- December 31, 2006

THE POLITICAL YEAR IN REVIEW: IRAQ IN CIVIL WAR? CAN AMERICA WIN? ELECTIONS PAST AND FUTURE.

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Conservatives Tom Roeser (R) and Chris Varones, along with liberals Eric Zorn and Dan Johnson-Weinberger,.

 

- December 24, 2006

A LOOK AT AMERICA'S "SHADOW PARTY": HOW RADICAL IS IT & DOES IT THREATEN A VIABLE TWO-PARTY SYSTEM?
ALSO, HOW GLOBALIZATING IS AFFECTING AMERICA'S ECONOMY.
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Phone guest Joseph Stiglitz, author of new book "Making Globalization Work" and author David Horowitz on "The Shadow Party.".
- December 17, 2006

HOW DOES THE WWW AFFECT BUSINESS AND POLITICS? AND WHAT IS THE CREDIBILITY OF THE INFO? ALSO, SOME COMMENTARY ABOUT THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE REPORT ON IRAQ AND ITS RECOMMENDATIONS.

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Liberal Rick Perlstein, conservative Marty Geraghty (R), and Rick Levin - Independent.
- December 10, 2006

THE IRAQ STUDY GROUP: WILL ITS CONCLUSIONS IMPACT THE ADMINISTRATION'S DECISIONS ON THE WAR'S FUTURE?

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Arthur Cyr - AW Klausen Professor of Economy and Business at Carthage College, Associate History Professor Guity Nashat - Research Fellow for the Hoover Institution, and Edward Odisho, professor of linguistics at Northeastern Illinois University.
- December 3, 2006

DEMOCRATIC AND REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL FIELDS: HOW ARE THEY SHAPING UP? CAN SEN. BARACK OBAMA (D-IL) MAINTAIN HIS SUDDEN RISE TO POLITICAL STARDOM? IRAQ: WHAT RUMSFELD THINKS SHOULD CHANGE.

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Jean Latz-Griffin (D) of the Strategy Group, R. Craig Sauter - author and professor at De paul University, and Loyola University Chicago professor John Allen Williams.
- November 26, 2006

WAR IN IRAQ: HAS GONE ON LONGER THAN WORLD WAR II. WHERE ARE WE GOING WITH OUR STRATEGY?

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Ralph Conner (R) of the Heartland Institute, Mary Hartigan (D) - attorney, and Brian Boyer - TV Producer & Documentarian.
- November 19, 2006

NOW THAT THEY WILL HAVE CONTROL, WHAT IS THE DEMOCRATIC PLAN FOR VICTORY IN IRAQ?

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Molly Andolina - professor of Political Science at DePaul University, Roland Martin (D) - Chicago Defender and
liberal
Dan Johnson-Weinberger.
- November 12, 2006

DEMOCRATIC HOUSE AND SENATE: WILL THE RIGHT KNOW WHAT THE LEFT IS DOING?

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Draft Rudy Guiliani Organization founder Allen Fore, Eric Adelstein (D) - Democratic strategist,
Richard Boykin (D) - Chief of Staff for Cong. Rep Danny K. Davis
, and
University of Chicago Professor Charles Lipson
- November 5, 2006

KEY RACES FOR THE ELECTION AND HOW THEY ARE SHAPING UP?

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Tom Bevan (R) - RealClearPolitics.com editor, and Jim Bohannon - national talk show host.
Hour 2 - Campaign 2006 reports from all around the country.
- October 29, 2006

STEM CELL RESEARCH: HOW FAR WILL PROPONENTS GO TO MAKE THEIR POINT?
PUNDITS TALKING ABOUT PUNDITS: WHEN IS ENOUGH, ENOUGH?

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James Wall (D) - Senior Contributing Editor, Christian Century Magazine,
Lee Newcom (R), and Molly Andolina - professor of Political Science at DePaul University.
Susan Estrich talks about her new book about when punditd carry their feelings to extremes.
- October 22, 2006

WHO ARE THE FRONTRUNNERS IN THE MIDTERM ELECTIONS?
PLUS....LOOKING AHEAD TO THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE.

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Mary Anne Carter - Republican Strategist,
Randy Button - Former Chairman TN Democratic Party, Mike Fitzgerald - UT - Howard Baker Center,
Hallerin Hilton Hill - WNOX-FM Talk Show Host.
- October 15, 2006

NORTH KOREA: CAN THEY DELIVER A NUCLEAR WEAPON? WILL SANCTIONS DETER THEM?

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Arthur Cyr - AW Klausen Professor of Economy and Business at Carthage College,
Richard E. Friedman - President of the National Strategy Forum, and Geneive Abdo - author of
"Mecca and Main Street: Muslim Life in America after 9/11."

Also, phone guest.... author Gregory Copley on his new book "Art of Victory."
- October 8, 2006

CAMPAIGN 2006: WHAT WILL MOST AFFECT THE REPUBLICAN CONTROL OF THE CONGRESS AND SENATE?

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Tom Bevan (R) - RealClearPolitics.com editor, University of Chicago Professor Charles Lipson,
and author/reporter Joe Mathews of the Los Angeles Times.
- October 1, 2006

SEX SCANDAL AND THE ELECTION: DOES MARK FOLEY PUT THE REPUBLICAN PARTY ON THE DEFENSIVE
BECAUSE OF HIS ACTIVITIES? IS THE SCOPE OF THE INVESTIGATION ADEQUATE?

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Conservative, and liberal Dan Johnson-Weinberger,
Kevin McCullough - conservative political talk show host and commentator,
and Molly Andolina - professor of Political Science at DePaul University.

Also, phone guest.... author Sidney Blumenthal - former advisor to Bill Clinton.
- September 24, 2006

WHAT IS THE STATE OF OUR ECONOMY? STABLE AND ROBUST,
OR A GIANT SUCKING SOUND?
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John Challenger - outplacement company CEO, Dan Swinney - director
of the Center for Labor & Community Research, and immigration attorney Don Garner.
Second hour phone guest Joseph Stiglitz, author of new book "Making Globalization Work."
- September 17, 2006

WHAT ARE THE KEY ISSUES FACING THE NATION IN THE UPCOMING ELECTIONS?
IS ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION THE HEADLINER?
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Christine Dudley (R), Pete Giangreco (D), and Rick Levin - Independent.
Hour 2 - Patrick Buchanan talks about illegal immigration and his new book, "State of Emergency."
- September 10, 2006

SEPT. 11 ATTACK - FIVE YEARS LATER: HOW HAS OUR NATION CHANGED?

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Associate History Professor Guity Nashat - Research Fellow for the Hoover Institution
, Marty Geraghty (R) - Conservative,
and Eric Zorn - columnist, Chicago Tribune. Hour 2 - Author Lawrence Wright on his new book,
"The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9-11.".
- September 3, 2006

UPCOMING ELECTIONS: WILL REPUBLICANS KEEP THE HOUSE AND SENATE?

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Tom Bevan (R)
- RealClearPolitics.com editor,
Chris Varones - Conservative, and liberal Dan Johnson-Weinberger.
- August 27, 2006

HIV/AIDS VIRUS: HOW DO YOU ADDRESS THE EPIDEMIC PROPORTIONS IN THE AFRO-AMERICAN COMMUNITY? SHOULD THERE BE SAFEGUARDS TO PREVENT THE SPREAD IN PRISON POPULATIONS?

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Roland Martin
(D) - Chicago Defender & Ziff Sistrunk - HIV/aids activist.
- August 20, 2006

DOES THE RECENT FEDERAL COURT DECISION AGAINST WIRETAPPING ENDANGER AMERICA'S SECURITY PROGRAMS? AND CAN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY CAPITALIZE ON THIS AS A BLOW TO PATRIOTISM? ALSO, A LOOK AT AMERICA'S "SHADOW PARTY": HOW RADICAL IS IT & DOES IT THREATEN A VIABLE TWO-PARTY SYSTEM?

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Rosanna Pulido - Director, Minuteman Project of Illinois, Brian Boyer - TV Producer & Documentarian, and immigration attorney Don Garner.
Phone guest David Horowitz.
- August 13, 2006

ELECTION POLITICS: HAS THE RACE BEGUN? DOES LAMONT'S PRIMARY WIN OVER LIEBERMANN SEND A SIGNAL?
TERRORISM AND SECURITY: LONDON AND THE PAKISTANI TRAINING GROUNDS

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Tom Bevan (R) - RealClearPolitics.com editor, Eric Adelstein (D), and John McGovern (R).
Also, phone guest Gregory Lee, expert on terrorism.
- August 6, 2006

IS IRAN BEHIND HEZBOLLAH IN RESISTING ISRAEL? HISTORICALLY, IS THE MIDDLE EAST ANY DIFFERENT TODAY?
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Lee Newcom (R), Brian Boyer - TV Producer & Documentarian, and University of Chicago Professor Charles Lipson, Also, UIC Associate History Professor Guity Nashat - Research Fellow for the Hoover Institution.
July 30, 2006

ONGOING BATTLES BETWEEN ISRAEL & HEZBOLLAH - THE STATE OF THE GUANTANAMO TODAY

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Arthur Cyr - AW Klausen Professor of Economy and Business at Carthage College, Dan Proft - conservative, and Joe Margulies - Professor of Law at Northwestern University.

- July 23, 2006

A rebroadcast of our first program following the attacks on New York on Sept. 11, 2001.
LEST AMERICA FORGET: REACTION AND ACTION DURING SOME OF AMERICA'S DARKEST DAYS

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Arthur Cyr - AW Klausen Professor of Economy and Business at Carthage College, and Ghada Talhami, Palestinian-American


- July 16, 2006


Special remote broadcast from affiliate WTAG Radio in Worcester, MA.
MORE MIDEASTERN CONFLICT: HEZBOLLAH STRONGHOLDS POMMELLED BY ISRAELI AIR STRIKES.
WHAT ROLE SHOULD AMERICA TAKE?
WHAT FUTURE IS THERE FOR GAY CIVIL UNIONS IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSSETTS AND
THROUGHOUT THE NATION?

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Massachussetts guests including:

- July 9, 2006


NORTH KOREA MISSILE LAUNCHES - DO WE FEEL A BIT LESS SAFE, EVEN ON THE U.S. MAINLAND?
WOULD TERRORISM IN THE HOLLAND TUNNEL BE WORSE THAN AN OVERT STRIKE ON AMERICA?

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Rosanna Pulido Conservative - Director, Minuteman Project of Illinois,
civic leader Kathy Posner, and liberal Jessica Clark - executive editor, In These Times.
Hour 2 - Phone guest: John Stossel - anchor ABC's 20/20, author of "Myths, Lies and Downright Stupidity."

- July 2, 2006


FREEDOMS IN AMERICA: ARE THEY COMPROMISED, OR DO OUR CONSTITUTIONAL SAFEGUARDS PREVAIL?

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Sean Healy - McCormick Tribune Freedom Museum
Chris Varones - Conservative, and liberal Dan Johnson-Weinberger.
Hour 2 - Phone guest: author Richard Bookhiser, "What Would the Founders Do?"


- June 25, 2006

LIBERALS AND CONSERVATIVES....WHO ARE THEY TODAY, AND WHAT DEFINES THEM?

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Peter Beinhart - liberal, Dan Proft - conservative,
and columnist Mary Mitchell - Chicago Sun Times.


- June 18, 2006

ARE THERE ANY POSITIVE ASPECTS TO THE WAR IN IRAQ?
HAS TROUBLE ON AMERICAN SOIL BEEN AVERTED?

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Lee Newcom (R)
, Brian Boyer - TV Producer & Documentarian,
and Salim Muwakkil - Columnist.

- June 11, 2006

DOES OUR REPRESENTATION DO A GOOD JOB IN WASHINGTON?

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Tom Roeser (R) -Conservative WLS-Chicago talk show host,
and Cong. Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-IL).

- June 4, 2006

TORONTO TERRORIST PLOT:
DID COVERT PHONE TAPPING AVERT A DISASTER?

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Remote broadcast from WOR Radio, AM-710 in New York City
Rob Arnold (R),
and Hank Sheinkopf (D).

- May 28, 2006

HONORING AMERICA'S WAR VETERANS: SPECIAL MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND PROGRAM
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Col. Steven Huber - Iraq War vet,
Lt. Col Rick Mills - Vietnam War vet,
First Lt. Jerry Kykicz - Vietnam War vet and
Jose Martinez - Korean War vet.

- May 21, 2006


IS THE PRESIDENT'S PLAN FOR IMMIGRANTS A TARGET, OR ON TARGET?
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Lee Newcom (R),
Richard Boykin (D) - Chief of Staff for Cong. Rep Danny K. Davis and
Paula Gilovich - Education Director of About Face Theatre
.

- May 14, 2006


WHAT ARE THE LEGAL RIGHTS OF IMMIGRANTS? AND SHOULD OUR BORDERS BE SEALED?
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Rosanna Pulido - Director, Minuteman Project of Illinois, Ralph Conner of the Heartland Institute, and immigration attorney Don Garner.

- May 7, 2006


WHAT DOES THE CHANGE OF THE CIA DIRECTOR DO TO OUR NATIONAL SECURITY EFFORTS?
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Conservative Tom Roeser, Liberal Rick Perlstein, and BTB Listener Dennis Canfield. Phone guest in 2nd hour author David Sirota.


- April 30, 2006


ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION: WHAT IMPACT WILL "DAY WITHOUT IMMIGRANTS" MARCHES HAVE ON GOVERNMENT POLICY FORMATION?
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Remote Broadcast at ABC-Disney Studios in Burbank, CA
Democratic director Peter O'Fallon, Republican actor Lance Frank, and Independent school teacher Virginia Hill.


- April 23, 2006

TOP SECRET INFORMATION: SHOULD GOVERNMENT AND JOURNALISTIC INFO LEAKERS BE FIRED, PRAISED OR TRIED FOR TREASON? WHAT IS THE PUBLIC'S RIGHT TO KNOW?
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Chip Wilkins - Liberal, Marty Geraghty (R) - Conservative,
and Independent Rick Levin

- April 16, 2006


HOW CAN THE U.S. POSSIBLY DEPORT 11-12 MILLION
ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS?

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Rosanna Pulido - Director, Minuteman Project of Illinois,
Chris Varones - Conservative, and liberal
Dan Johnson-Weinberger.

- April 9, 2006


DO ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS REALLY TAKE THE JOBS THAT AMERICANS D

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Christine Dudley (R), Arthur Cyr - AW Klausen Professor of Economy and Business at Carthage College, and Dan Johnson-Weinberger.

- April 2, 2006

SHOULD ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS BE CLASSIFIED AS FELONS?
IS GEORGE BUSH A LAME DUCK PRESIDENT?

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Guest Host: Chicago broadcaster Tom Shaer, University of Chicago Professor Charles Lipson, Lee Newcom (R) and Chip Wilkins - Liberal.

- March 26, 2006


ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION: HOW DO WE CONTROL THE INFLUX AND MANAGE THOSE ALREADY HERE?

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Charlie Stone
(R)
- media producer & former prosecutor,
IL State Rep. Susana Mendoza (D)
and Rick Levin - Independent.

- March 19, 2006


THIRD ANNIVERSARY OF IRAQ BOMBING....WHERE ARE WE NOW?
ALSO....FOREIGN PRODUCED PRODUCTS: IS THERE SUCH A THING AS CONSUMER PATRIOTISM?

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Tom Bevan (R) - RealClearPolitics.com editor,
Chris Robling (R) - political consultant,
Brian Boyer - TV Producer & Documentarian,
and Salim Muwakkil - Columnist.

- March 12, 2006


GOVERNMENT EAVESDROPPING: SHOULD THIS ADMINISTRATION BE CENSURED? ALSO....ARE WE DOING A GOOD JOB OF REHABBING THOSE INCARCERATED TO BE PRODUCTIVE SOCIETY MEMBERS?

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Lee Newcom (R),
Chip Wilkins - Liberal,
and Richard Boykin (D) - Chief of Staff for Cong. Rep Danny K. Davis.

- March 5, 2006


PORT SECURITY: A FOREIGN TAKEOVER ATTEMPT? AND...THE PRESIDENT'S TRIP TO THE MIDEAST

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Marty Geraghty (R) - Conservative,
Charles Lipson - professor, University of Chicago,
and Rick Perlstein - liberal journalist and historian.

- February 26, 2006


OUTSOURCING OUR PORT MANANGEMENT: A THREAT TO U.S. SECURITY?

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Tom Bevan (R) - RealClearPolitics.com editor,
John Mc Donough (D) - Television Historian,
and Rick Levin - Independent.

- February 19, 2006


IRAN, IRAQ AND NUKES....PORT SECURITY AND THE UAE....
THE RHETORIC OF WORLD LEADERS

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Chris Robling (R) - political consultant, Jacky Grimshaw (D) -
Center for Neighborhood Technology board member,
and television producer Matt Keepman.


- February 12, 2006

THE STATE OF THE MIDEAST AND.... IS WIRETAPPING AND OTHER COVERT ACTIVITY BY THE U.S. NECESSARY AND LEGAL?

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James Wall (D) - Senior Contributing Editor, Christian Century Magazine,
John McGovern (R), Tom Pence (R) - political activist.

- February 5, 2006


GOVERNMENT PORK PROGRAMS: CAREER POLITICIANS AND THEIR AGENDAS OF RE-ELECTION AND BRINGING HOME THE BACON.

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Paul Caprio - Conservative political activist,
Kathy Posner - Retired Public Relations Executive, and
Senator Tom Coburn (R) Oklahoma.

- January 29, 2006


HAMAS IN POWER: WHAT IS THE FUTURE OF WORLD RELATIONS? and THE U.S. POLICY ON IRAN: IS WAR INEVITIBLE?
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Arthur Cyr - AW Klausen Professor of Economy and Business at Carthage College, Roland Martin (D) - Chicago Defender,
Dan Proft (R)
- IllinoisLeader.com
and Assad Nimer Busool - Professor, American Islamic College.

- January 15, 2006

HIS LIFE AND LEGACY: REMEMBERING DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.

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Marty Geraghty (R) - Conservative, Ralph Conner, of the Heartland Institute and George O'Hare, Liberal.

- January 8, 200


SCANDAL IN POLITICAL CIRCLES: IS REFORM A NECESSITY?

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Arthur Cyr - AW Klausen Professor of Economy and Business at Carthage College, Lee Newcom (R), and Charlie Stone (R).
     
- January 1, 2006


THE POLITICAL YEAR IN REVIEW & PREDICTIONS FOR THE NEW YEAR
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Tom Roeser (R), Jackie Grimshaw (D), & Dan Miller - Chicago Sun Times.

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Christine Dudley (R)
and J
ohn Mc Govern.and Dan Johnson-Weinberger.


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