Focus 580 Archives for month of March 2007

Interviews on global affairs and daily life

Monday thru Friday, 10 am to noon on WILL-AM 580

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Thursday March 01, 2007, 10:06 AM

PRESIDENTIAL TEMPLES: HOW MEMORIALS AND LIBRARIES SHAPE PUBLIC MEMORY

Benjamin Hufbauer, Associate Professor of Art History at the University of Louisville

This is a repeat broadcast from Friday, February 02, 2007, 10 am

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Thursday March 01, 2007, 11:06 AM

MAD MARY LAMB: LUNACY AND MURDER IN LITERARY LONDON

Susan Tyler Hitchcock, Award Winning Writer

This is a repeat broadcast from Tuesday, April 05, 2005, 10 am

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Friday March 02, 2007, 10:06 AM

PETS IN AMERICA: A HISTORY

Katherine C. Grier, Professor of Material Culture Studies at The Winterthur Program in Early American Culture, the Winterthur Museum, Garden and Library, and the University of Delaware

This is a repeat broadcast from Wednesday, March 22, 2006, 11 am

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Friday March 02, 2007, 11:06 AM

CREATURES OF EMPIRE: HOW DOMESTIC ANIMALS TRANSFORMED EARLY AMERICA

Virginia DeJohn Anderson, Associate Professor of History at the University of Colorado, Boulder

This is a repeat broadcast from Friday, January 28, 2005, 11 am

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Monday March 05, 2007, 10:06 AM

Stealing History: Tomb Raiders, Smugglers, and the Looting of the Ancient World

Roger Atwood, Journalist

This is a repeat broadcast from Thursday, April 14, 2005, 10 am

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Categories: Archaeology

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Monday March 05, 2007, 11:06 AM

THE ICE MAIDEN: INCA MUMMIES, MOUNTAIN GODS, AND SACRED SITES IN THE ANDES

John Reinhard, National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence, Photographer and Cinematographer

This is a repeat broadcast from Friday, August 26, 2005, 11 am

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Tuesday March 06, 2007, 10:06 AM

Current Events In The Republic Of Chile

Mariano Fernández, Ambassador to the U.S. from the Republic of Chile

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Tuesday March 06, 2007, 11:06 AM

HATE CRIMES AND EXTREMISM IN THE UNITED STATES

Brian Levin, Associate Professor of Criminal Justice and Director of the Center for Hate and Extremism at California State University, San Bernadino

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Wednesday March 07, 2007, 10:06 AM

Cooking

Doyle Moore, WILL Chef-in-Residence

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Wednesday March 07, 2007, 11:06 AM

The History Of Immigration To The United States

Donna Gabaccia, Director of the Immigration History Research Center at the University of Minnesota

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Thursday March 08, 2007, 10:06 AM

Consumer Reports Best & Worst 2007 Cars

Michael Quincy, Automotive Content Specialist with Consumer Reports Auto Test Center

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Thursday March 08, 2007, 11:06 AM

NIXON AND MAO: THE WEEK THAT CHANGED THE WORLD

Margaret MacMillan, Professor of History at the University of Toronto

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Friday March 09, 2007, 10:06 AM

Current Events In Syria

Bassam Haddad, Assistant Professor of Political Science at St. Joseph’s University, and Founder of Arab Studies Journal

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Friday March 09, 2007, 11:06 AM

BIG COAL: THE DIRTY SECRET BEHIND AMERICA’S ENERGY FUTURE

Jeff Goodall, Contributing Editor at Rolling Stone

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Monday March 12, 2007, 10:06 AM

CAN THE LAW PROTECT THE RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES?

Robert Williams, Professor of Law and American Indian Studies, and Director of the Indigenous Peoples Law and Policy Program at the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law

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Categories: Race/Ethnicity • Native Americans

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Monday March 12, 2007, 11:06 AM

Severe Weather Preparedness

Ed Kieser, WILL Chief Meteorologist

What do you need to know about preparing for severe weather? Ed Kieser covers the vital points on storm safety and answers your questions.

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Tuesday March 13, 2007, 10:06 AM

Lawn and Garden Care

Sandy Mason, Horticulture Educator at the University of Illinois Extension in Champaign County

Spring is almost here so it’s time to get ready and make things grow.

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Tuesday March 13, 2007, 11:06 AM

The Old Way: A Story Of The First People

Elizabeth Marshall Thomas, Writer

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Categories: Race/Ethnicity • Native Americans

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Wednesday March 14, 2007, 10:06 AM

Designing public consensus: The civic theater of community participation for architects, landscape architects, planners, and urban designers

Barbara Faga, Urban Planner and a Senior Vice-President of Eckbo, Dean, Austin and Williams (EDAW)

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Categories: Architecture • Urban Planning

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Wednesday March 14, 2007, 11:06 AM

NATO: Its Post-Cold War Mission and Role in Afghanistan

Bruce Riedel, Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution

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Thursday March 15, 2007, 10:06 AM

Visual Culture and American Native Art

Janet Catherine Berlo,

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Categories: Art and Design • Race/Ethnicity • Native Americans

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Thursday March 15, 2007, 11:06 AM

Parkland College, the Community College Education

Robert Exley, Ph.D., fourth President of Parkland College

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Friday March 16, 2007, 10:06 AM

Personal Finance

David Sinow, Clinical Professor of Finance at the University of Illinois

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Friday March 16, 2007, 11:06 AM

The Perfect Thing: Hot the iPod Shuffles Commerce, Culture, and Coolness

Steven Levy, Senior Editor and Chief Technology Correspondent at Newsweek

Guest Host: Jack Brighton

How has the iPod affected the way we experience music and the music industry? This interview with Steven Levy was recorded on March 5th, 2007.

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Categories: Business and Economy • Music • Technology

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Monday March 19, 2007, 10:06 AM

Home Maintenance and Repair

Scott Spies, Home Inspector with Spies Home Inspection Service

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Categories: Architecture • How-to

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Monday March 19, 2007, 11:06 AM

Sacred Games: A Novel

Vikram Chandra, Award Winning Novelist and Teacher of Creative Writing at the University of California, Berkeley

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Categories: Literature

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Tuesday March 20, 2007, 10:06 AM

Too Far From Home: A Story of Life and Death in Space

Chris Jones, Award Winning Writer

Guest Host: Too Far From Home: A Story of Life and Death in Space

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Tuesday March 20, 2007, 11:06 AM

Drug law and policy: the FDA, the manufacturer, and with the consumer should know

Sarah E. Igo, Assistant Professor of History at the University of Pennsylvania and a Fellow at Yale’s Whitney Humanities Center 2006-7

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Categories: Health • Health Policy

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Wednesday March 21, 2007, 10:06 AM

The Illinois Report 2007

J. Fred Giertz, Professor of Economics in the College of LAS, and at the Institute of Government and Public Affairs at the University of Illinois

Geoffrey J. D. Hewings, Professor of Geography, Professor of Economics, Professor of Urban and Regional Planning at the University of Illinois

Guest Host: Illinois politics economy J. Fred Giertz Geoffrey J. D. Hewings

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Wednesday March 21, 2007, 11:06 AM

THE AVERAGED AMERICAN: SURVEYS, CITIZENS, AND THE MAKING OF A MASS PUBLIC

Sarah E. Igo, Assistant Professor of History at the University of Pennsylvania and a Fellow at Yale’s Whitney Humanities Center 2006-7

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Categories: Cultural Studies

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Thursday March 22, 2007, 10:06 AM

THE EDGE OF DISASTER: REBUILDING A RESISTANT NATION

Stephen Flynn, Senior Fellow with the National Security Studies Program at the Council on Foreign Relations

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Thursday March 22, 2007, 11:06 AM

DYING TO KILL: THE ALLURE OF SUICIDE TERROR

Mia Bloom, Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Cincinnati

This is a repeat broadcast from Friday, February 17, 2006, 11 am

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Friday March 23, 2007, 10:06 AM

LINCOLN AT COOPER UNION: THE SPEECH THAT MADE ABRAHAM LINCOLN PRESIDENT

Harold Holzer, Vice President for Communications and Marketing at the Metropolitan Museum

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Categories: Biography • History • United States history

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Friday March 23, 2007, 11:06 AM

THE MOST FAMOUS MAN IN AMERICA: THE BIOGRAPHY OF HENRY WARD BEECHER

Debby Applegate, Scholar and Writer

This is a repeat broadcast from Thursday, August 03, 2006, 11 am

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Monday March 26, 2007, 10:06 AM

Bring Them To Justice: Putting Faith Into Action

Charles Bayer, Retired Disciples of Christ Minister

Jennifer Tayabji, Executive Director of the Illinois Disciples Foundation and Campus Minister

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Categories: Politics • Religion

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Monday March 26, 2007, 11:06 AM

Women’s Health

Suzanne Trupin, M.D., Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Illinois College of Medicine and Obstetrician/Gynecologist at the Women’s Health Practice, Champaign