Focus
Focus, or Focus 580, was WILL Radio's flagship talk program from 1981 until 2014. David Inge was the host from 1981 until his retirement in 2012. Always engaging, the program acted as a resource for citizens to directly question politicians and candidates as well as keep up on the arts, science, health, and even the latest from well-known novelists.
The Focus archive below offers thousands of great interviews and serves as a time capsule and a great resource for researchers and those just curious about how influential people spoke of important topics as they were happening.
Pandora’s Baby: How the First Test Tube Babies Sparked the Reproductive Revolution
Guest: Robin Henig.
This summer, Louise Brown will turn 26. The world's first test tube baby, her successful birth paved the way for over one million others. Today on Focus, we'll talk to Robin Henig, author of Pandora's Baby. She'll discuss the lessons we can learn as we face the challenges of these new genetic technologies.
Going to the Moon with the Apollo Project
A discussion about the future of America's space program with expert John M. Logsdon, Director of the Space Policy Institute, George Washington University.
At Home in the Universe
Guest: Stuart Kauffman.
Our guest today on Focus has become well known for arguing that the laws of complexity in science generate much of the order in the natural world. He says that in his studies of philosophy, medicine, and biology, it is often the most complex and apparently random systems that show spontaneous order. It's a factor at least as important as Darwinian natural selection in producing the life we see all around us. Physician and science writer Stuart Kauffman joins us today to discuss this and more.