Focus 580 Archives for Week of June 29, 2009
Interviews on global affairs and daily life
Monday thru Friday, 10 am to noon on WILL-AM 580
Monday June 29, 2009, 10:06 AM
American Pests: The Losing War on Insects from Colonial Times to DDT
James E. McWilliams, Ph.D., a former Felllow in the Agrarian Studies Program, Yale University; Associate Professor of History, Texas State University, San Marcos
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Categories: History • United States history • Insects
Monday June 29, 2009, 11:06 AM
Cameras and Photography
Brian Johnson, Associate Head, Department of Journalism; Professor, Professor of Journalism, College of Media, University of Illinois
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Categories: Photography
Tuesday June 30, 2009, 10:06 AM
"What's Wrong with Torture?"
David Sussman, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Philosophy, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Illinois
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Tuesday June 30, 2009, 11:06 AM
Masters of Sex: The Life and Times of Willim Masters and Virginia Johnson, the Couple Who Taught America How to Love
Thomas Maier, Award-Winning Investigative Journalist at Newsday
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Categories: Behavior • Biography
Wednesday July 01, 2009, 10:06 AM
Cooking: Quick, No Heat Summer Meals
Doyle Moore, WILL Chef-in-Residence
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Wednesday July 01, 2009, 11:06 AM
Grand New Party: How Republicans Can Win the Working Class and Save the American Dream
Ross Douthat, Columnist, The New York Times
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Categories: Government • History • United States history • Politics
Thursday July 02, 2009, 10:06 AM
Into the Beautiful North: A Novel
Luis Alberto Urrea, Professor of Englis/Creative Writing, University of Illinois, Chicago
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Categories: Literature
Thursday July 02, 2009, 11:06 AM
Peak Water
Meena Palaniappan, M.S., Inititative Director, Pacific Institute, Oakland, CA
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Categories: Environment • Water resources • Health
Friday July 03, 2009, 10:06 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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Friday July 03, 2009, 11:06 AM
Rethinking Assumptions: The Quest for Gender Equity in East Central Illinois, produced by Linda Ly, Maritz Mestre, David Dickey, and Janet Morford
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