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Special Holiday Podcast (12-20-09):
It's a Wonderful Slice of
'It's a Wonderful Life'
Mike does the entire movie in about 12 minutes.
Producer Heather Frey plays Mary and special
guest star, radio show host Scott Austin joins
the festivities. Oh, yeah. There are a few WCPT
characters in the background singing
"Auld Lang Syne." I don't know how they
got into the studio. Honest.
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If you missed a show or just want to browse through some past shows, here they are, in their entirety. (Since this is new, we're working out the bugs. If you have any complaints, comments, or suggestions email the webmaster. Please.)
Duration: 114:47 m - Filetype: mp3 - Bitrate: 48 KBPS - Frequency: 44100 HZ
May 19, 2013
Billy Goodnick, author of Yards: Turn Any Outdoor Space into the Garden of Your Dreams, shares his unconventional style and wisdom about landscaping with Mike. Jenny Schleuter and Liz Houtz from Tree House Humane Society talk about the Cats at Work Project, which has the goal of making life more tolerable for feral cats while using them to help control rodent populations. Shawn Kingzette talks about how The Care of Trees is helping homeowners make informed decisions about how to protect their ash trees from Emerald Ash Borer.
DownloadDuration: 115:20 m - Filetype: mp3 - Bitrate: 48 KBPS - Frequency: 44100 HZ
May 12, 2013
Artist Leah Gauthier talks about her campaign to help rescue the Marshall Strawberry from near-extinction. Landscaper, horticultural consultant and permacultural grower Nance Klehm explains how she became yet another environmentalist fined by the City of Chicago for allegedly growing weeds on her parkway. The charges are absurd, by the way. Mike examines whether this policy is just a way for the financially-strapped City to raise cash.
DownloadDuration: 115:05 m - Filetype: mp3 - Bitrate: 48 KBPS - Frequency: 44100 HZ
April 28, 2013
Mike takes a few minutes to reflect on the canceling of Our Town with Mike Sanders on Chicago's Progressive Talk. Tom Lupfer of Lupfer Landscaping explains how to make sustainability work in your own garden. Beth Botts reports that the waters have receded from the Morton Arboretum and that institution is open for business. Alan Shannon from the USDA Food and Nutrition Service, Linda Mallers from FarmLogix, Chef Steven Obendorf of the Latin School of Chicago and Dr. Bill Stone, owner of Brightonwoods Orchard in Burlington, Wisconsin, talk about how they have come together to support Farm to School food programs. Naturalist/author Joel Greenberg and film writer/producer David Mrazek promote their upcoming film, From Billions to None: The Passenger Pigeon's Flight to Extinction, which will be released in 2014 in commemoration of the one hundreth anniversary of the death of the last passenger pigeon on our planet.
DownloadDuration: 113:26 m - Filetype: mp3 - Bitrate: 48 KBPS - Frequency: 44100 HZ
April 21, 2013
- Mike's 5th Anniversary Show on Chicago's Progressive Talk features calls and visits from past and present contributors to the program, including Rick DiMaio, Mike Sanders, Heather Frey, Pat Skach, Lisa Albrecht, Sarah Batka, Rob Kartholl and Denny Schetter. Jennifer Brennan, Mike's co-host on their TV gardening and cooking show, Dig In Chicago, stops by to help him preview their second season. Sandra Henry, the Energy Doctor from ComEd, provides tips and suggestions for keeping your home energy effecient all year long.
DownloadDuration: 114:42 m - Filetype: mp3 - Bitrate: 48 KBPS - Frequency: 44100 HZ
April 14, 2013
- Author and Radio and TV show host Melinda Myers talks to Mike about renewing gardens after a long, cold spring. Sarah Elizabeth Ippel, founder and executive director of the Academy for Global Citizenship, explains how AGC is working to become a net-positive energy campus. Tom Shepherd from the Southeast Environmental Task Forse explains why some Cook County Commissioners want to vote to ban landfills in the county even though a similar law was passed by the Illinois General Assembly last year.
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