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MONDAY, AUGUST 3
SPORTS REVIEW
Every armchair sports manager opines
about the future of the Bulls, Bears, Cubs, and Sox, not to mention the
Blackhawks or even the Chicago Fire. But between the breakup of the Championship
Bulls and the Wild Card Cubbies, most everyone would agree that this has
been one of the most remarkable summers in Chicago’s long sports history.
Tune in after the game, at around 10 pm, to hear what some of our most
prescient sports writers predict for all of our beloved athletic warriors.
TUESDSAY, AUGUST 4
OPEN LINE
After the Cubs game tonight (assuming
we hit the air by about 10 pm), Milt has promised to open up the phone
lines to hear what you think about current events; to solicit your feedback
on recent Extension 720 programs; or to air anything else that’s been
on your mind.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5
RESEARCH ON THE BIOLOGICAL FRONTIER
Sexual longevity, alternative medicine, gun control, AIDS,
Alzheimer’s Disease and human cloning: these issues regularly make the
front pages of the newspapers and force us to reevaluate our lifestyle
choices. It is people like Dr. Philip Fontanarosa, Senior Editor
at the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), who tease out
the finer points of every medical breakthrough, question its impact on
the public health debate and report on it to the populace. Tonight’s two-hour
review of scientific and medical news with Fontanarosa and the Chicago
Tribune’s science reporter Ron Kotulak, will give new meaning to
the expression "news you can use."
THURSDAY, AUGUST 6
WHITE HOUSE IN CRISIS, AGAIN?
President Clinton began his second term full of aspirations to leave
a legacy and make history. And make history he has, as the only sitting
President to receive a subpoena to testify in front of the Grand Jury.
The White House idles in crisis mode— but how and how much longer, especially
after one of its steadiest hands and most respected representatives, spokesperson
Mike McCurry, jumps ship? This evening’s panel of experienced White House
observers, including University of Chicago Law Professor David Strauss,
will unravel the tangled web spun by Clinton and Co. and assess whether
it will stand up to further public (and legal) scrutiny.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 7
After the exciting and thrilling Cubs game tonight, we have an exciting
and thrilling program, as of yet unplanned. We might run tapes (possibilities
include an interview with Louis Rosen on his book The South
Side ) or we might have an impressive and informative in-studio guest.
MONDAY, AUGUST 10
Will it be Sammy Sosa or Kerry Wood who catapults the Cubs to Wild
Card status? Find out as the Cubs play the Giants and Extension 720 is
preempted.
TUESDAY, AUGUST 11
MEDIA UNDER THE MICROSCOPE
It appears that the investigative journalist mold set by Woodward
and Bernstein is cracking and the evidence--the Cincinnati Enquirer case,
settled in favor of big-business-Chiquita-Banana and the retraction of
the CNN nerve gas story, which essentially absolved the U.S. government
war machine of wrongdoing—is significant. What are the new rules of journalism
in this age of technology, synergy, accelerated news cycles, and infotainment?
PJ Bednarsky, editor of Electronic Media, and Donna Leff,
Professor of Ethics at Medill School of Journalism, join tonight’s panel
to assess the validity of one New York Times reporter’s claim, that "reporters
are out of step with a public that is angry about sensationalism…and the
press’s perceived ignorance."
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 12
A PROMISE OF JUSTICE
In their new book, A Promise of Justice (Hyperion Books),
co-authors Rob Warden and David Protess tell a story filled
with such intrigue and excitement that it reads like a Hollywood plot:
In 1978 four men were wrongly convicted of the rape and murder of a suburban
couple because local police wanted the crime solved fast. Two crusading
journalists investigated the case for over 14 years, and in 1996, it was
overturned and the men were set free. This is not La-La land fiction—it
is true, and tonight, the journalists, Warden and Protess, as well as
two of the so-called "Ford Heights Four" tell their dramatic
stories.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 13
RESTAURANT REVIEW
If you’re finicky about French food, hungry for old-fashioned meatloaf,
craving cabbage and corned beef, itching for Italian primi piatti and
passionate about Pan-Asian cuisine, sample tonight’s program, as some
of the finest food critics in town, including the irrepressible Don
Rose, survey Chicago’s newest, best and middling culinary establishments.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 14TH
TAPES FROM THE ARCHIVES
[EXTENSION 720 WILL AIR AFTER THE BALLGAME TONIGHT, FOR A FULL
2 HOURS, FROM AROUND 10 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT.]
After the game tonight, Extension 720 will feature several previously
unaired interviews, including Bernard Leftkowitz, author of Our
Guys (Vintage) and Robert Lacey, author of Sotheby’s
(Little, Brown).
MONDAY, AUGUST 17
THE PRESIDENT TESTIFIES
Tune in for an in-depth look at the fallout from Clinton's grand jury
testimony, with correspondents checking in from Washington and an in-studio
panel of journalists and political experts.
TUESDAY, AUGUST 18
MYSTERY TOPIC
After the game tonight, tune in for a tape, or maybe a live interview.
It will be as much of a surprise to you as it will be to us.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19
TAXICAB CONFESSIONS
It’s not easy being a cabdriver in Chicago these days. They pay up
to $500 for medallion renewals and $60 for city stickers in an increasingly
glutted market where they make increasingly less money; they have been
accused of being racists by the Chicago City Council; and they work in
one of the most dangerous professions in town. Tonight’s program is not
the usual ‘tales of the trade’ fare because it will take a long view of
the business, with John Moberg, owner of Checkers Cab Company,
a representative of the taxi driver’s union and a genuine cab driver.
Under examination will be the basic question of how and why these issues
are relevant in a city that invests heavily in its tourist trade and boasts
that it "works."
THURSDAY, AUGUST 20
FORENSIC SCIENCE UP CLOSE
Bullet casings, fingerprinted objects, hair, skin and blood traces
comprise the inventory that the Northern Illinois Police Crime Laboratory
sifts through every day to assist area police departments in apprehending
criminals. Forensic science is a relatively new subfield of laboratory
science—it has expanded with every technological advancement that makes
fingerprint, firearm and DNA testing possible and reliable. This evening,
a group of forensic scientists from the lab, including its director, Jane
Homeyer, share their scientific methods and some of their most interesting
and challenging cases.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 21
[PLEASE NOTE THAT DUE TO BEARS’ PRE/POST GAME COVERAGE, EXTENSION
720 AIRS FROM 7-9 PM TONIGHT. ]
USE AND ABUSE OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Tonight, the grammar and usage police--those brave and selfless souls
who serve and protect us from making embarrassing and unacceptable errors
in our speech and writing--pay another visit to the program. Susan
Harris, editor of the Northwestern University Press, leads the team
of perspicacious panelists in a rousing rendition of the rights and wrongs
of language, like, using the word "like" properly, or choosing
between laying, lying and lain or picking proper prepositions. The list
is endless, so tune in at 7 pm for a special edition of Extension
720.
MONDAY, AUGUST 24
THE '99 CARS
Auto gurus Jim Mateja (of the Chicago Tribune) and Rick
Popely (formerly of Consumer Affairs) discuss the present and future
of the auto industry, preview the '99 cars and give tips on buying the
best cars on a budget.
TUESDAY, AUGUST 25
AUTHORITATIVE MISINFORMATION
Tonight at 9:00, or whenever the 6:05 Cubs game ends, Christopher
Cerf will discuss the revised edition of his book, The Experts
Speak: The Definitive Compendium of Authoritative Misinformation.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26
100 GREATEST NOVELS
To some critics, the recently published Modern
Library Top 100 List of English Language Novels reads a bit like a
David Letterman Top Ten List—it’s silly, unnecessary but entertaining
and subject to the whimsy of its authors. Its publication, however, did
spark literary discussions in the most unexpected places, and to that
end, perhaps, it has some merit. This evening, our well-read and opinionated
critics, including University of Illinois at Chicago professor of English,
Michael Anania, analyze the Modern Library list, submit their own
nominees and celebrate great modern literature.
THURSDAY-FRIDAY, AUGUST 27-28
Extension 720 is fully preempted these nights, as the Cubs take on
the Colorado Rockies in Denver.
MONDAY, AUGUST 31
The Cubs play Cincinnati tonight, and after the game, Extension 720
will play a taped conversation or go live with an in-studio guest.
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