Focus 580 Archives for month of January 2009
Interviews on global affairs and daily life
Monday thru Friday, 10 am to noon on WILL-AM 580
Thursday January 01, 2009, 10:06 AM
The Berlin Wall: A World Divided, 1961-1989
Frederick Taylor, Writer and Translator
This is a repeat broadcast from Friday, July 27, 2007, 11 am
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Thursday January 01, 2009, 11:06 AM
Spook Country
William Gibson, Award Winning Writer
This is a repeat broadcast from Monday, August 20, 2007, 11 am
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Friday January 02, 2009, 10:06 AM
Stanley: The Impossible Life of American's Greatest Explorer
Tim Jeal, Award Winning Biographer
This is a repeat broadcast from Thursday, October 18, 2007, 11 am
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Friday January 02, 2009, 11:06 AM
Thomas Paine: Enlightenment, Revolution, and the Birth of Modern Nations
Craig Nelson, Writer
This is a repeat broadcast from Friday, January 19, 2007, 11 am
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Monday January 05, 2009, 10:06 AM
Obsession: A History
Lennard J. Davis, Ph.D., Professor in the Departments of English, Disability and Human Development, and Medical Education, University of Illinois, Chicago
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Categories: Behavior
Monday January 05, 2009, 11:06 AM
The Abuse of Prescription Drugs
Carol J. Boyd, PhD, RN, FAAN, Professor of Nursing and Women's Studies; Director of the Institute for Research on Women and Gender; Research Scientist in the Substance Abuse Research Center; and a Golden Apple Professor, University of Michigan
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- Professor Boyd's Departmental bio
- University of Michigan Institute for Research on Women and Gender
- University of Michigan Substance Abuse Research Center
Categories: Addiction Treatment/Recovery • Adolescents • Education • university • Health • Prescription Drug Abuse • Medicine
Tuesday January 06, 2009, 10:06 AM
The Sun and the Moon: The Remarkable True Account of Hoaxers, Showmen, Dueling Journalists, and Lunar Man-Bats in Nineteenth-Century New York
Matthew Goodman, Journalist and Historian
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Categories: Cultural Studies • History • United States history • Media and journalism
Tuesday January 06, 2009, 11:06 AM
Digital Television Conversion for Consumers
Rich Warren, Consumer Electronic Columnist for The News-Gazette
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Categories: Consumer issues • Terrorism
Wednesday January 07, 2009, 10:06 AM
Cooking
Doyle Moore, WILL Chef-in-Residence
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Wednesday January 07, 2009, 11:06 AM
Forgotten Patriots: The Untold Story of American Prisoners During the Revolutionary War
Edwin G. Burrows, Distinguished Professor of History at Brooklyn College os the City University of New York, and Pulitzer Prize Winning Writer
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Categories: History • United States history • War Crimes
Thursday January 08, 2009, 10:06 AM
The Assassin's Accomplice: Mary Surratt And The Plot To Kill Abraham Lincoln
Kate Clifford Larson, Ph.D., Lecturer at Simmons College, Historian, and Harriet Tubman Scholar
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Categories: Abraham Lincoln • Biography
Thursday January 08, 2009, 11:06 AM
Political Corruption in the United States.
Wendy Schiller, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Political Science and Public Policy, Brown University
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Categories: Crime • Government • Politics
Friday January 09, 2009, 10:06 AM
Live Coverage: The Illinois State House's Debate on the Impeachment of Governor Rod Blagojevich, and at 10:36 a.m., Analysis and Discussion of the Impeachment Process
Rick Winkel, Former State Senator from Urbana
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Friday January 09, 2009, 11:06 AM
Polk: The Man Who Transformed The Presidency And America
Walter R. Borneman, President of the Walter V. and Idun Y. Berry Foundation
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Monday January 12, 2009, 10:06 AM
Going Down Jericho Road: The Memphis Strike, Martin Luther King's Last Campaign
Michael K. Honey, Ph.D., Haley Professor of the Humanities and American History, University of Washington, Tacoma
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Categories: History • United States history • Race/Ethnicity • African-American
Monday January 12, 2009, 11:06 AM
Clean Coal Energy
Robert Finley, Ph.D., Center Director, Energy and Earth Resources Center
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Categories: Energy • Coal • Natural Resources
Tuesday January 13, 2009, 10:06 AM
The Prosecution of the Blackwater Guards and a Review of the Accountability of Private Contractors in a War Zone
Tara M. Lee, J.D., Partner, DLA Piper, LLC, and former United States Navy Judge Advocate General Corps
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Categories: Criminal Justice • Government • International Affairs • Law • Military • Politics
Tuesday January 13, 2009, 11:06 AM
A World of Trouble: The White House and the Middle East--from the Cold War to the War on Terror
Patrick Tyler, Journalist, 12 years at The Washington Post and 14 years at The New York Times and Award Winning Writer
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Categories: Foreign Policy-U.S. • History • United States history • Middle East
Wednesday January 14, 2009, 10:06 AM
The Invention of Air: A Story of Science, Faith, Revolution, and the Birth of America
Steven Johnson, Web Entrepreneur and Writer
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Categories: History • United States history • Innovation
Wednesday January 14, 2009, 11:06 AM
Children's Health
Malcolm Hill, M.D., Pediatrician, Carle Clinic
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Categories: Children • Family • Health
Thursday January 15, 2009, 10:06 AM
Toward the Beloved Community: The Church's Role in the Sturggle Against Racism
Jon Nilson, Ph.D., Professor of Theology, Loyola University of Chicago
Rev. Claude Shelby, Pastor, Salem Baptist Church, Champaign
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Categories: Civil Rights • History • Race/Ethnicity • African-American • Religion
Thursday January 15, 2009, 11:06 AM
We Are Soldiers Still: A Journey Back to the Battlefields of Vietnam
Joseph L. Galloway, Award Winning War Correspondent for UPI, Vietnam War; Film Consultant; Former Military Correspondent for Knight-Ridder Newspapers
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Categories: History • United States history • Military • War Crimes • Vietnam
Friday January 16, 2009, 10:06 AM
Personal Finance
David Sinow, Clinical Professor of Finance in the College of Business and Director of the Office of Risk Management and Insurance Research at the University of Illinois
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Categories: Personal Finance
Friday January 16, 2009, 11:06 AM
The Closing of the American Border: Terrorism, Immigration, and Security Since 9/11
Edward Alden, Bernard L. Schwartz Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and the former Washington Bureau Chief for the Financial Times
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Categories: Immigration
Monday January 19, 2009, 10:06 AM
Home Care
Scott Spies , Home Inspector with Spies Home Inspection
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Categories: How-to
Monday January 19, 2009, 11:06 AM
The Promised Land: Different Takes on the Legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Tuesday January 20, 2009, 10:06 AM
The Inauguration of the 44th President Barack Obama, Coverage from NPR with Steve Inskeep and Michele Norris
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Tuesday January 20, 2009, 11:06 AM
The Inauguration of the 44th President Barack Obama, Coverage from NPR with Steve Inskeep and Michele Norris
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Wednesday January 21, 2009, 10:06 AM
The Credit Crisis, Bankruptcies, and Related Issues
Robert M. Lawless, J.D., Professor of Law and the Galowich-Huzienga Faculty Scholar at the University of Illinois College of Law
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Wednesday January 21, 2009, 11:06 AM
An Island Called Home: Returning to Jewish Cuba
Ruth Behar, Professor of Anthropology, University of Michigan and Recipient of a MacAthur Foundation Fellows Award
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Thursday January 22, 2009, 10:06 AM
Universe of Stone: A Biography of Chartres Cathedral
Philip Ball, Consulting Editor for Nature Magazine and Commentator on nature; Award Winning Writer
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Categories: Architecture • Art and Design • History • France
Thursday January 22, 2009, 11:06 AM
The Psychology of Some Political Leaders: Transformation from the Public Servant to the Omniscient and Entitled Self-Serving
Stanley A. Renshon, Ph.D., Professor of Political Science, Developer and Coordinator of the Interdisciplinary Program in the Psychology of Political Behavior at the City University of New York, and Certified Psychoanalyst
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Categories: Behavior • Ethics • Government • Politics
Friday January 23, 2009, 10:06 AM
"A Long Time Coming" The Inspiring, Combative 2008 Campaign and the Historic Election of Barack Obama
Evan Thomas, Journalist and Newsweek Editor-at-Large
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Categories: Government • Elections • History • United States history
Friday January 23, 2009, 11:06 AM
Banking Reform
George G. Pennacchi, Ph.D., Professor of Finance, College of Business; Co-Director of the Office for Banking Research, University of Illinois; Research Associate, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland and Program Coordinator for Deposit Insurance at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation's Center for Financial Research
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Categories: Economics • Finance • Government
Monday January 26, 2009, 10:06 AM
Appetite for Self-Destruction: The Spectacular Crash of the Record Iindustry in the Digital Age
Steve Knopper, Journalist and a Rolling Stone Contributing Editor
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Categories: Business and Economy • Music • Technology
Monday January 26, 2009, 11:06 AM
A Needle in the Right Hand of G od: The Norman Conquest of 1066 and the Meaning of Bayeux Tapestry
R. Howard Block, the Sterling Professor of French and Director of the Division of Humanities, Yale University
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Tuesday January 27, 2009, 10:06 AM
Illinois Public Radio live coverage of the impeachment trial of Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich, Illinois State House
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Tuesday January 27, 2009, 11:06 AM
Illinois Public Radio live coverage of the impeachment trial of Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich
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Wednesday January 28, 2009, 10:06 AM
Illinois Public Radio live coverage of the impeachment trial of Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich
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Wednesday January 28, 2009, 11:06 AM
Illinois Public Radio live coverage of the impeachment trial of Rod Blagojevich
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Thursday January 29, 2009, 10:06 AM
Illinois Public Radio live coverage of the impeachment trial of Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich
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Thursday January 29, 2009, 11:06 AM
Illinois Public Radio live coverage of the impeachment trial of Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich
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Friday January 30, 2009, 10:06 AM
Trucking Country: The Road to America's Wal-Mart Economy
Shane Hamilton, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of History, University of Georgia
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Categories: Business and Economy • History • United States history
Friday January 30, 2009, 11:06 AM
The Impeachment of Illinois Governor, Rod Blagojevich: Historical Context and Future State Politics
Taylor Pensoneau, Writer and Journalist formerly with the St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Kent Redfield, Ph.D., Professor of Political Science; Research Fellow and Interim Director of the Institute for Legislative Studies, Center for State Policy and Leadership, Univeristy of Illinois, Springfield
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Categories: Government
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