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2003 Audio On-Demand & Program Descriptions
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July 2003

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  July 31, 2003 hosted by Steve Edwards
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Audio Weather Underground
Bill Seigle Co-director of The Weather Underground
Audio Film Review
Jonathan Miller Film contributor
Audio Refugee Farms
Chris Lehman Reporter for Great Lakes Radio Consortium
Audio Honored Star
Dennis Bingham Official historian officer, Chicago Police Department
Audio Blind Tasting
Steve Dolinsky Food contributor
Sharon Evans Writer
Ian Novak Actor
Jenny Fontana Actor
Audio Holistic Rave
Jesse Hardman — Producer
  July 30, 2003 hosted by Steve Edwards
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Audio Suburban Roundup
David Undis Executive director of Lifesharers
Andrea Hein Staff writer for the Herald News
Audio

Al's Ten Classics Worth Re-Reading
Al Gini Eight Forty-Eight resident philosopher and professor of philosophy and business ethics at Loyola University
Daniel Born Chief of staff for The Great Books Foundation

Audio Horween Leather
Skip Horween President of Horween Leather Company
Otis Garver Chief sorter at Horween Leather Company
Joe Hopkins Chief stewart at Horween Leather Company
Audio Bob Hope Saves St. Ignatius
Wally Podrazik Media contributor, Eight Forty-Eight
  July 29, 2003 hosted by Steve Edwards
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Audio School Test Scores
Alexander Russo Contributing editor for Catalyst, freelance writer, and former advisor for US Senate Education Committee
Audio Vacationing with Victoria
Victoria Lautman Regular contributor
Audio Ballot Design
Jesse Hardman Producer
Audio Hormone Replacement
Dr. Quentin Young Medical contributor
Audio Hearts and Hands
Luis Rodriguez Author of Hearts & Hands: Creating Community in Violent Times
  July 28, 2003 hosted by Steve Edwards
  Due to a technical error, audio is unavailable for this show.
  Detainees' Rights at Guantanamo Bay
Rep. Jan Schakaowsky (D-IL 9)
  Casino Licenses
Greg Hinz Senior Reporter at Crain's Chicago Business
  Bi-raciality
Tamara Kerrill Evanston writer
  Sports Update
Cheryl Raye Stout Sports contributor
  Anna Roosevelt
Marcia Coburn Senior Editor at Chicago Magazine
Victoria Lautman Regular contributor
  Yes is a World
Ted Hearne Artistic Director for Yes is a World and composer in residence for the Chicago Children's Choir
Sarah Moberg Appears as Laura Bush in We Who Guard The Mystery, an excerpt from an upcoming Tony Kushner play
Yes is a World
Vocal Ensemble Anthony Fett bass, Jonathan Green baritone, Tremaine Parker alto, Isaiah Robinson tenor, Alison Semmes Soprano, (On Guitar) Taylor Levine, Classical Guitarist
  July 25, 2003 hosted by Steve Edwards
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Audio Month In Review
Laura Washington Columnist for the Chicago Sun-Times
Eric Zorn Columnist for the Chicago Tribune
Lester Munson Sports Illustrated
Audio Silent Films In Chicago
Arnie Bernstein Author of Hollywood on Lake Michigan: 100 Years of Chicago and the Movies
Dennis Wolkowicz Co-found of the Silent Film Society of Chicago
Audio Theater Reviews
Jonathan Abarbanel Theater contributor
Race is playing at the Looking Glass Theater
Bounce is playing at the Goodman Theater
Audio Tour de France Fever
Dan Blumberg Associate editor for Eight Forty-Eight
Audio Migraine Masterpieces
Steve Edwards Host of Eight Forty-Eight

For more information on migraines:
Diamond Headache Clinic
National Headache Foundation
Center for Headaches and Facial Pain
  July 24, 2003 hosted by Steve Edwards
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Audio Incarceration
Diana Delgado Former incarcerated mother, C.L.A.I.M. Chicago Legal Advocacy for Incarcerated Mothers
Jane Otte Executive director of prisoner and family ministry for Lutheran Social Services
Audio Young Poets
Lamon Manual Editorial board member for Young Chicago Author's Say What Magazine
Kevin Derrig Poet and co-organizer at Young Chicago Authors
Audio Eastland Disaster
Harvey Moshman and Chuck Coppola Co-writers and producers of The Eastland Disaster
Victoria Lautman - Regular contributor
Audio Sex Signals
Gail Stern and Christian Murphy Creators and authors of new play Sex Signals at the Stage Left Theater in Chicago, running until July 30th
  July 23, 2003 hosted by Steve Edwards
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Audio Ann Burke
Ann Burke Interim chair of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops Office for Child and Youth Protection
Jason DeRose Religion reporter for Chicago Public Radio
Audio Changes In The Eucharist
Cathleen Falsani Religion writer for the Chicago Sun-Times
Parishioners at Chicago's Holy Name Cathedral react to the new church policy
Audio Maryville Academy
Chris Fusco Staff reporter for the Chicago Sun-Times
Audio Hot Dogs
Steve Dolinsky Food Contributor
Audio Senior Stories: Piloting the B-17 Flying Fortress
Frank Psota WWII B-17 bomber pilot
Audio White House Art
The White House Collection of American Crafts is at the
Block Museum of Art at Northwestern University through August 24
Audio Local Music Corner
Artist: (Smog)
Album: Supper
Song: "Vessel in Vain"
Label: Drag City Records
  July 22, 2003 hosted by Steve Edwards
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Audio Power Outages
Tom Skilling Meteorologist for WGN, Channel 9 News
Meg Amato Spokesperson for ComEd
Audio Nuclear Power
Martin Cohen Executive Director of Citizens Utility Board
Audio 35th Street Bridge
Ed Keegan Architecture contributor
Audio Why Architecture Matters
Blair Kamin Architecture critic for the Chicago Tribune and author of Why Architecture Matters - Lessons From Chicago
Ed Keegan Architecture contributor
Audio Big Bang
Daniel Ferri Contributor
Audio Mystery
Wally Podrazic Media contributor
Mystery airs on PBS
  July 21, 2003 hosted by Steve Edwards
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Audio The Game of Policy
Nathan Thompson Author of Kings: The True Story of Chicago's Policy Kings and Numbers Racketeers
Richard Steele Regular Contributor

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Code Switching
Alejandra Coreto Ibanez Project Coordinator for Pilsen Alliance
Jorge Valdivia General Manager of Radio Arte
Ray Salazar Contributor
Audio Los Puertorriqueños en Chicago
Carlos Flores Contributor
Los Puertorriqueños en Chicago is at the City Gallery at the Water Tower on North Michigan Avenue
Audio Local Music Corner
Artist: David Hernandez & Street Sounds
Album: Satin City Serenade
Song: "Armitage Street"
  July 18, 2003 hosted by Steve Edwards
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Audio Local Business Update
David Greising Business contributor and columnist for the Chicago Tribune
Audio Steel Industry
Michael Arndt Senior correspondent for Business Week
Audio Museum Culture
Rose Cabrera Public involvemtn manager for the Field Museum's Center for Cultural Understanding
Joe Podlasek Executive director of the American Indian Center of Chicago
Victoria Lautman Regular contributor
Audio Livestock Diseases
Erin Toner Reporter for the Great Lakes Radio Consortium
Audio Film Reviews
Jonathan Miller Film contributor
Audio Schadenfreude: El Etiquette
Audio Local Music Corner
Artist: Bohola
Album: Bohola
Song: "Storm"
Audio Summer Sounds
The sounds of swings in Chicago's Seneca Park
  July 17, 2003 hosted by Steve Edwards
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Audio E2 Nightclub Tragedy - Five Months Later
Mary Mitchell Columnist for the Chicago Sun Times
Audio Alcohol Licensing in Chicago
Steve Rhodes Senior Editor for Chicago Magazine
Audio Videotaped Interrogations
Tony Sarabia Reporter for Chicago Public Radio
Audio Videotaped Interrogations
Steve Drizen Assistant Director of the Bluhm Legal Clinic at Northwestern University
Audio Hands Of Peace
Deanna Jacobson Temple BJBE
Gretchen Grad Glenview Community Church
Nuha Dabbuseh Islamic Cultural Center
The three started a grassroots effort to bring Israeli and Palestinian teens to the Northern suburbs for two weeks of learning and understanding.
Audio Adrenaline Rush
Aaron Freeman - Journalist, comedian, and contributor
Audio Zydeco
CJ Chenier and the Red Hot Louisiana Band perform live in Chicago Public Radio's performance studio
Upcoming show: Sunday 7/20 at 7:45 pm at the Sheffield Garden Walk
New alblum: Step it Up
Label: Alligator Records
  July 16, 2003 hosted by Steve Edwards
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Audio Affordable Housing
Walter Burnett Jr Chicago Alderman, 27th ward

Lee Smith Senior Planner for the City of Highland Park

King Harris Senior executive at Chicago Metropolis 20/20
Audio Coalition Coffee
Jesse Hardman Producer
Audio WWII Planes
Frank Poota B-17 bomber pilot, 95th bomb group Army Air Corps
Michael Titre P-47 Thunderbolt pilot, Army Air Corps
Keth Gill Curator of U-505 and transportation at the Musuem of Science and Industry
Audio Calivin Trillin
Calivin Trillin Columnist for the New Yorker
Steve Dolinsky Food Contributor
Audio Circus
Tony Adler Chicago writer and critic
Adrian Danzig Performer and clown
Victoria Lautman Regular contributor
  July 15, 2003 hosted by Steve Edwards
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Audio Treating Heroin Addiction, Part 1:
"Back From the Dead"

Dan Collison Independent producer
Elizabeth Meister Independent producer
Long Haul Productions
Audio Treating Heroin Addiction, Part 2: Nalaxone
Dr. Abhin Singla Internist and the chief addictionologist for the Will County State's Attorney's office
Dan Bigg Executive director of the Chicago Recovery Alliance
Audio Senate Candidates Forum
An extended exercpt of this weekend forum sponsored by the Independent Voters of Illinois and co-sponsored by Chicago Public Radio
Democrats: Gery Chico, Blair Hull, Barack Obama, Matt O'shea, Vic Roberts, Joyce Washington
Republicans: John Cox, Chirinjeev Kathuria, James Oberweis
Audio Red Light, Green Light
Dan Blumberg Associate editor for Eight Forty-Eight
Audio All-Star Update
Cheryl Raye Stout Sports contributor
Audio Greener Beer
Annie McDowell Reporter for Great Lakes Radio Consortium
  July 14, 2003 hosted by Steve Edwards
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Audio North And Clybourn Area Redevelopment
Ed Keegan Architecture contributor
Audio Continuing the Conversation About Race: "The Outsider"
Jason Reblando Chicago writer and photographer
Audio Bound For Glory: The Story of Woody Guthrie (1961)
Studs Terkel Special contributor
  July 11, 2003 hosted by Victoria Lautman
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Audio Birthing Trends
Lauren Streicher Obstetrician/gynecologist at Prentice Women's Hospital at Northwestern Memorial Hospital

Sarah Simmons Nurse-midwife and co-founder of NewLife Midwifery Service located on the north side of Chicago

Ann Douglas Author of The Mother of All Pregnancy Books: The Ultimate Guide to Conception, Birth and Everything in Between and The Mother of All Baby Books: The Ultimate Guide to Your Baby's First Year
Audio All-Star Game History
Richard Lindberg - Official White Sox historian since 1985 and author of four volumes of team history including the 1997 White Sox Encyclopedia
George Castle - Writer, host of Diamond Gems, syndicated radio talk show
Paul Friedman - Account executive at Chicago Public Radio and PA announcer for the Chicago Cubs
Audio Negro League All Stars
Buck O'Neil -
Paul Friedman - Account executive at Chicago Public Radio and PA announcer for the Chicago Cubs
Audio All-Star Essay
Nicholas Day - Chicago writer
Audio Neighborhoodies
  July 10, 2003 hosted by Tony Sarabia
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Audio Photographing Iraq
Stephanie Sinclair Photographer for the Chicago Tribune; she is leaving her job and moving to Iraq
Audio Leave a Message
Annie Baxter Reporter / producer for Minnesota Public Radio and former producer for Chicago Public Radio
Audio Symphonie Fantastique
Welz Kaufmann President and CEO of Ravinia
Audio Stewarts Coffee
Nilda Matos Worker at Stewarts Coffee
Don Stewart Third Generation Owner of Stewarts Coffee
James Sansone Worker at Stewarts Coffee
Steve Dolinsky Food Contributor
Audio Local Music Corner
Artist: Rex Tangle
Album: Photo
Song: "War Plane Diary"
  July 9, 2003 hosted by Tony Sarabia
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Audio O'Hare Expansion
Jon Hilkevitch Transportation reporter for the Chicago Tribune
Audio Storm Recovery
Doug Scott Mayor of Rockford
Audio Ford Motor Company Hires
Sean Harden Director of workforce strategies at the City of Chicago's Mayor's Office on Workplace Development
Audio Deep Tunnel
Bill Shepke Project Manager
Terry J. O'Brien President of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago
Audio All-Star Voting
Cheryl Raye Stout Sports contributor
Richard Steele Regular contributor
Audio Curb Your Enthusiam
Wally Prodrazik Media contributor
The comedy "Curb your Enthusiasm" is in re-runs on HBO. Check your Local Listings.
Audio Echols International Travel School
Jim Carrane Contributor
Evelyn Echols Founder of the Echols International Travel School and author of the book, Saying Yes to Life
Audio Local Music Corner
Artist: Jesse Scinto & Big Jay McNeely
Song: "Getting Down"
Album: The Clutch
  July 8, 2003 hosted by Richard Steele
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Audio A Day in the Life of a First Year Medical Resident
Dr. Dan Pollyea Medical Resident at the University of Chicago Hospital
Audio New Hospital Work Rules
Dr. Quentin Young Medical contributor
Audio Lightning Strikes
Dr. Mary Ann Cooper Professor of Emergency Medicine at the University of Illinois' Lightning Injury Research Program
Audio Falling Trees
Dr. Gary W. Watson Senior Research Scientist at the Morton Arboreteum
Audio Rural Ambulance Service
Shawn Johnson Reporter for Illinois Public Radio
Audio Pants on Fire
Josh Funk Director of Pants On Fire at Second City ETC
Audio Stories On Stage
Chicago Public Radio's Stories on Stage
Tonight at 7:30 at the Museum of Contemporary Art
Audio Local Music Corner
Artist: Beckie Menzie
Song: "I didn't want to tell you"
Album: Heart & Soul
  July 7, 2003 hosted by Richard Steele
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Audio 2003 Economy Six Month Check-Up
Paul Kasriel Senior Vice President and Chief Economist, Northern Trust
Dana Johnson Managing Director and Head of Research at Bank One Capital Markets
Audio All-Terrain Vehicles
Maria Hickey Reporter for Illinois Public Radio
Audio Continuing the Conversation on Race: The Perpetual Foreigner
Wen Guang Huang Chicago writer

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Part 2

Dawn Clark Netsch Profile
Dawn Clark Netsch 1994 Illinois Democratic Gubernatorial nominee, former state senator, former state comptroller, and current professor emerata of law at Northwestern University
  July 2, 2003 hosted by Steve Edwards
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Audio Senate 2004
Carlos Hernandez-Gomez Political reporter for Chicago Public Radio
Audio Tourism
Michelle O'Neil Reporter for Illinois Public Radio
Audio Vacation
Al Gini Eight Forty-Eight resident philosopher and professor of philosophy and business ethics at Loyola University
Audio What Are You Doing for Vacation?
Chicagoans describing their summer vacation plans
Audio Mexican Elections
Jesse Hardman Producer
Audio Film Reviews
Jonathan Miller - Film Contributor
Audio Schadenfreude Preview
Justin Kaufmann Senior producer for Eight Forty-Eight and executive producer of Schadenfreude, debuting on Chicago Public Radio this Sunday night at 8:30pm
  July 1, 2003 hosted by Steve Edwards
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Audio Chicago Teachers Union and School Reform
Deborah Lynch — President of the Chicago Teachers Union
Audio Magnificent Mile Apple Store
Ed Keegan — Architecture contributor
Audio War Driving
Rob Ray — Chicago organizer for the Worldwide War Drive and owner/curator of Deadtech
Andy Carra —- Co-founder of wigle.net
Dan Blumberg — Associate Editor for Eight Forty-Eight
Audio Artistic Directors
Jonathan Abarbanel — Theater contributor
Jason Loewath — Artistic Director at NEXT Theater in Evanston
Damon Keilly — Artistic Director at American Theater Company in Chicago
Tim Rater — Executive Director, Metropolis Performing Arts Center in Arlington Heights, IL
Audio The 1812 Overture
Daniel Ferri — Contributor

 

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