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2005

- December 25, 2005

CHRISTMAS POTPOURRI: POLITICAL CORRECTNESS, PEOPLE OF MUSLIM FAITH, AND DRAFT "RUDY" FOR PRESIDENT.
HOUR 1 - Click to access
Eric Adelstein (D), Christine Dudley (R) & Dan Miller - Chicago Sun Times.

HOUR 2 - Click to access
John McGovern (R), Dan Johnson-Weinberger (D), &
Draft Rudy Guiliani Organization founder Allen Fore.

- December 16, 2005

COVERT WIRETAP OPERATIONS: LEGAL OR NOT? PUBLIC REACTION TO BUSH'S AUTHORIZATION.
HOUR 1 - Click to access HOUR 2 - Click to access
Ann Liston (D) - political consultant,
Chris Robling (R) - political consultant,
and Brian Boyer - TV Producer & Documentarian.

- December 11, 2005

THE STATE OF THE U.S., THE PRESIDENCY, AND THE WAR IN IRAQ WITH PENDING ELECTIONS THERE.
HOUR 1 - Click to access HOUR 2 - Click to access
Marty Geraghty (R) - Conservative,
Arthur Cyr - AW Klausen Professor of Economy
and Business at Carthage College,
and Deron Schreck -
Assistant Professor - Moraine Valley Community College.

- December 4, 2005

NATIONAL SECURITY: IS IT BETTER TODAY? HAVE CONGRESSIONAL RECOMMENDATIONS BEEN IMPLEMENTED.....OR NOT?
HOUR 1 - Click to access HOUR 2 - Click to access
Chris Varones - Conservative, Dan Johnson-Weinberger - Liberal,
and Brian Boyer - TV Producer & Documentarian.

- November 27, 2005

WHAT IS THE QUALITY OF PUBLIC EDUCATION IN THE UNITED STATES? HOW IS THE WAR IN IRAQ CURRENTLY BEING PERCEIVED?
HOUR 1 - Click to access HOUR 2 - Click to access
Ralph Conor, Conservative, Salim Muwakkil - columnist,
and Coretta McFerren - Community Activist

- November 20, 2005

MEDIA COMMENTARY & CRITICISM REGARDING THE WAR IN IRAQ
HOUR 1 - Click to access
Dan Johnson-Weinberger - Liberal, John Mc Govern (R), and Draft Rudy Guiliani Organization founder Allen Fore.

- November 13, 2005

MUSLIMS IN AMERICA: IS THERE ANYTHING TO FEAR?
HOUR 1 - Click to access
Carol Felsenthal - Freelance Writer, Lee Newcom (R), and Eric Basir - Muslim.

- November 6, 2005

CAN FRANCE OVERCOME THE CIVIL STRIFE BEING CAUSED BY MUSLIM FACTIONS?
HOUR 1 - Click to access HOUR 2 - Click to access
Jim Bohannon - Talk Show Host & Radio Hall of Fame Member,
Kathy Posner - Civic Leader, and Brian Boyer - TV Producer & Documentarian.

- October 30, 2005

LIBBY AND THE VICE-PRESIDENT: AN INDICTMENT TO TRY OR A MEDIA GUILTY VERDICT?
HOUR 1 - Click to access HOUR 2 - Click to access
Andrew Mc Veigh - Financial Analyst, Marty Geraghty - Conservative, and Chip Wilkins - Liberal.

- October 23, 2005

AFRO-AMERICAN LEADERSHIP: HOW IS IT DEFINED? & HOW HAS IT EVOLVED? HOUR 1 - Click to access
Charles Lipson - professor, University of Chicago, Roland Martin (D) - Chicago Defender, and Ralph Conor, Conservative.

THE POLITICAL ISSUE IN IRAQ: WHAT IS THE U.S. INVOLVEMENT REPORT CARD? HOUR 2 - Click to access
Charles Lipson,
Arthur Cyr - AW Klausen Professor of Economy and Business at Carthage College, and Edward Odisho, professor.


- October 16, 2005

THE ROVE CONTROVERSY: INDICTMENT OR NOT?
PLUS: ELECTION OUTCOMES IN IRAQ HOUR 1 - Click to access

MORE ABOUT PRESIDENT BUSH AND THE
NOMINATION OF HARRIET MIERS HOUR 2 - Click to access
Marty Geraghty (R), James Wall (D), and Carol Felsenthal - Freelance Writer.

- October 9, 2005

BUSH'S SUPREME COURT NOMINEE: CREDIBILITY OR CRONYISM?
HOUR 1 - Click to access HOUR 2 - Click to access
Ann Liston (D), Lee Newcom (R), and Salim Muwakkil - columnist.

- October 2, 2005

ALLEGED CORRUPTION AT THE HIGHEST LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT: IS IT A WINNING ISSUE FOR EITHER PARTY?
HOUR 1 - Click to access HOUR 2 - Click to access
Eric Adelstein (D), Tom Bevan (R),
and Brian Boyer - TV Producer & Documentarian.

- September 25, 2005

RESPONSE OF GOVERNMENT TO KATRINA VS RITA - WHY SHOULD WE REBUILD NEW ORLEANS? HOUR 1 - Click to access
WHAT IS THE MOST SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGE TO THE U.S. OVER THE NEXT 50 YEARS? HOUR 2 - Click to access
Mary Hartigan (D) - attorney, Larry Horist (R) - international consultant,
and Rick Levin (I) - estate auttioneer.

- September 18, 2005
POLITICAL FALLOUT FROM FEDERAL, STATE & LOCAL RESPONSE TO
HURRICANE KATRINA?
HOUR 1 - Click to access HOUR 2 - Click to access
Charles Lipson - professor, University of Chicago, George Woods - Talk show host & blogger, and Eric Zorn - columnist, Chicago Tribune.

- September 11, 2005
9-1-1: A DAY REMEMBERED & HAS KATRINA EXPOSED WEAKNESS IN OUR NATION'S EMERGENCY RESPONSE?
HOUR 1 - Click to access HOUR 2 - Click to access
Guests:
John Challenger - outplacement company CEO, Lee Newcom (R), and
Roland Martin (D) - Chicago Defender. Also, phone guest David Shaper - NPR news commentator.

- September 4, 2005
HURRICANE KATRINA: THE BLAME GAME AND THE RELIEF EFFORTS
HOUR 1 - Click to access HOUR 2 - Click to access
Marty Geraghty - Conservative, Dan Johnson-Weinberger - Liberal, and Coretta McFerren - Community Activist. Also, phone guest Chris Bury - ABC News commentator. Hour two phone guest Michael Horowitz, psychologist and President of The Chicago School of Professional Psychology.

- August 28, 2005
DOES THE MEDIA SKEW POLITICAL NEWS AS A PRACTICE?
HOUR 1 - Click to access
WHAT THE NEW FALL TELEVISION LINEUP WILL BRING TO AMERICA
HOUR 2 - Click to access
Christine Dudley (R), Jon Lafayette - Television Week, and Phil Rosenthal - Chicago Tribune Television Critic

- August 21, 2005
CURRENT STATE OF THE WAR IN IRAQ
HOUR 1 - Click to access
WHO WILL BE THE NEXT PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES?
HOUR 2 - Click to access
Dan Proft (R) - IllinoisLeader.com, Don Rose (D) - Political Consultant,
and Chris Varones - Public Relations Consultant.

- August 14, 2005
WHEN DOES LEGITIMATE PROTEST BECOME PROPAGANDA AND
WHO DO POLITICAL PUNDITS REALLY SPEAK FOR?
HOUR 1 - Click to access HOUR 2 - Click to access
Dan Johnson-Weinberger - Liberal, Lee Newcom (R),
and Mary Hartigan (D).

- August 7, 2005
WILL BLAIR'S NEW POLICY ON TERROR-LINKED PEOPLE AND ORGANIZATIONS SURVIVE PUBLIC OPINION?
HOUR 1 - Click to access HOUR 2 - Click to access
Brian Boyer - TV Producer & Documentarian,
John McNeal -Conservative, and Chip Wilkins - Liberal.

- July 31, 2005
PROFILING THE THE TERRORIST....SHOULD WE?
HOUR 1 - Click to access HOUR 2 - Click to access
Guest Host: Tom Shaer - WMVP-AM 1000 ESPN Radio
Arthur Cyr - AW Klausen Professor of Economy and Business at Carthage College, Charles Lipson - University of Chicago, and Kathy Posner, Chicago Civic Leader.

- July 24, 2005

Live Remote from KXLY Radio, Spokane, WA


- July 17, 2005
WILL ROVE SURVIVE THE FIRESTORM OF CRITICISM?
HOUR 1 - Click to access
SUPREME COURT: WHO WILL
BE BUSH'S NOMINEE?
HOUR 2 - Click to access
Eric Adelstein (D), John Mc Govern (R), and Eric Zorn - Chicago Tribune.

- July 10, 2005
LIVE REMOTE FROM ABC-DISNEY STUDIO - BURBANK, CA
THE GLOBAL THREAT OF TERRORISM: WILL THE UK BE DETERRED?
Robert Pape - Author, David Rapoport - Terrorism Expert,
and Arnold Steinberg - Political Strategist.

- July 3, 2005
SUPREME COURT'S FUTURE WITH O'CONNOR RETIREMENT
HOUR 1 - Click to access HOUR 2 - Click to access
John McNeal (R), John Mc Donough - Historian, and Mary Hartigan (D).

- June 27, 2005
BRUCE DuMONT'S 25th ANNIVERSARY GALA AT
HARRY CARAY'S RESTAURANT

Read Carol Marin's Chicago Sun Times article about Bruce DuMont's 25th Anniversary Gala

- June 26, 2005
25th ANNIVERSARY SHOW - ORIGINAL GUESTS FROM FIRST SHOW AND HIGHLIGHT SEGMENTS OVER THE YEARS
HOUR 1 - Click to access
Tom Roeser (R), Bill Cameron - WLS Radio, and Phil Krone (D)..

HOUR 2 - Click to access
Cliff Kelley, Bill Cameron - WLS Radio, and Dan Proft (R) - IllinoisLeader.com.

- June 19, 2005
A SENATOR"S EXPLOSIVE COMMENTS ON WHY TO CLOSE GITMO &
25th ANNIVERSARY HIGHLIGHT SEGMENTS
HOUR 1 - Click to access HOUR 2 - Click to access
Dan Johnson-Weinberger - Liberal, Lee Newcom (R), and
Kathy Posner - Retired Public Relations Executive.

- June 12, 2005
UNITED STATES POLICY ABROAD & 25th ANNIVERSARY HIGHLIGHTS
HOUR 1 - Click to access HOUR 2 - Click to access
Roland Martin (D) - Chicago Defender, Marty Geraghty - Conservative, and
Chip Wilkins - Liberal.

- June 5, 2005
THE SOCIAL SECURITY CRISIS: IS REFORM A REAL THREAT TO FUTURE RETIREES?
HOUR 1 - Click to access
Jan Schakowsky (D), U.S. House of Representatives - 9th District, Illinois,
Steve Rauschenberger (R), Illinois State Sen. (Elgin),
Brian Boyer - TV Producer & Documentarian.

THE UNVEILING OF "DEEP THROAT" - WATERGATE REVISITED
HOUR 2 - Click to access
Robert Molero (D) - Illinois State Sen. (Chicago),
Steve Rauschenberger (R), Illinois State Sen. (Elgin),
Brian Boyer - TV Producer & Documentarian.

- May 29, 2005
THE CHANGING PARADIGM OF SUICIDE TERRORISM & PROTECTING OUR BORDERS FROM SUCH A THREAT
HOUR 1 - Click to access HOUR 2 - Click to access
Arthur Cyr - AW Klausen Professor of Economy and Business at Carthage College, and Robert Pape - Author, "Dying To Win: The Strategic Logic of Suicide Terrorism"

- May 22, 2005
MORE ON THE MEDIA & THE WORLD EFFECT OF INACCURATE REPORTING
HOUR 1 - Click to access HOUR 2 - Click to access
Brian Boyer - TV Producer,
Marty Geraghty (R), and
Illinois Lieutenant Governor Patrick Quinn (D).

- May 15, 2005
EFFECTS OF U.S. MEDIA REPORTING ON THE MUSLIM WORLD & IRAN'S WEAPONRY CAPABILITIES
Live remote from WOR Radio - New York City
Studio Guest: Jerome Corsi, Ph.D. - Author of "Atomic Iran"
Phone Guests: John Nichols - Founder of "Free Press", and
Brian Anderson, Author of "South Park Conservatives"

May 8, 2005
BROADCAST MEDIA: RESPONSIBLE, OR NOT?
ILLEGAL ALIENS' EFFECT ON U.S. ECONOMY
Live remote from ABC Studios - Burbank, CA
Larry Grisolano (D),
Arnold Steinberg (R), and
John Doherty, Author

- May 1, 2005
SOCIAL SECURITY, FUTURE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES &
THE EFFECTS OF POLITICAL PARTISANSHIP
HOUR 1 - Click to access HOUR 2 - Click to access
Pete Giangreco (D),
Christine Dudley (R),, and
Charles Lipson - University of Chicago

- April 24, 2005
POPULAR CULTURE, RELIGION & THE MEDIA
HOUR 1 - Click to access HOUR 2 - Click to access
Roland Martin, Chicago Defender,
James Pethokoukis, U.S. News & World Report, and
Tom Tresser, Creative Arts Activist

- April 17, 2005
MINORITIES IN BASEBALL & OTHER SPORTS
Guest Host: Tom Shaer - WMVP-AM 1000 ESPN Radio
Charles Lipson - University of Chicago,

- April 10, 2005
ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS: THE MEXICAN BORDER WATCH
HOUR 1 - Click to access - HOUR 2 - Click to access
Juan Andrade - President, U.S. Hispanic Leadership Initiative,
Robert Klein-Engler-- Adjunct Professor - Roosevelt University,
Don Rose - Political Consultant

- April 3, 2005
DEATH OF THE POPE & THE CATHOLIC CHURCH TODAY
Guest Host: Tom Shaer - WMVP-AM 1000 ESPN Radio
Marty Geraghty - Conservative,
Tom McNamee -- Columnist - Chicago Sun Times,
Mike Ogulnick WMVP-AM 1000 ESPN Radio (D)

- March 27, 2005
THE RIGHT TO DIE ISSUE HOUR 1 - Click to access HOUR 2 - Click to access
Marty Geraghty - Conservative,
Dan Johnson-Weinberger - Liberal,
Charles Lipson - University of Chicago

- March 20, 2005
THE RIGHT TO DIE ISSUE HOUR 1 - Click to access
RIGHT TO DIE - STEROID USE IN SPORTS HOUR 2 - Click to access
Carol Felsenthal - Freelance Writer,
Robert Molero - (IL State Sen. - D - Chicago),
Dan Rutherford - (IL State Sen. - R - Pontiac)

- March 13, 2005 
HOLLYWOOD'S EFFECT ON THE POLITICAL PROCESS
Ross Crystal - Editor, "Entertainment Industry News" & KFWB Radio,
Harrison - Talk show host - Sirius Satellite Radio,
James Hirsen - Columnist, "The Left Coast Report" & book author

- March 6, 2005
THE WAR ON DRUGS HOUR 1 - Click to access
DAN RATHER &
MEDIA CREDIBILITY HOUR 2 - Click to access
Roland Martin - Chicago Defender, Tom Shaer - WMVP-AM 1000 Radio, &
Lynn Sweet - Chicago Sun Times

- February 27, 2005
U.S. PROMOTION OF WORLD DEMOCRACY HOUR 1 - Click to access
KANSAS BTK KILLER - STEROIDS IN SPORTS - AMTRAK'S FUTURE
HOUR 2- Click to access
Eric Adelstein (D), Christine Dudley (R), & IL State Rep. Susana Mendoza (D)

- February 20, 2005
PARTISANSHIP IN POLITICS - HOUR 1 - Click to access
STEROIDS IN SPORTS - HOUR 2 - Click to access
Marty Geraghty (R), Charles Lipson & Mike Ogulnick (D)

- February 13, 2005
NORTH KOREAN NUKES
HOUR 1 - Click to listen
Lee Newcom (R), James Pethokoukis & Jim Wall (D)

- January 9, 2005
WERE U.S. TROOPS IN IRAQ ADEQUATELY TRAINED & ARMED?
HOUR 1 - Click to access
Illinois Lieutenant Governor Patrick Quinn, Texas talk show host Lynn Woolley &
Loyola University Chicago professor John Allen Williams

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