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Thurs Nov. 27: Wed, Nov. 26: Tues, Nov. 25: Lia Osburn of the Chicago Ridge Mall discusses Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving shopping rush. TUES Nov. 25: I'll join Judy Baar Topinka on her show from 3 -4 pm (The newsletter had the incorrect time.) Mon, Nov. 24: Fri, Nov. 21: Thurs Nov. 20: AMERICAN SOLDIERS SERIES: Wed, Nov. 19: Ray Hanania reminisces about Northern Illinois University, his fraternity Theta Chi and more bashes Bill Gates, Vista and Microsoft. (Listen to Podcast?) Tues, Nov. 18: Callers and Ray Hanania rant on the collapsing auto industry, property taxes, falling home vaues and more ... (Listen to Podcast?) Mon, Nov. 17: Fri, Nov. 14: 8:05 am: Election law attorney Dennis Brennan discusses hints and tips on how to run for public office. A continuing series every Friday through the elections in the spring to help candidates run for office. Thurs Nov. 13: Ray Long, Chicago Tribune on the state legislature and what to expect from Springfield. (Listen to Podcast?) ... Jake Parrillo on the campaign to Draft House Minority leader Tom Cross for Illinois Governor (GOP) see the web blog ItsTimeforTom.com ... (Listen to Podcast?) Wed, Nov. 12: 8:05 Chicago Tour Guide Jason LaBrousse discusses the history of Chicago's Loop. LaBrousse provides tours on Chicago's Trolley system. (Listen to Podcast?) ... US Soldier Daniel Turner serving in Iraq calls from his base at Camp Tarji (Listen to Podcast?) ... and Cook County Board Commissioner Mike Quigely talking about the backdoor pay hike of $1,200 a month taken by commissions. (Listen to Podcast?) Tues, Nov. 11: 8:05 Chicago political candidate and playright Jay Paul Deratany talks about his theatrical production Haram Iran, and bias in the media in the past election (Listen to Podcast?) ... Ron Kukal, Veteran and survivor USS Liberty. Petty Officer in Charge of the body recovery,
and identification. He was about thirty foot from the torpedo when it exploded in the Mon, Nov. 10: 8:05: Author Caryn Amster talks about Chicago's Southeast Side in the 1960s and her book The Pied Piper of the Southside (Listen to Podcast?) ... 8:45: Illinois Senator Mike Jacobs, Democratic from the Quad Cities who is exploring a candidacy for governor against Rod Blagojevich. (Listen to Podcast?) Fri, Nov. 7: 8:05; Election Law specialist Dennis Brennan on the Feb. 24 and April 7 2009 local elections taking calls to offer help on how to file and run. (Listen to Podcast?)... Journalist Ali Alarabi discusses the Obama election and the impact on the Middle East. (Listen to Podcast?) Thurs Nov. 6: - 8:05 Author Charles Lofrano on his book about Vietnam (Listen to Podcast?) ... 8:20 State Sen. Jim Durkin, John McCain's Illinois campaign co-chairman analyzes the election results. (Listen to Podcast?) Wed, Nov. 5: In studio, Dan Proft offering a Republican perspective on the presidential election. On the telephone, Democratic columnist Monroe Anderson ... and former Congressman Bill Lipinski. Tues, Nov. 4: Kitty Kurth on Jill Morgenthaler (Listen to Podcast?)... MJ Rosenberg (Listen to Podcast?)on the mudslinging against Barack Obama and Rashid Khalidi ... Abdon Pallasch (Listen to Podcast?)of the Chicago Sun-Times from Grant Park site of Obama's post-election central. 9:10 AM: Ron Florence (Listen to Podcast?)of the Taxi Cab Driver's Union. Also, discussion about Arab America's Most Wanted Web Site and murder of Rana Ishmail. (Listen to Podcast?) Mon, Nov. 3, 2008: Joe Boyle on Sports 8 am ... Chicago Sun-Times reporter Abdon Pallasch ... Richard Vega, news editor for Yahoo News ... and more Fri, Oct. 31: Dan Morey, of Legoland in Schaumburg talks about Halloween. Thurs Oct. 30: Chicago Reader Columnist Mike Miner on local politics ... Scott Harper candidate for congress in the 13th District challenging Judy Biggert. Wed, Oct. 29: Author Mark Weston of "Prophets and Princes: Saudi Arabia from Muhammad to the Present" discusses his book and Saudi Arabia. (Listen to the Podcast?). ... Jim Durkin, Illinois Campaign chairman for John McCain talks about the final stretch of the election. (Listen to the Podcast?) Tues, Oct. 28: Veteran media columnist David Astor, formerly editor of Editor & Publisher magazine discusses media coverage of the presidential elections. (Listen to podcast?) ... Steve Rhodes publisher of The Beachwood Reporter News Site (Listen to Podcast?) Mon, Oct. 27, 2008: Joe Boyle on Sports 8 am ... Democratic Congressional Candidate Jill Morgenthaler who is challenging incumbent Peter Roskam in the 6th District. Visit her web page? ... (Listen to podcast?) Fri, Oct. 24: Tony Peraica on the state's attorney race. (Listen to the Podcast?) Thurs Oct. 23: US Cong. Dan Lipinski (Listen to the Podcast?) Wed, Oct. 22: State Sen. Christine Radogno on state issues and the presidential election. (Listen to the Podcast?) Tues, Oct. 21: Ray Hanania talks about how Paul Newman called him an "Ass" in a letter once when Hanania reported that Tom Cruise couldn't shoot pool in The Color of Money. (Listen to podcast?) Tues SPECIAL: Ray substitute hosts for Judy Baar Topinka with guest Bill Lipinski on politics. Go to Podcast Log? Tues, Oct. 21: Jay Stewart, Exec. Dir of the Better Government Association (Listen to podcast?) ... Are you interested in running for local office? A how to do it guide is now online. Mon, Oct. 20, 2008: The Joe Boyle Report on Sports, every Monday morning. Columnists and political pundits Dan Proft followed by Monroe Anderson. Fri, Oct. 17: Michael J. Zalewski, candidate for state rep. Fri, Oct. 10: Interview with "Carmen" the author of "Living in a War Zone" Blog. Read her blog about violence in Chicago at the web site at: eNewsNews.com Thurs, Oct. 9: American War veteran Phillip Tourney, a survivor of the attack by Israel on the U.S.S. Liberty, which resulted in the murder of 34 American sailors during the 1967 Arab-israeli War. Sen. John McCain's father, Admiral John McCain, was responsible for ordering a suppression of the investigation to protect America's "political alliance" with Israel. McCain ordered that the massacre not be publicized. Wed, Oct. 8: Israeli Knesset Member Nadia Hilou discusses her role in Israel as a Palestinian Arab Woman Christian. Mon, Oct. 6: The Southwest News-Herald's Joe Boyle on Sports; Monroe Anderson on Sarah Palin's attacks against Barack Obama. Commentary on Nadia Hilou visit to Chicago. Fri, Oct 3: The Southwest News-Herald's Chuck Salvatore substitute hosts for vacationing Ray Hanania ... Thurs, Oct 2: Harley Schlanger of the LaRocuhe party joins the show to argue in favor of his leader's views of the economic depression ... Tues, Sept. 30: Mon. Sept. 29, 2008:Southwest News Herald Editor and sports columnist Joe Boyle on Sports. Former U.S. Congressman Bill Lipinski on the McCain-Obama debate. Fri. Sept. 26, 2008: Thurs. Sept. 25, 2008: Wed. Sept. 24, 2008 US Rep. Jesse L. Jackson Jr. is the guest on Mornings with Ray Hanania Wednesday Sept. 24, 2008 discussing the challenges facing the American economing, the housing market and the public, and on Barack Obama's presidential candidacy and also on the issue of forgiveness. Jackson also discusses an idea that came up during the show about helping those in home foreclosure to stop the foreclosures and convert the ARM Mortgages into conventional mortgages at lower interest rates and how he would take the idea that he heard started on our radio show and introduce to the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives as one way to help people. Mornings with Ray Hanania, WJJG 1530 AM radio, Mon-Fri beginning at 8 am in Chicago. Also available on the internet at www.RadioChicagoland.com. Also included at the start of the interview is Ray Hanania's rant on "forgiveness" and why he admires Jackson. The Jackson interview begins at the 20 minute mark. Listen to the audio Podcast?Click to watch the TVChicagoland Video of the interview with Congressman Jackson from the Radio Show. Tuesday Sept. 23, 2008 Ray Hanania interviews Michael Deutsch, the defense attorney for Mohammed Salah who was arrested, tortured and charged with supporting terrorism in Israel. he spent under 5 years in jail there. And then a few years later, he was singled out by the Bush administration and former US Attorney John Ashcroft as a symbol of world terrorism in a politically motivated prosecution. Salah beat back the two charges of terrorism -- the Justice Department withdrew one when they discovered their informant was a liar. Mornings with Ray Hanania on WJJG 1530 AM Radio, broadcast Tuesday Sept. 23, 2008. Listen to the show online? Monday Sept. 22, 2008 Congressman Donald Manzullo of the 16th Illinois District discusses his re-election bid. Also, an interview with his challenger Barrington Hills Mayor Robert Abboud. Go to the RadioChicagoland Podcast List to select interviews. Listen to the show online? Friday Sept. 19, 2008 Editor & Publisher Syndication Editor David Astor on how to syndicate your column, comic or more, and the issue of is the media Liberal or Conservative. Listen to the show online? Thursday Sept. 18, 2008 Entire 90 minute show is available online. Discussion of Arab and Muslim voting in Chicago and national elections. History of Arab candidates running for office in Chicago and Barack Obama and the Muslim issue. Guest in studio includes Amani Ghouleh, publisher of the Arab Horizon newspaper. 90 minutes. Listen to the show online? Friday Sept. 19, 2008 Editor & Publisher Syndication Editor David Astor on how to syndicate your column, comic or more, and the issue of is the media Liberal or Conservative. Listen to the show online? Thursday Sept. 18, 2008 Entire 90 minute show is available online. Discussion of Arab and Muslim voting in Chicago and national elections. History of Arab candidates running for office in Chicago and Barack Obama and the Muslim issue. Guest in studio includes Amani Ghouleh, publisher of the Arab Horizon newspaper. 90 minutes. Listen to the show online?
Wednesday Sept. 17, 2008 Interview with Illinois Senator Christine Radogno on the battle between Gov. Rod Blagojevich over the ethics legislation. Radogno also talks about her former Illinois Senate colleague Barack Obama and his 130 "present" votes to avoid taking a stand on controversial issues. Listen to the Interview podcast? Interview with Israeli Charley Warady on the Kadima Party elections to replace Ehud Olmert. Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni is considered the lead contender. Listen to Interview podcast? TUESDAY SEPT. 16, 2008: Interview with Chicago Columnist Russ Stewart on the presidential elections. Go to the audio Podcast?Interview with US Marine Joseph Messier, 1st Sgt based in Iraq on the war and his experience there. Go to the audio Podcast? MONDAY SEPT 15, 2008: Former Congressman Bill Lipinski on Sarah Palin phenomena and impact on the Barack Obama-John McCain contest. Discussion of national politics. Go to Podcast Blog to select? PAST WCEV RADIO SHOWSTHURSDAY, MAY 22, 2008: (Podcast now available) Dermott Connolly on Mayor Daley's Foie Gras ban (Podcast now available) Sharon Rachansky, owner The Tumbling & Cheerleading Academy. The recent controversy involving the dangers involved in cheerleading and the positive impact cheerleading has on young women. (Podcast now available) Street News from photographer Ali Ido. Death on the streets of Beghdad and Chicago, New Zealand woman goes naked to spite construction workers who harrass her, and more. (Podcast now available) Neha Mehra on American Idol and other popular reality shows like Survivor and especially shows on MTV. What are young people watching and what makes a reality show so popular? TUESDAY, May 20: (Podcast now available) Emil Guillermo, Columnist for the Asian Week Newspaper, on Hillary versus Barack, oppisition to the Torch, and the situation in China. Read his columns at www.asianweek.com and blog posts at www.amok.asianweek.com(Podcast now available) Neha Mehra on the MySpace suicide and the popularity and dangers of online networking sites for young people like MySpace and Facebook (Podcast now available) Ali Ido, Radio Chicagoland's own Papparrazi, with Street Report, a discussion of issues in the news from Ali's unique perspective and experience. THURSDAY, MAY 15: (Podcast now available) Doug Hecox, spokesman for the Federal Highway Authority on the controversy surrounding stop signs in Oak Lawn. (Podcast now available) Warren Clark, executive director for Churches for Middle East Peace commending Representatives David Price (D-NC) and Ray Lahood (R-IL), and the 50 other Members of the House who joined them, for sending a letter to President Bush yesterday urging efforts to end the crisis in southern Israel and Gaza and enable progress on Israeli-Palestinian peace efforts. Bush is in the Middle East. We'll discuss his trip. VOICES OF OUR SOLDIERS feature! Snippets of an actual Church Service in Iraq with soldiers in Baghdad. Audio of Navy Capt. Chaplain James Fisher conducting the church service. He speaks with participants in his church service in Afghanistan as well as conducts an interview. Listen to interview? (Podcast now available) Former Chicago Ald. Dick Simpson, now polical science head at the University of Illinois at Chicago, on his recent report on the rubber stamp Chicago City Council. (Podcast now available) Associate Producer Neha Mehra offers a special report on the YouTube controversy involving the video comparing Hillary Clinton to Adolph Hitler. TUESDAY, May 13: (Podcast now available) Robert Naiman, columnist from the HuffingtonPost.com on the proposed Chicago City Council resolution urging President Bush not to invade Iran. Bob Creamer, author and political activist on the presidential elections. (Podcast now available) Neha Mehra, our radio show intern on here studeis at Urbana UIUC campus. THURSDAY, MAY 8: Columnist Monroe Anderson on the presidential election. Visit his web page?VOICES OF OUR SOLDIERS feature! Gregory Smith in Iraq talks about challenges facing the troops. TUESDAY, May 6: (Podcast now available) Janet McMahon, editor, Washington Report on Middle East Affairs discusses the special edition on "al-Nakba" the Palestinian tragedy of 1948, the 60th Anniversary of the 1948 conflict, their popular Middle East focused magazine, and the Middle East conflict. www.wrmea.org.(Podcast now available) Brendan O'Shaughnessy, reporter for the Indianapolis Star on the issues on the Democratic Primary contest Tuesday between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. He will help us understand what residents of the Hoosier State feel are the most important issues? The paper website is www.IndyStar.com. (Podcast now available) Israeli Knesset Member Nadia Hilou, the only Arab woman member and one of two Christian members of Israel's Knesset. Ms. Hilou is a member of the Israeli Labor Party and was a supporter of the late Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin who helped launch the peace process in 1993 and was assassinated in 1995. (Pre-taped). More information on Ms. Hilou? On Chicago's peace movement? THURSDAY, MAY 1: (Podcast now available) Authors of a new book "Hidden Letters," a true story of an 18 year old Dutch Jew's tale of the Holocaust while interned inside a forced labor camp in 1942. The annotators of Hidden Letters (Deborah Slier and Ian Shine, a 75 year old couple who commute on their bicycle built for 2 from Central Park to Queens) discuss how the hidden letters from 1942 surfaced in the 1990’s, how they felt upon meeting the survivors of the Sobibor concentration camp uprising, and why this honest account of a young Jew trying to survive in an internment camp during the Holocaust is so moving. May 1 is Holocaust Remembrance Day.(Podcast now available) George Migala, owner of WCEV 1450 AM Radio on the Polish Constitution Day Parade and the Polish American community of Chicago. (Podcast now available) Oak Lawn Mayor Dave Heilmann talks about The Illinois Department of Transportation didn't take too kindly to a very creative and effective way to get people to stop at stop signs in Oak Lawn ... Read story? (Podcast now available) VOICES OF OUR SOLDIERS feature! First Sgt. Scott Maynard, is from the Southeast Side of Chicago, Illinois, talks about serving in Iraq. Maynard is currently now in Iraq at "FOB Hammer" near Sadr City and is expected to return to his wife and four children in June. He comes from a long line of War veterans with 12 of his family members having served in the military since World War II. (Pre-taped) (Podcast now available) Palatine Mayor Rita Mullins talks about calls for Palatine Township to secede from Cook COunty in protest of Todd Stroger's outrageous tax increases and the abuse of power and lack of services ... Read story on Palatine? TUESDAY, April 29: (Podcast now available) Greg Hinz, columnist Crains Chicago Business, on the Olympics, the protests against China. Will Chicago win the 2016 Olympics? And a segue into Gov. Blagojevich's Rezko troubles. (Podcast now available) Christine Radogno, state senator, on Gov. Rod Blagojevich, and the battle among the Democrats. Former Chicago Public Schools CEO Paul Vallas who is now in New Orleans talks about running for governor in Illinois in 2010. Jim Vondrak, publisher of the Southwest News-Herald on rising oil and gasoline prices and community newspapers. THURSDAY, April 24: (Podcast now available) Bill Lipinski, former congressman, analyzing the Pennsylvania Democratic Primary battle between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. (Podcast now available) Clarence Page, Pulitzer Prize winning columnist for the Chicago Tribune on the results of the Pennsylvania Primary battle between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. TUESDAY, April 22: (Podcast now available) Tim McCarthy, Orland Park Police Chief and Chairman of the South Suburban Major Crimes Task Force, talks about the continuing investigation into the maurders of five women at the Lane Bryant clothing store in Tinley Park on Feb. 2, 2008 and the difficulties of capturing the killer. McCarthy discussed how the Task Force is working closely with the Tinley Park police to investigate a continuing stream of new tips and leads, but no suspect has been identified. He predicted this case may not be sovled immediately or in the near future, but he said the Task Force, which has more than 70 investigators from dozens of surrounding South Suburban communities will assign 30 to continue the investigation until the killer is caught. (Podcast now available) Ray Hanania rants on Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe, the possible scorn of women voters if Hillary Clinton loses the nomination, McCain's real challenges are his associations with President Bush which are more significant than benefits he might experience from the Obama-Clinton rivalry and more. Selva Ozelli, an attorney from New York on the burden of corporate crime and bribery on American taxpayers, and a discussion of the existing Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. Read her essay? (Podcast now available) Dan Proft, media and political pundit and head of Urquhart Media (www.Urqmedia.com) talks about politics going into the Pennsylavnia primary election, McCain's challenges and the next big Obama controversy involving his association with Palestinian activist and professor Rashid Khalidi. THURSDAY, April 17: (Podcast now available) Bill Lipinski, analyzing the upcoming (April 22) Pennsylvania primary battle between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. (Podcast now available) Jason Linkins, columnist with the Huffington Post, on the real losers of Wednesday nights presidential debate between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. Linkins argures the real losers were the debate moderators, ABC TV's George Stephanopoulos and Charles Gibson. Read his column? ... read mention of our radio show on Huffington Post? (Podcast now available) Brian Krans, reporter with the Quad Cities Online, The Rock Island Argus and Dispatch, the federal prosecutions of war related contract abuse, including the trial now taking place in Rockford, Illinois of defendant Jeff Mazon. Read Ray's column on the Mazon trial? TUESDAY, April 15: (Podcast now available) ICASA Executive Director Polly Poskin discusses funding cuts to rape crisis centers in Illinois and the Chicagoland area. Illinois Coalition Against Sexual Assault. How serious is the rape-crisis in Illinois and Chicago and what can be done to treat victims? Their web site is www.ICASA.org Irish Comedian Abie Philbin Bowman featured this week in Time Magazine for his controversial one-man show portraying Jesus who returns to Earth only to be stopped by US Immigration and then dispatched to Guantanamo where he is imprisoned and unable to complete his mission to save the world. Has received huge reviews in Ireland. (Podcast now available) George Tombs, author of "Lord Black," the controversial newspaper mogul who with his wife Barbara Amiel almost destroyed Chicago's Sun-Times and drove his media empire's newspapers into the ground. Black was convicted and sentenced and is serving jail time for his corruption and mismanagement of Hollinger International newspaper group. Get info on all of Tombs' books? (Podcast now available) Kyle Leonard, editor of the TribLocal discussing "Citizen Journalism" and the new chain of suburban community newspapers published by the Chicago Tribune. THURSDAY, April 10: (Podcast now available) 1st Lieutenant Justin Kerwin, an American soldier serving with the US Marines in the al-Anbar Province in western Iraq who is from the Chicagoland area (Glendale Heights, Illinois). Lt. Kerwin talks about the challenges facing our soldiers and the everyday lifestyle of the American troops there. A graduate of Glenbard North High School in Carol Stream and University of Illinois at Urbana, Kerwin's parents and siblings live in Glendale Heights and he wanted everyone to know he is a huge Cubs fan, which is another reason why we like this guy! He says the Marines look forward to packages from family and friends. You can go to www.AnyMarine.com to sign up and send gift and food to the troops. This is a VOICES OF OUR SOLDIERS feature! (Podcast now available) Rick Stoll, Rice University political scientist and Iraq war expert Rick Stoll is available to comment today and tomorrow on the Iraq war hearings taking place on Capitol Hill. Stoll is widely known for his expertise in American national security policy, international relations and foreign policy decision making. His past research includes "War President: The Approval Ratings of George W. Bush" and "The Political Fortunes of War: Iraq and the Domestic Standing of President George W. Bush." Stoll's current research looks at forecasting international conflict. Today, Stoll is lecturing his class on troop surge in Iraq. What is he saying and what are students saying? (Podcast now available) John Tillman, Illinois Policy Institute on wasteful Illinois government spending. Read the IPI and the Citizens Against Government Waste's new "Piglet" Booklet which lists pork barrel projects. (Click here to view PDF Format.) TUESDAY, April 8: (Podcast now available) Jeff Israely, Time Magazine, Mediterranean bureau chief/Vatican Correspondent on Muslim-Christian relations and challenges facing the Catholic Church. Pope Benedict XVI will be visiting the US, Washington and New York, stopping at Ground Zero and the United Nations with two baseball stadium masses planned next week. Read Time's Cover Story on Pope? (Podcast now available) Bob Creamer, author of "Listen to your Mother, Standup Straight: How Progressives Can WIn." www.stratcongroup.com. Go to Amazon.com to order the book. Russ Stewart, columnist Nadig Newspapers on Chicagoland political news. THURSDAY, April 3: (Podcast now available) Marie Ryan, she is the head of Hollywood Stars Children Theater in Orland Park, which trains kids between the ages of 3 to 14 in theater. www.CheerleadingAcademy.com(Podcast now available) Ray Hanania's rant on everything under the sun: Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama; Human Healthcare; ComEd and Exelon hypocrisy; his Israeli-Palestinian Comedy Tour performance in Dublin Ireland for Amnesty International; the dropping US dollar; the recession, Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich; the Middle East conflict; helping the homeless and more. Who he admires: Oak Lawn Mayor Dave Heilmann, House Speaker Michael J. Madigan, former Congressman Bill Lipinski, Tinley Park Mayor Ed Zabrocki and Chicago Ald. Ed Burke. TUESDAY, April 1: (Podcast now available) Clarice Berry, president of the Chicago Principals and Administrators Association speaking about the challenges facing the Chicago schools. MyCPAA.org Encore interview with Jim Laski, former convicted City Clerk and author of a new book "My Fall from Grace." Encore broadcast by popular demand of Ray Hanania's comedys how at B'nai Yehuda Beth Shalom Synagogue. THURSDAY, March 27: (Podcast now available) John Stanton, reporter with RollCall Magazine in Washington DC on the controversy surrounding Jerry Hurckes, Oak Lawn trustee and congressional aid to U.S. Rep. Dan Lipinski involving claims of bringing in services. Oak Lawn hired a DC lobbyist. (Podcast now available) Oak Lawn Mayor Dave Heilmann on on the controversy involving the controversy over fellow Trustee Jerry Hurckes role in securing benefits as a Congressional employee, and the decision by the village to hire a lobbyist to represent Oak Lawn in Washington D.C. why local communities should have lobbyists working for their best interests in Washington DC and the controversy over Trustee Hurckes. (Podcast now available) Kate Hanni, executive Director of the Coalition for Airlines Passengers' Bill of Rights, www.FlyersRights.com on the effort to force the airlines to provide proper care to passengers stranded on aircraft sitting out on tarmacs for more than 3 hours. TUESDAY, March 25: Patricia Herbst, executive Director of the Center for Independence Through Conductive Education, an agency that helps children between the ages of 1 and 18 who have Cerebral Palsy. Her web site is Center-for-Independence.org (Podcast now available) Mark Smith, vice president for sales for Wild Garden Hummus Dip on the health aspects of hummus and its growing popularity in American culture. www.WildGarden.biz (Podcast now available) Ray Hanania reads his Easter humor Column (addressing his experience as an Orthodox Christian and celebrating two Easters every year) and performs a 30 minute standup comedy segment from his recent show at B'nai Yehuda Beth Shalom Synagogue in Homewood. Hanania performs a one-man show called "Living in Ameri-cha." THURSDAY, March 20: (Podcast now available) Jeff Ruby, letters editor at Chicago Magazine on the proper style for writing a letter, the reality of letters that come in to the magazine, and the eight basic forms of letters that are sent to the magazine. (Based on his column from January 2008) (Podcast now available) Chicago Tribune's Clarence Page on the Barack Obama speech on race relations. Read and hear Obama's speech on Race Relations. (Podcast now available) Egyptian American Comedian Sherif Hedayat talks about the new phenomena of Arab American comedy and his standup, how it has changed over the years, especially after Sept. 11, 2001. www.FunnySherif.com ... also our intern Neha Mehra from the University of Illinois at Urbana. (Podcast now available) Rosie Malek-Yonan, writer for the Assyrian International News Agency on the challenges facing Christians in the Middle East; the Vatican's concern for growing threats against Christians around the world particularly in the Islamic World and the murder of Catholic Archbishop of Mosul, Iraq, Paulos Faraj Rahho who was kidnapped and murdered. (Podcast now available) Brian Zakem, member Bnai Yehuda Beth Shalom Synagogue on inter-faith religious efforts and comedy show Saturday at his temple. TUESDAY, March 18: (Podcast now available) Cook County Commissioner Mike Quigley on the Todd Stroger sales tax. (Podcast now available) Israeli comedian Charley Warady on his career in comedy, life in Israel and participation in the Israeli-Palestinian Comedy Tour (www.IPComedyTour.com). (Podcast now available) Columnist Monroe Anderson on Barack Obama's speech to the nation on race relations and reaction and discussion about the comments made by Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr., which have been roundly criticized and applauded ... read Monroe's columns at: THURSDAY, March 13: (Podcast now available) David Astor, editor at Editor & Publisher Magazine on the state of the print industry, syndicated columnists who are also standup comedians and more. (Podcast now available) Errol Louis columnist with the New York Daily News Newspaper on Eliot Spitzer and the real costs of a scandal. Spitzer did bad and good, and the good things he did will be lost. (Podcast now available) Dan Proft, media and political consultant, on Spitzer, Obama, Clinton and McCain. (Podcast now available) Bob Braun, news columnist at the Star-Ledger Newspapers in New Jersey, on Eliot Spitzer and scandals in public office. Braun was a member of the newspaper team that won the Pulitzer Prize for their coverage of hte Tim McGreevey scandal -- the former New Jersey Governor admitted to having a homosexual relationship in 2004. (Podcast now available) Jim Tobin, President National Taxpayers United of Illinois on the flurry of tax increases in Chicago, Cook County and Illinois and their impact on Illinois residents. TUESDAY, March 11: (Podcast now available) Rear Admiral Gregory Smith, spokesman for the Multi-National Force based in Baghdad, Iraq. Smith will call from Iraq to discuss the status of the war in Iraq. (Pre-taped last week) Read Admiral Smith's Bio? (Pre-taped) (Podcast now available) Bob Gusanders, co-publisher of the Southwest News-Herald Newspaper on the challenges facing the community media fromt he web, and efforts to strengthen the community neighborhood voices locally, regionally, nationally and internationally using the Internet and this radio program. (Pre-taped)
THURSDAY, March 6: (Podcast now available) Bill Lipinski, analyzing the Obama/Clinton presidential primary contests (Podcast now available) Geoffrey Baer, WTTW TV producer, on his recent shows including Ethnic Foods of Chicago. Get more information on Baer's recent DVD productions, including "The Foods of Chicago: A Delicious History" (Call WTTW at 773-509-1111 for details), and his latest "Hidden Chicago." Watch the rebroadcast of "Hidden Chicago" on WTTW Channel 11 Thursday, March 13 at 7:30 PM.(Podcast now available) Ali Alarabi, syndicated columnist on the Middle East. www.ArabWritersGroup.com (Podcast now available) Columnist Russ Stewart on the county sales tax, impact on local elections and analysis of the Obama/Clinton primary face-offs. SHOW TUES, March 4: (Podcast now available) Jerry Roper, president of the Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce on the Cook County Board's decision to increase sales taxes 1 percent in Cook County, making Chicago's 10.25 sales tax the highest national sales tax in the country.(Podcast now available) Joe Boyle, Southwest News-Herald Newspaper editor discusses Sam Zell's plans to sell the naming rights to Wrigley Field and his handling of the Chicago Cubs. (Podcast now available) Ray Long of the Chicago Tribune reviews the Tony Rezko trial facts and figures and expected events. Show Thur, Feb 28, 2008 (Podcast now available) Jim Laski, author "My Fall from Grace" ... discusses his new hit book and allegations of corruption concerning the administration of Mayor Richard M. Daley.(Podcast now available) Mike Flannery, WBBM TV Channel 2 talks about his coverage of Barack Obama's trip to his ancestral homeland in Kenya after he was elected U.S. Senator ... and other topics ... (Podcast now available) Author and journalist Don Hammontree discusses his new book "Baptized in Formaldehyde." About the book: "Steve left folk music in Peoria to join a rock band so loud and rude grown women called them names. But it wasn't all fun. His day job, for a sadistic boat captain, helped him redefine his notions of human filth. He also had to wonder if his legs were worth $5.50 an hour. Fueled by pizza and Pepsi, Steve learns the terrors of pleasure and the rigors of freedom. He also discovers that being 23, which sucks, ends too soon." Show Tues, Feb. 26, 2008 (Podcast now available) Tony Peraica on county sales tax fight(Podcast now available) Tinley Park Police Chief Mike O'Connell on the investigation into the Feb. 2, 2008 Lane Bryant murders(Podcast now available) Arab American Institute President Jim Zogby analyzes the challenges of bringing peace to the Middle East (Podcast now available) Comedian Aaron Freeman riffs on Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and more Show Feb. 21, 2008
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WJJG 1530 AM SHOWS
Show Jan. 23, 2008:
(These past shows below are in Windows Media Format, .WMA. If they do not play, you may need to Download Windows Media Player to listen.) Special Show: Substitute Hosting for Judy Baar Topinka, Jan. 22, 2008
Full Show and segments from Jan. 16, 2008: Show Guests & Segments 1-09-08
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PAST SHOWS NOT ARCHIVED 10/17/07 9/12/07 Congressmen Dan Lipinski discusses the Iraq war. WLS TV Reporter Sarah Schulte discusses the Calabrese trial. Author and mob specialist Rich Lindberg on the Calabrese trial verdicts and the impact on historic folklore about the mob. Pulitzer Prize winning columnist Clarence Page talks presidential politics, Washington D.C. on the presidential races, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, John Edwards, Rudy Giuliani and Fred Thomson.
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SWNEWSHERALD: Bill Shaw -- a great leader with a penchant for the fight
Below are video podcast versions of the radio show. You can watch them online. Scroll down to find the show you want, or, go back to the top left of this web site. Some TV shows are broadcast on Comcast Cable TV Channel 19 every Friday night. SOME Recent online shows: Nadia Hilou, the only Christian Arab woman member of the Israeli Knesset, talks about her career and goals during an interview on Mornings with Ray Hanania on WJJG 1530 AM Radio Wednesday Oct. 8, 2008. UPDATED REPAIRED: Attorney Joe Karaganis discusses the battle to stop O'Hare Expansion from destroying a religious cemetery on WJJG 1530 AM Radio with his Ray Hanania on Tues. Oct. 7, 2008 (This video was originally damaged on Google and has now been replaced) 1:29 minutes |
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