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Crisis with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
Focus 580 host David Inge examines the crisis with mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac with Susan Wachter from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania
11:06 a.m. Tuesday on AM 580
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Summer Reading Suggestions
The hosts and producers of our local radio programs have supplied us with a list of reading suggestions for the beach, the pool, the garden, the porch, a hammock or even by the air conditioner!
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From AM580 News
Revival for an Old Nursing Home
Story air date: Friday, July 11, 2008
It only took a year, but what could have been an empty and decaying complex in Urbana is now a training ground for homeland security teams. A couple of days in advance of the official opening, AM 580’s Tom Rogers got an advance tour of the building that was once the Champaign County Nursing Home with the head of the Illinois Law Enforcement Alarm System, Jim Page (left).
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Agricultural Broadcasting
Timely market reports and expert analysis
AM 580 Agriculture Headed to Boone Iowa for Farm Progress Show 2008
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Media Matters with Bob McChesney
Sundays from 1 to 2 pm Central on AM580
Sunday, July 20, 2008:
Michael Perelman, economist at California State University
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Keepin' the Faith with Steve Shoemaker
Sundays from 5 to 6 pm Central on AM580
Sunday, July 27, 2008:
Life as a Hospital Chaplain, with Rev. Peter Dyck, Provena Hospital, Urbana
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, July 14, 2008 :
The Legal Meaning of Tatoos
All Legal Issues in the News archives...
Sidetrack with Jason Croft
First Saturday of the month at 6 pm
July 2008
This month we find out how Hollywood icon Hedy Lamarr is responsible for modern technology…hear about one writer’s adventures after getting stuck in her bathroom…and we talk to the B-movie actress Tura Satana, star of Russ Meyer’s Faster Pussycat, Kill! Kill!
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:
World Food Prices and Current World Trade Organization Talks
Robert L. Thompson, Ph.D., Gardner Endowed Chair in Agricultural Policy, Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics, University of Illinois
11 am:
The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives
Leonard Mlodinow, Television Screenwriter, Creator of Award Winning Games, and a Lecturer in Computation and Neural Systems at the California Institute of Technology
Today on The Afternoon Magazine
News, interviews, weather, markets, sports, the works
1:06 pm:
How To Watch TV News
Steve Powers, Ph.D., Journalist, and Former Anchor/Reporter for Fox News
The Public Square
Citizen commentaries on AM580
4:45 and 6:45 pm on Fridays
Friday, May 23, 2008:
Lisa Bralts on local, sustainable agriculture
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:
- Boomers Find Way To Make Social Impact, Money
- Mass. Insurance Firms May Pay For Retail Health Clinics
- Study: Girls, Boys On Par In Math
World News:
- Karadzic's Arrest Brings Mixed Feelings In Sarajevo
- On Russian Disarmament, Candidates Agree
- Karadzic Was Once Considered A Moderate By Many
Politics & Society:
- In Berlin, Obama Calls For Anti-Terror Cooperation
- Obama's Speech In Germany Has U.S. Audience
- Barack Obama Lands In Germany
