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MONDAY JULY 3RD
INTERNET UPDATE
The past few months have been troubled times for the Dot.commers. Question
marks hover over the viability of internet retail, over the net's vulnerability
to Cyber Terrorism and over the privacy and security of personal information.
In the midst of all this ferment it's far from clear what the future holds
for the internet, yet there is little doubt that it will play an ever
increasing role in the life of the planet. Tune in tonight as our expert
panel, LEIGH COPELAND Senior Editor at Computer World, Professor MICHAEL
O'DONNELL of the University of Chicago's Computer Science Department and
CEO of EquityStation BOB JORDAN, read the webs silicon runes.
TUESDAY JULY
4TH
EARLY
AMERICA
The
boxes of finest Ceylon Tea are already bobbing in the brine as we welcome
an expert panel for a timely discussion of the American Revolution and
of the ideas upon which the new republic was based. Telling us how America
shrugged off its colonial bonds, and what it did with its new found freedom,
will be Professors THOMAS ENGEMAN, SHELDON COHEN and GEORGE ANASTAPLO.
WEDNESDAY JULY
5TH
CONSERVATIVES
VS LIBERALS
The conversational battle lines are already drawn for tonight's show as
we welcome a panel of two conservatives and two liberals to discuss and
debate the merits of these rival viewpoints. Defending the tenets of conservatism
will be ALAN CARLSON of the Howard Center for Family, Religion and Society
and JOSEPH MORRIS a leading local Republican while holding up the shibboleths
and sacred truths of liberalism will be MATT ROTHSCHILD editor of The
Progressive and Tribune Columnist ERIC ZORN.
THURSDAY JULY 6TH
THE
DIAMOND TOWER
The Tribune Tower is seventy five and to mark the diamond anniversary
of one of Chicago's most significant landmarks we will be broadcasting
live from Colonel McCormick's office located on the 24th Floor of Chicago's
finest piece of Gothic-revival architecture. Joining Milt in conversation
around the Colonel's marble desk will be HOWARD TYNER The Editor of the
Tribune, BLAIR KAMIN the paper's Pulitzer Prize winning Architecture Critic
of the Tribune, Editor HOWARD TYNER and COLONEL JOHN VOTOW of the McCormick
Foundation.
FRIDAY JULY
7TH
SQUEEZING THE LEMON SELLERS
If tonight's panel have their way, caveat emptor should be replaced with
caveat vendor. Nobody enjoys being ripped off, cheated swindled, diddled
or otherwised deceived by over enthusiastic, or in some cases, outright
crooked sales people. Tonight's panel are all expert in the field of consumer
affairs, and in the ways in which the down trodden customer can obtain
some redress when the wheels fall off a recent purchase. On our panel:
ADAM CROHN an experienced local attorney specializing in consumer cases
and CAREY SPEARS associate editor at Consumers Digest magazine. Tune in
tonight for an absolutely the best radio ever or your money back edition
of Extension 720
MONDAY JULY 10TH
AMERICAN COMMUNAL UTOPIAS
Many men have dreamt of how we might constitute a perfect society
free from the ills that have wracked their own countries and times. Sir
Thomas More, setting down his vision of a better society, gave it the
name Utopia, literally meaning no-place. Since More, many others have
had similar Utopian visions, and a few have sought to put them into practice.
Tonight we examine American Communal Utopias. Tune is as we talk with
ABIGAIL FOERSTNER author of  PICTURING
UTOPIA
and anthropologist
JANE KAMAU, about the many communities that have lived out their Utopian
visions, with varying degrees of success in the United States
TUESDAY JULY 11TH
WORDS,
WORDS, WORDS
According to
G.K. Chesterton, "The one stream of poetry that is continually flowing
is slang". These days one might be forgiven for thinking that whole
rivers of new words were entering our language. Tonight we take another
look at the evolution of the English language in the company of an expert
panel of linguistic scrutinizers, including JOHN MORSE and Professors
TIMOTHY AUSTIN and ALLAN METCALF Morse is well placed to tell us about
the latest changes in the language, as he is currently president and publisher
of Merriam-Webster Inc. For most of us, their dictionaries are the final
court of appeal in every day confusions about words and their use.
WEDNESDAY JULY
12TH
THE WAR AGAINST BOYS
 In
the late 1980s, in response to studies which argued that girls were suffering
through neglect in the classroom and the indifference of male-dominated
society, programs were created to encourage girls and young women. Tonight's
guest CHRISTINA HOFF-SOMMERS author of  THE
WAR AGAINST BOYS: HOW MISGUIDED FEMINISM IS HARMING OUR YOUNG MEN,
believes that these programs were based on flawed research and that girls
and young women were never really threatened. In fact, she accuses organizations
like the National Organization of Women of fomenting programs that have
created a society of men who are unprepared to raise families, get jobs,
and be productive. Tune in as we sort out the battle of the sexes victors
and casualties tonight on Extension 720
THURSDAY JULY 13TH
TO WEDNESDAY JULY 19TH
 Extension
720 waits patiently in the wings as the gallant Cubbies (sans Sosa peut-etre?)
race aroung the bases. If there's time after these 7.05pm games, we'll
play some recently recorded interviews. Among the interviews we may play
are conversations with a master of the mortuary and literary arts -- undertaker,
poet and essayist  THOMAS
LYNCH, an expose of the oppression of women in Saudi Arabia with best
selling author JEAN SASSON and an interview with New York Times Book Review
Editor CHARLES McGRATH.
THURSDAY JULY 20TH
INTENSE INVESTIGATIONS
 RON
ROSENBAUM, columnist for the New York Observer, joins Milt to talk about
his fascinating new book,  THE
SECRET PARTS OF FORTUNE: THREE DECADES OF INTENSE INVESTIGATIONS AND EDGY
ENTHUSIASMS. In the new book Rosenbaum covers topics as diverse as
The Curse of The Dead Scholars and The Corpse as Big as The Ritz as well
as his major investigation of Adolf Hitler.
FRIDAY JULY 21ST
A CENTURY OF JAZZ
 If
America can lay claim to one art form it must surely be Jazz. Tonight
we welcome JOHN EDWARD HESSE author of  JAZZ:
THE FIRST CENTURY and curator of American music at the Smithsonian
Institution. In the company of Hesse and others, we will explore the history
of Jazz in conversation illustrated by a number of seminal recordings.
MONDAY JULY 24TH
THE
VAST RIGHT WING CONSPIRACY
 The
road to Damascus is getting quite crowded these days. Tonight we welcome
HARRY STEIN author of  HOW
I ACCIDENTALLY JOINED THE VAST RIGHT WING CONSPIRACY as he recounts
the epiphany that lead him on a personal odyssey from sixties radical
to sober conservative.
TUESDAY JULY 25TH
AFTER THE 6.35P BALL GAME
THE NEGRO LEAGUES
Tonight
we return to the history of baseball as we talk to acclaimed local author
WILLIAM BRASHLER. Brashler's latest book,  JOSH
GIBSON: A LIFE IN THE NEGRO LEAGUES is a fascinating exploration of
race and the history of sport as seen through the career of a great ball
player.
WEDNESDAY JULY
26TH
Recorded
interviews follow tonight's 6.35p ball game
THURSDAY JULY 27TH
FOREIGN
POLICY REVIEW
According
to Stanley Kubrick, 'The Great Nations have always acted like gangsters,
and the small nations like prostitutes'. Whether or not you agree with
Kubrick's rather jaundiced view, the international situation continues
to be a cause of grave concern. Tonight we welcome an expert panel, including
MIKE McGUIRE of the Tribune and STEPHEN COHEN of the Brookings Institution
and Professor CHARLES LIPSON, to provide commentary and analysis of the
increasingly chaotic world in which we live.
FRIDAY JULY 28TH
NEARBY VACATIONS
 A
great holiday, or at least a fun day out, may not be far away. There are
many places of interest in the local area, within Illinois and neighboring
states. To help us navigate the best local vacation spots our panel of
travel experts including JEROME POHLEN author of  ODDBALL
ILLINOIS, will offer advice and suggestions on some of their favorite
Midwestern haunts.
MONDAY JULY 31ST
 Recorded
interviews follow tonight's 7.05p ball game. Among the interviews that
we may play are interviews with the ever controversial screenwriter JOE
ESZTERHAS on Hollywood's reaction to the impeachment scandal, best selling
author and Raymond Chandler Fellow of detective fiction at Oxford University,
RIDLEY PEARSON and  KITCHEN
CONFIDENTIAL author chef ANTHONY BOURDAIN on the seamier side of life
in the restaurant business.
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