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Retired
athletes Norm Van Lier (former Chicago Bull), Randy
Hundley (former Chicago Cub) and Glen Kozlowski (former
Chicago Bear [and current WGN Radio sportscaster])
talk with Milt about how to know when it is time to
leave the game. (12/21/05)
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Milt
welcomes Harry Mark Petrakis, the noted novelist and
chronicler of life in Greektown, Father Demetri Kantzavelos,
Chancellor of the Greek Orthodox Diocese of Chicago,
and Alexa Ganakos, executive editor of GreekCircle
magazine and author of the new book Greektown
Chicago: Its History, Its Recipes, to talk about
Greek immigrants and Greek culture. (12/20/05) [ link
to book]
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James
English, professor of English at the University of
Pennsylvania, talks with Milt about the economic uses
of prizes and analyzes Hemingway’s Nobel Prize acceptance
speech. English is the author of the new book, The
Economy of Prestige: Prizes, Awards and the Circulation
of Cultural Value. (12/9/05) [ link
to book]
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Local
composers Easley Blackwood, Dan Tucker and Lita Grier
discuss tonal vs. atonal music, as well as coughing,
rustling and other audience faux pas at concerts.
(11/29/05)
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Milt
talks with noted author, essayist and physicist Alan
Lightman about the great scientific achievements of
the past century and the fascinating stories behind
them, as outlined in his new book The Discoveries:
The Great Breakthroughs in 20th-Century Science.
(11/14/05) [ link
to book]
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Extension
720 revisits the Kennedy assassination and its possible
connection with the death of famed mobster Sam Giancana
with Antoinette Giancana and neurophysiologist John
Hughes, two of the co-authors of the new book JFK
And Sam: The Connection Between the Giancana and Kennedy
Assassinations.
(11/11/05) [ link
to book]
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Milt
hosts a discussion of the current state of American
public education and the possibility of school reform
with Herb Walberg, research professor of education
and psychology at the University of Illinois at Chicago,
and Jay Greene, senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute’s
Education Research Office and author of the new book,
Education Myths: What Special Interest Groups
Want You to Believe About Our Schools--and Why It
Isn't So. (11/7/05) [ link
to book]
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In
ten years, all of the children born in the post-World
War II baby boom will be over the age of fifty, dramatically
changing the demographic face of America. As boomers
deal with elderly parents and their own age-induced
medical complications, we hosted a roundtable discussion
of some of the medical and ethical problems that come
with aging. Our guests were Dr. Daniel Brauner, professor
of medicine at the University of Chicago and specialist
in geriatrics, Dr. Joshua Hauser of Northwestern University's
Buehler Center on Aging and Jay Olshansky, professor
of epidemiology and biostatistics at the University
of Illinois at Chicago who specializes particularly
in geriatrics, aging and longevity. (11/2/05)
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Extension
720 looks at Wall Street and investment trends with
financial journalist Eric J. Weiner, author of the
new book What Goes up: The Uncensored History
of Modern Wall Street as Told by the Bankers, Brokers,
CEOs, and Scoundrels Who Made It, and Robert
Korajczyk, professor of finance at Northwestern University's
Kellogg School of Management.
(10/25/05) [ link
to book]
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Milt
discusses the art and peril of mountain climbing with
a panel of expert climbers: Ben Kweton, Midwest section
chair of the American Alpine Club, Jack Gorby, a veteran
climber and former president of the Chicago Mountaineering
Club, and Arlene Blum, the first woman to attempt
to climb Mt. Everest and the author of the new book
Breaking Trail: A Climbing Life.
(10/18/05) [ link
to book]
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Much
more than simply a short novel, a short story’s
emotional impact—when properly written—can
outlast even the greatest novels. Milt's guests in
this segment are two practitioners of this delicate
art: Mark Slouka, professor of English at the University
of Chicago, and Richard Stern, also professor of English
at the University of Chicago and author of the recently
published short story collection Almonds to Zhoof.
(10/7/05) [ link
to book]
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Extension
720 turns its attention to the realm of religion and
the latest developments and trends with three well-regarded
religion writers, including Cathleen Falsani of the
Chicago Sun-Times, Manya Brachear of the
Chicago Tribune and Mary Ann Ahern of NBC5
News.
(10/4/05)
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As
the corruption trial for former Illinois governor
George Ryan gets underway, Extension 720 gathers a
panel of experts to discuss the events that led to
Ryan's indictment and the larger implications for
the future of politics in Illinois. Guests include
WGN News anchor Andrea Darlas, Paul Green, WGN's political
analyst and professor of political science at Roosevelt
University, and Albert Alschuler, professor of law
and criminology at the University of Chicago Law School.
(9/28/05)
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Milt
looks at U.S. History, 1970-2000, with Robert Schmuhl,
professor of American Studies at the University of
Notre Dame, and acclaimed historian James T. Patterson,
whose new book, Restless Giant: The United States
from Watergate to Bush vs. Gore, serves as the
final volume in the Oxford History of the United
States. This clip focuses on Presidents Nixon
and Carter.
(9/20/05) [ link
to book]
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Milt
is joined by Alan Dershowitz, professor of law at
Harvard Law School and author of the new book The
Case for Peace: How the Arab-Israeli Conflict Can
be Resolved, to discuss all the recent events
in this region, as well as the future of both Israel
and Palestine.
(9/23/05) [ link
to book]
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Milt
explores the many sides of the ancient ruler King
David and evaluates his historical, theological, and
poetic legacy with Robert Pinsky, former poet laureate
of the United States and author of the new book The
Life of David, and Benjamin Sommer, professor
of religion at Northwestern University and director
of their Crown Family Center for Jewish Studies.
(9/22/05) [ link
to book]
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Milt
examines the increasing and detrimental influence
that adult entertainment has on our marriages and
families with Pamela Paul, whose new book is Pornified:
How the Culture of Pornography Is Changing Our Lives,
Our Relationships and Our Families.
(9/20/05) [ link
to book]
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Milt
Rosenberg discusses the legacy of late Chief Justice
William Rehnquist with John McGinnis, professor of
law at Northwestern University. (9/7/05)
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Milt
welcomes Francis Cardinal George, the eighth Archbishop
of Chicago, to the studio. In this clip, they discuss
the legacy of Pope John Paul II.
(9/1/05)
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Milt
and his guests discuss the aftermath of hurricane
Katrina and what the future may hold for New Orleans.
The panel includes Charles Dowding, professor of civil
and environmental engineering at Northwestern University,
Albert Hunter, professor of sociology at Northwestern,
Patrick Michaels, senior fellow in environmental studies
at the Cato Institute in Washington, DC, and Dr. Ronald
Hershow, professor of epidemiology at the University
of Illinois at Chicago's School of Public Health.
(8/31/05)
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Milt
talks with a panel of private investigators -- Steve
Kirby, president of Edward R. Kirby and Associates
Investigations, Mike Carlson, president of Probe Incorporated,
and Paul Ciolino, head of Paul J. Ciolino and Associates
Investigations and author of the recent book In
the Company of Giants: The Ultimate Investigation
Guide for Legal Professionals, Activists, Journalists
and the Wrongfully Convicted -- about various
murders they have investiated.
(8/24/05) [ link
to book]
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During
a program on Shakespeare's histories, Nick Rudall,
founding director of the Court Theatre and professor
of classics at the University of Chicago, and Carol
Symes, professor of history at the University of Illinois
Urbana-Champaign, join Milt to analyze a scene from
Richard II. This segment features an
excerpt from The
Complete Arkangel Shakespeare: 38 Fully Dramatized
Unabridged Plays; Audio CD Unabridged.
(8/18/05) [ link
to CD collection]
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Richard
Haass, president of the Council on Foreign Relations
and author of The Opportunity: America's Moment
to Alter History's Course, discusses U.S. foreign
policy and tells Milt why he disagrees with some of
the Bush Administration's actions.
(8/16/05) [ link
to book]
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David
Schulz, director of the Northwestern’s Infrastructure
Technology Institute, and Joseph Schofer, professor
of civil and environmental engineering at Northwestern
University, analyze the current state of traffic and
transit in Chicago.
(8/10/05)
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Milt
talks with Jerald O'Kennard, editor of Tastings
Magazine, the publication of the Beverage Testing
Institute here in Chicago, Greg Hall, brewmaster at
Goose Island Brewing Company, and Randy Mosher, home
brewing expert, instructor in beer style at the Siebel
Institute and author of Radical Brewing: Recipes,
Tales and World-Altering Meditations in a Glass,
about the art and history of beer.
(8/2/05) [ link
to book]
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Milt
leads a discussion on wrongful convictions and why
some prosecutors feel compelled to lie in order to
convict someone. The panel members are Rob Warden,
director of the Center on Wrongful Convictions at
the Northwestern University Law School, Thomas Frisbie,
co-author of the newly revised book Victims of
Justice Revisited, and Gary Gauger, who was convicted
of killing his own parents and sentenced to death
in 1994 before being exonerated in 2000 and pardoned
by Gov. George H. Ryan in 2002.
(7/28/05) [ link
to book]
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Milt
and Gary Wolfe, professor of humanities and English
at Roosevelt University, discuss the social impact
of Orson Welles' radio broadcast of H.G. Wells' classic
science fiction tale War of the Worlds.
(7/18/05)
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Milt
and a panel of guests from the Chicago Shakespeare
Theatre--director Timothy Gregory and actors Krishna
Le Fan, Gail Rastorfer and Brian Hamman--discuss
what it is like to be an American actor performing
Shakespeare. (7/11/05)
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Milt
talks with Bob Martin, primatologist and provost at
the Field Museum, and Jim Phillips, professor of anthropology
at the University of Illinois Chicago and an adjunct
curator at the Field, about a supposed new species
of Hobbit-like human that was discovered on the remote
Indonesian island of Flores.
(6/30/05)
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Milt
discusses the look of the city, from skyscrapers to
parks to homes, with two experts on Chicago architecture:
Jay Pridmore, co-author of the newly revised and expanded
edition of Chicago Architecture and Design,
and Lynn Becker, architecture critic for the Chicago
Reader.
(6/24/05) [ link
to book]
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Three
of Chicago's top restaurateurs--Mary Beth Liccioni
of Les Nomades, Henry Adaniya of Trio Atelier and
Hugo Ralli of Gibson's Steakhouse--discuss life in
the restaurant business here in Chicago.
In this clip, they talk about what makes a good restaurant
good.
(6/24/05)
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During
a discussion about the fight against cardiovascular
disease with Dr. Matthew Sorrentino of the University
of Chicago and Dr. Michael Davidson of Rush Medical
College,
Milt asks the doctors to share their success stories
and talk about the rewards of being a cardiologist.
(6/16/05)
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Milt
looks at the early days of radio with Fred MacDonald,
president of MacDonald and Associates and an expert
in old time radio, and Clifford Doerksen, author of
the new book, American Babel: Rogue Radio Broadcasters
of the Jazz Age.
(6/9/05) [ link
to book]
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Milt
examines the Red Scare of the late 1940s and early
1950s with Ronald and Allis Radosh, authors of the
new book, Red Star over Hollywood: The Film Colony's
Long Romance with Red Left, which details the
behind-the-scenes radicalism of many members of the
Communist Party in Hollywood.
(5/26/05) [ link
to book]
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Milt
speaks with Thomas Blass, author of the biography,
The Man Who Shocked the World: The Life and Legacy
of Stanley Milgram, about Milgram's theories
on the causes of the Holocaust and the Nature of Evil.
(5/25/05) [ link
to book]
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As
part of a show on travel, the Chicago Tribune’s
Alan Solomon, the Chicago Sun-Times' Dave
Hoekstra, and Laurie Borman, editorial director at
Rand McNally and former editor-in-chief of Endless
Vacation magazine, join Milt for an audio trip
on the legendary Route 66 as well as some other scenic
highways in the United States.
(5/19/05)
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Milt
welcomes old friend Eldon Ham, author of Larceny
and Old Leather: The Mischievous Legacy of Major League
Baseball, to discuss players manipulating the
game of baseball.
(5/13/05) [ link
to book]
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Extension
720 examines the history of Rwanda, the reasons for
the genocide, the reaction of the world and the current
state of that country. The guests are James Searing,
professor of history at the University of Illinois
Chicago, Jeff Rice, lecturer in history at Northwestern
University who teaches classes in comparative genocide,
and Dina Temple Raston, City Hall Bureau Chief for
the New York Sun and author of the book Justice
on the Grass: Three Rwandan Journalists, Their Trial
for War Crimes and a Nation's Quest for Redemption.
(5/2/05) [ link
to book]
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Milt
listens to tales from the restaurant trenches with
Ruth Reichl, former critic at the New York Times
and current editor-in-chief of Gourmet, and
Dennis Ray Wheaton, restaurant critic at Chicago
Magazine. Reichl's new book is Garlic and
Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise.
(4/21/05) [ link
to book]
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What
economic lessons can be learned from Sumo wrestling?
Milt finds out in this clip with Steven Levitt, author
of Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the
Hidden Side of Everything.
(4/15/05) [ link
to book]
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Extension
720 takes a look at the plethora of scandals that
have recently plagued the City of Chicago. Jay Stewart,
president of the Better Government Association, Dick
Kay of NBC5 and Tim Novak of the Chicago Sun-Times
will analyze the hired truck program, the restaurant
at Millennium Park, and all the scandals in between.
(3/3/05)
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Milt
explores the life of a prison inmate with James Bruton,
former warden at the Minnesota Correctional Facility-Oak
Park and author of the new book The Big House:
Life inside a Supermax Security Prison, and JW
Fairman, former executive director of the Cook County
Department of Corrections.
(2/24/05) [ link
to book]
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Milt
discusses new diet and exercise recommendations with
Mary Abbott Hess, president of Hess and Hunt Nutrition
Communications and a former head of the American Dietetic
Association, and Robert Kushner, professor at Northwestern
University’s Feinberg School of Medicine and head
of the Wellness Institute at Northwestern Memorial
Hospital.
(2/16/05)
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Milt
challenges noted author and journalist Robert MacNeil
to a game of "guess the dialect" during
a discussion of American English language and MacNeil's
new book (written with co-author William Cran), Do
You Speak American?: A Companion to the PBS Series.
(2/3/05) [ link
to book]
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Milt
talks Hollywood history with the man Atlantic
Monthly called the “greatest living film
critic and historian,” David Thomson, author
of The Whole Equation: A History of Hollywood.
In this clip, topics include Chinatown, Cary
Grant and Katharine Hepburn.
(1/31/05) [link
to book]
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With
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Stephen Coll, Milt
examines the history of the war against terror, and
specifically the CIA’s involvement in it. Former
managing editor of the Washington Post, Coll’s
latest book is Ghost Wars: The Secret History
of the CIA, Afghanistan, and bin Laden, from the Soviet
Invasion to September 10, 2001.
(1/27/05) [link
to book]
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Milt
looks at "people who actually tranformed our
lives by creating whole new industries" with
Harold Evans, editor at large of The Week Magazine
and author of the new book, They Made America:
From the Steam Engine to the Search Engine, Two Centuries
of Innovators.
(1/25/05) [link
to book]
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