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Afternoon Magazine Archives for month of September 2009

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Monday thru Friday noon to 4 pm Central

Tuesday, September 01, 2009

1:06 pm

Animal Investigators: How the World's First Wildlife Forensics Lab Is Solving Crimes and Saving Endangered Species

Laurel A. Neme, Ph.D., International Consultant Specializing in Natural Resource Management

This is a repeat broadcast from Friday, May 29, 2009, 1:06 pm

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Wednesday, September 02, 2009

1:06 pm

Red Grange Remembers: Highlights and Reflections of Football's First Superstar, 7 pm Tuesday, September 8, on WILL-TV

Denise La Grassa, Producer, WILL-TV

John Paul, Assistant Producer , WILL-TV

Kemper Peacock, Former television sports producer who interviewed Red Grange

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Categories: SportsUniversity of Illinois

Wednesday, September 02, 2009

2:45 pm

Purebread & Homegrown: America's County Fairs

Drake Hokanson, Director of the Center fro Mississippi River Studies, Winona State University

Carol Kratz, Phyician's Assistant, Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center

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Thursday, September 03, 2009

1:06 pm

Chop Suey: A Cultural History of Chinese Food in the United States

Andrew Coe, Writer

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Categories: Cultural StudiesFood

Thursday, September 03, 2009

2:45 pm

The Seasons on Henry's Farm: A Year of Food and LIfe on a Sustainable Farm

Terra Brockman, Founder of The Land Connection

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Friday, September 04, 2009

1:06 pm

Dog Care and Behavior

Carole Lindholm, Dog Trainer

Jim Kuehl, Dog Trainer

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Categories: Animals

Friday, September 04, 2009

2:45 pm

4-H Legacy Club

Jamie Kleiss, Health and Wellness Program Coordinator, University of Illinois Extension, Chamapign County

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Monday, September 07, 2009

*Aft Mag preempted by Special Programming*

1 pm

NPR Health Care Special

Monday, September 07, 2009

*Aft Mag preempted by Special Programming*

2:00

BackStory Special Looking for Work: A History of Unemployment

Tuesday, September 08, 2009

1:06 pm

Talk with the Nutritionist: Cost-Conscious Cooking

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

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Categories: FoodNutrition

Tuesday, September 08, 2009

2:45 pm

Prairie on the University of Illinois Campus

Suhail Barot, Graduate Student, Antennas Group, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering; Chair, Student Sustainability Committee, University of Illinois

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Categories: Environment

Wednesday, September 09, 2009

1:06 pm

Losing the News: The Future of the News That Feeds Democracy

Alex S. Jones, the Laurence M. Lombard Lecturer in the Press and Public Policy; Director of the Shorenstein Center, Harvard University; Pulitzer Prize-Winning Journalist

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Categories: Media and journalism

Thursday, September 10, 2009

1:06 pm

My River Chronicles: Rediscovering America on the Hudson

Jessica DuLong, United States Coast Guard-Licensed Merchant Marine Officer and Fireboat Engineer; Journalist

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Categories: Cultural StudiesEnvironment

Thursday, September 10, 2009

2:45 pm

"Words in the Wind"

Molly Delaney, M.Ed., WILL's Education Outreach Director, Illinois Public Media

Actors from the Station Theatre, Parkland College Theatre, and the University of Illinois Department of Theatre will bring children's books to life in a concert-style performance to benefit WILL's Book Mentor Project. The performance is set for 7:30 p.m., Saturday, September 12 at Faith United Methodist Church in Champaign.

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Categories: Books and ReadingChildrenEducation

Friday, September 11, 2009

1:06 pm

Plan/Bee: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About the Hardest-Working Creatures on the Planet

Susan Brackney, Bee-Keeper

This is a repeat broadcast from Monday, May 11, 2009, 1:06 pm

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Monday, September 14, 2009

1:06 pm

The Garden of Invention: Luther Burbank and the Business of Breeding Plants

Jane S. Smith, Ph.D., Scholar, Writer, and Adjunct Professor, Northwestern University

This is a repeat broadcast from Wednesday, May 27, 2009, 1:06 pm

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Tuesday, September 15, 2009

1:06 pm

Pay to Play: How Rod Blagojevich Turned Political Corruption into a National Sideshow

Elizabeth Brackett, News Host for WTTW's Chicago Tonight

This is a repeat broadcast from Thursday, June 25, 2009, 1:06 pm

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Categories: GovernmentLiteraturePolitics

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

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 Envrionmental Sciences at the University of Illinois

Charles Voigt, Extension Specialist, Vegetable Crops in the Department of Natural Resources

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Categories: Gardening and Horticulture

Thursday, September 17, 2009

1:06 pm

George Gershwin: An Intimate Portrait

Walter Rimler, Writer and Biographer

Guest Host: Lee Ann Donner

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Categories: BiographyMusic

Thursday, September 17, 2009

2:45 pm

Art at the University of Illinois, Urbana

Muriel (Mickie) Scheinman, Art Historian; author of A Guide to Art at the University of Illinois: Urbana-Champaign, Robert Allerton Park, and Chicago

Guest Host: Chris Harris

recorded on August 28, 2009

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Categories: ArchitectureArt and DesignUniversity of Illinois

Friday, September 18, 2009

1:06 pm

The Walking People: A Novel

Mary Beth Keane, Award-Winning Journalit

This is a repeat broadcast from Wednesday, June 03, 2009, 1:06 pm

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Monday, September 21, 2009

1:06 pm

Computers & You

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

Guest Host: Tom Rogers

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Categories: TechnologyComputersInternet

Monday, September 21, 2009

2:45 pm

The Informers

Juan Gabriel Vasquez, Award-Winning Colombian Writer

Guest Host: Carol Spindel

recorded on 9/18/09

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Categories: LiteratureWarSouth AmericaColumbia

Tuesday, September 22, 2009

1:06 pm

The Good, the Bad, & the Ugly: Chicago White Sox

Mark Gonzales, Reporter on the White Sox for the Chicago Tribune

Guest Host: Jeff Bossert

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Tuesday, September 22, 2009

2:45 pm

The Winds of Dune

Brian Herbert, Novelist and Son of Frank Herbert Creator of Dune

Guest Host: David Thiel

recorded August 31

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Wednesday, September 23, 2009

1:06 pm

The Skies: Weather and Stars with "The Sky Guys"

Edward Kieser, WILL Meteorologist

David Leake, Staerkel Panetarium Coordinator and Associate Professor Physics and Astronomy at Parkland College

Guest Host: Ed Kieser

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Thursday, September 24, 2009

1:06 pm

Puppy Mills

Jordan Matyas, Illinois State Director of The Humane Society of the U.S. (by phone)

Mary Tiefenbrunn , Executive Director, Champaign County Humane Society

Guest Host: Lee Ann Donner

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Categories: Animals

Thursday, September 24, 2009

2:45 pm

Lend Me a Tenor, Parkland Theatre, September 30, October 2, 3, 8-10

Thom Schnarre , Director

Guest Host: Jay Pearce

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Categories: Theatre

Friday, September 25, 2009

1:06 pm

Strength in What Remains: A Journey of Remembrance

Tracy Kidder, Writer; Winner of the 1982 National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize

Guest Host: Stephen Lyons

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Categories: Biography

Monday, September 28, 2009

1:06 pm

Dime Novel Desperadoes: The Notorious Maxwell Brothers

John Hallwas, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of English, Western Illinois University; Writer

Guest Host: Jim Meadows

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Categories: BiographyCrimeHistoryUnited States historyLiterature

Monday, September 28, 2009

2:45 pm

"My Name is Rachel Corrie", Station Theatre, October 8-24

Mathew Green, Director

Lindsey Markel, Actress

Guest Host: Jay Pearce

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Categories: Theatre

Tuesday, September 29, 2009

1:06 pm

Correctional Education

Cherry Brewer, Deputy Director of Programs, Illinois Department of Corrections

Guest Host: Lee Ann Donner

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Categories: Criminal JusticeEducation

Wednesday, September 30, 2009

1:06 pm

Images of America: Urbana

Ilona Matkovszki, Historic Preservation Activist; member of the Urbana Public Arts Commission

Dennis Roberts, Alderman on the Urbana City Council reprsenting Ward 5, East Urbana; Founding Member of the Historic East Urbana Neighborhood Association; Book Designer, University of Illinois Press

Guest Host: Jay Pearce

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Categories: ArchaeologyArchitectureArt and DesignChampaign CountyCommunityHistoryUnited States history

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