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Each week the Overdrive speaks with one of WBEZ’s bureau reporters. This week, NWI bureau reporter Mike Puente joins Shantell & Luis on the air to talk about the runway extension of Gary/Chicago International Airport set to open later this year and other plans for the complex. NWI residents Lorell K & Theo the Thinker weigh in on the subject.
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Northwest Indiana Bureau reporter Michael Puente joined hosts Brian Babylon and Molly Adams to share the story of John Chrzanowski, a Hammond Iraq war veteran who killed himself two summers ago. His mother has started campaigning for mandatory counseling for all veterans. He also filled us in on upcoming training for manufacturing in the region.
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“Doing a well known show…there are two sides to it. They see it’s a known title but by the same token, some people don’t understand that film and stage are two different media and what they may see in the movie may not be able to be done on stage or might not even have been in the original play.”
- Steve Rohe, Director of “Cat on a Hit Tin Roof” at the Footlight Theatrer
Footlight Theater in Michgan City is putting on Tennessee Williams’s classic Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. Director Steve Rohe and Big Daddy, aka George Maslankowski stopped by the studio this morning and joined Morning AMp hosts Brian Babylon and Molly Adams to talk about how the melodrama remains relevant.
To purchase tickets for this production, visit their website!
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Luis and Shantell speak with Malacai, a native of Gary Indiana who went to school in Chicago. Malacai discusses how other people’s perceptions of him have changed ever since becoming associated with Chicago and urban culture. Hear an outsider’s perspective of how spending time in Chicago has changed him, and how others not from the region might collectively view Chicagoans.
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Watch What They Watch: The question of whether or not violent images in media has an effect on viewers has been long-debated, but according to a new study, children who watch less aggressive television programs are more well-behaved. We discuss.
WBEZ Bureau Check In: North side Bureau reporter Odette Yousef brings us an exclusive report on the city’s recruitment day to reel in more taxi drivers.
Job from around the Way: We present the latest job lead in hopes of making the search a bit easier in this tough economy.
Luis and Shantell talk with a high school teacher from Gary, Indiana about the Boy Scouts of America reconsidering their stance on openly gay scouts and scout leaders. What is the importance of a faith-based group such as the Boy Scouts placing this issue back in to the discussion? Hear an educator’s perspective who has personally dealt with these issues in his own classroom.
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A quarter of Chicago’s victims of violence in January have been under the age of eighteen. On Tuesday, January 29, fifteen-year-old Hadiya Pendleton was shot in the back in a public park at 2:30 pm, with bullets allegedly meant for someone else. Hosts Molly and Brian discuss why the media picked up on Hadiya’s story when there have been 42 homicides this month alone. Nick from Chicago and Richard from Gary, Indiana weigh in on the effectiveness of an assault weapons ban in the city.
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Big thanks to Northwest Indiana’s The Ungrateful Sons for stopping by tonight. Their new CD is called, Don’t Die. We’ll post the interview soon.
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We’re talking about Merrillville, IN and their potential “saggy pants ban” on air now with WBEZ Northwest Indiana reporter Mike Puente. Listen Live: http://www.vocalo.org/player
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Indiana rapper Enigmatic grew up listening to Oldies music while riding in his dad’s old Lincoln, and only later in college did he discover hip hop and began writing rhymes to beats. On his new album EGO_Centric, Enigmatic fuses his personal life experiences, inner struggles and even failures, to create narratives about the world as he sees it. Enigmatic joined Jesse Menendez to talk about his new album.
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