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Interview Archives: Entertainment
Friday May 11, 2012, 10:06 AM
Bill Veeck: Baseball's Greatest Maverick
Bill Dickson, Freelance Award-Winning Writer
Host: David Inge
We’ll explore the life and times of one of baseball’s most eccentric personalities, Bill Veeck. Many will remember him for all of the wacky things he did to get people to the ball park. But this one-time owner of the Chicago White Sox had a serious impact on the game, introducing innovations we now take for granted. He was also an early advocate for the inclusion of black players. Our guest will be Paul Dickson, author of the new biography "Bill Veeck: Baseball’s Greatest Maverick."
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Categories: Biography • Entertainment • Sports
Friday September 16, 2011, 11:06 AM
Shock Value: How a Few Eccentric Outsiders Gave Us Nightmares, Conquered Hollywood, and Invented Modern Horror
Jason Zinoman, Critic and Reporter covering theater for The New York Times
Host: David Thiel
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Categories: Entertainment • Film/Movies
Thursday June 16, 2011, 10:06 AM
Talk with the Illinois Public Media/WILL Station Managers
Mark Leonard, General Manager, Illinois Public Media/WILL
Jay Pearce, Director of Created Content, Illinois Public Media/WILL
Host: David Inge
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Categories: Entertainment • Media and journalism
Wednesday February 23, 2011, 11:06 AM
2011 Insect Fear Film Festival: Killer Wasps, February 26, University of Illinois
May Berenbaum, Ph.D., Head, Department of Entomology; Professor, Department of Entomology, UIUC: joint appointment, Department Plant Biology, UIUC; Affiliate, Dept. Ecology, Ethology, and Evolution, UIUC; Affiliate, Center for Economic Entomology, Illinois Natural History Survey, University of Illinois
Host: David Inge
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Focus: 2011 Insect Fear Film Festival from Illinois Public Media on Vimeo.
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Categories: Entertainment • Film/Movies
Monday February 21, 2011, 11:06 AM
American Rose A Nation Laid Bare: The Life and Times of Gypsy Rose Lee
Karen Abbott, Journalist and Writer
Host: David Inge
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Categories: Biography • Entertainment
Tuesday January 04, 2011, 11:06 AM
Death of a Pirate: British Radio and the Making of the Information Age
Adrian Johns, Ph.D., Professor of History, University of Chicago; Prize Winning Writer
Host: David Inge
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Categories: Business History • Crime • Entertainment • History • Politics • Europe • United Kingdom
Wednesday November 17, 2010, 10:06 AM
Doonesbury and the Art of G. B. Trudeau
Brian Walker, Historian of Comics
Host: David Inge
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Categories: Entertainment • History • United States history
Monday November 08, 2010, 11:06 AM
"The Baseball Music Project"
Dave Winfield, Executive with the San Diego Padres; Athlete, formerly with the New York Yankees, and five other teams; Member of the Baseball Hall of Fame; Writer; Host and Narrator of "The Baseball Music Project", Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, 11/12 7:30 PM
Scott Schwartz, Ph.D., Archivist for Music and Fine Arts and Associate Professor, University Library, University of Illinois
Host: Jeff Bossert
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Categories: Entertainment • Music • Sports
Monday November 01, 2010, 11:06 AM
"The History of Russian Rock /n/ Roll"
Artemyi Troitsky, Journalist; Visitng Professor, Moscow State University and Russia's National University of Management in the Performing Arts Division
Host: David Inge
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Categories: Entertainment • Music
Friday March 12, 2010, 11:06 AM
Interview
Alan J. W. Bell, British Television Producer and Director
Host: David Thiel
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Categories: Entertainment • Film/Movies • Television
