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Eight Forty-Eight 11/24/2009  
Vice President, Nobel laureate, and veteran climate advocate Al Gore discusses his new book, Our Choice, which lays out solutions to the effects of climate change.
Eight Forty-Eight 11/23/2009  
Studio 312's Jimmy Carrane talks with celebrity chef Rick Bayless about his work and growing older.
Eight Forty-Eight 11/20/2009  
Alison Cuddy talks with the music supervisor for the Twilight movies and other heartthrob fare.
Eight Forty-Eight 11/19/2009  
Mother-daughter artists Ann and Maria Ponce explore an intimate, personal side of local news anchors in their new exhibition On TV/Off TV.
Eight Forty-Eight 11/18/2009  
Our panel of experts take your questions and comments about the gaps in condo law and what changes are needed to help condo owners.
Eight Forty-Eight 11/17/2009  
We talk with the John Howard Association of Illinois' Charles Fasano about the history of the Thomson Correctional Center. 
Eight Forty-Eight 11/16/2009  
President Obama campaign manager David Plouffe talks about his new book, The Audacity to Win: The Inside Story and Lessons of Barack Obama's Historic Victory.
Eight Forty-Eight 11/13/2009  
Retiring Northwestern University professor Dominic Missimi discusses his swan song production of Leonard Bernstein's Mass: A Theatre Piece for Singers, Players, and Dancers.
Eight Forty-Eight 11/12/2009  
Cook County States Attorney Anita Alvarez tells us why she felt it necessary to fight Northwestern University students in court over their investigation into wrongful convictions.
Eight Forty-Eight 11/11/2009  
We talk with World War II veteran and Chicago stage actor Mike Nussbaum, who plays a World War I vet in the Remy Bumppo Theatre production of Heroes.
Eight Forty-Eight 11/10/2009  
Eilee Heikenen-Weiss reports on a less-than-conventional fundraising technique one Glen Ellyn non-profit is using to raise money for homelessness.
Eight Forty-Eight 11/9/2009  
The Chicago Current’s Geoff Dougherty offers solid solutions on the CTA’s financial troubles. 
Eight Forty-Eight 11/6/2009  
Director Ky Dickens tells us about her journey making the documentary Fish Out of Water, which screens this weekend at the Reeling Film Festival in Chicago. The film explores the Bible's interpretation of homosexuality.
Eight Forty-Eight 11/5/2009  
Claire Brindis, director of the Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies, explains the effects that parental involvement laws for minors seeking abortions have had around the country.
Eight Forty-Eight 11/4/2009  
Jason Marck talks with the author of a new book that outlines how the Cubs may have thrown the 1918 World Series, and why the team has been cursed ever since.
Eight Forty-Eight 11/3/2009  
Director Alicia Sams tells us about the nearly two years she and co-director Amy Rice spent following Barack Obama on the road to his presidential election.
Eight Forty-Eight 11/2/2009  
We talk with writer Christina Davidson, who’s chronicling her “Recession Road Trip” across America for the Atlantic magazine.
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