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Our daily thread question today is:  Why not fire Lovie Smith today?

Brian thinks General Manager Jerry Angelo shouldn't get a pass, and Bears great Jerry Azumah says you've gotta look up and down the food chain too.  

  

  

   Debriefing last week's game with former Chicago Bear Jerry Azumah.And we quickly talk about...What the hell is going on with Sammy Sosa's FACE!!!!

  

  

• debriefing last week's game with former Chicago Bear Jerry Azumah, previewing this week's game and guy talk vocalo style with Justin Kaufman.

  

  

  

  

  We talk to Jerry Azumah  about the Chicago Bears WIN on Sunday Vs. The Seattle Seahawks and fashion looks for the fall.

Guests throughout the week will include:

September Editorial: “Getting Schooled”

• Monday, September 28, 1:20 to 1:40 p.m. Alexander Russo is a journalist who runs a blog about the Chicago Public Schools -- District 299.com -- considered a must-read by people in town who follow education news/policy. He provides a roundup of local education news, and puts out topics for discussion, often based on tips from readers.

• Tuesday, September 29, 1 to 2 p.m. Dan Sinker is a journalism professor at Columbia College Chicago and is teaching a class this semester called “Mobile Journalism,” designed to explore the opportunities and obstacles in the consumption and reporting of the news via mobile devices.

• Tuesday, September 29, 6 to 7 p.m. August and Jason Roberson run Fit Momz Fit Kidz-- a brand-new fitness business in Muncie, Indiana, which aims to help teach new moms how to lose "the baby weight" and to help them raise their kids in a healthy way. 

• Wednesday, September 30, 1:20 to 2 p.m. The ABCs of CPS (Chicago Public Schools): Sarah Karp is deputy editor at Catalyst Chicago:  Independent Reporting on Urban Schools, an award-winning news-magazine about Chicago's public schools.  She's a veteran investigative reporter.  And she's got two kids in Chicago Public Schools.  (She also went to CPS herself.) She'll be telling us the stories that she's learned the most from, as a parent and a reporter.  

• Wednesday, September 30, 4 to 5 p.m. Raphael Nash and junior mentors from Digital Youth Network talk about what it’s like for young people to become teachers to other youth.

October Editorial: “Where Does It Hurt?”

• Thursday, October 1, 8:30 to 9 a.m. Cathy Goldsmith from the Porter Health System in Porter, Indiana, joins the broadcast to promote their 15th Annual Stay Healthy Fair on October 5 at the Porter County Expo Center. The Fair will feature over 90 exhibitors from area physicians and community organizations.

• Thursday, October 1, 1:20 to 1:40 p.m. Dr. Joanna Dolgoff is the creator of drweigh.com, a weight loss program that deals specifically with children. She's also the author of the book, Red Light, Green Light, Eat Right, a kid-friendly guide to promoting healthy eating habits.

Arts and Literature

• Monday, September 28, 2:20 to 3:20 p.m. Editor Jacob S. Knabb of Another Chicago Magazine brings in an author to read an excerpt and discuss his/her work.

Comedy

• Friday, October 2, 3 to 4 p.m. Corey Bailey is a comedian, an actor and a motivational speaker.

Culture and Politics

• Thursday, October 1, 2:20 to 2:30 p.m.  Latoya, editor of Racialicious blog, about the intersection of race and pop culture.

• Friday, October 2, 7:30 to 8 a.m. Joe Arnold brings news of the Lake Michigan Region.

• Friday, October 2, 3:20 to 3:40 p.m. Alejandro Riera, editor of Café Magazine, highlights several events going on this weekend in the Latino community.

Human Interest

• Tuesday, September 29, and Thursday, October 1, from 7:15 to 7:30 a.m. Vocalo.org user AnalyticalDiva cruises the Twitterverse for weird news.

• Tuesday, September 29, 8:30 to 9 a.m. tentative. Ursula Bielski is on to promote her newly-released book Chicago Haunts 3. She is also heading a ghost conference this weekend where Svengoolie will host. Ursula is a Chicago historian and author who writes and lectures about Chicago's supernatural folklore and the paranormal.  A leading authority on the Chicago region's ghostlore and cemetery history, Ursula is also the founder and president of Chicago Hauntings Tours.

• Tuesday, September 29, 4 to 5 p.m.  Kim Ainis of the Chicago Reading and Dyslexia Center and Ron Davis, author of Gift of Dyslexia and the Davis Program. The Davis Program is a method to help kids and adults with dyslexia, teaching people how to control their own mental processes more closely, allowing them to overcome the difficulties posed by dyslexia. The Davis program is based on the idea that dyslexia is an ability, not a disability-- essentially an over-abundance of creativity.  

• Friday, October 2, 9 to 10 a.m. Mr. Ash owns Ash's Magic Shop on Chicago's North side since 1985. He's in to share his experiences as both a magician and a business owner in this tough economy.

Kids and Teens

• Monday, September 28, 5 to 5:40 p.m. Hilda Johnson and Quentin from the Chicago Freedom School will lead a workshop on September 30 on adultism, defined as "a predisposition towards adults, which manifests itself as bias against children, youth, and all young people who aren't addressed, viewed or respected as adults."
• Wednesday, September 30, 10 to 10:40 a.m. Jaquanda Villegas of the Chicago-based hip-hop arts and education organization Kuumba Lynx talks about their program, Half-Pint Poetics, a poetry program for 5th through 8th graders.

• Thursday, October 1, 9 to 10 a.m. Respect Ours teen roundtable.

Movies

• Friday, October 2, 12 to 1 p.m. Reggie Ponder, The Reel Critic, discusses the latest movies.

Music

• Monday, September 28, 9:30 to 9:40 a.m. Owen O’Mally of The Rikters and of Gearwire.com talks about the hottest drums, guitars, and recording equipment on the market.

• Wednesday, September 30, 12 to 1 p.m. Elizabeth Deane and Adriana Bosch produced Latin Music USA, a PBS four-hour documentary series that looks at "the greatest American music made by Latinos" through various points in history. The documentary will premiere in October, which is also Hispanic Heritage Month.

• Wednesday, September 30, 2:20 to 2:30 p.m.  Robert Loerzel, from local music blog Underground Bee.

Spirituality & Religion

• Wednesday, September 30, 9 to 10 a.m. Five psychics from Gary and a life coach talk about spiritual development.

Sports

• Monday, September 28, 11 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Armchair Quarterbacks: Former Chicago Bears all-pro cornerback Jerry Azumah drops in on the broadcast Mondays all season long to dish about the Monsters of the Midway. Vocalo.org host Brian Bablyon and Chicago Public Radio web editor and die-hard fan Justin Kaufmann join Jerry.

• Thursday, October 1, 6 to 7 p.m. The winners of our Next Top Sportscaster contest – comedy troupe Blackout – get us caught up on the latest and not necessarily greatest news from the world of sports.