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Afternoon Magazine Archives for month of October 2008

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Monday thru Friday noon to 4 pm Central

Wednesday, October 01, 2008

1:06 pm

The Case For Make Believe: Saving Play In A Commercialized World

Susan Linn, Ed.D., Associate Director of The Media Center of the Judge Baker Children's Center and an Instructor in Psychiatry at Harvard University Medical School

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Thursday, October 02, 2008

1:06 pm

Crossing Hoffa: A Teamster's Story

Steven J. Harper, Writer, Litigation Partner with Kirkland & Ellis L.L.P., and Adjunct Professor of Trial Advocacy at Northwestern's School of Law

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Categories: BiographyHistoryUnited States historyLabor/worker issues

Friday, October 03, 2008

1:06 pm

Dog Care and Behavior

Robin Haggard, Dog Trainer

Jim Kuehl, Dog Trainer

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Categories: Animals

Monday, October 06, 2008

1:06 pm

Talk with the Nutritionist: Diet and Cancer

Susan Kundrat, R.D., Owner of Nutrition on the Move

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Categories: FoodHealth

Tuesday, October 07, 2008

1:06 pm

Folk Music

Rich Warren, Host of The Midnight Special on WFMT-FM and WILL-AM

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Categories: Music

Wednesday, October 08, 2008

1:06 pm

Beyond UFOS: The Search For Extraterrestrial Life And Its Astonishing Implications For Our Future

Jeffrey Bennett, Writer and Astrophysicist

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Categories: Science

Thursday, October 09, 2008

1:06 pm

Milk: The Surprising Story Of Milk Through The Ages

Anne Mendelson, Scholar and Food Historian

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Categories: CookingFoodHistory

Friday, October 10, 2008

1:06 pm

Hurry Down Sunshine

Michael Greenberg, Columnist for the Times Literary Supplement

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Categories: BiographyFamilyHealthMental HealthLiteraturePsychiatry

Monday, October 13, 2008

1:06 pm

Where Our Food Comes From: Retracing Nikolay Vavilov's Quest To End Famine

Gary Paul Nabhan, Ph.D., Research Social Scientist, Southwest Center, University of Arizona; Founder/Facilitator, Renewing America's Food Traditions Initiative, Slow Food USA; Ethnobiologist; and Conservationist

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Categories: AgricultureConsumer issuesEnvironmentClimate ChangeFood

Tuesday, October 14, 2008

1:06 pm

The Hemingses Of Monticello: An American Family

Annette Gordon-Reed, Professor of Law at New York Law School and Professor of History at Rutgers University

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Categories: BiographyFamilyHistoryUnited States history

Tuesday, October 14, 2008

2:45 pm

Interview

F.E. Higgins, Children's Author of The Black Book Of Secrets and The Bone Magician

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Categories: ChildrenLiterature

Wednesday, October 15, 2008

1:06 pm

The Big Necessity: The Unmentionable World Of Human Waste And Why It Matters

Rose George, Writer for publications such as The Nation, Slate, Details, The New York Times

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Categories: HealthPublic HealthHistory

Wednesday, October 15, 2008

2:45 pm

Home Movie Day Saturday October 18 11:00 AM-3:00 PM, Urbana Free Library

Jimi Jones, Project Coordinator, Audiovisual Self-Assessment Program, University of Illinois Library, Conservation Unit

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Categories: Preservation

Thursday, October 16, 2008

1:06 pm

Bailout: What The Rescue Of Bear Stearns And The Credit Crisis Mean For Your Investments

Candace Millard, Writer and Former Editor for The National Geographic magazine

This is a repeat broadcast from Friday, December 16, 2005, 1:06 pm

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Categories: Biography

Thursday, October 16, 2008

2:45 pm

Baseball's Greatest Hit: The Story Of "Take Me Out To The Ball Game"

Tim Wiles, Director of Research at the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum

Guest Host: Jeff Bossert

Recorded on October 14

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Categories: MusicSports

Friday, October 17, 2008

1:06 pm

Music that Moved Lincoln and the Nation

Scott Schwartz, Associate Professor of Library Administration and Archivist for the Sousa Archives and Center for American Music, University of Illinois

Vernon Burton, Historian and author of The Age Of Lincoln

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Categories: Abraham LincolnHistoryUnited States historyMusic

Monday, October 20, 2008

1:06 pm

Computers and You

Peter Kimble, Computer-Assisted Instructor Specialist with the Center for Teaching Excellence at the University of Illinois

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Categories: TechnologyComputers

Tuesday, October 21, 2008

1:06 pm

Talk with the Station Manager

Jay Pearce, WILL-AM Program Director and WILL-AM-FM Station Manager

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Categories: Media and journalism

Tuesday, October 21, 2008

2:45 pm

"Obamamania and the Crisis of Political Leadership" on October 23 at 7:30 PM, Levis Faculty Center

Ricky L. Jones, Ph.D., Director of the Center for the Study of Crime and Justice in the Black Community and Associate Professor in the Department of Pan-African Studies at the University of Louisville

Professor Christopher Benson interviewed Professor Ricky L. Jones on October 16, 2008

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Categories: GovernmentElections

Wednesday, October 22, 2008

1:06 pm

The Home Landscape

Dianne Noland, Host of WILL-TV's Illinois Gardner and Teaching Associate in the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences at the University of Illinois

Chuck Voigt, Extension Specialist, Vegetable Crops in the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences at the University of Illinois

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Categories: Gardening and Horticulture

Wednesday, October 22, 2008

2:45 pm

Margaret Neil's Work as a Mentor in the Joann Dorsey Homes

Margaret Neil, Resident Leader, Joann Dorsey Homes, and Chair of the Resident Advisory Council for the Housing Authority of Champaign County

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Categories: ChildrenCommunityFamilyNonprofits

Thursday, October 23, 2008

1:06 pm

Hubert's Freaks: The Rare-Book Dealer, The Times Square Talker, And The Lost Photos Of Diane Arbus

Gregory Gibson, Writer and Antiquarian Book Dealer

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Friday, October 24, 2008

1:06 pm

The Suspicions Of Mr. Whicher: A Shocking Murder And The Undoing Of A Great Victorian Detective

Kate Summerscale, Award Winning Writer

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Categories: Crime

Friday, October 24, 2008

2:45 pm

Why I Wore Lipstick To My To My Mastectomy and the Free Event with author Geralyn Lucas, October 28 at Carle Foundation Hospital 7:00 PM

Geralyn Lucas, Former Editorial Producer at the ABC News Magazine 20/20; Journalist; and an Executive Director of Public Affairs at the Lifetime Television Cable Network

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Categories: DiseaseCancerFilm/Movies

Monday, October 27, 2008

1:06 pm

The Angel Of Grozny: Orphans Of A Forgotten War

Asne Seierstad, Award Winning Journalist reporting from Chechnya, the Balkans, Afghanistan and Iraq

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Categories: ChildrenViolenceWar Crimes

Monday, October 27, 2008

2:45 pm

Hello, Cupcake! Irresistibly Playful Creations Anyone Can Make

Karen Tack, Cooking Teacher and Food Stylist

Alan Richardson, Photographer and CoAuthor of The Breath Of A Wok

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Categories: Food

Tuesday, October 28, 2008

1:06 pm

Shapeshift

Sherwin Bitsui, Award Winning Poet

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Categories: Poetry

Tuesday, October 28, 2008

2:45 pm

The Fourth Annual Tournees French Film Festival at Boardman's Art Theatre October 31-November 6

Maggie Flinn, Assistant Professor, Department of French & Unit for Cinema Studies, University of Illinois and Festival Organizing Committe Member

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Categories: Film/Movies

Wednesday, October 29, 2008

2:45 pm

Celebrating American Music Month at the University of Illinois

Scott Schwartz, Associate Professor of Library Administration and Archivist for the Sousa Archives and Center for American Music, University of Illinois

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Wednesday, October 29, 2008

1:06 pm

School Lunch Politics: The Surprising History of America's Favorite Welfare Program

Susan Levine, Ph.D., Professor and Director of Graduate Studies, Department of History, University of Illiinois, Chicago

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Thursday, October 30, 2008

1:06 pm

Assuring Care of a Family Member with Disabilities: Legal and Practical Planning

Mary Anne Williams, Support Coordinator, The Arc (Advocacy, Resources, and Connections for People with Developmental Disabilities) of Frederick County Maryland

Carl Webber, J.D., Attorney with Webber & Thies PC

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Categories: BirdsFamilyLaw

Thursday, October 30, 2008

2:45 pm

Family Routines And Rituals

Barbara H. Fiese, The Pampered Chef, Ltd. Endowed Chair in Family Resiliency and Professor and Director, Family Resiliencey Center, University of Illinois

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Categories: Family

Friday, October 31, 2008

1:06

"Capitol Steps Politics Takes a Holiday Halloween Special"

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Friday, October 31, 2008

1:35 PM

The History of Celebrating Halloween

Jack Santino, Ph.D.., Director of the Bowling Green Center for Popular Cultural Studies and author of All Around The Year

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