August 2004
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MONDAY,
AUGUST 2ND
FAT MAN FED UP!!
Are you tired of the snipes, attacks and degradations that characterize
politics of both the left and right? Well, you are not alone.
Tonight on Extension 720, we are joined by JACK GERMOND, TV commentator,
columnist for the Baltimore Sun and author of the new
book 
Fat
Man Fed Up: How American Politics Went Bad.
TUESDAY,
AUGUST 3RD
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 4TH
Extension 720 takes a seat on the bench for these two nights as
the Cubs play 8:05 ball games.
THURSDAY,
AUGUST 5TH
EXPLORING THE DEPTHS OF SPACE
KEYES FOR SENATE?
During the first hour of the program, Extension 720 welcomes MARK
WOLVERTON, author of the new book 
Depths
of Space: The Pioneer Planetary Probes. Wolverton is
an acclaimed science writer and an expert on NASA and the Pioneer
space probe program. The second hour tonight will be devoted to
discussing the latest developments in the Illinois Senate race
with JOE MORRIS, a leading Illinois Republican, and LIAM FORD,
political reporter for the Chicago Tribune.
FRIDAY,
AUGUST 6TH
The Cubs pinch-hit for Milt tonight as they play a west coast
ball game at 9:15 p.m.
MONDAY,
AUGUST 9TH
MAGAZINE REVIEW
Extension 720 tonight takes a look at the best and worst magazines
of the past several years and examines the visible trends in the
magazine world. From the New Republic to the National
Review, from the Atlantic Monthly to the Weekly
Standard, and all the political, literary, historical and
entertainment mags in between: JIM WARREN, deputy managing editor
of the Chicago Tribune, and ABE PECK, professor of journalism
and head of the magazine program at Northwestern’s Medill
School of Journalism, will be on hand to discuss them all.
TUESDAY,
AUGUST 10TH
ODDBALL ILLINOIS AND BEYOND
Tonight, after the 7:05 Cubs game, Extension 720 welcomes JEROME
POHLEN, an expert on unique and quirky vacation destinations,
to give our listeners some interesting travel ideas for these
last days of summer. Pohlen’s previous books include 
Oddball
Illinois and 
Oddball
Indiana, and the latest in the series is 
Oddball
Ohio: A Guide to Some Really Strange Places.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 11TH
A recorded edition of Extension 720 will air after the 7:05 Cubs
game.
THURSDAY,
AUGUST 12TH
NEWS REVIEW
The presidential race is heating up, the United States remains
a major presence in Iraq, and then there is the looming threat
of a nuclear Iran and the ongoing genocide in the Sudan. Tune
in to hear discussion of these topics and more as we welcome DICK
CICCONE, former managing editor of the Chicago Tribune,
TOM BEVAN of Real Clear Politics, and CHARLES LIPSON, professor
of political science at the University of Chicago.
FRIDAY,
AUGUST 13TH
PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNS AND THE MEDIA
Extension 720
tonight welcomes our old friend and old time radio expert J. FRED
MACDONALD, president of MacDonald and Associates and professor
emeritus of history at Northeastern Illinois University. He will
be bringing in audio from past presidential campaigns to highlight
how politicians use the media to get elected. Included in tonight's
show will be audio from Taft, Coolidge, Roosevelt, Eisenhower,
Kennedy and Nixon, plus archival radio footage of celebrities
campaigning for presidents and cartoons and programs produced
specifically for campaigns.
MONDAY,
AUGUST 16TH
THE ILLINOIS SENATE RACE
Extension 720 tonight welcomes ALAN KEYES, Republican
nominee for Senate in Illinois, to discuss his campaign and his
take on the issues in this election.
TUESDAY,
AUGUST 17TH
A NIGHT WITH OUR LISTENERS
Tonight after the 7:05 Cubs game, Milt opens the phone
lines to listeners for their reactions to the latest in current
events, including Alan Keyes' appearance on Extension 720 last
night.
WEDNESDAY,
AUGUST 18TH
A recorded edition of Extension 720 will air after this 7:05 Cubs
game.
THURSDAY,
AUGUST 19TH
VOICE-OVER ACTING
From the characters in radio commercials to the voices of cartoons,
the art of voice-over acting is still alive and well today, many
years after the golden age of radio. Tonight on Extension 720,
we celebrate those who are engaged in this interesting art by
welcoming a panel of voice actors to discuss and demonstrate their
craft. Our guests include JAMES ALBURGER and PENNY ABSHIRE, authors
of 
The
Art of Voice Acting: The Craft and Business of Performing Voice-Over.
They will be joined by TIM DADABO and DOUG JAMES, two veteran
voice over actors from Chicago.
FRIDAY,
AUGUST 20TH
THE OLYMPICS
After the 7:05 Cubs game, Chicago Tribune sports
editor BILL ADEE and WGN's DAVID KAPLAN join Milt to discuss the
latest news from Athens.
MONDAY,
AUGUST 23RD
OPEN LINE
Tonight after the 7:05 Cubs game, WEYMOUTH SYMMES, treasurer
of Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, joins Extension 720 by phone
to discuss their controversial ad and take phone calls from listeners.
TUESDAY, AUGUST 24TH
A recorded edition of Extension 720 will air after the 7:05 Cubs
game.
WEDNESDAY,
AUGUST 25TH
THE LATEST FROM WALL STREET
Extension 720 once again turns its attention to the financial
markets as we analyze the latest trends in the stock market and
investing with a panel of experts, including JONATHAN SCHRADER
a senior stock analyst for Morningstar and ROBERT ALIBER, professor
of international economics and finance at the University of Chicago's
Graduate School of Business.
THURSDAY,
AUGUST 26TH
AN EVENING OF POETRY
Aristotle once wrote that “poetry is something more philosophical
and more worthy of serious attention than history.” Tonight
on Extension 720, poetry will be given due intellectual consideration
with a panel of experts, including CHRISTIAN WIMAN, editor of
Poetry Magazine and GERRY MURRAY, a renowned poet and
professor of creative writing at Columbia College Chicago. Tune
in to hear a wealth of poems from all eras read by our panel and
by their authors.
FRIDAY,
AUGUST 27TH
NANOTECHNOLOGY
Tonight on the program, we look at the manipulation of sub-atomic
particles to make better and stronger materials a panel of expert
nanotechnologists, including MARYA LIEBERMAN of the University
of Notre Dame and MILAN MRKSICH of the University of Chicago.
MONDAY,
AUGUST 30TH
A VISIT TO THE LINCOLN PARK ZOO
Tonight, after the 6:05 Cubs game, we welcome DR. LES
FISHER, former director of the Lincoln Park Zoo and author of
the new book 
Dr
Fisher's Life on the Ark, to discuss his years at the
Ark in the Park. He will be joined by MARK ROSENTHAL, curator
emeritus at the Lincoln Park Zoo, to discuss the history and latest
developments at Chicago's northside treasure.
TUESDAY,
AUGUST 31ST
A WALK IN CHICAGO
Renowned Chicago author ALEX KOTLOWITZ joins Extension 720 after
the 6:05 Cubs game to discuss his latest chronicle of Chicago
life 
Never
a City So Real: A Walk in Chicago.
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