Focus
Focus, or Focus 580, was WILL Radio's flagship talk program from 1981 until 2014. David Inge was the host from 1981 until his retirement in 2012. Always engaging, the program acted as a resource for citizens to directly question politicians and candidates as well as keep up on the arts, science, health, and even the latest from well-known novelists.
The Focus archive below offers thousands of great interviews and serves as a time capsule and a great resource for researchers and those just curious about how influential people spoke of important topics as they were happening.
Good Germs, Bad Germs: Health and Survival in a Bacterial World
Guest: Jessica Snyder Sachs.
Antibiotics and public santiation have led to dramatic increases in the human life span, but they have also disrupted the age-old balance between humans and the microorganisms that inhabit our environment. This morning on Focus we'll explore the "hygiene hypothesis," an argument that links the over-sanitation of modern life to increases in immune and other disorders. Our guest will be science writer Jessica Sachs, author of Good Germs, Bad Germs: Health and Survival in a Bacterial World.