“Giving Thanks” and “The Middle”
Tonight at 7:00 on WILL-FM 90.9 “The Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival” is pre-empted so that we can bring you a Thanksgiving special: “Giving Thanks”. At 8:00 it’s “The Middle”: a weekly, live, call-in talk show on politics.
Thursday, November 23, 7:00 pm:
Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival (SFE 23-09) PRE-EMPTED FOR A THANKGSIVING SPECIAL
Giving Thanks shares music and stories that reflect the meaning of gratitude on Thanksgiving.
Giving Thanks celebrates its 25th year on public radio! This year’s show presents the best moments of a quarter century of great guests:
Foodies: Stanley Tucci, Nigella Lawson, Jacques Pepin, Calvin Trillin
Writers: Anne Lamott, Adam Gopnik, Julia Sweeney, Anna Quindlen, Deepak Chopra
Poets: Billy Collins, Rita Dove, Nikki Giovanni, Ada Limon. And classic poems read by Patrick Stewart, Bill Moyers, Studs Terkel
Musicians: Michael Tilson Thomas, John Rutter, Sir Stephen Hough
In Memoriam: John Updike, Wendy Wasserstein, Nora Ephron, Rabbi Harold Kushner
Thursday, November 23, 8:00 pm: The Middle (23-09)
A one-hour weekly (usually) live program on politics. Hosted by Jeremy Hobson. The Middle airs Thursday nights at 8 pm on WILL-AM 580, FM 90.9, and streams live at will.illinois.edu.