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: Oliver Stone's 'Born on the Fourth of July'
In the 1980s and '90s, Oliver Stone was one of the most vital and high-profile directors working in Hollywood. "Platoon," "JFK," "Natural Born Kill...

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  • Added: Sep 23, 2016
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 10
Caption: Tom Hanks stars in 'Sully'
When a couple of American movie icons pair up, it’s sometimes a little surprising to realize that they’ve never worked together before. In the case...

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  • Added: Sep 16, 2016
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 10
Caption: Teri Garr, Gene Wilder and Marty Feldman in 'Young Frankenstein'
Earlier this year, the BBC polled movie critics worldwide for the best films of the 21st century. The resulting list -- the Top 100 of the new mill...

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  • Added: Sep 09, 2016
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 9
Caption: Markees Christmas and Craig Robinson in 'Morris from America'
Single dad moves to Germany for work bringing his reluctant, rap-obsessed teen son along with him. The Sundance-friendly plot made comic drama "Mor...

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  • Added: Sep 02, 2016
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 10
Caption: Christopher Nolan's 'Inception'
Citizen Kane, Vertigo, The Godfather. 200 years from now, will anyone even remember these movies? Or are we currently overlooking the classics of t...

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  • Added: Aug 26, 2016
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 8
Caption: Julian Dennison in 'Hunt for the Wilderpeople'
New Zealand director Taika Waititi got on a lot of people’s radars last year with his hilarious vampire mock documentary "What We Do in the Shadows...

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  • Added: Aug 12, 2016
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 9
Caption: Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn in 'Suicide Squad'
Chicago critic and passionate comic-book fan Angelica Bastién joins Josh to consider DC's latest big-screen offering: "Suicide Squad," starring Wil...

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  • Added: Aug 05, 2016
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 9
Caption: Royalty Hightower in 'The Fits'
Director Anna Rose Holmer had a Sundance hit earlier this year with her debut film "The Fits," a stunningly shot tale of a young girl coming to ter...

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  • Added: Jul 29, 2016
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 10
Caption: Melissa McCarthy, Kate McKinnon, Kristen Wiig and Leslie Jones in 'Ghostbusters'
After facing a surprisingly hostile campaign from fans of the 1984 original, the new "Ghostbusters" has finally made it to theaters. But have Krist...

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  • Added: Jul 22, 2016
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 9
Caption: Anya Taylor in 'The Witch'
The 2016 box office has been dominated by the usual suspects -- animated films from Pixar and Disney, caped crusaders, sequels. But with half the y...

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  • Added: Jul 15, 2016
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 9