Focus 580 Archives for month of April 2007

Interviews on global affairs and daily life

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

Monday April 02, 2007, 10:06 AM

Great Books

Antonia Leotsakos, Pages For All Ages Bookstore, Savoy

Iryce Baron, Instructor in the Department of English at the University of Illinois

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Categories: Education • Literature

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Monday April 02, 2007, 11:06 AM

More great books

Antonia Leotsakos, Pages For All Ages Bookstore, Savoy

Iryce Baron, Department of English at the University of Illinois

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Categories: Art and Design

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Tuesday April 03, 2007, 10:06 AM

Car Care

Rick Karch, Owner of Rick’s Automotive Service, Champaign

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Categories: Consumer issues • How-to

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Tuesday April 03, 2007, 11:06 AM

The Best Old Movies for Families: A Guide to Watching Together

Ty Burr, Film Critic for The Boston Globe

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Categories: Cinema/Theatres/Film • Family

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Wednesday April 04, 2007, 10:06 AM

Cooking

Doyle Moore, WILL Chef-in-Residence

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Categories: Food • How-to

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Wednesday April 04, 2007, 11:06 AM

The Death Penalty: Its Inception, Efficacy, and Future

Austin Sarat, the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science at Amherst College

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Categories: Criminal Justice • Law

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Thursday April 05, 2007, 10:06 AM

The Growing Divergence Of English Dialects In North America

William Labov, Professor of Linguistics at the University of Pennsylvania

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Categories: Language and Linguistics

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Thursday April 05, 2007, 11:06 AM

Hezbollah: A Short History

Augustus Richard Norton, Professor of International Relations and Anthropology at Boston University

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Categories: History • Middle East

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Friday April 06, 2007, 10:06 AM

Rethinking The Cold War In The Middle East

Rashid Khalidi, the Edward Said Professor of Arab Studies and the Director of the Middle East Institute at Columbia University

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Categories: History • Middle East

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Friday April 06, 2007, 11:06 AM

The Cigarette Century: The Rise, Fall, and Deadly Persistence of the Product that Defined America

Allan M. Brandt, the Amalie Moss Kass Professor of History of Medicine at Harvard University Medical School and a Professor in the History of Science Department at Harvard University

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Categories: Business and Economy • Health

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Monday April 09, 2007, 10:06 AM

Animal Cruelty And Human Violence

Frank Ascione, Professor in the Department of Psychology at Utah State University and author of many books including Safe Havens for Pets: Guidelines For Programs Sheltering Pets For Women Who Are Battered

Guest Host: Rita Schulte

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Categories: Animals • Psychology

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Monday April 09, 2007, 11:06 AM

Talk To The Family Physician

Jeffrey Swearingen, M.D., Family Practice Physician at Carle Clinic

Guest Host: Todd Gleason

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Categories: Health

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Tuesday April 10, 2007, 10:06 AM

Lawn And Garden Care

Sandy Mason, Horticulture Educator at the University of Illinois

Guest Host: Todd Gleason

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Categories: Gardening and Horticulture • How-to

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Tuesday April 10, 2007, 11:06 AM

Birds

Larry Keller, Owner of Wild Birds Inc., Champaign

Guest Host: Rita Schulte

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Categories: Animals • Wildlife

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Wednesday April 11, 2007, 10:06 AM

Animal Cruelty And Human Violence

Guest Host: Rita Schulte

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Categories: Animals • Psychology

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Wednesday April 11, 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

This is a repeat broadcast from Wednesday, March 21, 2007, 11 am

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Categories: Consumer issues • Cultural Studies

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Thursday April 12, 2007, 10:06 AM

Sacred Games: A Novel

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

This is a repeat broadcast from Monday, March 19, 2007, 11 am

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Categories: Literature

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Thursday April 12, 2007, 11:06 AM

The Old Way: A Story Of The First People

Margaret MacMillan, Provost of Trinity College, Professor of History at the University of Toronto, and Award Winning Writer

This is a repeat broadcast from Tuesday, March 13, 2007, 11 am

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Categories: Race/Ethnicity • Native Americans

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Friday April 13, 2007, 10:06 AM

Big Coal: The Dirty Secret Behind America’s Energy Future

Jeff Goodell, Contributing Editor at Rolling Stone

This is a repeat broadcast from Friday, March 09, 2007, 11 am

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Categories: Economics • Energy • Environment

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Friday April 13, 2007, 11:06 AM

Nixon And Mao: The Week That Changed The World

Margaret MacMillan, Provost of Trinity College, Professor of History at the University of Toronto, and Award Winning Writer

This is a repeat broadcast from Thursday, March 08, 2007, 11 am

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Categories: Foreign Policy-U.S. • History • United States history • China

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Monday April 16, 2007, 10:06 AM

Home Inspection

Scott Spies, Home Inspector with Spies Home Inspection Service

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Categories: Consumer issues • How-to

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Monday April 16, 2007, 11:06 AM

1812: The War That Forged A Nation

Walter R. Borneman, Writer

This is a repeat broadcast from Monday, October 25, 2004, 11 am

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Categories: History • United States history • Military

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Tuesday April 17, 2007, 10:06 AM

The Race Beat: The Press, The Civil Rights Struggle And The Awakening Of A Nation

Hank Klibanoff, Co-Author, Managing Editor of The Atlanta Constitution, and Pulitzer Prize Winner 2007

This is a repeat broadcast from Friday, December 15, 2006, 11 am

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Categories: Civil Rights • History • United States history • Media and journalism • Race/Ethnicity

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Tuesday April 17, 2007, 11:06 AM

Bound For Canaan: The Underground Railroad And The War For The Soul Of America

Fergus M. Bordewich, Writer

This is a repeat broadcast from Tuesday, May 17, 2005, 11 am

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Categories: Civil Rights • History • United States history • Race/Ethnicity

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Wednesday April 18, 2007, 10:06 AM

Religion, Violence, And America

Jonathan Ebel, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Illinois

John D. Carlson, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies and Associate Director of the Center for Religion and Conflict at Arizona State University

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Categories: Criminal Justice • History • United States history • Religion

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Wednesday April 18, 2007, 11:06 AM

500 Years of Mexican/Chicano History in Song

Jesus “Chuy” Negrete, Interpreter of Mexican Chicano music and founder and director of the Mexican Cultural Institute of Chicago

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Categories: History • Race/Ethnicity • Latino/Latina affairs

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Thursday April 19, 2007, 10:06 AM

Preempted for NPR live coverage of U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee

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Thursday April 19, 2007, 11:06 AM

Live coverage of U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee, from NPR

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Friday April 20, 2007, 10:06 AM

Personal Finance

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

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Categories: Personal Finance

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Friday April 20, 2007, 11:06 AM

Current Events in the Russian Federation

Stephen E. Hanson, Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science, Director of the Russian, East European, and Central Asian Studies Program at the Jackson School of International Studies at the University of Washington

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Categories: International Affairs • Politics • Russia

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Monday April 23, 2007, 10:06 AM

Campaign Ethics: The Vices of Misinformation and Manipulation

Dennis Thompson, Alfred North Whitehead Professor of Political Philosophy and

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Categories: Ethics • Government • Elections

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Monday April 23, 2007, 11:06 AM

American Shaolin: Flying Kicks, Buddhist Monks, and the Legend of Iron Crotch: An Odyssey in the New China

Matthew Polly, award winning travel writer for Slate Magazine

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Categories: Religion • China

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Tuesday April 24, 2007, 10:06 AM

Once Upon a Country: A Palestinian Life

Sari Nusseibeh, President of and Professor of Philosophy at Al-Quds University in Jerusalem

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Categories: History • Politics • Middle East

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Tuesday April 24, 2007, 11:06 AM

AFRICOM: What It Means for Africa and Post-Election Nigeria

Paul Lubeck, Professor of Sociology and Director of the Global Information Internship Program and the Center for Global, International and Regional Studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz