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
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Coming up next:
Monday, February 13, 2012, 10:06 AM
Talk with the Candidate
The Honorable Adam Brown, Representative to the Illinois House 101st District; Republican Candidate for the Illinois House, 102nd District
We’ll have the first in a series of conversations with candidates competing in Illinois' March primary. We’ll be talking with candidates for Congress and for the Statehouse beginning with State Rep. Adam Brown, a Republican seeking his party’s spot on the ballot in the new 102nd District. The district includes all of Shelby County and the communities of Arthur, Arcola and Savoy. This will be your chance to ask questions about the issues most important to you.
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Categories: Government • Elections • United States • Illinois
Monday, February 13, 2012, 11:06 AM
Talk with the Family Physician
Jeffrey Swearingen, M.D., Family Practice Physician, Carle Physician Group
We’ll be doing our regular “talk to the family doctor” program with Dr. Jeff Swearingen, family medicine physician from Carle Clinic in Urbana. He stops by every other month to answer your questions about health concerns. We do these shows to give you a place to start, and add to your base of knowledge about health. Dr. Swearingen works with people of all ages in his practice, children and grown-ups.
Categories: Health
Tuesday, February 14, 2012, 10:06 AM
Lawn & Garden Care
Sandy Mason, Horticulture Educator, University of Illinois Extension
Categories: Gardening and Horticulture
Tuesday, February 14, 2012, 11:06 AM
Insects
May Berenbaum, Ph.D., Entomologist; Head of the Department of Entomology, University of Illinois
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Wednesday, February 15, 2012, 10:06 AM
Precious Commodity: Providing Water for America's Cities
Martin V. Melosi, Ph.D., the Hugh Roy and Lillie Cranz Cullen University Professor of History; Director of the Center for Public History, University of Houston
Categories: Natural Resources • Resources
Wednesday, February 15, 2012, 11:06 AM
Water 101: How Your Water and Sewage Work
Dennis Schmidt, Director of Public Works, Champaign Public Works Department
Ronald L. Smith, Senior Operations Manager Field Services & Production, American Illinois Water Corporation
Categories: Community • Government • Infrastructure
Thursday, February 16, 2012, 10:06 AM
Talk with the Candidate
The Honorable Jason Barickman, Representative to the Illinois State House from the 105th District; Republican Candidate Illinois State Senate for the 53rd District
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Categories: Government • Elections • Politics • United States • Illinois
Thursday, February 16, 2012, 11:06 AM
Water Planning and Management for Illinois and East Central Illinois
H. Vernon Knapp, Senior Hydrologist, Center for Watershed Science, Illinois State Water Survey, University of Illinois
George S. Roadcap, Ph.D., Hydrogeologist, Center for Groundwater Science, Illinois State Water Survey, University of Illinois
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Friday, February 17, 2012, 10:06 AM
Personal Finance
David Sinow, J.D., Ph.D., Clinical Professor of Finance, College of Business; Director of the Office of Risk Management and Insurance Research, University of Illinois
Categories: Personal Finance
Friday, February 17, 2012, 11:06 AM
Hybrid Nature: Sewage Treatment and the Contradictions of the Industrial Ecosystem
Daniel Schneider, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Urban and regional Planning, Ecologist, Illinois Natural History Survey, University of Illinois
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Categories: Ecology • History • Infrastructure
