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Chicago Amplified was created in 2006 to bring wider distribution to some of the most exciting and informative public programming happening throughout the Chicago region. These events serve the purpose of inspiring public discourse about a vast array of topics, from recent scientific discoveries to cultural connections. Click here for more information. In addition to this full event archive, WBEZ now features an excerpt from the archive each week - a single story or revelation you just have to hear! Click here to check out Dynamic Range...
Feb. 16, 2012
Science journalist Joshua Foer used to be like the rest of us mere memory mortals who forget friends’ birthdays, where we put the car keys, where we put the car…
Then...more
Feb. 13, 2012
Erik Gellman presents five myths of late 1960s Chicago history. These myths show how popular memory (and the lack of memory altogether) have prevented students and...more
Feb. 09, 2012
If you were looking for a philosopher likely to appeal to Americans, Friedrich Nietzsche would be far from your first choice. After all, in his blazing career Nietzsche...more
Feb. 09, 2012
Bayard Rustin (1912–87) was instrumental in bringing Gandhi’s protest techniques from India to America in the 1940s, a mentor to Martin Luther King Jr., and an organizer...more
Feb. 08, 2012
When Father Robert Barron preaches, his message reaches millions. Barron is a Catholic priest of the Chicago Archdiocese, but his pulpit is no ordinary one. As the host...more
Feb. 07, 2012
Last spring, scholar Manning Marable was poised to release his life’s work: a monumental biography of Malcolm X. Marable, a longtime professor of African-American...more
Feb. 04, 2012
The Indignant Generation is the first narrative history of the neglected but essential period of African American literature between the Harlem Renaissance and the civil...more
Feb. 04, 2012
With Neal Samors and Eric Bronksy as our guides, we explore Chicago's classic restaurants from pre-1900 to the present, including classics like Henrici's, Fritzel's,...more
Feb. 01, 2012
Lori Andrews, internationally acclaimed legal pioneer in the areas of modern ethics and privacy, discusses her latest book, I Know Who You Are and I Saw What You Did:...more
Jan. 31, 2012
The dependence on oil and other fossil fuels for over 80% of our energy and the continued emission of carbon dioxide threatening a stable climate are captured in a...more
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