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Frontline: The Retirement Gamble

9 pm Tuesday, June 18: Troubling questions about how America’s financial institutions protect our retirement savings. Watch a preview.
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Illinois Wine on ‘Focus’

10 am Thursday on WILL-AM: What are the best Illinois wines and what challenges do wine growers face in the state?
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The Wind Gods: 9 pm Wed., June 19

An American team's quest for the most coveted prize in competitive sailing, The America’s Cup.
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Murrow Award Winner: As Black as We Wish to Be

Some Ohio residents in the Appalachian foothills identify as African-American although they look white. Listen if you missed State of the Re:Union's award-winning report.
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POV Season Premiere: Homegoings

9 pm Monday, June 24: A close-up look at the rarely seen world of undertakers in the black community.
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New on AM 580: TED Radio Hour Begins July 6

3 pm Saturdays: Host Guy Raz goes beyond the compelling TED talks with some of the world's most remarkable minds.
Maricruz Ladino (pictured), whose story is featured in Rape in the Fields, is one of many women who say they have been sexually assaulted while working in America's fields, farms and factories.

Frontline: Rape in the Fields

9 pm Tuesday, June 25, on WILL-TV: Getting sexually assaulted, and even raped, is sometimes part of the job for women who pick the food we eat.
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Ireland & England Tour

Sept. 19-30:  See splendid Masterpiece and Mystery! locations, along with Dublin, the Cliffs of Moher, Connemara, Kylemore Abbey, Lismore Castle and Waterford.

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Focus

June 18, 2013, 10am & 8pm on AM 580:

Being a Tourist in Your Backyard: Staycations in East Central Illinois

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The dog days of summer are here… It would be so nice to get away. Sadly, that’s not always an option. Never fear! This hour on Focus, we talk about things to do in the area that will make you feel like you’re on vacation, even if you’re in your own backyard.

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Live and Local

June 18, 2013, 4pm on FM 90.9:

Davina and The Vagabonds in Champaign

Based in Minnesota’s Twin Cities, Davina and the Vagabonds claim as influences Fats Domino, the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Aretha Franklin and Tom Waits. While they bill themselves primarily as a blues band, their music can also sound a little bit New Orleans, a little bit Memphis and a little bit gospel. Davina and the Vagabonds will play shows in Champaign Tuesday and Wednesday, and they’ll play for us live on the Tuesday edition of “Live and Local.”

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