Focus 580 Archives for month of October 2009
Interviews on global affairs and daily life
Monday thru Friday, 10 am to noon on WILL-AM 580
Thursday October 01, 2009, 10:06 AM
"Learning to be Illegal: Undocumented Youth and the Confusing and Contradictory Routes to Adulthood"
Roberto G. Gonzales, Acting Assistant Professor, School of Social Work, University of Washington
Guest Host: Lee Ann Donner
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Categories: Immigration
Thursday October 01, 2009, 11:06 AM
Descartes' Bones: A Skeletal History of the Conflict Between Faith and Reason
Russell Shorto, Director of the John Adams Institute, Amsterdam; Contributing Writer at the New York Times
Guest Host: William Hammack
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Categories: Cultural Studies • History • Science
Friday October 02, 2009, 10:06 AM
Champaign Urbana's Musical Heritage
Rocky Maffit, Percussionist, Composer, Educator, and author of Rhythm & Beauty: The Art of Percussion
Guest Host: George Hauenstein
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Friday October 02, 2009, 11:06 AM
Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide
Sheryl WuDunn, Award-Winning Journalist; former Business Editor and Foreign Correspondent in Tokyo and Beijing for the New York Times
Guest Host: Carol Spindel
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Categories: Economics • Gender issues • Human Rights • Human Trafficking • Africa • Asia
Monday October 05, 2009, 10:06 AM
Shakespeare's Opposites: The Admiral's Company 1594-1625
Andrew Gurr, Literary Scholar; Co-Director of the Renaissance Texts Research Centre, Reding University
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Categories: Shakespeare
Monday October 05, 2009, 11:06 AM
The National Parks: What Ken Burns Didn't Tell You
Robert Pahre, Ph.D., Professor of Political Science, and Director, European Union Center, University of Illinois
Guest Host: David Thiel
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Categories: Animals • Community • Ecology • Environment • Land Use • Government • Natural Resources • Parks and Recreation • United States
Tuesday October 06, 2009, 10:06 AM
Windy City: A Novel of Politics
Scott Simon, Writer; Host of NPR's Weekend Edition with Scott Simon; Award-Winning Broadcaster
Guest Host: Lee Ann Donner
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Categories: Literature • Politics • United States • Illinois
Tuesday October 06, 2009, 11:06 AM
"Confronting Human-Driven Climate Change in the United States: The Need for New Energy Policy"
Donald Wuebbles, Ph.D., Harry E. Preble Professor of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Illinois
Guest Host: Ed Kieser
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Categories: Environment • Climate Change
Wednesday October 07, 2009, 10:06 AM
Cooking: Smoked Foods
A. Doyle Moore, WILL Chef-in-Residence
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Wednesday October 07, 2009, 11:06 AM
"No More Apple Juice and Crackers: How to Promote Better Nutrition in Childcare"
Marlene Schwartz, Ph.D., Department Director of the Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity, Yale University
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Categories: Nutrition
Thursday October 08, 2009, 10:06 AM
"Forensic Reality? CSI, Media, and Public Technoscience"
Simon Cole, Ph.D., Associate Professor & Chair, Department of Criminology, Law and Society, University of California-Irvine
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Categories: Crime • Criminal Justice • Technology
Thursday October 08, 2009, 11:06 AM
"The Perils and Promise of the New World"
William S. Cohen, LL.B, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of The Cohen Group; Secretary of Defense, 1997-2001; U.S. Senator, 1979-1997; U.S. Congressman, 1973-1979
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Categories: Government • History
Friday October 09, 2009, 10:06 AM
The Lemann Institute for Brazilian Studies and Current Developments in Latin America
Werner Baer, Ph.D., Jorge Lemann Professor of Economics, University of Illinois
Joseph L. Love, Ph.D., interim Director of the Lemann Center for Brazilian Studies and Professor Emeritus of History, University of Illinois
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- Professor Love's Profile
- Professor Baer's Profile
- Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies
- Lemann Institute for Brazilian Studies
Categories: Foreign Policy-U.S. • International Affairs • Caribbean • South America • Brazil
Friday October 09, 2009, 11:06 AM
A Better Pencil: Readers, Writers, and the Digital Revolution
Dennis Baron, Ph.D., Professor of English and Linguistics, University of Illinois
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Categories: Language and Linguistics
Monday October 12, 2009, 10:06 AM
The Virgin Warrior: The LIfe and Death of Joan of Arc
Larissa Juliet Taylor, Ph.D., Professor of History, Colby College
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Categories: Biography • History • European history
Monday October 12, 2009, 11:06 AM
Talk With The Family Practice Physician
Jeffrey Swearingen, M.D., Family Practice Physician at Carle Clinic
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Categories: Health
Tuesday October 13, 2009, 10:06 AM
Lawn & Garden Care
Sandy Mason, Horticulture Educator, University of Illinois Extension Service
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Categories: Gardening and Horticulture
Tuesday October 13, 2009, 11:06 AM
Democracy and Markets
John R. Freeman, Ph.D., Distinguished McKnight University Professor, and Professor of Political Science, University of Minnesota
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Categories: Business and Economy • Economics • Government • International Affairs • Politics
Wednesday October 14, 2009, 10:06 AM
Outer Space Impacts: Orbital Debris and International Space Activity
Suzanne Metlay, Ph.D., Operations Director, Secure World Foundation; Former Education Programs manager at Fiske Planetarium, University of Colorado, Boulder
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Categories: Government • International Affairs • Science • Space Exploration
Wednesday October 14, 2009, 11:06 AM
The End of Overeating: Taking Control of the Insatiable American Appetite
David A. Kessler, M.D., Pediatrician; Former Commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration; Former Dean of the Medical Schools at Yale and the University of California, San Francisc
This is a repeat broadcast from Friday, June 26, 2009, 11 am
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Categories: Health
Thursday October 15, 2009, 10:06 AM
Current Developments in Afghanistan and Pakistan
Stephen P. Cohen, Ph.D., Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution
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Categories: Foreign Policy-U.S. • International Affairs • Asia • Afghanistan • India • Pakistan
Thursday October 15, 2009, 11:06 AM
Cameras and Photography
Brian K. Johnson, Professor of Journalism; Acting Head, Department of Journalism, University of Illinois
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Categories: Photography
Friday October 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
Marc Czajkowski , Mortgage Consultant, WinTrust Mortgage
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Categories: Personal Finance
Friday October 16, 2009, 11:06 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
Monday October 19, 2009, 10:06 AM
Home Care
Scott Spies, Home Inspector, Spies Home Inspection
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Categories: Home Inspection • Housing • How-to
Monday October 19, 2009, 11:06 AM
The Simpsons: An Uncensored, Unauthorized History
John Ortved, Journalist; former Contributing Editorial Associate at Vanity Fair
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Categories: Television • Writing
Tuesday October 20, 2009, 10:06 AM
Dancing in the Dark: A Cultural History of the Great Depression
Morris Dickstein, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor of English and Theatre, City University of New York Graduate Center
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Categories: Cultural Studies • Film/Movies • History • United States history • Literature • Theatre
Wednesday October 21, 2009, 10:06 AM
Endangered Species and Delisting: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
Ed Bangs, Northern Rocky Mountain Gray Wolf Recovery Coordinator, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Helena, Montana
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Categories: Animals • Birds • Environment • Land Use • Natural Resources • Wildlife
Wednesday October 21, 2009, 11:06 AM
"Isolation and Information Famine Stifling Africa's Growth"
Ellen Remona Tise, Senior Director of Library and Information Services, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa; President, Intrenational Federation of Library Associations and Institutions 2009-2011; 2009 Mortenson Distinguished Lecturer, Univeristy of Illinois
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Categories: Africa
Thursday October 22, 2009, 10:06 AM
The Growth Idea: Purpose and Prosperity in Postwar Japan
Scott O'Bryan, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of History; Associate Professor, East Asian Languages and Cultures, Indiana University
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Categories: Business and Economy • Cultural Studies • Economics • Asia • Japan
Thursday October 22, 2009, 11:06 AM
"Mindsets: Understanding Motivation and Achievement"
Carol Dweck, Ph.D., Lewis and Virginia Eaton Professor of Psychology, Department of Psychology, Stanford University
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Categories: Behavior • Psychology
Friday October 23, 2009, 10:06 AM
The Mom & Pop Store: How the Unsung Heroes of the American Economy Are Surviving and Thriving
Robert Spector, Consultant on customer service; Speaker; Business Writer
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Categories: Behavior • Business and Economy
Friday October 23, 2009, 11:06 AM
Restoring Global Fish Populations
Ray Hilborn, Ph.D., Professor of Aquatic & Fishery Sciences, University of Washington
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Categories: Agriculture • Environment • Food • Natural Resources • Science • Oceans
Monday October 26, 2009, 10:06 AM
A Democracy of Ghosts
John Griswold, Lecturer, English Department, University of Illinois
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Categories: Literature
Monday October 26, 2009, 11:06 AM
Nuclear Waste Moves to Plan D
Clifford E. Singer, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Nuclear, Plasma, and Radiological Engineering, University of Illinois
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Categories: Energy • Nuclear • Environment • Nuclear waste
Tuesday October 27, 2009, 10:06 AM
Five to Rule Them All: The UN Security Council and the Making of the Modern World
David L. Bosco, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of International Service, American University
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Categories: United Nations
Tuesday October 27, 2009, 11:06 AM
Just What are the Cases Currently Before the United States Supreme Court and Why are there Fewer than There Used to Be?
Daniel W. Hamilton, J.D., Ph.D., Professor of Law and History, University of Illinois
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Categories: History • United States history • Judiciary • Federal • Law
Wednesday October 28, 2009, 10:06 AM
American Passage: The History of Ellis Island
Vincent J. Cannato, Ph.D., Associate Professor of History, University of Massachusetts
This is a repeat broadcast from Monday, August 10, 2009, 10 am
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Wednesday October 28, 2009, 11:06 AM
"Acts of Faith: Interfaith Leadershilp in a Time of Global Crisis"
Eboo Patel, Ph.D., Founder and Executive Director of Interfaith Youth Core
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Categories: Community • Ethics • Human Rights • Justice • Religion • Spirituality
Thursday October 29, 2009, 10:06 AM
"Making Connections: Augmentative Communication for Children and Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorders"
Pat Mirenda, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Educational and Counseling Psychology and Special Education, University of British Columbia; Board Certified Behavior Analyst
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Categories: Behavior • Communication • Education
Thursday October 29, 2009, 11:06 AM
Copyright, Fair Use, and The Challenge for Universities
Kenneth D. Crews, Director, Copyright Advisory Office, Columbia University
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Categories: Law
Friday October 30, 2009, 10:06 AM
The Health Care Legislation in the House and Senate
Javette C. Orgain, M.D., M.P.H., President, Illinois Academy of Family Physicians
Sara R. Collins, Ph.D., Vice President, Affordable Health Insurance, The Commonwealth Fund
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Categories: Consumer issues • Government • Health • Health Policy
Friday October 30, 2009, 11:06 AM
Beyond Alizheimer's: How to Avoid the Modern Epidemic of Dementia
Scott D. Mendelson, M.D., Ph.D., Consult Liaison Psychiatrist, Roseburg VA Medical Center
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Categories: Health
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