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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.

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WBEZ's Clever Apes 
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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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Worldview 
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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

AIDS by Chelsea Dixon
From: WBEZ
Series: Louder Than a Bomb 2013
Caption: Chelsea Dixon, Credit: (WBEZ/file)
Poet Chelsea Dixon, 16, is a sophomore at Oak Park and River Forest High School and participated in Louder Than a Bomb for the first time this year...

  • Added: Apr 12, 2013
  • Length: 02:45
Shred by Camara Brown
From: WBEZ
Series: Louder Than a Bomb 2013
Caption: Camara Brown, Credit: (WBEZ/file)
Poet Camara Brown, 17, is a senior at Oak Park and River Forest High School and participated in Louder Than a Bomb for the second time this year. H...

  • Added: Apr 12, 2013
  • Length: 02:47
We Are Poets by Oak Park and River Forest High School Poetry Team
From: WBEZ
Series: Louder Than a Bomb 2013
Caption: The poets of Oak Park and River Forest High School, Credit: (WBEZ/file)
"We Are Poets" is a team piece that explores different parts of a march. Poets march in protest of a law passed in 2023 forbidding free speech. Per...

  • Added: Apr 12, 2013
  • Length: 02:54
Black Wars by Savia Gordon
From: WBEZ
Series: Louder Than a Bomb 2013
Caption: Savia Gordon, Credit: (WBEZ/file)
Poet Savia Gordon, 18, is a senior at Gwendolyn Brooks College Preparatory Academy and participated in Louder Than a Bomb for the fourth time this ...

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  • Added: Apr 12, 2013
  • Length: 02:52
  • Purchases: 1
Heavenly Sin by Destiny McClendon
From: WBEZ
Series: Louder Than a Bomb 2013
Caption: Destiny McClendon, Credit: (WBEZ/file)
Poet Destiny McClendon, 17, is a senior at Gwendolyn Brooks College Preparatory Academy and participated in Louder Than a Bomb for the first time t...

  • Added: Apr 12, 2013
  • Length: 02:50
Sex Sells by Brooks College Prep's Lyrikally Xplicit
From: WBEZ
Series: Louder Than a Bomb 2013
Caption: Brooks College Prep's Lyrikally Xplicit, Credit: (WBEZ/file)
Sex Sells is a team piece about the objectifying stereotypes of women, performed by the poets of Lyrikally Xplicit from Gwendolyn Brooks College Pr...

  • Added: Apr 12, 2013
  • Length: 02:57
You Keep Going Back to Him by Antwon Funches
From: WBEZ
Series: Louder Than a Bomb 2013
Caption: Antwon Funches, Credit: (WBEZ/file)
Poet Antwon Funches, 15, is a freshman at Simeon Career Academy and participated in Louder Than a Bomb for the first time this year. His piece "You...

  • Added: Apr 12, 2013
  • Length: 02:47
The Outfit by Mariah Starks
From: WBEZ
Series: Louder Than a Bomb 2013
Caption: Mariah Starks, Credit: (WBEZ/file)
Poet Mariah Starks, 15, is a freshman at Simeon Career Academy and participated in Louder Than a Bomb for the first time this year. Her piece, "The...

  • Added: Apr 12, 2013
  • Length: 02:17
The Pursuit of Happiness by Writers Never Die of Simeon Career Academy
From: WBEZ
Series: Louder Than a Bomb 2013
Caption: Writers Never Die, Simeon Career Academy, Credit: (WBEZ/file)
"The Pursuit of Happiness" is a team piece about addiction performed by the poets of Writers Never Die from Simeon Career Academy: sophomore Deandr...

  • Added: Apr 12, 2013
  • Length: 03:01
Filmspotting Ep 400, June 8, 2012: Top 5 Things We Learned from the Movies
From: WBEZ
Series: Filmspotting (weekly series)
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Filmspotting celebrates its 400th episode in front of a live studio audience at Lincoln Hall in Chicago. Adam and Josh are joined by special guest...

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  • Added: Jun 08, 2012
  • Length: 53:31
  • Purchases: 1

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Staff of WBEZ

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Mike Gilmore (Admin)
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Shawn Allee
Editor, Community Bureaus (Interim)
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Shannon Heffernan
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Heidi Goldfein (Admin)
Production Director and Interim Program Director
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Jason Marck
Director/Producer
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Shawn Allee
Individual Producer
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Joe DeCeault
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Susie An
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Michael Puente
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Tony Arnold
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Chip Mitchell
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Dave Dennis (Admin)
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