Douglas Starr
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here to listen
June 18, 2002
10 am
Topic:
Radio Architecture
Clinic
Guest: Bill Rose, research architect, Building Research
Council, University Of Illinois
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here to listen
11 am
Topic: I Like It Better When You're Funny: Working In Television
And Other Precarious Adventures
Guest: Charles Grodin, award-winning actor, writer and
television host
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here to listen
June 17, 2002
10 am
Topic: Home Maintenance
Guest: Hank Spies, Spies Home Inspection Service
click
here to listen
11 am
Topic: High Noon: 20 Global Problems, 20 Years To Solve Them
Guest: author Jean-Francois Rischard, vice-president for
Europe, The World Bank
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here to listen
June 14, 2002
10 am
Topic:
AmeriCorps In
Champaign County
Guest: Heidi Lammers, AmeriCorps/CHART Program Associate;
Provena Behavioral Health; Kathy Simms, executive director, Center
for Women In Transition; Tracy Rexroad-Campbell, A Women's Fund
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here to listen
11 am
Topic: A New
Kind Of Science
Guest: author Stephen Wolfram, founder of Wolfram Research
and creator of Mathematica
click
here to listen
June 13, 2002
10 am
Topic: Household Pest Control
Guest: Phil Nixon, extension entomologist, University of
Illinois
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here to listen
11 am
Topic: Women And
Pain: Why It Hurts And What You Can Do
Guest: author Mark Young, MD
click
here to listen
June 12, 2002
10 am
Topic: The
River's Tale: A Year On The Mekong (archive from February 15,
2002)
Guest: author Edward Gargan
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here to listen
11 am
Topic: Can't Be Satisfied: The Life And Times Of Muddy Waters
Guest: Robert Gordon, filmmaker, writer, producer and author
of above book
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here to listen
June 11, 2002
10 am
Topic:
Lawn And Garden Care
Guest: Sandy Mason, horticulture educator, University of
Illinois Extension in Champaign County
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here to listen
11 am
Topic: Relentless Pursuit: The DSS And The Manhunt For Al-Qaeda
Terrorists
Guest: Samuel Katz, author of above book and editor in chief
of "Special Ops"
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here to listen
June 10, 2002
10 am
Topic:
The Illinois State Budget And Economy
Guest: J. Fred Giertz, professor of economics, Institute of
Government and Public Affairs, University of Illinois
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here to listen
June 7, 2002
10 am
Topic:
Minority Conflicts
And Rights Around The World
Guest: Thomas Simon, professor of philosophy at Illinois
State University
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here to listen
11 am
Topic: How White
People Can Work For Racial Justice
Guest: Paul Kivel, author of Refusing Racism and
Cynthia Stokes Brown, author of Uprooting Racism
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here to listen
June 6, 2002
10 am
Topic:
Children's Poetry
Guest: Betsy Hearne, professor of library and information
science; Deborah Stevenson, editor of the Bulletin of the Center for
Children's Books, University of Illinois
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here to listen
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and: http://www.lis.uiuc.edu/puboff/bccb/0997doz.html
and: http://www.lis.uiuc.edu/puboff/bccb/0200doz.html
11 am
Topic: Citizen
McCain
Guest: Elizabeth Drew, author of above book
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here to listen
June 5, 2002
10 am
Topic:
Cooking
Guest: Doyle Moore, WILL chef-in-residence
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here to listen
11 am
Topic: The
Russia Hand: A Memoir of Presidential Diplomacy
Guest: Strobe Talbot, author of above book and former Deputy
Secretary Of State
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here to listen
June 4, 2002
10 am
Topic:
Israel And The Palestinians
Guest: Robert Lipton, co-ordinator, Jewish Voice For Peace
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here to listen
11 am
Topic: The Music Of
Eidelon
Guest: Musicians Joe Scott and Hannal Alkire
click
here to listen
June 3, 2002
10 am
Topic:
The Handling Of
Terrorism Intelligence Before September 11
Guest: Craig Eisendrath, senior fellow, Center for
International Study
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here to listen
11 am
Topic: Six Days
Of War: June 1967 And The Making Of The Modern Middle East
Guest: Michael Oren, author of above book and senior fellow,
Shalom Center in Jerusalem
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here to listen
May 31, 2002
10 am
Topic:
The History of Kashmir
Guest: Isabel Hilton, New Yorker staff writer
click
here to listen
11 am
Topic: The
Environmental Impacts of War
Guest: Doug Rokke, advisor to the U.S. Army on Nuclear,
biological and Chemical Warfare and Environmental Compliance
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here to listen
May 30, 2002
10 am
Topic:
Insects
Guest: May Berenbaum, professor and head of entomology at the
University of Illinois
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here to listen
11 am
Topic: Astrofit
Guest: author William Evans, advisor to
NASA on nutrition and exercise
click
here to listen
May 29, 2002
10 am
Topic:
The Birth Of Pleasure
Guest: author Carol Gilligan
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here to listen
11 am
Topic: Resistance
In The Israeli Defense Force To The Occupation of Palestinian
Territories
Guest: Ram Rahat, spokesperson for Yesh Gvul
click
here to listen
May 28, 2002
10 am
Topic:
The Enron Scandal
And Energy Policy
Guest: Tyson Slocum, research director for Public Citizen's
Critical Mass Energy and Environment Program
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here to listen
11 am
Topic: What
Einstein Told His Cook: Kitchen Science Explained
Guest: author Robert Wolke, emeritus
professor of chemistry, University of Pittsburgh
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here to listen
May 24, 2002
10 am
Topic:
Etz Hayim: Torah And Commentary
Guest: Rabbi Harold Kushner, co-editor and composer of the derash
commentary
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here to listen
11 am
Topic: Talk To The
Veterinarian
Guest: Steven Marks
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here to listen
May 23, 2002
10 am
Topic:
Geriatric Health
Guest: John Morgan, Carle Clinic and Carol Acord, Circle of
Friends Day Care
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here to listen
11 am
Topic: The Lew
Griffin Mystery Series
Guest: James Sallis, poet, critic, short story writer and
author of the Lew Griffin series of novels
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here to listen
May 22, 2002
10 am
Topic:
Suicide Prevention
Guest: Heidi Reible, Crisis Supervisor, Provena Behavioral
Health
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here to listen
11 am
Topic: Talk To The
Program Director
Guest: Jay Pearce, WILL-AM Program Director
click
here to listen
May 21, 2002
10 am
Topic:
Update on East
Timor
Guest: John Miller, East Timor Action Network
click
here to listen
11 am
Topic: The
Oligarchs: Wealth And Power In The New Russia
Guest: author David Hoffman, foreign editor, The Washington Post
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here to listen
May 17, 2002
10 am
Topic:
Personal Finance
Guest: David Sinow, professor of finance, University of
Illinois
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here to listen
11 am
Topic: Men And Speed: A Wild Ride Through NASCAR's Breakout
Season
Guest: author G. Wayne Miller, senior staff
writer, The Providence Journal
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here to listen
May 16, 2002
11 am
Topic: Racism, Poverty and Health
Guest: Elaine Brown, former national leader of the Black
Panther Party
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here to listen
May 15, 2002
10 am
Topic:
Diet And Nutrition
Guest: Rebecca Roach, dietician and health educator, McKinley
Health Center, University of Illinois
click
here to listen
May 14, 2002
10 am
Topic:
Lawn And Garden Care
Guest: Sandy Mason, horticulture educator, University of
Illinois Extension in Champaign County
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here to listen
11 am
Topic: Apollo:
The Epic Journey To The Moon
Guest: author David West Reynolds
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here to listen
May 13, 2002
10 am
Topic:
Why We Run: A
Natural History
Guest: author Bernd Heinrich, professor of biology,
University of Vermont
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here to listen
11 am
Topic: Prometheus
In The Lab: Chemistry And The Making Of The Modern World
Guest: author Sharon Bertsch McGrayne
click
here to listen
May 10, 2002
10 am
Topic:
Soul Survivors: Stories of Women and Children in Cambodia
Guest: author Carol Wagner
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here to listen
May 9, 2002
10 am
Topic:
Car Care
Guest: Rick Karch, Rick's Automotive Service, Champaign,
Illinois
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here to listen
11 am
Topic: Harmful
To Minors: The Perils Of Protecting Children From Sex
Guest: Judith Levine, author of above book
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here to listen
May 8, 2002
10 am
Topic:
Aging With Grace: What The Nun Study Teaches Us About
Leading Longer, Healthier And More Meaningful Lives
Guest: David Snowden, M.D., author of above book
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here to listen
11 am
Topic: How Will Budget Cuts Affect Access To Health Care?
Guest: Jim Duffett, executive director, Campaign for Better
Health Care
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here to listen
May 7, 2002
10 am
Topic: Cartoons
Guest: Bob Harvey, cartoon historian and author
click
here to listen
May 6, 2002
10 am
Topic:
The English Language
Guest: Dennis Baron, Professor and Head of the English
Department, University of Illinois
click
here to listen
11 am
Topic: Elijah's
Cup: A Family's journey Into The Community And Culture of high
Functioning Autism and Asperger's Syndrome
Guest: Valerie Paradiz, author of above book
click
here to listen
May 2, 2002
10 am
Topic:
Free Trade Vs. Fair Trade
Guest: Jim Goetsch, activist with Friends of the Third World
click
here to listen
11 am
Topic: Home Energy
Guest: Larry Lister, Facility Dynamics Engineering
click
here to listen
May 1, 2002
10 am
Topic:
Cooking
Guest: Doyle Moore, WILL Chef-in-Residence
click
here to listen
11 am
Topic: The Fifty-Year Wound: The True Price Of America's Cold War
Victory
Guest: Derek Leebaert, author of above book
click
here to listen
April 30, 2002
10 am
Topic:
Strong Men and Women Beat Arthritis
Guest: Miriam Nelson, author of above book
click
here to listen
April 29, 2002
11 am
Topic: West of Kabul, East of New York: An American Afghan Story
Guest: Tamin Ansary, author of above book
click
here to listen
April 26, 2002
10 am
Topic:
Issues In Protecting Civil Liberties
Guest: Colleen Connell, American Civil Liberties Union of
Illinois
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here to listen
11 am
Topic: Americorps And How It Works
Guests: Matt Dunne, director of Americorps Vista, and Tim
Kreeger, Program Director Americorps Vista and Seniorcorps
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here to listen
April 25, 2002
10 am
Topic: Great Books
Guests: Philip Graham, author and professor of English,
University of Illinois, and Tonia Leotsakos from the Pages For All
Ages Bookstore
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here to listen
11 am
Topic:
Great Books (continued)
Guests: Philip Graham, author and professor of English,
University of Illinois, and Tonia Leotsakos from the Pages For All
Ages Bookstore
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here to listen
April 24, 2002
10 am
Topic:
Scratching the Surface: Impressions Of Planet Earth, From Hollywood
To Shiraz
Guest: Jeff Greenwald, author of above book
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here to listen
11 am
Topic: The
Essential Guide to Prescription Drugs 2002
Guest: James Rybacki, pharmacist and author of above book
click
here to listen
April 23, 2002
10 am
Topic: Talk
To The Radio Manager
Guest: Dan Simeone, Station Manager, WILL Radio
click
here to listen
11 am
Topic: The Pawprints of History: Dogs and the Course of Human
Events
Guest: Stanley Coren, author of above book and professor of
psychology, University of British Columbia
click
here to listen
April 22, 2002
10 am
Topic: Women's
Health
Guest: Suzanne Trupin, M.D., professor of obstetrics and
gynecology, University of Illinois College of Medicine
click
here to listen
11 am
Topic: Tonight At Noon: A Love Story
Guest: Sue Mingus, author of above book and widow of Charles
Mingus
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here to listen
April 19, 2002
10 am
Topic: Personal
Finance
Guest: Kevin Waspi, professor of finance, University of
Illinois
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here to listen
11 am
Topic: The Russian
Christ
Guest: Jaroslav Pelikan, Professor Emeritus of History, Yale
University
click
here to listen
April 17, 2002
10 am
Topic: Children
and Diabetes
Guest: Sandi Burke, University of Illinois College of Nursing
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here to listen
11 am
Topic: Spies: A Novel
Guest: Michael Frayn, author of the above book
click
here to listen
April 16, 2002
11 am
Topic: Terrorism
and War
Guest: Howard Zinn, author of the above book
click
here to listen
April 12, 2002
10 am
Topic: Slow Food: Promoting Quality Food And Production
Guests: Laurence Mate, leader of Prairieland Slow Food and
Jim Moore, organic farmer
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here to listen
11 am
Topic: Islamic
Movements In The U.S.
Guest: Marcia Hermansen, professor of Islamic Studies,
Department of Theology, Loyola University
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here to listen
April 11, 2002
10 am
Topic: The Future of Middle East Peace
Guest: Munther Haddadin, special adviser to HRH Prince El
Hassan of Jordan
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here to listen
April 10, 2002
10 am
Topic: U.S. Foreign
Policy on Asia Since September 11th
Guest: Robert Scalapino, Professor Emeritus of Political
Science, University of California at Berkeley
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here to listen
April 9, 2002
10 am
Topic: Lawn And
Garden Care
Guest: Sandy Mason, horticulture educator, University of
Illinois Extension
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here to listen
11 am
Topic: Cultivating Delight: A Natural History Of My Garden
Guest: Diane Ackerman, author of above book
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here to listen
April 4, 2002
11 am
Topic: What The
IRS Doesn't Want You to Know
Guest: Martin Kaplan, co-author (with Naomi Weiss) of above
book
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here to listen
April 3, 2002
10 am
Topic: Cooking - Seafood
Guest: Doyle Moore, WILL Chef-in-residence
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here to listen
11 am
Topic: Family
Resiliency In A Hurried World
Guest: William Doherty, professor and director of the
Marriage and Family Therapy Program, Department of Family Social
Science, University of Minnesota
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here to listen
April 2, 2002
10 am
Topic: The Enron
Scandal
Guest: Greg Palast, investigative reporter with BBC
television and London's Guardian and Observer Newspapers
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here to listen
11 am
Topic: Astronomy
Guest: Jim Kaler, professor of astronomy, University of
Illinois
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here to listen
April 1, 2002
10 am
Topic: Climate
Change: From Awareness To Action
Guest: Eileen Claussen, Pew Center On Global Climate Change
click
here to listen
11 am
Topic: The New
Genetics: Man's Place In The Universe
Guest: Sydney Brenner, distinguished professor, The Salk
Institute For Biological Studies
click
here to listen
March 29, 2002
10 am
Topic: The U.S. and
Iraq
Guest: Scott Ritter, former U.N. Chief Weapons Inspector in
Iraq
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here to listen
March 28, 2002
10 am
Topic: Events in the Middle East
Guest: Mark Perry, journalist and author
click
here to listen
March 27, 2002
10 am
Topic: Rehabilitating the Idea of Racial Integration
Guest: Elizabeth Anderson, professor of philosophy and
women's studies, University of Michigan
click
here to listen
11 am
Topic: Issues in Broadcast Journalism
Guest: Rick Kaplan, fellow, JFK School of Government, Harvard
University
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here to listen
March 26, 2002
11 am
Topic: Surviving
Manic Depression
Guest: author E. Fuller Torrey, M.D.
click
here to listen
March 25, 2002
10 am
Topic: Women's
Health
Guest: Suzanne Trupin, M.D., professor of obstetrics and
gynecology, University of Illinois College of Medicine
click
here to listen
11 am
Topic: Religion,
Politics and Security in Central Asia
Guest: Shireen Hunter, Director of the Islam Program, Center
for Strategic and International Studies
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here to listen
March 22, 2002
10 am
Topic: Cameras and Photography
Guest: Brian Johnson, professor of journalism, University of
Illinois
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here to listen
11 am
Topic: In The First
Line Of Battle: The 12th Illinois Cavalry In The Civil War
Guest: Samuel Blackwell, Jr., professor of history, Northern
Illinois University
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here to listen
March 21, 2002
10 am
Topic: Children's
Health
Guest: Robert Boucek, M.D., pediatrician
click
here to listen
11 am
Topic: What Kind Of Nation: Thomas Jefferson, John Marshall And
The Epic Struggle To Create A United States
Guest: James F. Simon, author of above book and Martin
Professor of Law at New York Law School
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here to listen
March 19, 2002
10 am
Topic: Anatomy
Of A Screenplay
Guest: Dan Decker, founder and director of the Screenwriters
Group and author of above book
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here to listen
11 am
Topic: Health Care Reform: Where Are We Going?
Guest: Theodore Marmor, professor, Yale School Of Management
and Department of Political Science at Yale University
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here to listen
March 18, 2002
10 am
Topic: Home
Maintenance
Guest: Hank Spies, Spies Home Inspection Service, Champaign,
Illinois
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here to listen
March 15, 2002
11 am
Topic: Talk To The Candidate
Guest: Rick Winkel, Republican Primary Candidate, Illinois
52nd Senate District
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here to listen
March 14, 2002
11 am
Topic: Issues
Facing Native Peoples Today
Guest: Suzan Shown Harjo, founder and president, Morning Star
Foundation
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here to listen
March 13, 2002
10 am
Topic: Talk To The Candidate
Guest: Brian Heller, Republican Candidate, 53rd Illinois
Senate District
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here to listen
March 12, 2002
11 am
Topic: Talk To The Candidate
Guest: Naomi Jakobsson, Democratic Candidate, 103rd Illinois
House District
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here to listen
March 11, 2002
10 am
Topic: Christianity, Postmodernism and Radical Orthodoxy
Guest: Graham Ward, Director, Centre for Religion, Culture
and Gender at Manchester University
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here to listen
March 8, 2002
10 am
Topic: The News
Media And Black-Asian American Relationships
Guest: Michael Thornton, professor of Afro-American Studies,
and Director of the Asian-American Studies Program, University of
Wisconsin-Madison
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here to listen
11
am
Topic: Copyrights
and Copywrongs: The Rise of Intellectual Property and How It
Threatens Creativity
Guest: Siva Vaidhyanathan, author of above book and professor
of Information Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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here to listen
March 6, 2002
11 am
Topic: The Politics Of Embryo Research
Guest: Alta Charo, professor of law, University of
Wisconsin-Madison
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here to listen
March 5, 2002
10 am
Topic: 9-11 and the
War on Terrorism
Guest: Noam Chomsky, Professor of Linguistics, MIT
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here to listen
March 4, 2002
10 am
Topic: What Is
Linux And Why Should We Care?
Guests: Kris Klindworth, database administrator, Carle
Clinic; Melissa Woo and Timothy
Drummer, research programmers, CCSO, University of Illinois
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here to listen
11 am
Topic: Basics Of
Computer Audio/Video
Guests: Rich Warren, reviewer and columnist and John Tubbs,
computer media developer, College of ACES, UIUC
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here to listen
March 1, 2002
10 am
Topic: Religion,
Culture And Tolerance
Guest: Ravi Zacharias, president, Ravi Zacharias Ministeries
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here to listen
11 am
Topic: Law, Pragmatism and Democracy
Guest: Richard Posner, Chief Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals,
7th Circuit
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here to listen
February 28, 2002
10 am
Topic: Pentagon And
Profit: Partners In Propaganda
Guest: Inger Stole, professor of advertising, UIUC
click
here to listen
11 am
Topic: Open Line
Guest: Corinne Wood, Republican Candidate for Illinois
Governor
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here to listen
February 27, 2002
11 am
Topic: WITSEC: Inside The Federal Witness Protection Program
Guests: Pete Easley and Gerald Shur, co-authors of above book
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here to listen
February 26, 2002
10 am
Topic:
The Experience of the Hajj
Guests: Brian Ingram,
financial analyst, Saturna Capital Corporation; and Mosbah Kushad,
Professor of Horticulture, University of Illinois
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here to listen
February 25, 2002
11 am
Topic: Open Line
Guest: Representative Dan Rutherford, Republican Candidate
for the 53rd Illinois Senate District
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here to listen
February 21, 2002
11 am
Topic: Open Line
Guest: Dan McCollum, Democratic Candidate for the 52nd
Illinois Senate District
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here to listen
February 20, 2002
11 am
Topic: The Condemnation of Little B
Guest: author Elaine Brown
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here to listen
February 19, 2002
10 am
Topic: The Status And Future Of Amtrak
Guest: Jim Coston, Amtrak Reform Council
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here to listen
11 am
Topic: Wild Health: How Animals Keep Themselves Well And What We
Can Learn From Them
Guest: Cindy Engel, author and lecturer in environmental
sciences at the Open Univesity
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here to listen
February 18, 2002
11 am
Topic:
U.S. Foreign
Military Training
Guest: Lora Lumpe, Senior Associate, International Peace
Research Institute, Oslo
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here to listen
February 15, 2002
11 am
Topic:
The River's Tale: A Year On The Mekong
Guest: author Edward A. Gargan
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here to listen
February 14, 2002
10 am
Topic: Taiwan:
Current Political and Economic Status
Guest: Donald Shapiro, senior editor, Taipei Review
click
here to listen
11 am
Topic: Talk to the Candidate
Guest: Patrick O'Malley, Republican candidate for Illinois
Governor
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here to listen
February 13, 2002
10 am
Topic: Profiles In Injustice:
Why Racial Profiling Cannot Work
Guest: David Harris, author of above book and professor of
law and values, University of Toledo College of Law
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here to listen
11 am
Topic: Open Line
Guest: Paul Vallas, Democratic Candidate for Illinois
Governor
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here to listen
February 12, 2002
10 am
Topic: The Impact
of US/UN Sanctions In Iraq
Guest: Kathy Kelly, Voices In The Wilderness
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here to listen
11 am
Topic: Post 9/11 Media Coverage: What Don't We Know?
Guest: Salim Muwakkil, senior editor, In These Times
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here to listen
February 11, 2002
10 am
Topic: Talk to the Candidate
Guest: James Oberweis, Illinois Republican Primary Candidate for
the U.S. Senate
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here to listen
February 8, 2002
10 am
Topic: A Critical
Appraisal of Operation Enduring Freedom and the
Afghanistan War
Guest: Carl Conetta, co-director Program on Defense
Alternatives
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here to listen
11 am
Topic: Open Line
Guest: John Cox, Republican Primary Candidate for the U.S.
Senate
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here to listen
February 7, 2002
10 am
Topic: Open Line
Guest: Gerald Smith, Republican Primary Candidate for the
110th Illinois House District
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here to listen
11 am
Topic: Community
Involvement In Community Planning
Guest: Pattsi Petrie, coordinator of continuing education and
Emily Talen, professor of Urban and Regional Planning, UIUC
click
here to listen
February 6, 2002
11 am
Topic: The
Lessons Of Terror
Guest: Caleb Carr, author of above book, military historian
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here to listen
February 5, 2002
11 am
Topic: Talk to the Candidate
Guest: Jim Durkin, Illinois Republican Primary Candidate for
the U.S. Senate
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here to listen
February 4, 2002
10 am
Topic: Yucca
Mountain and the Dilemma of High Level Nuclear Waste
Guest: Arjun Makhijani, President, Institute for Energy and
Environmental Research
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here to listen
11 am
Topic: Talk to the Candidate
Guest: Roland Burris, Democratic candidate for Illinois
Governor
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here to listen
February 1, 2002
10 am
Topic: Talk to the Candidate
Guest: Laurel Prussing, Democratic candidate for the 103rd
District of the Illinois House
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here to listen
11 am
Topic: The Field Guide To Boys And Girls
Guest: Susan Gilbert, author of the above book
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here to listen
January 31, 2002
10 am
Topic: Forced Into Glory: Abraham Lincoln's White Dream
Guest: author Lerone Bennett, Jr., Executive Editor of Ebony
magazine
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here to listen
11 am
Topic: Pakistan,
India, and the Kashmir Conflict
Guest: Saeed Shafqat, professor of Pakistan Studies, Southern
Asia Institute, Columbia University
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here to listen
January 30, 2002
11 am
Topic: Working
In America: A Blueprint For The New Labor Market
Guest: Paul Osterman, co-author of above book and professor at
MIT
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here to listen
January 29, 2002
10 am
Topic: Schools, Education Reform, and Learning
Guest: Bill
Ayers, Distinguished Professor of Education, University of Illinois
at Chicago, Co-director of the Small Schools Workshop
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here to listen
January 28, 2002
11 am
Topic: The City In Mind: Notes On The Urban Condition
Guest: James
Howard Kunstler, author of the above book
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here to listen
January 25, 2002
10 am
Topic: The Algebra Project
Guest: Robert
Moses, founder of the Algebra Project, former president of the
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
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here to listen
January 24, 2002
10 am
Topic:
CIA Operations in
Afghanistan during the Soviet Occupation
Guest: Milt Beardon,
former senior CIA operations director in Afghanistan, author of
The Black Tulip: A Novel of War in Afghanistan
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here to listen
11 am
Topic:
International
Cooperation for African Development
Guest: Thelma Awori,
former Assistant Secretary and Director, Regional Bureau for Africa,
United Nations Development Program
(MillerComm and W. E. B. DuBois lecturer)
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here to listen
January 23, 2002
11 am
Topic: Talk to the Candidate
Guest: Ronald H.
Hunt, Republican candidate for Illinois House Representative, 110th
District
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here to listen
January 22, 2002
10 am
Topic:
The Impact of the
War on Terrorism on Microbiology Research
Guest: Abigail Salyers,
professor of microbiology, University of Illinois, and President,
American Society of Microbiology
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here to listen
11 am
Topic:
The Political
Dynamics of Palestine
Guest: Sara Roy,
research associate, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard
University
click
here to listen
January 18, 2002
10 am
Topic: Personal
Finance
Guest: David
Sinow, Professor of Finance, University of Illinois
click
here to listen
January 17, 2002
11 am
Topic: Corporate Irresponsibility:
America's Newest Export
Guest: Lawrence
Mitchell, author of above book and professor of law, George
Washington University
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here to listen
January 16, 2002
10 am
Topic: Identity Theft and Other Consumer Protection Issues
Guest: Steven
Baker, Director, Midwest Region, Federal Trade Commission
click
here to listen
January 15, 2002
10 am
Topic: Perceptions of Israel and the Palestinians
Guest: David Olesker, founder, Jerusalem Center for Communications
and Advocacy Training
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here to listen
11 am
Topic: Terrorism in the Mind of God: The Global Rise of Religious
Violence
Guest: Mark
Juergensmeyer, author of above book, professor of sociology and
director of global and international studies, University of
California, Santa Barbara
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here to listen
January 14, 2002
10 am
Topic: India,
Pakistan And The Kashmir Conflict
Guest: Sumit
Ganguly, professor of Asian Studies and Government, University of
Texas at Austin
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here to listen
January 11, 2002
10 am
Topic:
Mergers in the
Media Industry
Guest: Robert W.
McChesney, professor, Institute of Communications Research,
University of Illinois
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here to listen
11 am
Topic:
Chemical and
Biological Warfare: A Comprehensive Survey for the Concerned Citizen
Guest: Eric Croddy,
author of above book, senior research associate, Monterey Institute
of International Studies
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here to listen
January 9, 2002
10 am
Topic: The State Of The Illinois Economy And Budget
Guest: Fred Giertz, professor of economics, Institute of Government
and Public Affairs, University of Illinois
click
here to listen
11 am
Topic: By Order Of The President: FDR And The Internment Of
Japanese Americans
Guest: Greg Robinson, author of above book, professor of history,
University of Quebec
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here to listen
January 8, 2002
11 am
Topic:
The U.S. Economy
and the Stimulus Package
Guest: Chris Edwards,
director of fiscal policy, The Cato Institute
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here to listen
January 7, 2002
10 am
Topic: The English Language
Guest: Dennis Baron,
professor and head of English, University of Illinois
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here to listen
11 am
Topic: Them: Adventures With Extremists
Guest: Jon Ronson,
author of the above book
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here to listen
December 27, 2001
11 am
Topic: Prenatal Parenting
Guest: Frederick Wirth,
M. D., author of above book, professor of pediatrics, Tufts
University School of Medicine
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here to listen
December 20, 2001
11 am
Topic: Israel and the Palestinians
Guest: Mark Perry,
journalist and author
click
here to listen
December 14, 2001
11 am
Topic: No God
But God: Egypt and the Triumph of Islam
Guest: Geneive Abdo,
author of the above book
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here to listen
December 10, 2001
10 am
Topic: The Impact of the International War on Terrorism on Islamic
Political Movements and Democracy
Guest: Badredine Arfi,
visiting assistant professor of political science, University of
Illinois
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here to listen
December 7, 2001
10 am
Topic: Update on
the Political Situation in Afghanistan
Guests: Mobin Shorish,
professor emeritus of education policy studies, University of
Illinois; and Steve Cohen, senior fellow, Foreign Policy Studies
Program, The Brookings Institution
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here to listen
December 5, 2001
11 am
Topic: The Tragedy of Great Power Politics
Guest: John Meirsheimer,
author of above book, professor of political science, University of
Chicago
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here to listen
December 4, 2001
11 am
Topic: Hubbert's
Peak: The Impending World Oil Shortage
Guest: author Kenneth
S. Deffeyes, professor emeritus of Geosciences, Princeton University
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here to listen
December 3, 2001
10 am
Topic:
Military Tribunals
and Civil Liberties in Times of War and Terrorism
Guest: Mark Perry,
journalist and author
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here to listen
November 26, 2001
11 am
Topic:
Christ: Crisis
in the Life of God
Guest: Jack Miles, author
of the above book
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here to listen
November 14, 2001
10 am
Topic:
Prosecutorial
Misconduct and the Death Penalty
Guests: Maurice Possley
and Steve Mills, correspondents for The Chicago Tribune
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here to listen
November 9, 2001
10 am
Topic: A River Running West: The Life of John Wesley Powell
Guest: author Don
Worster, environmental historian, University of Kansas
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here to listen
November 2, 2001
10 am
Topic: Perceptions
of American Muslims of the War on Terrorism
Guests: Aisha Sobh, Ebrahima Ndoye, and Saud Ahmad
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here to listen
11 am
Topic: Perceptions of the War on Terrorism in Islamic Societies
Guests: Elabbas
Benmamoun, professor of linguistics and acting director, South Asia
and Middle Eastern Studies Program, University of Illinois;
Marilyn Booth, independent scholar and translator; and
Hadi Esfahani, professor of economics, University of Illinois
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November 1, 2001
11 am
Topic: The Best of Times:
America in the Clinton Years
Guest: Haynes Johnson,
author of the above book
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October 31, 2001
10 am
Topic: Are We
Prepared for Homeland Defense?
Guest: Jim Kouri, Vice
President, National Council of Chiefs of Police
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11 am
Topic: From the Dust Returned
Guest: author Ray
Bradbury
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October 30, 2001
11 am
Topic: Lords of the
Harvest: Biotech, Big Money, and the Future of Food
Guest: Daniel Charles,
author of the above book, technology correspondent for National
Public Radio
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October 29, 2001
11 am
Topic: Crescent and Star: Turkey Between Two Worlds
Guest: Stephen Kinzer,
author of the above book, former Istanbul bureau chief for the New
York Times
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October 26, 2001
11 am
Topic: The Media and the War on Terrorism
Guest: Robert W.
McChesney, Professor, Institute of Communications Research,
University of Illinois
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October 25, 2001
10 am
Topic: New American Foreign Policy in the Wake of September 11th
Guest: Doug Cassel,
Director, Center for International Human Rights, Northwestern
University
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here to listen
11 am
Topic: Healing Beyond the Body: Medicine and the Infinite Reach
of the Mind
Guest: author Larry
Dossey, MD
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October 24, 2001
10 am
Topic: Raise the Floor: Wages and Policies that Work for All of
Us
Guest: Holly Sklar,
co-author of the above book
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here to listen
October 23, 2001
10 am
Topic: The Rehnquist Choice: The Untold Story of the Nixon
Appointment that Redefined the Supreme Court
Guest: John Dean,
author of the above book, former White House Counsel
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11 am
Topic: Fugitive Days: A Memoir
Guest: Bill Ayers,
author of the above book
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October 11, 2001
10 am
Topic: The Role of
the Military and Intelligence Communities in Combating Terrorism
Guest: General William
Odom, Senior Fellow and Director of National Security Studies at the
Hudson Institute, former Director of the National Security Agency
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here to listen
October 9, 2001
11 am
Topic: United
States Foreign Policy and Russia in the Wake of the Terrorist
Attacks
Guest: David Holloway,
professor of political science and Raymond A. Spruance Professor in
International History, Stanford University
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here to listen
October 5, 2001
11 am
Topic: Anti-Americanism and Globalization
Guest: Benjamin Barber,
author of Jihad Vs. McWorld
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here to listen
October 4, 2001
10 am
Topic:
How To Stop Heartburn: Simple Ways To Heal Heartburn And Acid
Reflux
Guest: Anil
Minocha, M.D, Chief of Gastroenterology, Southern Illinois
University College of Medicine (co-author
Christine Adamec)
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here to listen
October 3, 2001
11 am
Topic: Racial
Profiling and Asian Americans in the Wake of the Terrorist Attacks
Guests: George
Yu, head of Asian American Studies; and
Pallassana Balgopal, professor emeritus of Social Work, University
of Illinois
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here to listen
October 1, 2001
10 am
Topic: Afghanistan, the Afghans, and Their Cultures
Guest: Thomas Barfield,
Professor and Chair, Department of Anthropology, Boston University
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here to listen
11 am
Topic: The Popes Against the Jews: The Vatican's Role in the
Rise of Modern Anti-Semitism
Guest:
author David I. Kertzer, professor of anthropology and of Italian studies at Brown University
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here to listen
September 28, 2001
10 am
Topic:
Forgiveness and Justice
Guest: Richard Feldman, Professor of Philosophy, University of
Wisconsin-Stevens Point
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here to listen
September 27, 2001
10 am
Topic: Human Rights and U.S. Policy in Latin America
Guest: Father Roy
Bourgeois, founder and co-director, School of the Americas Watch
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here to listen
September 26, 2001
10 am
Topic: Understanding Osama bin Laden
Guest:
William O. Beeman, associate professor, department of anthropology,
Brown University
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here to listen
September 25, 2001
10 am
Topic:
Alternative Approaches to Combating Terrorism
Guest: Michael T. Klare, professor of peace and world security
studies, Hampshire College
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here to listen
11 am
Topic: The Fate of America: An Inquiry Into National Character
Guest: Michael Gellert, director of training at the C.G.
Jung Institute of Los Angeles and a Jungian analyst in private
practice
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September 20, 2001
11 am
Topic: Religion on a Global Scale: The Killer that Heals
Guest: Martin E. Marty,
Fairfax M. Cone Distinguished Professor Emeritus of the History of
Modern Christianity at the Divinity School of the University of
Chicago (MillerComm speaker)
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September 19, 2001
10 am
Topic: The
Impact of the National Crisis on Privacy and Civil Liberties
Guest: Michael Ratner, vice president, Center for Constitutional
Law, NYC
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here to listen
11 am
Topic: Intelligence Gathering and Terrorism
Guest: James Bramford, author of Body of Secrets:
Anatomy of the Ultra-Secret National Security Agency from the Cold
War through the Dawn of a New Century
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here to listen
September 18, 2001
10 am
Topic: The U.S. and Russia in Light of the Attacks on America
Guests: Mark Kramer, Director,
Harvard Project on Cold War Studies, Harvard University
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here to listen
11 am
Topic: Afghanistan, the Taliban, and the War on Terrorism
Guest: Stephen
Cohen, Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy Studies Program, Brookings
Institute; and Mobin Shorish, Associate Professor, Education Policy
Studies, University of Illinois
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here to listen
September 17, 2001
10 am
Topic: Defense and Military Issues in the War on Terrorism
Guests: Admiral Eugene Carroll, Vice President, Center for Defense
Information
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here to listen
11 am
Topic: The Future of Air Travel
Guest: Mary
Schiavo, Inspector General of the U. S. Department of
Transportation, 1990-1996, aviation attorney and professor of
aviation at Ohio State University
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here to listen
September 14, 2001
10 am
Topic: Media
Coverage and Reporting on the Terrorist Attacks
Guests: Panel of Journalists
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11 am
Topic: Media Coverage and Reporting on the Terrorist Attacks,
continued
Guests: Panel of Journalists
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here to listen
September 13, 2001
10 am
Topic: Understanding and Combating Terrorism
Guests: Dan Byman, Director of the RAND Middle East
Center
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here to listen
11 am
Topic: Politics of the Middle East
Guest:
Dan Diner, of the University of Leipzig
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here to listen
September 12, 2001
10 am
Topic: Defending Against
Terrorism
Guests: University of Illinois scholars Julian Palmore, William Hall, and
Lt. Col. David LaRivee
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here to listen
11 am
Topic: The International Political Implications of the 9/11 Attack
on the U.S.
Guests: Edward Kolodziej, University
of Illinois professor of political science; and Stephen Zunes,
Middle East Editor, Foreign Policy in Focus
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September 5, 2001
11 am
Topic: The Coming Collapse of China
Guest: Gordon Chang,
author of the above book
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here to listen
August 3, 2001
11 am
Topic: Update
in the Biological Weapons Protocol
Guest: Barbara
Rosenberg, chair, Federation of American Scientists Working Group on
Biological Weapons Verification
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here to listen
August 2, 2001
11 am
Topic: MISSILE
DEFENSE AND INTERNATIONAL SECURITY
Guest: Karl Grossman,
professor of journalism, State University of New York
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here to listen
August 1, 2001
11 am
Topic: Intellectual
Property and the Internet
Guest: Jay Kesan,
professor of law, University of Illinois
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here to listen
July 30, 2001
10 am
Topic: MISSILE
DEFENSE AND INTERNATIONAL SECURITY
Guest: Baker Spring,
Research Fellow in National Security Policy, Heritage Foundation
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here to listen
July 13, 2001
10 am
Topic: Addressing Hunger in Africa
Guest: Earl Kellogg, associate provost for International Affairs, University of Illinois and John Staatz, professor of agricultural economics at Michigan State University
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here to listen
July 11, 2001
10 am
Topic: American Patriots: The Story of Blacks in the Military
from the Revolution to Desert Storm
Guest: Gail Buckley, journalist
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June 20, 2001
10 am
Topic: Racial
Climate in the Champaign Schools
Guest: Members of the Schools Climate Research Team Mark
Aber, professor of psychology; and Sascha Meinrath, graduate
research assistant, psychology, University of Illinois
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here to listen
11 am
Topic: Nickle
and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America
Guest: author Barbara Ehrenreich
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here to listen
June 14, 2001
10 am
Topic: What's
in the Federal Tax Cut Package?
Guest: Richard
Kaplan, professor of law, University of Illinois
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here to listen
June 13, 2001
10 am
Topic: Sustainable
Energy Sources
Guest: Dan Reicher, Visiting Fellow, World Resources
Institute
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here to listen
June 8, 2001
10 am
Topic: The Bush Energy Plan
Guest: Myron Ebbell, Director of Global Warming, International Environmental Policy,
Competitive Enterprise Institute
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here to listen
June 7, 2001
10 am
Topic: Nuclear Energy and the Bush Energy Plan
Guest: David Lochbaum, nuclear safety engineer, Union of Concerned Scientists
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here to listen
June 5, 2001
10 am
Topic: Coal and Energy Policy in Illinois
Guest:
Diane Brown, executive director, Public Interest Research Group of
Illinois
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here to listen
11 am
Topic: The Evolution Explosion: How Humans Cause Rapid
Evolutionary Change
Guest: Stephen Palumbi, author, professor of evolutionary biology,
Harvard University
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here to listen
June 4, 2001
11 am
Topic: The
Bush Energy Plan
Guest:
Anna Aurillio, legislative director, U. S. Public Interest Research
Group
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May 31, 2001
11 am
Topic: Future
Perfect: Confronting Decisions About Genetics
Guest:
Lori B. Andrews, author, professor of law and director of the
Institute for Science, Law, and Technology, Chicago-Kent College of
Law, Illinois Institute of Technology
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here to listen
May 25, 2001
10 am
Topic: Update
on Ballistic Missile Defense
Guest:
Julian Palmore, professor of mathematics, University of Illinois
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here to listen
11 am
Topic: Shoveling
Fuel for a Runaway Train: Errant Economists, Shameful Spenders, and
a Plan to Stop Them All
Guest: Brian Czech, author of above book
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May 22, 2001
10 am
Topic: In Our Own Best Interest: How Defending Human Rights Benefits
Us All
Guest: William F. Schulz, executive director, Amnesty International
USA
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11 am
Topic: Coal in Illinois
Guest: Taylor Pensoneau, president of the Illinois Coal Association
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May 4, 2001
10 am
Topic: The
Book of Life: A Personal Guide to Race, Normality, and the
Implications of the Human Genome Project
Guest: Barbara
Katz Rothman, professor of sociology at the City University of New
York
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here to listen
March 7, 2001
11 am
Topic: Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal
Guest: Eric Schlosser, author of above book, correspondent for
the Atlantic Monthly
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March 5, 2001
11 am
Topic: Food Policy and the World's Poor
Guests: M. S. Swaminathan, "Father of the
Green Revolution" and UNESCO Cousteau Chair in Ecotechnology;
and
Timothy G. Reeves, Director General, International Maize and Wheat
Improvement Center, Mexico City
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here to listen
March 1, 2001
11 am
Topic: Cracking the Genome: Inside the Race to Unlock Human DNA
Guest: Kevin Davies, author of the above book, Editor-in- Chief of
Cell Press
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here to listen
February 28, 2001
11 am
Topic: The Future of Public Radio
Guest: Kevin Klose, President and CEO of National Public Radio
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here to listen
February 14, 2001
10 am
Topic: Consumers and Mad Cow Disease
Guest: Sheldon Rampton, Center for Media and Democracy
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here to listen
January 31, 2001
10 am
Topic: University/Corporate Relations and Its Effect on
Biotechnology Research
Guest: Michael Hansen, Consumer Policy Institute, Consumers Union
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January 18, 2001
11 am
Topic: Arguments Against Genetically Engineered Foods
Guest: Peter Rosset, Co-director, Food First
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here to listen
January 9, 2001
10 am
Topic: Interview
Guest: Orson Scott Card, novelist (Ender's Game, Ender's Shadow,
Shadow of the Hegemon, et al)
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here to listen
September 21, 2000
11 am
Topic: The Chief: A Documentary on the History of Chief Illiniwek
Guests: Roger Huddleson, Jean Edwards, and Julie Herman, producers
of the film
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here to listen
August 11, 2000
10 am
Topic: Why Ballistic Missile Defense is a Bad Idea
Guest: William Hartung, senior research fellow, World Policy
Institute
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here to listen
11 am
Topic: Why Ballistic Missile Defense is a Good Idea
Guest: Jack Spencer, policy analyst for Defense & National
Security, The Heritage Foundation
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here to listen
June 20, 2000
11 am
Topic: Review and Monitoring of Genetically Engineered Crops
Guest: Fred Gould, Professor of Entomology, North Carolina State
University, and a member of a recent National Research Council panel
on GMO regulations
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here to listen
April 25, 2000
10 am
Topic: Reaction to GMOs in Asia
Guests: Lynn Clarkson, Clarkson Grain Company, Cerro Gordo,
Illinois; Allen Williams, farmer
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here to listen
January 4, 2000
10 am
Topic: Genetically Modified Organisms in Agriculture
Guest: Richard Stuckey, Executive Vice President, Council for
Agricultural Science and Technology
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here to listen
April 22, 1999 10 am
Topic: Indian Mascots in Sports
Guest: Clyde Bellecourt, Founder and Director of the American Indian
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