Focus
Interviews on global affairs and daily life
Monday thru Friday, 10 am to noon on WILL-AM 580
Hosts: David Inge and Celeste Quinn
Producer: Harriet Williamson
Listener call-in lines during the show:
217-333-9455 or toll-free 800-222-9455
or .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Subscribe to the Focus Podcast
Today on Focus - Tuesday, May 22, 2012
10:06 AM
Current Events in Burma/Myanmar
Christina Fink, Ph.D., Professor of Practice of International Affairs, The Elliott School of International Affairs, The George Washington University
Burma is one of the poorest countries in Asia. A long period of military rule has kept the country from developing either politically or economically. But that may be starting to change. One sign of that change was the recent election to Parliament of the country’s leading opposition figure Aung San Suu Kyi. Next time on Focus our morning talk show we will review recent events in Burma as we talk with Christina Fink, from the Elliot School of International Affairs at the George Washington University in Washington DC.
Play now:
Download: mp3 file
Interview links:
11:06 AM
Net Smart: How to Thrive Online
Howard Rheingold, Ph.D., Writer
Our guest will be Howard Rheingold. For many years he was been writing enthusiastically about the power of social media. But he says the media he has been using for three decades now do have their downsides and the way we use them does matter for us and society. His new book Net Smart is an argument for a kind digital literacy. It presents a program for social media use that is intelligent, humane…and above all, mindful.
Play now:
Download: mp3 file
Interview links:
Categories:
Coming up next:
Wednesday, May 23, 2012, 10:06 AM
Flagrant Conduct: the Story of Lawrence v. Texas: How a Bedroom Arrest Decriminalized Gay Americans
Dale Carpenter, J.D., the Earl R. Larson Professor of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Law, University of Minnesota Law School
Interview links:
Categories: Family • Gay and Lesbian Issues • Government • Law
Wednesday, May 23, 2012, 11:06 AM
Foot Care
Robert Born, DPM, Podiatrist, Carle Physician Group, Urbana, Illinois
Categories: Health • Foot Care
Thursday, May 24, 2012, 10:06 AM
Interview
Homer Hickam, Writer; Former Aerospace Engineer with NASA
Interview links:
Categories: Space Exploration
Thursday, May 24, 2012, 11:06 AM
The New Geography of Jobs
Enrico Moretti, Ph.D., the Michael Peevey and Donald Vial Career Development Chair in Labor Economics, Department of Economics, University of California, Berkeley
Interview links:
Categories: Economics • Labor/worker issues • Employment
Friday, May 25, 2012, 10:06 AM
Unwarranted Influence: Dwight D. Eisenhower and the Military Industrial Complex
James Ledbetter, Journalist
Categories:
Friday, May 25, 2012, 11:06 AM
Join the Club: How Peer Pressure Can Transform the World
Tina Rosenberg, Pulitzer Prize Winning Journalist
Categories:
Tuesday, May 29, 2012, 10:06 AM
Sustainable Initiatives and Priorities at the University of Illinois and Parkland College
Pradeep Khanna, Ph.D., Associate Chancellor, University of Illinois
Seamus Reilly, Vice President for Institutional Advancement; Chair, International Education Council, Parkland College
Interview links:
Categories: Energy • sustainability • Environment
Tuesday, May 29, 2012, 11:06 AM
The Statue of Liberty: A Transatlantic Story
Edward Berenson, Ph.D., Director, Institute of French Studies; Professor of History, New York University
Categories: Cultural Studies
Wednesday, May 30, 2012, 10:06 AM
Current Events in Egypt
Kenneth M. Cuno, Ph.D., Associate Professor of History; Associate Professor of African Studies; Associate Professor of LAS Global Studies South Asian & Middle Eastern Studies, University of Illinois
Interview links:
Categories: Government • Politics • Africa • Egypt
Wednesday, May 30, 2012, 10:06 AM
The Last Hunger Season: A Year in an African Farm Community on the Brink of Change
Roger Thurow, Journalist; Senior Fellow, The Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Interview links:
Categories: Agriculture • Hunger • Africa • Kenya
