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August 1999 Shows
Taped interviews will follow the 7.05 ball game if there is time WEDNESDAY AUGUST
4TH "The end of the world is nigh!" - well not quite, but economic upheavals may be close at hand according to the admonishing words of Todd Buchholz in his new book Market Shock: 9 Economic and Social Upheavals that will Shake Your Financial Future and What to Do About Them. According to Bucholz the graying of America, the resurgence of Japan, global warming, and six other major events will jar the world's stock markets in the next century. "Because the changing world continually buffets the markets, we cannot blindly throw money into stocks, into mutual funds, or into a bank account," warns Bucholz. Instead, investors must be prepared to take advantage of the opportunities presented by global change. For instance, with the aging of baby boomers, savvy investors should begin moving into health-care and pharmaceutical stocks. And with the prospect of global warming, investors should consider insurance companies that are avoiding coverage of homes in low-lying coastal regions. Buchholz, a former White House economic advisor will be joined by experienced commentator and award winning financial forecaster William Hummer of Wayne Hummer investments tonight on Extension 720. THURSDAY AUGUST
5TH ``the average global temperature has increased by 1.8 degrees over the past five centuries. And about 80 percent of the warming has occurred since 1750.'' writes Gale E Christianson author of Greenhouse: the 200-Year History of Global Warming. From the Bessemer Converter to space exploration, Christianson's book sets out the key scientific and technological discoveries that have caused and lead to the identification of the Greenhouse effect. Christianson is joined by Professor Walter Robinson of the Department of Atmospheric Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign tonight on Extension 720 as they both address the questions of: what happens from here on; what can we do about it? EPA's
global warming site FRIDAY AUGUST
6TH Tonight Extension 720 welcomes sociologist Barry Glassner . Glassner's new book The Culture of Fear: Why Americans Are Afraid of the Wrong Things considers the often tenuous link between popular phobias and the real risks that they face. According to Glassner, thanks to opportunistic politicians, single-minded advocacy groups, and unscrupulous TV "newsmagazines," conventional wisdom often contains many staggering misperceptions of danger. The youth homicide rate, for instance, has dropped by as much as 30 percent in recent years, says Glassner--and up to three times as many people are struck dead by lightening than die by violence in schools. Save money on the burglar alarm, the bullet-proof vest and the deadlocks and tune in to the calming voice of reason tonight on Extension 720 MONDAY AUGUST
9TH Tapes following a 7.05 ball game TUESDAY AUGUST
10TH Lay out a rug on the living-room carpet, crack open a chilled Chardonnay and allow Milt and tonight’s guests transport you to the melodious realm of Ravinia Park. Ravinia Music Director Christoph Eschenbach and Executive Director Zarin Mehta will join Milt on an acoustic tour of the festival stopping off on the way to listen to excerpts of classical music featured in the current season. Ravinia's
web site WEDNESDAY AUGUST
11TH Don’t look someone in the eye-unless you’re trying to start something. Strike the right posture when strangers appear on your block-unless you want to be messed with. Don’t interfere with someone else’s business…it could get you killed. These are some of the suggestions for survival in poor urban America, provided by tonight’s guest, Professor Elijah Anderson. In his new book Code of the Street: Decency, Violence and the Moral Life of the Inner City, Anderson Shares what he learned after spending years researching several inner city black communities in Philadelphia. A fascinating account of the etiquette of the ghetto tonight on Extension 720
What was the defining event of the 1970’s? The oil crisis, the fall of the Shah, Elvis’ death (and possible resurrection)? The correct answer is, of course, Milts Extension 720 debut. In the first of a three part series covering Milt’s two and a half decades on WGN, we will be playing excerpts from Extension 720 shows aired during the 1970’s. We promise a sonic smorgasbord of classic radio, including a demonstration of Milts miraculous psychic powers, tonight on Extension 720 FRIDAY AUGUST
13TH Taped Interviews follow a 7.05 game MONDAY AUGUST 16TH-WEDNESDAY AUGUST 18TH Conversation gives way to popcorn as Extension 720 is pre-empted by baseball THURSDAY AUGUST
19TH Tonight Extension 720 takes an unconventional look at the American Revolution. Milt talks to Alfred Young revolutionary historian and author of The Shoemaker and the Tea Party: Memory and the American Revolution. Young’s book is the story of George Robert Twelves Hewes a Boston shoemaker who participated in (or perhaps observed) the revolutionary turmoil and some key events in Boston, including the Massacre and the Tea Party. Joining the conversation will be Mike Wright author of What they Didn’t Teach You About The American Revolution, an amusing compilation of those aspects of revolutionary history that usually escape the syllabus. Virtual
Marching Tour of the American Revolutionary War FRIDAY AUGUST
20TH Our office encyclopedia notes simply, "Military deaths probably amounted to some 17 million..." Tonight we look beyond the grim arithmetic of war as we speak with a panel of WWII veterans. Accounts of battle without embellishment or artifice tonight on Extension 720 MONDAY AUGUST
23RD Taped interviews after a 7.05 game TUESDAY AUGUST
24TH Bill Gertz, who covers national security for the Washington Times, joins Milt tonight. In his new book Betrayal, Gertz lays out a chilling argument against Bill Clinton's foreign policy. In his view, Clinton's "naive" strategies of "appeasement" with China and Russia have resulted in a betrayal of American interests, leaving "the United States weaker militarily as its enemies grow stronger and the world becomes more dangerous." A probing and controversial discussion of defense and foreign policy tonight on Extension 720. WEDNESDAY AUGUST
25TH Who has the better: life the Dali Lama or Bill Gates? Tonight’s show dares to address the question most career advisors are afraid to answer, namely: "what is the best life?" A deceptively simply question but one that has taxed mankind’s greatest minds. Our expert panel of philosophers will attempt to unravel some of the complex issues surrounding this knotty question (and hopefully providing some comfort to those of us without a Ferrari in the garage) tonight on Extension 720 A good summary of Aristotle's philosophy THURSDAY AUGUST
26TH Tonight’s show is still maturing in the vat, though we are sure it will be an exceptional vintage. FRIDAY AUGUST 27TH-TUESDAY AUGUST 31ST Sic Transit Gloria Milti (for three nights, that is) as Extension 720 is pre-empted by baseball
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