WBEZ

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WBEZ 91.5 offers over 560,000 listeners each week a wide variety of programs from news and public affairs to music and arts.  Chicago Public Media produces such distinctive and innovative programming as This American Life, Eight Forty-Eight, Sound Opinions, Worldview and Vocalo.org. WBEZ is the only Chicago area member station of NPR®, producers of Morning Edition® and All Things Considered®. We also broadcast programming distributed by Public Radio International and American Public Media as well as from many other national and international program sources.

Series

Caption: www.wbez.org/cleverapes
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WBEZ’s science experiment, “Clever Apes” is a nano-sized show with a cosmic scope. It tells the stories of the rich scientific community of the Chicago area, its quirky characters and the fascinating, often mind-bending questions they’re out to answer. But it is not so Chicago-centric that it won't work for your town.

  • From: WBEZ
  • Updated: Apr 05, 2012
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From Nobel Peace Prize winners to Nicaraguan sweatshop workers, Worldview highlights a range of voices that go beyond the headlines.

  • From: WBEZ
  • Updated: Apr 21, 2011

Latest Pieces

Caption: Pom Klementieff, Chris Pratt, Karen Gillan in 'Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3'
How much do we still need the Guardians of the Galaxy movies? Worst, best, or indifferent Guardians movie? Plus, in honor of the new Guardians rele...

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  • Added: May 05, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 8
Caption: Top 5 Joaquin Phoenix Performances / 'Beau Is Afraid'
Joaquin Phoenix. Enigmatic, tortured, funny. It’s the Oscar-winning actor’s best from his ‘90s breakthrough with Gus Van Sant, to his partnerships ...

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  • Added: Apr 28, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 9
Caption: Florence Pugh in Ari Aster's 'Midsommar'
Guest critics Tasha Robinson (The Next Picture Show, Polygon) and Angelica Jade Bastién (Vulture, New York Magazine) join Josh for a lively debate ...

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  • Added: Apr 21, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 9
Caption: 'How to Blow Up a Pipeline' review
Daniel Goldhaber's "How to Blow Up a Pipeline" shows impressive craft and is fueled by real generational anxiety about the climate crisis, but does...

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  • Added: Apr 14, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 9
Caption: 'Showing Up' / 'Air'
This week, we find out where Adam and guest host Michael Phillips (Chicago Tribune) stand on Ben Affleck's bio-sports-pic on Chicago's hero, Michae...

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  • Added: Apr 07, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 9
Caption: 'John Wick: Chapter 4' - Endurance Test or Series’ Best
John Wick 4's 169-minute run time could be seen as a betrayal of its lean and mean origins, or a welcome embrace of its byzantine mythology and inc...

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  • Added: Mar 31, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 12
Caption: Books That Should Be Adapted Into Movies
The new book from film writer Kristen Lopez asks, “But Have You Read The Book?” Kristen joins Adam and Josh for a conversation about books they hav...

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  • Added: Mar 24, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 12
Caption: 'The Big Lebowski' at 25
The Coen Brothers followed up their Oscar-winning "Fargo" with a stoned, shaggy-dog film noir riff, "The Big Lebowski." The box office bomb went on...

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  • Added: Mar 17, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 12
Caption: 'Creed III'
It takes a star of great confidence to play opposite the electrifying Jonathan Majors. And while "Creed III’s "Michael B. Jordan is up to the chall...

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  • Added: Mar 10, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 10
Caption: 2023 Oscar Picks
Adam and Josh compare Oscar ballots with the Chicago Tribune's Michael Phillips, sharing picks for who will win, who should win, and who should hav...

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  • Added: Mar 03, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 9