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Band Camp Celebration

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Air Date: 6/26/09
Run time: 3:19

They've packed their toothbrushes, tennis shoes, and in some cases, tubas for summer camp. After a week of practice, tomorrow the Music for All Summer Symposium will wrap up with a final performance by the students. WGLT's Barbara Harrington has more

General Assembly Follies

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Air Date: 6/18/09
Run time: 5:24

Don’t look for a quick resolution to the Illinois budget crisis. WGLT’s Charlie Schlenker has more with two political analysts who spoke on Morning Edition at the Garlic Press…

Alzheimer's Remembrance Program

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Air Date: 6/10/09
Run time: 5:37

Alzheimer’s Disease is cruel to families as they see their loved one’s personalities flatten and fade. The dementia also frightens those who have it as they grasp for pieces of themselves and come up empty. But, as WGLT’s Charlie Schlenker reports, a program offered to people with Alzheimer’s by the McLean County museum of History pushes back the darkness…

• Michael Verde talks about how to help people with Alzheimer's Disease 7:05
• Rachel Massa talks about remembering shucking corn :50
• Candace Summers talks about remembering the Great Depression :40

Sen. Bill Brady Q&A

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Air Date: 6/04/09
Run time: 5:32

A central Illinois state senator with his eye on the Governor's mansion says he could make the budget lawmakers approved earlier this week work. WGLT's Willis Kern has more with Bloomington Republican Bill Brady.

• Listen to Brady talk about early polling in the Governor's race (1:45)
• Brady discusses the role his Catholic faith plays in determing his stance on the death penalty (2:08)

Cancer Comedian

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Air Date: 5/29/09
Run time: 4:35

Roger Cawthon and his wife Kathy are both cancer survivors who find humor in situations many fellow travelers along the cancer therapy road might be familiar with. WGLT's Jim Browne talks with Roger Cawthon about cancer, laughter, and how the two can co-exist.

• Listen to Roger Cawthon doing some of his cancer related humor. 2:38

Supreme Court Nominee

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Air Date: 5/27/09
Run time: 5:17

 

President Barack Obama’s nominee for the Supreme Court is a safe choice in the eyes of a veteran court watcher. WGLT’s Charlie Schlenker has more with an ISU Scholar who talks about the potential impact of the nominee..

• Listen to Professor Bob Bradley talk about where to find the qualities of a "Great" Justice 4:08
• Listen to Professor Bob Bradley talk about Judge Sotomayor's legal writing 1:50
• Listen to Bradley talk about prospects for majority-building if the nominee is confirmed 2:43

Wall Street Journal editor David Wessel

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Air Date: 5/08/09
Run time: 5:23

 

This year's commencment speaker at Eureka college is a familiar voice to GLT listeners. David Wessel is often heard on Morning Edition with reports on the nation's economy. He's in Eueka delivering the commencement speech at Ronald Reagan's Alma Matter, and has a strong connection with the Woodford County community.
GLT's Jim Browne talked with Wessel about the economy college graduates are facing.

• Listen to David Wessl's emotional recount of how his family was spared the Nazie genocide by Eureka residents.

Adam Rapp: Author, Playwright

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Air Date: 5/05/09
Run time: 5:29

Young readers need more than Mary Poppins and the Hardy Boys to satisfy them. That's according to author and playwright Adam Rapp, whose novels for young adults have been praised for the grittiness in their depiction of the tougher aspects of adolesence. WGLT's Laura Kennedy spoke with Rapp, who was in Normal last week, about his work and what's appropriate for young readers.

Listen to Rapp discuss...

• writing for TV's "The L Word"
• how music informs his writing

White House Correspondence

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Air Date: 4/29/09
Run time: 5:39

McLean County political addicts may be asking themselves whatever happened to Mike Kelleher? You might recall Kelleher ran for Lieutenant Governor in 2002, losing to Pat Quinn, who is now Governor. Before that Kelleher waged a credible campaign for Congress against Representative Tim Johnson. He went on to look over U-S Economic Development interests in the Republic of Georgia. Where is he now? As WGLT's Charlie Schlenker tells it, Washington D.C...

• Listen to the most surprising gift sent to President Obama so far. 1:09
• Listen to more on gifts 1:12
• Listen to how the President uses the mail Kelleher forwards 2:16
• Listen to how Kelleher gauges what represents the spectrum of public contacts in choosing letters for the President. 1:12

Jazzman's New Release

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Air Date: 6/29/09
Run time: 5:12

Jazz singer Kurt Elling has earned his reputation, and many awards, with his idiosyncratic style. On his latest CD, "Dedicated to You," Elling pays tribute to a classic jazz album while still holding true to his modern stylistic ideals...

• Listen to Elling telll why he included some spoken word on one of the tracks of his new CD. 1:06

High School Pranks

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Air Date: 6/19/09
Run time: 5:25

For each spring over the last quarter of a century, high school kids have found Alice Cooper's lyrics "School's Out For Summer" music to their ears. But just before school lets out, skirmishes happen ... between graduating students and administrators frantically trying to protect their buildings and maintain order. That's the season for high school pranks. Now, any discussion of this topic can inspire copycats. We're past graduation time and now this story can be told by WGLT's Barbara Harrington ...

Hot Club of Detroit

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Air Date: 6/05/09
Run time: 5:18

The problems of a troubled economy are pressing hard and fast on the city of Detorit, which just this past week took another blow when General Motors filed for bankrupcy. With a jobless rate at 21 percent and a plunging housing market, it's hard to find hope in the Motor City these days. But musician Even Perri, founder of the band Hot Club of Detroit, says despite recent setbacks, he has faith in his hometown. GLT's Laura Kennedy has more.

• Even Perri talks about how the band got its first big break (1:02)

Nathan the Wise

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Air Date: 6/02/09
Run time: 5:01

Religious tolerance seems ephemeral, especially in this era where religious fanaticism obscures other motives for terrorism. Yet one of the earliest literary works celebrating acceptance of other faiths comes to the stage in Normal this week. WGLT’s Charlie Schlenker has more on this drama focusing on the ways in which humanity can transcend religion…

• Listen to rehearsal of a scene involving Saladin, his sister Sittah, and the Templar 8:39
• Listen to Derrick Billings (the Templar) 1:45
• Listen to a character study of Sittah 2:18
• Hear Dean Brown (Nathan) 1:50

Mystery Author Interview

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Air Date: 5/15/09
Run time: 5:02

A Bloomington Normal author and retired theater professor has published his first work of fiction. WGLT’s Charlie Schlenker has more, on the mysteries of Jared Brown…

Wildwood Collapse

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Air Date: 5/12/09
Run time: 4:38

The collapse of a Bloomington manufacturer has lead to a legal tangle involving dozens of corporations and hundreds of people, and now, it seems, lots and lots of missing money. WGLT’s Charlie Schlenker has more...

Lincoln Ate Here

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Air Date: 5/06/09
Run time: 5:11

It takes a food historian to know what made Abraham Lincoln's mouth water when he pulled his chair up to the dining table. Penelope Bingham is that person, and she's presenting a prgram at the McLean County Museum of History on the eating habits of Lincoln, as well as the rest of the 19th century nation. WGLT's Laura Kennedy talks with Bingham about our 16th presidents' taste buds.

• Bingham compares Lincoln's culinary tastes to those of Thomas Jefferson

Legendary Basketball Coach Mike Krzyzewski

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Air Date: 4/30/09
Run time: 5:19

One of the most famous coaches in sports stopped by the GLT Studios. Mike Krzyzewski, who for 29 years, has led the Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team, visits with Willis Kern. Coach "K" is in Bloomington-Normal as the keynote speaker of the annual Red Cross of the Heartland "Evening of Stars" fundraiser.

• Coach K talks about recruiting Doug Collins' son and shares memories of former ISU coach Bob Bender

Presidential Historian

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Air Date: 4/23/09
Run time: 4:51

Presidential Historian Michael Beschloss has written about Kennedy, Johnson, Eisenhower, Franklin Roosevelt, and Truman. That breadth of attention allows Beschloss to identify qualities great presidents have in common. WGLT’s Charlie Schlenker has more on one such quality in this interview before Beschloss’s appearance today at ISU

• Listen to Beschloss on Lincoln 4:02
• Listen to Beschloss on a craven President :46

 

Domestic Violence Risks

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Air Date: 4/01/09
Run time: 5:20

The deaths of two Leroy boys in an apparent double murder suicide committed by their troubled father has sparked an on line petition asking for the resignation of the family court judge who allowed Michael Connolly to have unsupervised visitation with sons Duncan and Jack Connolly. WGLT’s Charlie Schlenker has more with Kim Wells, executive director of the Bloomington-based Corporate Alliance to End Partner Violence, that could shed light on the process.