Extension 720 with Milt Rosenberg

As broadcasting technology changes, Extension 720 is changing with it! We are already there--with a new feature called Extension 720 Podcast Exclusives. These are bonus interviews exclusively available in podcast form for streaming or downloading. The podcast exclusives are marked in red and are mixed with podcasts of recently aired programs. The podcast exclusives are provided in addition to the regularly scheduled programs.

This Extension 720 classic from April 1981 features Elie Weisel, who discussed with Milt the difficulty in representing an event as indescribable as the Holocaust.

Louis Armstrong once said,"If you have to ask what jazz is, you'll never know." On this program, Milt is joined by Chicago Tribune jazz critic, Howard Reich, author of Let Freedom Swing: Collected Writings on Jazz, Blues, and Gospel, and Alan Gresik, music leader of The Thursday Night Big Band Radio Show at the Green Mill Lounge in Chicago. They discuss the history and the current state jazz in America.

Authors Jeff Deck and Benjamin Herson went on a cross-country road trip to find and correct public typos. They chronicled their grammatical adventures in their book, "The Great Typo Hunt: Two Friends Changing the World, One Correction at a Time." They join Milt to share stories from their journey and explain why they wanted to "correct" America.

Daniel Simons, author of "The Invisible Gorilla," explains the difference between how our minds see the world and what really exists... as well as other illusions of our perception, memory, and knowledge.

Andrew Bacevich, professor of international relations at Boston University, joins Milt to discuss his new book," Washington Rules: America's Path to Permanent War."

This Sunday marks the 5 year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, one of the most devastating hurricanes in US history. On August 31st, 2005 Milt discussed the effects of Hurricane Katrina on the city of New Orleans with Charles Dowding, professor of civil and environmental engineering at Northwestern University, Albert Hunter, professor of sociology at Northwestern, and Patrick Michaels, senior fellow of environmental studies at the Cato Institute, Dr. Ronald Hershow, professor of...

These are the programs of which we are most proud. They go back to 1996 and come up to the present. Where a month is listed (e.g. April, 2001) if you hit "more" you will find three or four separate programs. Browse, listen (by stream or download) and ENJOY!

Milt welcomes John Des Rosiers from Inovasi, Gregg Horan from Gibsons Restaurant Group, and Gian Carlo Nardini from Club Lago to dicuss different angles of the Restaurant Business, what goes into it and the Restaurant game.

Milt talks with Bruce Gans and Tom Lindsay about the Declaration of Independence and the American Constitution.

Milt talks with Hillsdale professor Paul Rahe about his book Soft Despotism, Democracy's Drift.

Milt talks with Brian Anderson of the City Journal and Brian Jennings, a longtime radio executive, about the fairness doctrine.

Milt is joined by religious scholar Stephen Prothero, author of the new book God Is Not One: The Eight Rival Religions That Run the World--and Why Their Differences Matter.

Milt speaks with Joe Morris and David Remnick about Remnick's new book, The Bridge: The Life and Rise of Barack Obama.