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Here's where you can find links and other supplemental information discussed on Extension 720 with Milt Rosenberg. If you're looking for the complete list of guests and topics, that information can be found at the Monthly Program Guide. Note: The links referred to on this page are not associated in any way with WGN Radio. Thus, we cannot be responsible for the nature or accuracy of the content found on the sites.

December 18, 2006 - On tonight's show, we remembered the atrocities of the Holocaust through the voices of survivors collected and archived by the Galvin Library at IIT. You can read about the "Voices of the Holocaust" project, listen to audio excerpts and read transcripts at the project's website: http://voices.iit.edu/.

December 13, 2006 - Tonight we analyzed the 2006 Crime and Justice Index from Chicago Metropolis 2020. You can read their full report at their website: http://www.chicagometropolis2020.org/

September 15, 2006 - Tonight we surveyed the ethnic food landscape in Chicago. Here is a (mostly) complete list of all the restaurants discussed on the program with links to their websites where available. For more information on these restaurants, visit http://metromix.chicagotribune.com/dining/ and search for the restaurant name. And be sure to investigate the Chicago Tribune's newest online feature "How to Eat" (which tells you how to eat various dishes from different cultures) at http://www.chicagotribune.com/howtoeat.

August 17, 2006 - Former WFMT program director Norman Pellegrini was our guest tonight as we celebrated the history of opera in Chicago. Here is the complete list of music played (in order):

Birgit Nilsson - "Ho yo to ho!" from Wagner's Die Walkure
Mary Garden - "Depuis le jour" from Charpentier's Louise
Rosa Raisa - "O patria mia" from Verdi's Aida
Giovanni Martinelli - "E lucevan le stele" from Puccini's Tosca
Tito Gobbi - Excerpt from Act 2 of Puccini's Tosca
Maria Callas and Nicolai Gedda - Excerpt from the Act 1 Love Scene from Puccini's Madama Butterfly
Boris Christoff - Death scene from Mussorgsky's Boris Godunov
Renata Tebaldi and Giulietta Simionato - Gioconda/Laura Confrontation from Ponchielli's La Gioconda
Leontyne Price - Finale from Puccini's Madama Butterfly
Jon Vickers - Excerpt from the Dungeon Scene from Beethoven's Fidelio
Samuel Ramey - Excerpt from Mephistopheles' Serenade from Gounod's Faust
Renee Fleming - "The Trees on the Mounatins" from Floyd's Susannah
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf - "Mi tradi..." from Mozart's Don Giovanni

July 25, 2006 - Tonight, we celebrated the King Tut exhibit that is currently running at Chicago's own Field Museum. Here's where you can go for more information on King Tut and Egypt:

The Field Museum
1400 S. Lake Shore Drive
Chicago, IL 60605
312-922-9410
http://www.fieldmuseum.org/

The Oriental Institute
1155 East 58th Street
Chicago, IL 60637
773-702-9514
http://oi.uchicago.edu/OI/default.html

The American Research Center in Egypt - Chicago Chapter
http://www.arcechicago.com/

July 14, 2006 - Tonight, we celebrated the history of the blues in Chicago. Here is a complete list of all the great songs we played:

Muddy Waters – “I Can’t Be Satisfied”
Junior Wells – “Hoodoo Man”
Junior Wells – “Snatch It Back and Hold It”
Sunnyland Slim and Big Walter – “Highway 61”
Jody Williams – “Lucky Lou”
Billy Branch – “Shade Tree Mechanic”
Sharon Lewis – “Qualified to Love You”
Lurrie Bell – “Man and the Blues”
Ray Charles – “What’d I Say”
Stan Mosley – “Anybody Seen My Boo”
Li’l Scotty – “Gimme What U Promised”

June 30, 2006 - If you're looking for the complete list of what Milt played on tonight's "Milt's Music" program, you can find it here: http://wgnradio.com/shows/ex720/music2006.htm.

June 29, 2006 - Tonight was the Quarterly Book Review program. For a complete list of all the books discussed, you can visit this page: http://wgnradio.com/shows/ex720/books.htm

March 6, 2006 - Tonight's show focused on genealogical research. If you're looking to piece together your family tree, here are some places to start:

The National Archives and Records Administration -- Great Lakes Region
7358 South Pulaski Road
Chicago, IL 60629-5898
773-948-9001
http://www.archives.gov/great-lakes/chicago/

The Newberry Library
60 West Walton Street
Chicago, IL 60610-7324
312–943–9090
http://www.newberry.org/

The Illinois State Genealogical Society
217-789-1968
http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilsgs/

March 3, 2006 - And the Miltie goes to...

Best Picture – Capote
Best Actor – Heath Ledger, Brokeback Mountain
Best Actor (Female) – Reese Witherspoon, Walk the Line
Best Supporting Actor – Paul Giamatti, Cinderella Man
Best Supporting Actor (Female) – Amy Adams, Junebug
Best Director – Steven Spielberg, Munich and Ang Lee, Brokeback Mountain

February 27, 2006 - If you're looking for the complete list of books discussed on tonight's Quarterly Book Review, you can find it here: http://wgnradio.com/shows/ex720/books.htm.

February 8, 2006 - Our annual visit with the Lyric Opera of Chicago featured some great music, including many pieces featuring our special guest, mezzo-soprano Susan Graham. Here is a complete list of all music played tonight, including links to buy the recording (when available).

Richard Strauss – Der Rosenkavalier Waltzes

Richard Strauss - "Hab mir’s gelobt” (Final trio of Act III) from Der Rosenkavalier
From Renee Fleming: Strauss Heroines, featuring Renee Fleming, Susan Graham and Barbara Bonney

Christoph Gluck - “J’ai perdu mon Eurydice” from Orphee et Eurydice
From Susan Graham: Il Tenero Momento: Mozart and Gluck Arias

Giacomo Puccini – “Nessun Dorma” from Turandot
From Arias, Songs and Tangos - Placido Domingo

Christoph Gluck – “Non, cet affreux devoir” and “J’implore et je tremble” from Iphigenie en Tauride
From Susan Graham: Il Tenero Momento: Mozart and Gluck Arias

Guiseppe Verdi – “Di geloso amor sprezzato” (Act I trio) frin Il Trovatore
From Verdi: Il Trovatore, featuring Leontyne Price, Placido Domingo, Sherrill Milnes, conducted by Zubin Mehta

Charles Gounod – Love Duet from Act IV ("Romeo! Qu'as-tu Donc?") from Romeo et Juliette
From Gounod: Romeo and Juliette, featuring Roberto Alagna and Angela Gheorghiu

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – “Soave sia il vento” from Cosi fan tutte
From Mozart: Cosi fan tutte, featuring Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Christa Ludwig and Walter Berry

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – “Voi che sapete” from Le nozze de Figaro
From Susan Graham: Il Tenero Momento: Mozart and Gluck Arias

Ben Moore – “Sexy Lady”
From Susan Graham at Carnegie Hall

February 2, 2006 - If you're interested in finding out more about the Great Books Foundation or Shimer College (the two organizations featured on our Great Books program), you can visit their websites:

The Great Books Foundation: http://www.greatbooks.org/
Shime College: http://www.shimer.edu/

January 19, 2006 - The managers of three of Chicago's top hotels joined us tonight for a discussion of life inside the hotel business. If you're looking to contact the Four Seasons, Westin River North or Hotel Burnham, here is their information:

The Four Seasons Chicago
120 East Delaware Place, Chicago, IL 60611
312-280-8800
http://www.fourseasons.com/chicagofs/

The Westin Chicago River North Hotel
320 North Dearborn Street, Chicago, IL 60610
312-744-1900 or 877-866-9216
http://www.westinchicago.com/

Hotel Burnham
1 West Washington, Chicago, IL 60602
312-782-1111 or 877-2294-9712
http://www.burnhamhotel.com/home.html

January 16, 2006 - Tonight we went on a guided tour around the internet with Ellis Booker, Robert Jordan and Steve Johnson. As part of that program we discussed many interesting and useful websites. Here is the (mostly) complete list:

January 10, 2006 - Phil Vettel, restaurant critic for the Chicago Tribune, and expert restaurant writer Don Rose joined us tonight for our annual "Restaurants of the Year" program. Below is a list of all the restaurants that they mentioned:

December 15, 2005 - Noted music expert Peter Levinson was our guest tonight as we discussed Tommy Dorsey and the swing era. Here is the complete list of songs played, and you can purchase all of the Tommy Dorsey pieces on this collection: Tommy Dorsey: The Sentimental Gentleman of Swing, the Centennial Collection.

December 1, 2005 - If you're interested in purchasing editorial cartoonist Scott Nychay's book Drawing a Blank, you can visit his website at http://www.scottnychaybook.com.

November 29, 2005 - Tonight, we featured three Chicago area composers: Dan Tucker, Lita Grier and Easley Blackwood. Below is the complete list of pieces we played, along with links to buy the recordings (when available).

Easley Blackwood – Symphony No. 5, Op. 34, Third Movement (Allegro vivo)
Easley Blackwood - Symphonies Nos. 1 and 5

Lita Grier – Renascence (Concertino for Flute and Orchestra), Third Movement (presto)
American Flute Concertos

Dan Tucker – Two Songs from “Many Moons”
"If Her Mother Were Alive"
"She’s Just a Little Girl After All"

Easley Blackwood – Fanfare in 19-note Equal Tuning, Op. 28a – 17 notes (con moto)

Lita Grier – Songs from Spoon River
“The Hill”
“Zenas Witt”

Aaron Copland – El Salon Mexico

Dan Tucker – Chamber Symphony, Third Movement

November 9, 2005 - John Williams hosted our appreciation of Sam Cooke tonight. Here is the complete list of songs that were played during the program:

October 19, 2005 - Joseph Parisi, former editor of Poetry magazine, and Christina Pugh, professor of English at the University of Illinois Chicago, were are two guests on tonight's celebration of modern poetry. Here is the complete list of poems read and played:

October 18, 2005 - The topic for tonight was mountain climbing. If you want to learn more about our guest Arlene Blum's life, books and climbs, you can visit her website: http://www.arleneblum.com/.

October 17, 2005 - Tonight was our annual visit from members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. If you're interested in buying tickets for the upcoming season, you can call 312-294-3000 or visit http://www.cso.org. Below is the complete list of music played on tonight's program, with links to buy the CDs online, when available.

Mahler – Symphony No. 5 in C Sharp minor
Rondo-Finale from Part III
From Mahler: Symphony No. 5, Daniel Barenboim conducting the CSO.

Brahms – Symphony No. 1 in C minor
First movement (Un poco sostenuto)
Fourth movement (Adagio – piu Andante – Allegro non troppo, ma con brio

Dvorak – Symphony No. 9 in E minor (From the New World)
Second movement (Largo)
From Dvorak: Symphony No. 9 "From the New World", Sir Georg Solti conducting the CSO.

Shostakovich – Symphony No. 4 in C major
First movement (Allegro poco moderato)

Strauss – Ein Heldenleben
Der Held (The Hero)

Mozart – Symphony No. 40 in G minor
First movement (Molto Allegro)
From Mozart: Symphony Nos. 40 and 41, James Levine conducting the CSO.

Duke Ellington – Star-Crossed Lovers and Mood Indigo/Purple Gazelle
From the CD Tribute to Ellington featuring Daniel Barenboim and CSO musicians.

Wagner – The Flying Dutchman Overture

October 5, 2005 - Nobel Laureate Gary Becker was our guest tonight, and one of the many projects he discussed was his blog with Judge Richard Posner. You can access the Becker-Posner blog here: http://www.becker-posner-blog.com/.

September 30, 2005 - Tonight we welcomed back former Extension 720 producer Chris Vallance to the program to discuss podcasting. You can read more of Chris' insights into podcasting and blogging at Radio Five Live's blog: http://www.bbc.co.uk/fivelive/programmes/upallnight_blog/. You can also read and hear about Chris' personal podcasting hobby at http://pocketplanetradio.com/.

September 12, 2005 - During tonight's open line program, Milt read this op-ed by Cathy Young from the Boston Globe, titled "A Hurricane of Blame": http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2005/09/12/a_hurricane_of_blame/.

September 5, 2005 - Tonight's program featured Barbara Gaines, artistic director of the Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, and Mike Nussbaum, the legendary Chicago actor who is starring as Shylock in the current production of The Merchant of Venice (which runs through November 12). If you'd like more information on the show, or to purchase tickets, call the Chicago Shakespeare Theatre box office at 312-595-5600 or visit their website: http://www.chicagoshakes.com/.

August 18, 2005 - Here is the complete list of scenes played as part of our programo on Shakespeare's histories. All of the scenes come from the The Complete Arkangel Shakespeare, except where noted:

Richard II – Act III, scene ii – “No matter where; of comfort no man speak”
Richard II – Act IV, scene i – “Alack, why am I sent for to a king, before I have shook off the regal thoughts…”
Henry IV, Part 1 – Act II, scene iv – “Do thou stand for my father?”
Henry V – Act IV, scene iii – the St. Crispin’s Day speech (from the Henry V movie by Sir Laurence Olivier)
Henry V – Epilogue – “Thus far, with rough and all unable pen”
Henry VI, Part 3 – Act II, scene v – “Ill blows the wind that profits nobody”
Richard III – Act 1, scene i – “Now is the winter of our discontent” (performed live by Nick Rudall)
Richard III – Act I, scene ii – “Stay, you that bear the corse, set it down” (Wooing scene)

August 12, 2005 - As part of Extension 720's seminar on the proper use of the English language, Milt mentioned this list of eighteen rules for writers, originally compiled by William Safire: http://www.chem.gla.ac.uk/protein/pert/safire.rules.html.

August 11, 2005 - If you're interested in finding out more information about the New Coalition for Economic and Social Change, the organization featured on tonight's program, you can call them at 312-377-4000, e-mail their president Lee H. Waler at lwalker@newcoalition.org or visit their website: http://www.newcoalition.org/.

August 5, 2005 - As we commemorated the 60th anniversary of Hiroshima, Milt mentioned this article from the Weekly Standard on the same topic: http://www.weeklystandard.com/Utilities/printer_preview.asp?idArticle=5894&R=C62B38273.

July 26, 2005 - During the rain delay of tonight's Cubs game, Milt read an article by Carol Marin from the July 24th Chicago Sun-Times. Here is the link to that article: http://www.suntimes.com/output/marin/cst-edt-carol241.html.

July 15, 2005 - Our panel of three film critics--Virginia Wexman, J.R. Jones and Justine Elias--came up with this list of great films below. And if you're interested in traveling to the Toronto Film Festival with Virginia Wexman, you can call Facets at 773-281-9075 or visit http://www.silverscreentours.com/.

July 13, 2005 - James Conlon and Welz Kauffman from the Ravinia Festival were our guests. If you're interested in more information or to buy tickets, you can call 847-266-5100 or visit http://www.ravinia.org/. Here is the list of pieces we played tonight:

Ponchielli: "Dance of the Hours" from La Gioconda (Philadelphia Orchestra, conducted by Eugene Ormandy)
Rossini: Overture to William Tell (Philadelphia Orchestra, conducted by Eugene Ormandy)
Grieg: Piano Concerto, 1st movement (Van Cliburn piano with the Philadelphia Orchestra, conducted by Eugene Ormandy)
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 21, K. 467, 2nd movement "Elvira Madigan" (Jos van Immerseel piano, with the orchestra Anima Eterna)
Mozart: Symphony No. 38 ("Prague"), 1st movement (Prague Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Sir Charles Mackerras)
Verdi: "Viva Il Leon Di San Marco" from Otello (Jon Vickers/Leonie Rysanek/Tito Gobbi/Tullio Serafin conducting the Rome Opera Orchestra and Chorus)
Verdi: "Nium mi tema" from Otello (Jon Vickers/Leonie Rysanek/Tito Gobbi/Tullio Serafin conducting the Rome Opera Orchestra and Chorus)
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D, Op. 35, 3rd movement "Allegro vivacissimo" (Jascha Heifetz, violin with Fritz Reiner conducting the Chicago Symphony)
Viktor Ullman: Don Quixote tanzt Fandango (1944) - James Conlon conducting the Gurzenich Orchester Kolner Philharmoniker

July 11, 2005 - Our guests tonight were all from the Chicago Shakespeare Theatre's upcoming production of The Comedy of Errors, which runs from July 13 through August 13. You can purchase tickets through their box office at 312-595-5600 or their website: http://www.chicagoshakes.com/.

July 8, 2005 - During tonight's show, Milt played a portion of former Extension 720 producer Chris Vallance's recent podcast on the London bombings. You can find the audio at http://www.pocketplanetradio.com/ and the direct line (which opens automatically in MP3 form) is http://pocketplanetradio.typepad.com/audiofiles/terrorpodcast.mp3.

July 1, 2005 - For the complete list of music played during tonight's "Milt's Music," you can go to the "Milt's Music Collection" portion of the website: http://wgnradio.com/shows/ex720/music2005.htm.

June 29, 2005 - Tim Naftali, tonight's guest, is not only an expert on counterterrorism, but his day job is to run the Presidential Recordings Program at the University of Virginia's Miller Center of Public Affairs. Their website is http://www.whitehousetapes.org/ and there you can find a treasure trove of transcripts and excerpts from presidential recordings from Roosevelt to Nixon.

June 24, 2005 - If you liked the music you heard on our restaurateurs program, here is the complete list of songs played tonight:

"Food, Glorious Food" - from the Original Soundtrack Recording of Oliver!
"Cocktails for Two" - Spike Jones
"Scenes from an Italian Restaurant" - Billy Joel
"Smokey Joe's Cafe" - The Robins
"Alice's Restaurant" - Arlo Guthrie
"Beans and Cornbread" - Louis Jordan

June 9, 2005 - Tonight's show was an overview of the first twenty years of radio. If you're interested in seeing if some of your favorite old programs are available for purchase, you can visit http://www.bookzap.com/. If you want to find out more about J. Fred MacDonald's radio, television and film archive, you can visit his website: http://www.macfilms.com/.

May 25, 2005 - Thomas Blass joined the program tonight to discuss his groundbreaking new biography of Stanley Milgram. To find out more about Milgram and Blass' book, visit http://www.stanleymilgram.com/.

May 19, 2005 - If you liked some of the music you heard on tonight's travel program, here is the complete list of musical bumps played tonight:

"Let's Get Away From It All" - Tommy Dorsey, featuring Connie Haines and the Pied Pipers.
"(Get Your Kicks On) Route 66" - Nat King Cole
"Come Fly With Me" - Frank Sinatra
"King of the Road" - Roger Miller
"On the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe" - Judy Garland and Company (from The Harvey Girls)
"I Can't Get Started" - Ella Fitzgerald

May 18, 2005 - Here is the complete list of music played during Extension 720's program on Frank Sinatra. All of these tracks are from the CD Frank Sinatra: The Reprise Collection: "I Get A Kick Out of You," "Night and Day," "A Very Good Year," "That's Life," "Mack the Knife" and "Sweet Lorraine."

May 17, 2005 - For information on all things Jean Shepherd, check out this wonderful website: http://www.flicklives.com/. You can also listen to Harry Shearer narrating a tribute to Shep that aired on KCRW in Los Angeles: http://www.kcrw.org/specials/JeanShepherd.html.

May 13, 2005 - During tonight's show on cheating in baseball, our guest Eldon Ham referenced the book The Physics of Baseball by Robert Kemp Adair.

April 14, 2005 - As part of our show on stand-up comedy, we played numerous clips from different comics. Below is the complete list, along with links to buy the CDs when available.

Jerry Seinfeld - "Air Travel" from I'm Telling You for the Last Time
Steve Cochran - "Radio Faces" from his live performance at the College of DuPage on 12/31/04
Jackie Mason - "Psychiatry" from The World According to Me
Jeff Foxworthy - "You Might Be A Redneck If..." from You Might Be a Redneck If...
Bill Cosby - "Planes" from Revenge
Kathleen Madigan - "My Parents" from Kathleen Madigan
Steve Cochran - "Phases of Life" from his live performance at the College of DuPage on 12/31/04
Dom Irrera - "Dom Irrera" from Dom Irrera Greatest Hits, Vol. 1

April 13, 2005 - Extension 720 broadcast live from the Chicago Historical Society. You can find out more about the exhibits and programs at their website http://www.chicagohistory.org/ or by calling 312-642-4200.

April 7, 2005 - Allan Carlson, head of the Howard Center for Family, Religion and Society was our main guest. If you're interested in more information, visit their website: http://www.profam.org/.

April 4, 2005 - Tonight's show featured some of the "Great Books" of literature. Here is a list of excerpts that our guests Bruce Gans and Mark Bauerlein read on the air, and (where available) links to purchase the book or read the full text online:

Thomas Babington Macaulay - "On Milton"
W.E.B. DuBois - The Souls of Black Folk
Martin Luther King, Jr. - "Letter from Birmingham Jail"
The Bible - Book of Job, Chapter 3
William Shakespeare - Hamlet, Act II scene ii. Also available as part of The Complete Arkangel Shakespeare: 38 Fully Dramatized Unabridged Plays

March 31, 2005 - At the beginning of our Terri Schiavo discussion, Milt read an article from the Weekly Standard by William Anderson titled "It Is Ended." You can access the article here: http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/005/421fubzy.asp.

March 22, 2005 - Tonight's show featured guests from university presses located in and around Chicago. Here are their websites and phone numbers if you were interested in any of the books mentioned on the show:

Northwestern University Press - http://www.nupress.northwestern.edu/ - (847) 491-2046

The University of Chicago Press - http://www.press.uchicago.edu/ - (773) 702-7700

University of Wisconsin Press - http://www.wisc.edu/wisconsinpress/ - 608-263-1110

And if you're interested in the Modern Library's 100 Best Non-Fiction Books of the 20th Century that Milt read from on the air, the official list can be found here: http://listsofbests.com/list/2/ and the Reader's Picks list can be found here: http://listsofbests.com/list/4/.

March 18, 2005 - During tonight's show, Milt read five articles aloud. Here they are:

Charles Krauthammer – “What’s Left? Shame” – from the Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45508-2005Mar17.html

Fareed Zakaria – “What Bush Got Right” – From Newsweek
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7103517/site/newsweek/

Ann Coulter – “Freeze! I Just Had My Nails Done” – from Townhall.com
http://www.townhall.com/columnists/anncoulter/printac20050317.shtml

Richard Cohen – "C-SPAN’s Balance of the Absurd” – from the Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35346-2005Mar14.html

Steve Chapman – “The Steroids Hearing Should Be Out at First” – from the Chicago Tribune
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/chi-0503170204mar17,1,5765942.column?coll=chi-news-col

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