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

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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: 'In The Heights' / 'Car Wash' (7 From ’76)
When reviews started trickling in for "In the Heights" earlier this year, anticipation for the already much-hyped adaptation of Lin-Manuel Miranda'...

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  • Added: Jun 11, 2021
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 7
Caption: 'Undine' / 'Harlan County U.S.A. '(7 From ’76)
Director Christian Petzold (“Phoenix,” “Transit”) returns with "Undine," a romance haunted by German history and politics -- and loosely inspired b...

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  • Added: Jun 04, 2021
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 7
Caption: 'A Quiet Place Part II' / Top 5 Quiet Scenes
Back in 2018, John Krasinksi’s “A Quiet Place” was a novelty: the rare box office hit that didn’t belong to an existing franchise or property. Fast...

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  • Added: May 28, 2021
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 6
Caption: Summer Movie Preview
Yes, this summer promises pleasures like the return of the MCU, a new Lin-Manuel Miranda musical, and Dev Patel in David Lowery’s “The Green Knight...

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  • Added: May 21, 2021
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 5
Caption: The Underground Railroad / White Heat (’40s Noir #6)
Historically set but featuring elements of magical realism, Barry Jenkins's adaptation of Colson Whitehead's "The Underground Railroad" is not quit...

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  • Added: May 14, 2021
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 6
Caption: Top 5 '70s Movie Moms
Sandwiched between the '60s sexual revolution and the reactionary conservatism of the '80s, the '70s was an anxious decade, and as that anxiety pla...

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  • Added: May 07, 2021
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 6
Caption: 'The Lady From Shanghai' (’40s Noir #5) / 'Together Together'
It's a pair of uneasy couples on this week's show: first up, comedian Patti Harrison as a 20-something surrogate mom to Ed Helms's single 40-someth...

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  • Added: Apr 30, 2021
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 5
Caption: Ma Rainey's Black Bottom / Mank
With the Academy Awards taking place this weekend, we revisit reviews of three films vying for the gold statue. David Fincher's big-screen explora...

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  • Added: Apr 23, 2021
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 6
Caption: Oscar Special
Will Oscar night 2021 see Chloé Zhao crowned Best Director for "Nomadland"? Does anyone have a chance against the late Chadwick Boseman for Best Ac...

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  • Added: Apr 16, 2021
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 6
Caption: Rocky (7 From ’76) / Detour (’40s Noir #4)
Whatever backlash "Rocky" has received over the years for beating out the likes of "Taxi Driver," "All The President's Men" and "Network" for the ...

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  • Added: Apr 09, 2021
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 6