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TUESDAY AUGUST 1ST
THEE MILTESE FALCON
Film scholars FATHER GENE PHILLIPS of Loyola University
and PROFESSOR TOM GUNNING of the University of Chicago join Milt tonight
for a conversation about the classic movies of the Film Noir genre. Gunning
is the author of the new book, THE
FILMS OF FRITZ LANG: ALLEGORIES OF VISION AND MODERNITY, while Phillips
has a new book coming out in the October titled,  CREATURES
OF DARKNESS : RAYMOND CHANDLER, DETECTIVE FICTION, AND FILM NOIR.
The conversation will, of course, be illustrated with clips from some
of the great noir films.
WEDNESDAY
AUGUST 2ND
THE
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION
An
expert panel joins Milt to discuss events at the Republican National Convention
including WGN's political correspondent, PAUL GREEN, who will be reporting
live from the convention, and in studio, Democratic Congressman WILLIAM
LIPINSKI and Professor ROBERT SCHMUHL of Notre Dame University.
THURSDAY
AUGUST 3RD
THE
CANDIDATE SPEAKS
In
the first half of the program we willl cover live Governor George W Bush’s
speech as he accepts the Republican Party’s endorsement as their Presidential
Candidate. After the speech we’ll open the phone lines for your thoughts
and comments on what the convention behooves for the coming election race,
and asses the reaction to Bush’s performance on the podium.
FRIDAY
AUGUST 4TH - WEDNESDAY AUGUST 9TH
Extension 720 is pre-empted by baseball as the cubbies battle it out on
the west coast
THURSDAY
AUGUST 10TH
INSIDE
THE TOBACCO WARS
Huddled
in doorways and on fire-escapes, the refugees from the war against Tobacco
clearly suffer for their addiction in more ways than simply the risk to
their health. As Chicago plays host to the 11th
World Conference on Tobacco OR Health, we revisit the medical, legal,
political and social controversies surrounding the use of Tobacco. Tonight’s
expert panel includes journalist DAN ZEGART author of the new book CIVIL
WARRIORS: THE LEGAL SIEGE ON THE TOBACCO INDUSTRY, Dr ALAN BLUM an
expert witness in the recent Florida case, and Director of the University
of Alabama Center for the Study of Tobacco and Society, and CLIFFORD DOUGLAS
president of Tobacco Control Law & Policy Consulting.
FRIDAY
AUGUST 11TH
A
LITERARY EVENING
Over the month we've been recording a number of fascinating interviews
with writers and critics of great note. Unfortunately long ball games
have not allowed us to air them, so we are dedicating tonight’s two hours
to the literary arts and playing a selection of these interviews. On the
roster are  BARONESS
P.D. JAMES one of the worlds great novelists and grande dame of crime
writers, CHARLES McGRATH editor of the New
York Times Book Review and THOMAS LYNCH poet, undertaker and National
Book Award Nominee.
MONDAY
AUGUST 14TH
RECORDED INTERVIEWS FOLLOW THE 7.05 CUBS GAME
Among the interviews we may play are a discussion with best-selling crime
writer RIDLEY
PEARSON about the year he spent in Oxford as the Raymond Chandler/Fullbright
Fellow of Detective Fiction and the secrets he unearthed thumbing through
the Chandler archive, conducting research for his many novels, and the
occasions on which life has decided to imitate art.
TUESDAY
AUGUST 15TH
MUSLIM
AMERICAN SOCIETY
"For all his fire in the belly rhetoric Mr. Farrakhan
isn’t the dominant voice in the African American Muslim Community. Today
that distinction... belongs to a tiny man with a soft lisp who drives
a Plymouth Neon-- and who is a son of Mr. Farrakhan’s mentor, Elijah Muhammed,
architect of the Nation of Islam. Hundreds of thousands of African Americans
Muslims-- including boxing great Muhammad Ali-- call the self-effacing
65 year old man their imam, or spiritual leader." This description,
from the Wall Street Journal, of tonight’s guest IMAM W. DEAN MOHAMMED
nicely summarizes the importance of his organization within American Islam
and African American society. Tonight, we are pleased to be joined by
Imam Mohammed and other members of the Muslim American Society as they
prepare for their annual convention in Chicago.
WEDNESDAY
AUGUST 16TH
THE
DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION
We
mirror our coverage of the Republican convention with comment and analysis
on the Democratic Convention. PAUL GREEN will report live from the Convention
as Milt and an expert panel, including CONGRESSMAN JERRY WELLER and Professor
PERI ARNOLD, provide analysis back at WGN base camp.
THURSDAY
AUGUST 17TH
THE CANDIDATE SPEAKS
We will be carrying Al Gore's speech live from the Democratic National
Convention after which the phone lines will be open for your reactions
and comments.
MONDAY
21ST - WEDNESDAY 23RD AUGUST
TAPED INTERVIEWS FOLLOW THE LATE BALL GAMES
Depending on the time left after the cubs three games we will feature:
noted film and stage actor  MICHAEL
YORK who talks about the art of presenting Shakespeare on stage; Time
science writer  EUGENE
LINDON who talks about his encounters with and investigations into
animal intelligence. Historian DIANA PRESTON who
discusses her new book  THE
BOXER REBELLION, a spellbinding tale of warring Empires, murderous
cults and the Opium trade.
THURSDAY
AUGUST 24TH
SUMMER
BOOK REVIEW
Tonight
Milt and guest reviewers, PENNY MESIC, DAN TUCKER and TED FISHMAN offer
their advice on which of the summers tranch of new books deserve encomia
and which simply induce coma. Click here
to see the list of books
FRIDAY
AUGUST 25TH
BEARS
POST GAME STARTS AT 10PM
GREAT LAKES, GREAT DISASTERS
Tonight’s
show finishes early as the Three Bears take over the second hour (and
we’re NOT arguing). However, before the dulcet tones of Koslowski, Waddle
and Hampton gain the air, we’ll have time to talk about some of the most
infamous maritime disasters to have occurred on the Great Lakes, including
the notorious Eastland Disaster, with naval historian and documentary
maker MARK
GUMBINGER. Find out what dark secrets lie at the bottom of Lake Michigan
tonight on Extension 720.
MONDAY
AUGUST 28TH- TUESDAY AUGUST 29TH
RECORDED INTERVIEWS FOLLOW THESE TWO LATE BALL GAMES
WEDNESDAY AUGUST 30TH
FAITH IN FABRICATION?
Tonight
a very special show as we welcome two guests who have done extensive research
into the most famous Christian relic in the world: The Shroud of Turin.
WALTER McCRONE of Chicago’s McCRONE
RESEARCH INSTITUTE, a leading microscopist, is convinced that the
shroud is a masterpiece of mediaeval forgery and that close analysis of
the composition of the shroud reveals the presence of paint pigments rather
than blood.  GILBERT
LAVOIE MD another longtime scholar of the shroud and a highly experienced
physician is convinced that similar close examination proves that the
shroud is not a forgery. Indeed so certain of this claim is he that the
Buffalo News quotes him as saying ‘I’d give $2000 to any person who can
prove to me that the shroud is fake’. Tune in as we sift the divine from
the devious tonight on Extension 720.
THURSDAY
AUGUST 31ST-SEPTEMBER 1ST
A moveable feast of sport, collegiate and professional, preempts
Extension 720.
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