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January 2002 Shows
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TUESDAY JANUARY
1ST
2002: THE YEAR AHEAD
Having just reviewed 2001, we now look ahead at the year to come: the
economic outlook; the looming mid-term elections; and, always, the next
steps in the war. Our guests will be JIM WARREN of The Chicago Tribune,
CHARLES LIPSON of the University of Chicago, and ARTHUR CYR of Carthage
College. Our predictions for 2002 begin at 9:00pm.
WEDNESDAY JANUARY 2ND
Recently taped interviews will follow the 8:00pm Northwestern basketball
game.
THURSDAY JANUARY 3RD
BEATING THE MARKET, 2002
We now know that the economy went into recession last March. The effects
of the September 11 attacks have only deepened the hole, and a quick bounceback
seems . Nevertheless, some, including Federal Reserve Chairman Greenspan,
see encouraging signs. What should you do with your money? Tonight's panel
of investment analysts--PAT DORSEY of Morningstar, MITCH ZACKS of Zacks
Investments, and JOE CORRENTI of Wayne Hummer Investments--will offer
their opinions on the market outlook for 2002. We'll try to diversify
and improve your portfolio-or at least your evening-beginning at 9:00pm.
FRIDAY JANUARY 4TH
AN EVENING WITH THE PRESIDENTS
We are honored to be joined tonight by George W. Bush, George H.W. Bush,
Bill Clinton, Ronald Reagan, Jimmy Carter, Richard Nixon, plus Richard
J. Daley and Paul Harvey. And who knows who else might show up. BILL MELLBERG
is one of America's great impersonators. He and KENT WEHMAN, an accomplished
pianist who lends music to Mellberg's act, visit Extension 720 tonight
for impressions and laughs.
MONDAY JANUARY 7TH
HOW BIASED ARE THE MEDIA?
Have the media been infected by political correctness to such an extent
that it no longer carries out its vital function in American society effectively?
WILLIAM McGOWAN, our guest tonight, makes such an argument in  Coloring
the News: How Crusading for Diversity Has Corrupted American Journalism.
With the media under increased scrutiny since 9/11, tonight's program
has an even more immediate relevance. We analyze the modern media, beginning
at 9:00pm.
TUESDAY JANUARY 8TH
THE LITERATURE OF IMPERIAL BRITAIN
Austen, Thackeray, Dickens, Trollope, Kipling, Shelley, Tennyson, Wordsworth,
Arnold, Huxley.....the list of immortal 19th Century British authors and
poets is almost endless. This evening, we'll try to cover as many as we
can, with a fast-paced review of the literature of Imperial Britain, from
the time of the Napoleonic Wars through the death of Queen Victoria. TOM
HOBERG of Northeastern Illinois University and WILLIAM BAKER of Northern
Illinois University are our guests for this literary evening.
WEDNESDAY JANUARY 9TH
WANDERING THROUGH ASIA
Former Extension 720 producer CHERYL COLLINS returns tonight following
the 7:00pm basketball game. She has just returned from three months of
roaming in Asia, and this evening will tell tales from Central Asia to
Siberia--a unique perspective on the world since September 11th.
THURSDAY JANUARY 10TH
ON THE CHICAGO BEAT
JOHN "Bulldog" DRUMMOND, ace crime reporter for many years at Channel
2 (and a featured reporter in the 1993 hit film 'The Fugitive'), and veteran
NBC-5 political reporter DICK KAY, are among our guests this evening as
we look at life on the television beat in Chicago. Their countless stories
begin at 9:00pm.
FRIDAY JANUARY 11TH
THE HIDDEN HISTORY OF THE MOVIES
Master radio/television/film
archivist FRED MacDONALD joins us tonight with another chapter from forgotten
Hollywood. He has compiled a vast number of scarce clips from the history
of the silver screen which will fascinate and surprise you. Tune in, and
learn something you didn't know about Hollywood, beginning at 9:00pm.
MONDAY JANUARY 14TH
THE EVOLVING INTERNET
Although e-commerce may have taken a few bodyblows on Wall Street, the
impact of the internet on economy and society only continues to grow.
Tonight, we look at the internet and its future, and how it has touched
upon (if sometimes in subtle ways) nearly all aspects of modern life.
Our guests will include ELLIS BOOKER, editor of BtoB: The Magazine for
Marketing and E-Commerce Strategists, and BOB JORDAN. Our look at the
internet begins at 9:00pm.
TUESDAY JANUARY 15TH
THE NEW CARS: GEMS AND LEMONS
One of the few recent bright spots in the American economy was the surge
in automobile sales, thanks in large part to a number of 0% financing
bargains. If you are still in the market for a new car, you've come to
the right spot. JIM MATEJA and RICK POPELY of The Chicago Tribune
are just back from the Detroit International Auto Show, and are more than
ready to reveal the coming year's best and worst to our listeners.
WEDNESDAY JANUARY 16TH
A NIGHT WITH THE CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Milt's Music is
one of our website's newest features, and compiles many of Milt's own
favorite music sites on the internet. Tonight, we'll sample some distinguished
live music from the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. HENRY FOGEL, President
of the CSO, will join us along with three esteemed instrumentalists, and
many music clips. Our look at one of the great orchestras in the world
begins at 9:00pm.
THURSDAY JANUARY 17TH
AT ARGONNE NATIONAL LAB
Argonne National Laboratory, though not officially born until 1946, had
its first beginnings during the course of the Manhattan Project in the
Second World War. Today, it remains one of America's great science and
engineering research laboratories, run by the University of Chicago under
the authority of the Department of Energy. Tonight, we'll journey through
a great scientific research institution and look at life inside the Argonne,
with its director, HERMANN GRUNDER, and three of its research scientists,
each from a unique field.
FRIDAY JANUARY 18TH
NON-CAMPUS MENTIS
 ANDERS
HENRIKSSON is Professor of History at Shepherd College, and our guest
tonight. Over the years, he has witnessed a steady decline in the historical
knowledge of his own students, the worst of which he has compiled in a
new book  Non
Campus Mentis: World History According to College Students. Among
the countless errors: "Martin Luther Junior's famous 'If I Had a Hammer'
speech", "The Boston Tea Party was held at Pearl Harbor", and "The Berlin
Wall was built somewhere in Europe." Our goal tonight is not simply to
relate the most absurd and hilarious from our nation's "best and brightest"
college students, but to examine the decline of education in America.
MONDAY JANUARY 21ST
THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION: THE HUMAN DIMENSION
 More
than 83 years have passed since the Bolsheviks dumped the Mensheviks into
the dustbin of history, founding the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
and inaugurating a dark chapter in twentieth century history. MARK STEINBERG,
a professor of history at the University of Illinois, has written a new
book in Yale University Press's "Annals of Communism" series titled  Voices
of Revolution, 1917. In it he documents, through extensive research
in declassified Soviet archives, not simply the political story of the
revolution, but the ground-level experiences of the Russian people. He
joins us, along with Northwestern University Professor JOHN BUSHNELL,
for a broad look at revolutionary Russia and its terrible consequences.
TUESDAY JANUARY 22ND
ANCIENT GREECE
"To the Greeks the Muse gave native wit, to the Greeks the gift of graceful
eloquence," wrote the Roman poet Horace in the 1st century BC. Tonight,
we're joined by Professors ROBERT WALLACE of Northwestern University and
GREG ANDERSON of UIC for another review of another civilization--ancient
Greece. We will particularly sample the great writers: Aeschylus, Euripides,
Thucydides, Plato, Xenophon, etc.
WEDNESDAY JANUARY 23RD
WAR ON TERRORISM
The battle continues….We'll look at the latest developments and the road
ahead with another distinguished panel. Join us at 9:00pm.
THURSDAY JANUARY 24TH
BOOK REVIEW SHOW
Another edition of our quarterly book review show is upon us. Milt has
challenged our traditional panelists ALAN GITELSON, PENELOPE MESIC, and
DAN TUCKER with a wide array of recent works in history, biography, science,
religious studies, and the arts, plus several works of fiction. John Ruskin
wrote: "All books are divisible into two classes, the books of the hour,
and the books of all time." We'll see if any of tonight's choices reach
into the latter category or if our show becomes, to paraphrase Logan Pearsall
Smith, "the gilded tomb of mediocre talent."
FRIDAY JANUARY 25TH
THE ART OF ACTING
This program remains under construction. Check back to wgnradio.com for
details.
MONDAY JANUARY 28TH
 IS
MODERN PHILOSOPHY AT THE END OF ITS ROAD?
Plato described philosophy as, simply, "the noblest pursuit of all." British
journalist DAVID EDMONDS is no philosopher, but has tried to nobly tell
the tale of a great philosophical encounter--namely, the celebrated 1946
argument between two great twentieth century philosophic icons, Ludwig
Wittgenstein and Karl Popper at Cambridge University. Haven't heard of
it? The story is revealed in Edmonds' book  Wittgenstein's
Poker: The Story of a Ten-Minute Argument between Two Great Philosophers.
We'll tell the tale tonight, but more importantly, will examine the history,
and figures, of twentieth century philosophy, with Edmonds, and some local
philosophy professors. An in-depth discussion begins at 9:00pm.
TUESDAY JANUARY 29TH
THE STATE OF THE UNION
Following President Bush's State of the Union message, we will analyze
the speech, where we stand in the war on terrorism, our economic health,
and our national prospects in the months to come. JOE MORRIS, a former
Reagan administration official, will be among our panelists. Our coverage
begins immediately following the President's address.
WEDNESDAY JANUARY
30TH
 ANTI-SEMITISM
IN AMERICA
NEIL BALDWIN heads our panel tonight as we look at the ugly history of
antisemitism in the twentieth century and beyond. How deeply did it infect
U.S. society, government and business, and who led the charge? Baldwin's
new book is  Henry
Ford and the Jews: The Mass Production of Hate. We'll examine the
background of Henry Ford, but will look broadly at the problem of antisemitism,
and what, if any, lingering effects it continues to have.This program
remains under construction. Check back to wgnradio.com for details.
THURSDAY JANUARY 31ST
USE AND ABUSE OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Another one of our regular features opens yet another chapter tonight.
Our traditional panel of SUSAN HARRIS, ELLEN HUNT, and CRAIG SIRLES will
review the latest absurdities in the English language, and offer their
explanations and cures.
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