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Pink Brain, Blue Brain
1:06 pm Thursday on The Afternoon Magazine
In the past decade, we’ve heard a lot about the innate differences between males and females. As a result, we’ve come to accept that boys can’t focus in a classroom and girls are obsessed with relationships. That’s just the way they’re built. In her book “Pink Brain Blue Brain,” neuroscientist Lise Eliot turns that thinking on its head. Host Celeste Quinn talks to her about her research.
Come to “Media Matters” Live Event!
12:30 pm Sunday, Feb. 21
Free; tickets required (call 217-333-7300 by Feb. 15)
This is your chance to see Bob McChesney do his show live with guest John Nichols at the Siebel Center in Urbana during this special event. Bob will sign his new book afterward, with book sales benefitting WILL.
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From AM 580 News
Evaluation Time for Political Candidates
Story air date: Wednesday, February 03, 2010
It’s evaluation time for candidates in yesterday’s Illinois primaries, even as we still don’t know for sure who will be the Democratic and Republican nominees for governor. University of Illinois political science professor Brian Gaines stayed up late last night along with many other political observers, only to see two dead-heat races with no clear resolution in sight. AM 580’s Tom Rogers interviewed him.
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Agricultural Broadcasting
Timely market reports and expert analysis
Tonight’s Ag Outlook Panel in Kankaee is CANCELED
Get the latest WILL Ag Audio/Market Analysis...
Media Matters with Bob McChesney
Sundays from 1 to 2 pm Central on AM580
Sunday, February 14, 2010:
Barry C. Lynn is Bob's guest on Sunday
All Media Matters programs and archives...
Keepin' the Faith with Steve Shoemaker
Sundays from 5 to 6 pm Central on AM580
Sunday, February 07, 2010:
"Practicing 7 Religions," James S. Wolfe, Prof of Sociology and Religion, Indianapolis University
All Keepin' the Faith programs and archives...
Legal Issues in the News
Monday mornings at 7:25 and 9:40 am central on WILL-AM
Amy Gajda, Professor of Legal Writing at the University of Illinois College of Law, examines interesting legal issues from news stories and elsewhere. Winner of seven Associated Press awards for best editorial commentary.
Monday, February 08, 2010 :
Breach of Promise to Marry
All Legal Issues in the News archives...
Sidetrack with Jason Croft
First Saturday of the month at 6 pm
February 2010
This month, we talk to an Illinois school teacher who has made it her mission this year to eat the same school lunches her students eat and blog about it. We hear about how butchery classes are becoming popular. We chat with the widow of Western writer Louie L’Amour. And we learn about two men who build musical instruments that run on solar power. Those stories and more, this time on Sidetrack.
Today on Focus 580
Interviews on global affairs and daily life
Listener call-in lines during the show:
217-333-9455 or toll-free 800-222-9455
10 am:
Lawn & Garden Care
Sandy Mason, Horticulture Educator, University of Illinois Extension Service
11 am:
The Harvard Psychedelic Club: How Timothy Leary, Ram Dass, Huston Smith, and Andrew Weil Killed the Fifties and Ushered in a New Age for America
Don Lattin, Freelance Journalist and Religion Writer
Today on The Afternoon Magazine
News, interviews, weather, markets, sports, the works
1:06 pm:
A Voyage Long and Strange:Rediscovering the New World
Tony Horwitz, Pulitzer Prize Winning Journalist
The Public Square
Citizen commentaries on AM580
4:45 and 6:45 pm on Fridays
Friday, February 05, 2010:
Jan Kruse on Racial Prejudice in the Champaign County Jury System
All Public Square commentaries and archives...
Environmental Alamanac
A weekly commentary by Rob Kanter from the University of Illinois Environmental Council (Thursdays at 4:45 pm and 6:45 pm)
Something of Interest
Features from the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences at the University of Illinois (Wednesdays at 6:19 pm)
News from NPR
U.S. News:
- Senate Republicans Block Obama Labor Board Pick
- Snow Paralyzes Federal Government
- First Lady Takes Aim At Childhood Obesity
World News:
- Haiti Raises Earthquake's Death Toll To 230,000
- Obama: U.S. Preparing 'Significant' Sanctions On Iran
- Pakistani City Becomes Suspected Taliban Hot Spot
Politics & Society:
- Senate Republicans Block Obama Labor Board Pick
- GOP 'Roadmap' Summons Past Health Debate Ideas
- Obama Urges Bipartisan Work On Jobs Bill
On All Things Considered:
- Study Examines Brain's Risk Center
- Study: Mediterranean Diet May Lower Stroke Risk
- Toyota Recalls Prius Over Brake Problems
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