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September 1999 Shows
THURSDAY SEPTEMBER
2ND
THE AGING BRAIN
Tonight's show is er.. now where did I put theses notes.. is ..er.. A
declining ability to remember is commonly held to be one of the symptoms
of old age, but the actual effect of aging upon the function of the brain
is far from clear and is the subject of serious scientific investigation.
In addition to supposedly normal changes there are also the traumatic
effects of diseases such as Alzheimer's which occur with greater frequency
in elderly populations. Tonight's show considers the relationship between
old age and the brain's function. Join our expert panel, including Dr
Aryeh Routtenberg and Professor Neil Pliskin, and find out
if you really can teach an old dog new tricks tonight on Extension 720.
FRIDAY SEPTEMBER
3RD
DIARISTS
What are days for? For some the answer to the poet, Philip Larkin's question
has been to produce great literature. Tonight on Extension 720 an expert
panel, will discuss the work of the great diarists and more generally
the diary as a literary form. The conversation will of course be illustrated
with selected readings. A show definitely worth noting in your own diary
(that is if you keep one).
MONDAY SEPTEMBER
6th
We'll let you know what Labor Day treat we have in store for our listeners
just as soon as we think of it.
TUESDAY SEPTEMBER
7th
We'll be playing a recorded interview, if there's time, after tonight's
late ball game.
WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER
8th
QUATERLY BOOK REVIEW SHOW
Our quarterly book review arrives fashionably late. Veteran Extension
720 reviewers Penelope Mesic, Alan Gitelson and Dan Tucker
will reveal which books, out of the small library each has had to read,
tickled their fancies and which, in their eyes, fell stillborn from the
press. Book Review List.
THURSDAY SEPTEMBER
9TH
INSIDE THE SUPREME COURT
The highest court has long remained closed to the intrusions of the media;
indeed only recently has the Supreme Court released the audio recordings
that are routinely made of all cases. Professor Jerry Goldman has
collated 70 hours of these recordings on one innovative computer CD. He
will join us together with an expert panel in a discussion of the role
and significance of the modern court. The program will of course draw
upon selected audio extracts of proceedings. A fascinating insight into
the workings, function, failures and future of the Supreme Court tonight
on Extension 720
FRIDAY SEPTEMBER
10TH
Taped interviews may follow another late ball game.
MONDAY SEPTEMBER
13TH
ENGLISH AS A WORLD LANGUAGE
Johnson defined a lexicographer as: A writer of dictionaries; a harmless
drudge that busies himself in tracing the original and detailing the significance
of words. It might also serve as a definition of tonight's show as we
join lexicographers, Anne Soukhanov and John Domini, in
tracing the development of English over time and across the globe. So
don't be a 'wowser' as our antipodean friends might say and tune into
tonight's installment of Extension 720
TUESDAY SEPTEMBER
14TH
PSYCHIC PHENOMENA
James Williams, world famous psychic researcher joins Extension
720. Williams' claims that years of extensive research have enabled him
to develop extraordinary mental powers. Tune in tonight, after the early
ball game, as he attempts to convince Milt of the reality of psychical
phenomena.
WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER
15TH
TURNING A BLIND EYE
Could the medical establishment have overlooked the activities of a man
the FBI believes may have been the most prolific serial killer in American
history? This is the chilling thesis of Pulitzer Prize winning author
James B. Stewart's latest book Blind Eye: How the Medical Establishment
Let A Doctor Get Away With Murder. Stewart believes that, in his pursuit
of the alleged serial killer Dr Michael Swango, he has uncovered shocking
evidence of the medical establishment's eagerness to look after its own,
even to the extent of allowing a potential killer to practice in their
midst. Don't turn a blind eye to tonight's Extension 720
THURSDAY SEPTEMBER
16TH
ON THE COUCH OR ON THE MAKE?
Tonight's guest Professor Richard Ofshe visits Chicago to testify
in the city's investigation of the use of video in police investigations.
As well as a frequent commentator on matters relating to criminal justice
Ofshe is also the co-author of the new book Therapy's Delusions: The
Myth of the Unconscious and the Exploitation of Today's Walking Worried.
In the book he exposes the pseudo science behind the twentieth century's
most enduring myth: Freud's theory of the psychodynamic mind. Despite
the lack of credible evidence for a powerful unconscious that controls
our behavior a huge number of therapists continue to base their practice
on the idea that only they can uncover their patients' unconscious motivations,
luring thousands of American's into costly and potentially damaging paths
of treatment. Save your sanity or at least prevent hours of unproductive
navel gazing, with an intensive session in the consulting room tonight
on Extension 720.
FRIDAY SEPTEMBER
17TH
GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT
Tonight Extension 720 welcomes the winner of the 1998 Nobel Prize in Economic
Science and master of Trinity College Cambridge, Amartya Sen. Professor
Sen will be discussing his new book Development as Freedom, an
accessible account of his theory of global economic development for which
he was awarded the Nobel Prize. Professor Sen's contributions to welfare
economics have become part of every graduate students training in economic
theory, but he is best known for his work on the causes of poverty, famine
and inequality, work that has, arguably saved many lives. Find out how
we can all live long and prosper, tonight on Extension 720
MONDAY 20TH -
TUESDAY 21ST SEPTEMBER
Popcorn and beer encroach on enlightened conversation as taped interviews
follow a 7.05 game. Amongst the gems we may play are interviews with Booker
winning Irish author Roddy Doyle and actress Gloria Stewart
(who played old Rose in the film Titanic)
WEDNESDAY SEPTEMEBER 22ND
Richard A Posner, Chief Judge for the Seventh Circuit and a senior
lecturer at the University of Chicago Law School joins Extension 720 to
discuss his new book An Affair of State: The Investigation, Impeachment
and Trial of President Clinton. The book is a careful and balanced
analysis of the Lewinsky affair and the lesson that should be learned
in the aftermath of the scandal.
THURSDAY SEPTEMBER
23RD
Tapes follow tonight's 7.05 game
FRIDAY SEPTEMBER
24TH
CONSCIOUSNESS
Can the world, experienced in all its breathtaking variety, really be
reduced to the action of a few pounds wrinkled gray flesh? In The Feeling
of What Happens: Body and Emotion in the Making of Consciousness,
Antonio Damasio, a Distinguished Professor of Neurology at the
University of Iowa, attempts to show how the brain constructs consciousness
and the factors that give rise to our sense of self. The Philosophy of
mind, psychology and neurology combine to form the heady cocktail that
is tonight's Extension 720.
MONDAY SEPTEMBER
27TH
MEDIA UNDER THE SPOTLIGHT
Tonight Extension 720 turns the tables on the world in which we work and
investigates the media. Frequently blamed for many social ills from teen
violence to the perceived decline in American politics, the media are
under attack from all quarters. Our panel of academics, media analysts
and executives, including Professor Robert McChesney and Electronic
Media's Dianne Murmagast, will examine the current state of
the media in all its forms, tonight on Extension 720
TUESDAY SEPTEMBER
28TH
SPORTS SNAFU?
The Hollyfield-Lewis decision? The dismantling of the 1985 Bears team?
Scottie Pippen's contract? In a program, itself twice postponed by tied
innings and injury, sports blunders of all types will be discussed with
Eldon Ham sports attorney and author of 100 Greatest Sports
Blunders. We may even get Eldon to pass on a few insights into the
fascinating world of sports law and a little bird tells us he's also working
on a history of the NBA. The program begins after an early ball game.
WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER
29TH
ALL HIS WORLD'S A STAGE
America's most successful playwright Neil Simon joins Milt to discuss
his second volume of memoirs The Play Goes On. Simon is the creator
of such huge hits as Barefoot in the Park, The Odd Couple and The
Goodbye Girl. A collection of clips from the film versions of Simon's
plays will feature in tonight's program on Extension 720
THURSDAY SEPTEMBER
30TH
HITLER'S POPE?
Extension 720 welcomes John Cornwell Senior Research Fellow at
Jesus College Cambridge and author of Hitler's Pope : The Secret History
of Pius XII. Cornwell's book is a careful investigation, utilizing
unprecedented access to Vatican archives, of the controversial relationship
between Hitler and the then Pope, Pius XII and the allegations that Pius
XII may have assisted Hitler in his rise to power.
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