EIGHT FORTY-EIGHT Audio Library

Month in Review
David Greising — Business contributor and chief business correspondent for Chicago Tribune
Eric Zorn — Columnist for the Chicago Tribune
Alysia Tate — Editor and publisher at the Chicago Reporter

November 27, 2003

hosted by Steve Edwards

Eight Forty-Eight pre-empted for special broadcast of the 2003 Third Coast International Audio Festival.

November 26, 2003

hosted by Steve Edwards

Media Week — Part Three: Alternative Media (Segment One)
Andrew Huff — Editor-in-chief and co-founder of the web publication Gapers Block. www.gapersblock.com

Media Week — Part Three: Alternative Media (Segment Two)
Dan Proft — President of Leader Media Company talks about providing a venue for conversative viewpoints. www.illinoisleader.com

Media Week — Part Three: Alternative Media (Segment Three)
Ed Marzsewski — Co-founder of Lumpen magazine and organizer of Select Media Fest 02 about how artists and activists are using new technology to make media statements. www.lumpen.com

Single Room Occupancy: Photographs by Scott Nava
Scott Nava — Photographer talks about the transient hotel that touched his heart and became the subject of an exhibition at the A.R.C gallery on Milwaukee Avenue
Sylvia Ewing — Producer for Eight Forty-Eight

Photograph from Scott Nava's exhibit at the ARC Gallery.

Third Coast Festival — Short Docs
Johanna Zorn — Executive producer for the Third Coast International Audio Festival
Julie Shapiro — Managing producer for the Third Coast International Audio Festival

Secrets of Baking
Cherry Yard — Executive pastry chef at Spago, Beverly Hills, about her new book, Secrets of Baking
Steve Dolinsky — Food contributor

November 25, 2003

hosted by Steve Edwards

Media Week — Part Two: Television
John Callaway — Host of Chicago Tonight for 15 years — journalist for 47 years. Current host and senior editor of Chicago Stories.
Barbara Popovic — Executive director of CAN TV
Wally Podrazik — Media contributor

Ramadan
Zahir family shares their Ramadan experiences

Silk Road Theater Project
Jamil Khoury — Playwright, artistic director, and co-founder Silk Road Theater Project
Talks about his new play, Silk Road Theater Project, which seeks to bring the stories and voices of peoples from Asia and the Middle East to Chicago area stages

Theater Previews
Jonathan Abarbanel — Theater contributor
Productions previewed:
Affluenza at Victory Gardens Theater
Angel City at American Theater Company
Our Town at the Writers Theater

Sports Update: Cartwright
Cheryl Raye Stout — Sports contributor

Food Depository
Larry Horn — Driver for greater Chicago food depository
Emmanual Braggs — Assistant
Loretta Perie — Food service manager for the Salvation Army

November 24, 2003

hosted by Steve Edwards

Media Week — Part One: Print
Hermene Hartman — Founder and publisher of N'Digo magazine
John Lavine — Founding director of the Media Management Center of Northwestern University
Jeremy Mullman — Media reporter for Crain's Chicago Business
Steve Rhodes — Senior editor of Chicago Magazine

Business Update
David Griesing — Business contributor and chief business correspondent for the Chicago Tribune

Essay: Phone Numbers
Abby Sher — Chicago writer and actress describes what new FCC rules governing cell phones mean to her.

Darnell Williams - Sentenced to Die
Tom Vanes — Attorney in Merriville, Indiana, former prosecutor in Lake County, Indiana
David Schneider — Lake County, Indiana public defender's office
John Gnajek — Former juror on the Darnell Williams case
Juliet Yackel — Defense attorney for Darnell Williams

Scott Turow
Al Gini — Resident philosopher and professor of philosophy and business ethics at Loyola University in Chicago
Scott Turow — Chicago attorney and author of Reversible Errors

Local Music Corner
Artist: Frisbie
Album: Period.
Song: "Another Story"
Label: Hear Diagonally

November 21, 2003

hosted by Steve Edwards

Arab American History
Louise Cainkar — Sociologist and research fellow at UIC's Great Cities Institute
William Haddad — Judge of the Circuit Court of Cook County

Islamic Lending
Dale Burton — Director of community lending at Devon bank

Film Reviews
Jonathan Miller — Film contributor

Subway History
Tony Sarabia — News correspondent for Chicago Public Radio
The history of the Chicago subway on the 60th anniversary of its opening, with the sounds of trains and memories of numerous Chicagoans

Road Rage
Anne Marie Apollo — Chicago writer

Healthier School Buses
Charlie Schlenker — Reporter for Illinois Public Radio

Friday Morning Blues: Erwin Helfer
Erwin Helfer — Chicago blues pianist
Richard Steele — Regular contributor

November 20, 2003

hosted by Steve Edwards

Education Funding - Part One
Diantha Parker - News correspondent for Chicago

Education Funding - Part Two
Pat Quinn — Illinois Lieutenant Governor
Sen. Chris Lauzen — Illinois State Senator (R-25)

Death Penalty Reform
George Ryan — Former governor of Illinois ('99 -'03), reacts to the Illinois legislature's passage of a death penalty reform bill

Bystander's Responsibility
Al Gini — Resident philosopher for Eight Forty-Eight

The New Crop of Beaujolais Nouveau
Steve Dolinsky — Food contributor for Eight Forty-Eight and food reporter for WLS-TV
Dominique Tongue — Chef at Bistro 110
Chantal Glass — Executive director of the French-American chamber of commerce
Alphonse Kelbel — Sommelier and manager of Brasserie Jo
Beujolais Nouveau is released every year on the third Thursday of November

Talent and Genius
David Travis — Curator of photography at the Art Institute of Chicago and author of the book At the Edge of the Light, Thoughts on Photography and Photographers, on Talent and Genius

November 19, 2003

hosted by Steve Edwards

Chicago Teachers Union Approves New Contract
Deborah Lynch — President of the Chicago Teachers Union

Remembering John Donahue — Part One
John Donahue — Longtime director of the Chicago Coalition for the Homeless. Donahue died this past Monday, November 17, 2003.
Charlie Wheelan — Contributor
rebroadcast

Remembering John Donahue — Part Two
Studs Terkel — Special contributor

Five Year Housing Plan
John Markowski — Commisioner of the Chicago housing department.
A new five-year affordable housing plan will be presented to the city council this week.

Springfield, IL Update
Carlos Hernandez-Gomez — Political reporter for Chicago Public Radio

Chicago's First Wave of Black Migration
Timuel Black — Historian, political activist, and professor emeritus at Harold Washington Collge. His latest book is Bridges of Memory; An Oral History. It is a collection of interviews that chronicles "Chicago's first wave of black migration."
Richard Steele — Regular contributor

Architecture: Belli and Belli
Ed Keegan — Architecture contributor

Local Music Corner
Artist: Hicham Chami and Catherine Alexander
Song: "Traditional song in the style of Sama'I Darij Bayyati"
Album: Promises: Oriental Classical Music

November 18, 2003

hosted by Steve Edwards

Clean Air Part 1
Dan Riedinger — Spokesman for the Edison Electric Institute

Clean Air Part 2
Brian Urbaszeski — American Lung Association of greater Chicago reacts to the effort by attorneys general in 14 states, including Illinois, to block implementation of new EPA guidelines on clean air emissions

New Teacher Drop Out
Linda Lenz — Catalyst publisher talks about the high dropout rate among young teachers and what the Chicago public school system is trying to do to reverse the trend

Regarding Emma
Melissa Ann Pinney — Professor and Columbia College and photographer whose work has been captured in the new book Regarding Emma

12 x 12 New Artists, New Work: Siebren Versteeg
Siebren Versteeg — Latest artist in the Museum of Contemporary Art's 12 by 12 series
Scotty Iseri — Arts producer for Chicago Public Radio

Stan West: Diversity in Oak Park: Past, Present and Future
Stan West — Journalist and filmmaker looks a the past, present, and future of African-Americans in Oak Park in his documentary on the community

Kimo Williams: A Symphony of Plays
Aaron Freeman - Contributor and Chicago writer
(Rebroadcast)

November 17, 2003

hosted by Steve Edwards

Govenor Sunshine
Carol Felsenthal — Writer, author, and journalist. Her article, "Governor Sunshine," appears in the November issue of Chicago Magazine.

Governor Daddy
Cindy Richards — Oak Park writer and Chicago Sun-Times columnist. She asks Governor Blagojevich to understand the challenges faced by working moms.

Business Update
David Greising — Business contributor and chief business correspondent for Chicago Tribune

Sports Update
Cheryl Raye Stout — Sports contributor

Restaurant Reviews
Russ Parsons —Los Angeles Times food writer and author of the 2001 book How to Read a French Fry
Steve Dolinsky — Food contributor

Italian Beef
Aaron Freeman — Contributor and Chicago writer

Getting Asian Carp on the Plate
Chuck Quirmbach — Producer for the Great Lakes Radio Consortium

Wheaton Dance
We follow students Peter Brenemayer and Caroline Crouch to the first-ever dance at Wheaton College
Produced by:
Ben Calhoun — Deputy news director for Chicago Public Radio
Catrin Einhorn — News correspondent for Chicago Public Radio

November 14, 2003

hosted by Steve Edwards

Emerald Casino
Chris Fusco — Staff writer for the Chicago Sun-Times
Analysis of the deal reached by Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan and Emerald Casino and what the future holds for the 10th Illinois casino license.

Chicago Teachers Union — Part One
Catrin Einhorn — News correspondent for Chicago Public Radio

Chicago Teachers Union — Part Two
Lori Olszewski — Education writer for the Chicago Tribune

State Of Black Men
Rep. Danny Davis — (D-7) — Illinois Congressman
Illinois Congressman Danny Davis highlights plans for his conference on the state of African-American males

Theater Reviews
Jonathan Abarbanel — Theater contributor
Current off-loop theater offerings
Productions Reviewed:
Skyscraper — Piven Theater, 927 Noyes, Evanston. Runs through November 23rd, 2003.
Orange Flower Water — Steppenwolf Garage 1626 N. Halsted St., runs through November 23rd, 2003
Every Night When the Sun Goes Down — ETA Creative Arts, opening tonight

Friday Morning Blues: Rosa's Blues Lounge
Tony Mangiullo — Owner of Rosa's Blues Lounge
Sylvia Ewing — Producer for Eight Forty-Eight
Tony tells us about his Italian roots, his love for the blues, and his Northwest Side Club.

Hideout Workers' Comp
Tim Tuten — Co-owner of the Hideout in Chicago
Kelly Hogan — Singer and bartender
Laurie Stirratt — Singer and bartender
The Hideout Workers' Comp is a compilation for the music from employees of the Hideout. Tim speaks with host Steve Edwards about the club, the comp, and the employees. The segments ends with an appropriate visit to our Local Music Corner:
Artist: Kim
Song: "Car Spider"
Album: Hideout Workers' Comp
Label: HUmbolt 9-6702

November 13, 2003

hosted by Steve Edwards

College Cache
Stanley Fish — Dean of liberal arts and sciences at University of Illinois, Chicago
Brenda Holmes — Deputy chief of staff for education in Illinois

Chief Illiniwek
Ali Kawa — Reporter for WILL Urbana

Toni Morrison
Toni Morrison — Nobel Prize winning author talks about Love, her latest book
Rita Coburn Whack — Contributor

Author Toni Morrison signs books in the Eight Forty-Eight Studios.

Toni Morrison signs books in the studio. Photo by Melisa Goh.

Cricket
Mariane Carus — Founder and editor-in-chief of Cricket. The magazine is celebrating 30 years of publishing children's stories.

Pass/Fail: Lesson II
Linda Lutton — Education writer for the Daily Southtown
This is the second in a series of stories on Bass elementary, a public school in Chicago's Englewood neighborhood. The stories will appear in the Daily Southtown and on Chicago Public Radio throughout the 2003-2004 school year. Listen to more from this series>>

Belly Button
Ethel Hammer — Writer and contributor

November 12, 2003

hosted by Steve Edwards

Chicago Teachers Union Contract Negotiations
Catrin Einhorn — Chicago Public Radio news correspondent

Niles-Park Ridge Parent-Teacher Organization
Jerry Sliwicki — President of the PTO at Field elementary school

Pass/Fail: Lesson I
Linda Lutton — Education reporter for the Daily Southtown
This is the first in a series of stories on Bass elementary, a public school in Chicago's Englewood neighborhood. The stories will appear in the Daily Southtown and on Chicago Public Radio throughout the 2003-2004 school year. Listen to more from this series>>

North Chicago
Ralph Zahorik — Political columnist for the Waukegan Sun

Steel Tariffs
Michael Arndt — Senior correspondent for Business Week

America's Mom
Rick Kogan — Chicago Tribune senior editor and author of America's Mom: The Life, Legacy, and Lessons of Ann Landers

Selling the Lotto
Dr. Joan Zieminski — Adjunct professor of marketing at Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management

November 11, 2003

hosted by Steve Edwards

Remembering Irv Kupcinet
Bruce Dumont — Founder and president of the Museum of Broadcast Communications

Veterans Benefits
Rep. Mark Kirk (R-10) — Illinois Congressman
Retired Brig. Gen. Dave Grange — Executive vice president and COO of the McCormick Tribune Foundation
Barry Romo — Volunteer coordinator for Vietnam Vets Against The War

One Book, One Chicago: Tim O'Brien
Tim O'Brien — Pulitzer-prize winning author of The Things They Carried, the newest installment of One Book, One Chicago

Korea: Then and Now
Curtis Kojo Morrow — Korean War veteran shares memories of his troubled return from war and the healing trip he took back to Korea

Operation Desert Storm
Jeff Hall — Hobart, Indiana resident and Operation Desert Storm veteran shares stories from his experience in the war and his work with veterans today

Regensburg-Schweinfurt
The story of the historic August 1943 Air Force raid in Regensburg-Schweinfurt, Germany
Harold Weintraub — World War II B-17 navigator and Skokie resident
Neil Weintraub — Harold's son
Peter Whorf — Managing producer for Eight Forty-Eight

Saying "Goodbye" to a Soldier
Donna Kisor — A Neighborhood Writer's Alliance contributor encapsulates the feelings of a family left behind when a soldier leaves for war

November 10, 2003

hosted by Steve Edwards

Branding
Joe Callaway — Author of Becoming a Category of One: How Extraordinary Companies Transcend Commodity and Defy Comparison
Charlie Wheelen — Contributor and director of communications for Metropolis 2020

U.S. Cellular Field
John Rooney — CEO of U.S. Cellular
David Greising — Business contributor and chief business correspondent for the Chicago Tribune

Father Regan
Father John Regan — Vocations director

Sports Update
Cheryl Raye Stout — Sports contributor

Outer Ear Festival
Olivia Block — Chicago composer and sound artist

Silas Purnell
Silas Purnell — Chicago education advocate and community mentor
Richard Steele — Regular contributor

November 7, 2003

hosted by Steve Edwards

Senate Bill 67 Controversy
Sen. Miguel Del Valle (D-2) — Assistant Majority Leader of the Illinois State Senate

Chicago Public Schools: Consent Decree
Alexander Russo — Education contributor
Sarah Vanderwicken — Attorney with the Chicago Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights
Ruth Moscovitch — General counsel for Chicago Board of Education

Joan W. and Irving B. Harris Music and Dance Theatre from an Architectural Perspective
Ed Keegan — Architecture contributor

Reviewing the New Music and Dance Theatre
Jonathan Abarbanel — Theater contributor

Friday Morning Blues: Charles Davis
Richard Steele — Regular contributor
Charles Davis — Chicago bluesman and saxophonist
Another installment of Eight Forty-Eight's series Friday Morning Blues

Film Festival Reviews
Jonathan Miller — Film contributor
Jonathan previews three film festivals
The Reeling Film Festival, the 22nd Chicago International Lesbian and Gay Film Festival, featuring The Undergrad (local work); Kevin's Room (local); Blue Citrus Hearts
The Cocteau Film Series at the Gene Siskel Film Center, featuring Les Parents Terribles
2003 Japanese Outlaw Masters Film Festival

November 6, 2003

hosted by Steve Edwards

Dominick's Future
Discussing the supermarket chain's future
David Rogers — President of DSR Marketing Systems
Joe Weber — Writer for Business Week and author of the cover story, "Family, Inc.," about the successful track record of family owned and operated companies

Twilight of the Ice
Harry Mark Petrakis — Author of Twilight of the Ice, set in Chicago's 1950s rail yards
Al Gini — Resident philosopher and professor of philosophy at Loyola University

Journal of Ordinary Thought
Penny Brinson — Chicago writer whose essay from the 2003 issue of the Journal of Ordinary Thought (published by the Neighborhood Writing Alliance) considers the notions of neighborhood, belonging, and comfort zones

Swearline
Tyler Myers and Mary Zerkel — Members of the Chicago performance art group, Lucky Pierre, examine the culture of swearing

Film Review
Jon Favreau — Former Chicagoan, wrote and directed the new Will Farrell movie, Elf
Jim Carrane — Film contributor

November 5, 2003

hosted by Steve Edwards

Analyzing the Indiana Election Results
Dan Lowery — Assistant professor of public administration at Indiana University Northwest

Sprinklers and Fire Safety
Diantha Parker — Chicago Public Radio news correspondent

Chicago City Budget Negotiations
Jackie Leavy — Executive director of the Neighborhood Capital Budget Group

Harry Weese
Ed Keegan — Architecture contributor

Traffic Court
Beth Finke — Chicago writer

Anti-Defamation League — 90 Years
Charlie Schlenker — Reporter for Illinois Public Radio

Homeland Security
Stuart Flack — Playwright of Homeland Security
The play runs Thursdays through Sundays until November 23, 2003 at Victory Gardens Theater

Sweeps Week
Wally Podrazik — Media contributor

Local Music Corner
Artist: Indoor Boy
Song: "This is Our Day"
Album: Straight Down the Track

November 4, 2003

hosted by Steve Edwards

Commonwealth Edison — Part One
Dave Kolata — Director of policy and government affairs for the Citizens Utility Board

Commonwealth Edison — Part Two
Darryl Bradford — Vice president and associate general counsel at Commonwealth Edison

White Sox Baseball 2004
Cheryl Raye Stout — Sports contributor
Ozzie Guillen — Former shortstop for, and new manager of, the Chicago White Sox

Chicago Teacher's Union
Tony Sarabia — News correspondent for Chicago Public Radio

High Design
Gordon Segal — Co-Founder and CEO of Crate & Barrel
Tony Jones — President of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Lecture — 6pm School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Theater Reviews
Jonathan Abarbanel — Theater contributor
Reviews: Comedian/actor Steve Martin's adaptation of The Underpants, at Nobel Fool Theater Company and Dr. Sex at the Bailiwick Theater

Local Music Corner
Dan Cray — Chicago based jazz pianist, and recent finalist in the Solo Piano Competition of the Montreaux Jazz Festival

November 3, 2003

hosted by Steve Edwards

The Fall Veto Session and Ethics Reform Bill
Sean Crawford — Statehouse reporter for Illinois Public Radio

Lincoln Library
Richard Norton Smith — Presidential historian nominated to be executive director of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield, Illinois

The Time Traveler's Wife
Audrey Niffenegger — Chicago artist and author of the best selling debut novel, The Time Traveler's Wife
Victoria Lautman — Regular contributor

Business Update
David Greising — Business contributor and chief business correspondent for the Chicago Tribune

Chicago Housing Authority
Kate Grossman — Chicago Sun-Times reporter talks about recent enhancements to the Chicago Housing Authority's service connector program