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.

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On a Grander Scale: The Outstanding Life of Sir Christopher Wren

Guest: Lisa Jardine.

A mathematician, an astronomer, an anatomist, Sir Christopher Wren could have picked just about any way to leave his legacy—and he chose architecture, designing the famed Saint Paul's Cathedral, which still stands in London today. Today on Focus, Lisa Jardine joins us to reveal more details about the life of this extraordinarily multitalented man.

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Science Friction: Where the Known Meets the Unknown

Guest: Michael Shermer.

Today on Focus, author Michael Shermer joins us to discuss his new book Science Friction, a collection of essays about how science helps us think about what we know—and what we don't know. Shermer says that science is a very human enterprise and the best system possible to be used in our eternal quest to understand "why?"

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