Focus

Venture capitalists are starting to invest in bitcoin, and some major retailers are considering accepting it as payment. Does that mean it’s on track to become a new form of mainstream currency?

Who taught you what you know about death and dying? Did anyone?

This hour on Focus, we’ll talk about technology is changing the conversation about sexism. 

Our current medical system is a business. Should it be?

The laboratory seems worlds away from the farm, but according to Dr. Daphne Miller, they’re more closely connected than you  might think. This hour on Focus, Lisa Bralts talks with Dr. Miller about her argument that farming can teach us a lot about health. 

Abraham Zapruder caught one of the most infamous moments in American history on film and sold the footage to Life Magazine. This hour on Focus, host Jim Meadows talks with the reporter who convinced him to give up the film. 

In her new book “In Meat We Trust,” author Maureen Ogle argues the reason the meat industry has evolved into what it is today, is because that’s what consumers asked for.

Illinois new conceal and carry law took effect January 1. This hour on Focus, we’ll talk about what citizens who aren’t gun owners can expect from people who will soon be concealing a loaded weapon on their person.

In December, lawmakers passed legislation to fix the state’s multi-billion dollar pension shortfall. According to the Institute for Government and Public Affairs, it helps restore the pension system but won’t fix the state’s overall budget deficit.

This hour on Focus, we'll hear a special from State of the Reunion.