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Recent Press Releases
Evolving Faith: Meaning, Ethics and Ideas
10/5/2009
As part of the Chicago Public Radio Presents Series, Chicago Public Radio [WBEZ 91.5FM] will captivate live audience members with a riveting conversation between Krista Tippett and Eboo Patel. The Monday, November 16 discussion will focus on the changing face of religion, spiritual ethics, belief and non-belief in the post 9/11 world and will take place at the Fourth Presbyterian Church of Chicago, 126 E. Chestnut Street.
An October Sort of City: Chicago Authors Talk Chicago
9/13/2009
Chicago Public Radio (WBEZ 91.5FM) is pleased to announce the second of ten events under the umbrella of Chicago Public Radio Presents… with An October Sort of City: Chicago Authors Talk About Chicago on Thursday, October 22, at Heartland Café, 7000 N. Glenwood Avenue.
CHICAGO PUBLIC RADIO ADDS TWO POPULAR NEWS PROGRAMS
9/11/2009
Chicago Public Radio is proud to announce the addition of two popular news programs to its lineup, effective Monday morning, September 21:  Here & Now, a national daily news and arts magazine, and Marketplace Money, a weekly extension of Marketplace focusing on personal finance issues.
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Ira Glass Of 'This American Life' Gets Inside Real People's Lives
Hartford Courant | 3/22/2009
When the radio program This American Life first aired in 1995, it featured quirky, thought-provoking nonfiction stories, like the one about a girl who grew up on a turkey farm.
Defogging the Economic Crisis
American Journalism Review | 3/10/2009
In February, for the third time in a year, This American Life's producers departed from the usual format to tackle the daunting challenge of explaining the global financial crisis to an increasingly perplexed public.
Glass’ house: Host brings radio to Paramount stage
The Hook | 2/2/2009
If you’re looking for an epiphany– like the kind radio listeners hear on the documentary program This American Life every week– in the story of how host Ira Glass came to be in radio, you won’t find it.
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