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.

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Caption: Sara Paxton, Pat Healy in The Innkeepers
Physically, co-hosting Filmspotting isn't a very demanding job. The only thing that can get a bit trying up in the studio during the winter is, uh,...

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  • Added: Feb 10, 2012
  • Length: 00:55:25
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"Raised by two mothers... wow, most of us barely survive one." Adam and Josh get Oedipal with a countdown of their Top 5 Mother-Son Screen Relation...

  • Added: Feb 03, 2012
  • Length: 00:55:31
Caption: Clockwise and counterclockwise galaxies from the Hubble Telescope, Credit: NASA, ESA, M. Livio and the Hubble Heritage Team, STScI/AURA
Astronomers re-evaluate origins of our solar system and entertain the idea that the universe is shaped like a small doughnut.

  • Added: Feb 01, 2012
  • Length: 00:08:31
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Does mixed martial arts fighter-turned actress Gina Carano holds her own in action thriller, 'Haywire'? Filmspotting's Adam and Josh offer their t...

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  • Added: Jan 27, 2012
  • Length: 00:55:30
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Thomas Horn and Tom Hanks in 'Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close'
Filmspotting hosts Adam Kempenaar and Josh Larsen review the new 9/11 drama, 'Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close,' starring Tom Hanks and Sandra Bul...

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  • Added: Jan 20, 2012
  • Length: 00:55:30
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Scientists say the intestines are like a second brain., Credit: (WBEZ/Michael De Bonis)
We take a trip into the emerging field of gut science and its effects on everything from cancer to dementia to obesity.

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  • Added: Jan 18, 2012
  • Length: 00:08:25
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Caption: Jodie Foster and Christoph Waltz in 'Carnage'
Adam Kempenaar is joined by Steve Prokopy (Ain't It Cool News) to review the Margaret Thatcher biopic, 'The Iron Lady'. And, they'll discuss direc...

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  • Added: Jan 13, 2012
  • Length: 00:55:29
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Brad Pitt in 'The Tree of Life'
With another year of great cinema in the books (or, vaults), Filmspotting runs down the Best Films of 2011. Host Adam Kempenaar is joined by guest...

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  • Added: Jan 06, 2012
  • Length: 00:55:32
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Jeremy Irvine in 'War Horse' , Credit: Photo by Andrew Cooper
New York film critics Alison Willmore and Matt Singer take over Filmspotting as they talk about the two holiday offerings from filmmaker Steven Spi...

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  • Added: Dec 30, 2011
  • Length: 00:55:31
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Caption: Jeremy Irvine in 'War Horse', Credit: Photo by Andrew Cooper
New York film critics Alison Willmore and Matt Singer take over Filmspotting as they talk about the two holiday offerings from filmmaker Steven Spi...

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  • Added: Dec 27, 2011
  • Length: 00:00:30
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Rooney Mara in 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo', Credit: Columbia TriStar Marketing Group, Inc.
Adam is joined by guest host Steve "Capone" Prokopy (Ain't It Cool News) as they review David Fincher's 2011 version of "The Girl With the Dragon T...

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  • Added: Dec 23, 2011
  • Length: 00:55:30
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Michael Fassbender, Keira Knightley, Viggo Morgensen in 'A Dangerous Method'
Michael Phillips of the Chicago Tribune joins Adam this week to discuss David Cronenberg's biopic on psychiatrists Carl Jung and Sigmund Freud, "A ...

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  • Added: Dec 16, 2011
  • Length: 00:55:30
  • Purchases: 1
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Our childhood memories may not always be reliable, but they have a lot to teach us about how we think, learn, and build an identity. In this episod...

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  • Added: Dec 14, 2011
  • Length: 00:08:22
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Michael Fassbender, Keira Knightley, Viggo Morgensen in 'A Dangerous Method'
Michael Phillips of the Chicago Tribune joins Adam this week to discuss David Cronenberg's biopic on psychiatrists Carl Jung and Sigmund Freud, "A ...

  • Added: Dec 12, 2011
  • Length: 00:00:30
Caption: Michael Fassbender in 'Shame'
Adam Kempenaar and guest host Josh Larsen (LarsenOnFilm.com, ThinkChristian.net) discuss director Steve McQueen's new film starring Michael Fassben...

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  • Added: Dec 08, 2011
  • Length: 00:55:32
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Host Gabriel Spitzer and producer Michael De Bonis, Credit: (WBEZ/Andrew Gill)
This science special is perfect for your holiday programming needs. We've gathered our favorite segments from 2011 and gift-wrapped them in this ho...

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  • Added: Dec 07, 2011
  • Length: 00:53:59
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Michael Fassbender in 'Shame'
Adam Kempenaar and guest host Josh Larsen (LarsenOnFilm.com, ThinkChristian.net) discuss director Steve McQueen's new film starring Michael Fassben...

  • Added: Dec 06, 2011
  • Length: 00:00:30
Caption: Chloë Grace Moretz and Asa Butterfield in 'Hugo', Credit: Photo by Jaap Buitendijk
Adam Kempenaar and guest host Tasha Robinson (AV Club) discuss Martin Scorsese's critically-acclaimed 3-D film, "Hugo." Plus, they take a look at ...

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  • Added: Dec 01, 2011
  • Length: 00:56:01
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: George Clooney and Shailene Woodley in 'The Descendants'
Writer-director Alexander Payne ('Sideways,' 'Election') is out with a new film, 'The Descendants.' Adam Kempenaar and guest host Chris Klimek (fr...

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  • Added: Nov 23, 2011
  • Length: 00:56:02
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Rock paper scissors, and its variations, may lie hidden in the math that underlies natural systems. (WBEZ/Gabriel Spitzer), Credit:  (WBEZ/Gabriel Spitzer)
Behind the workings of nature, there is math. It's the blueprint for galaxies and atoms. But WBEZ's science experiment is about to make it look eas...

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  • Added: Nov 23, 2011
  • Length: 00:08:15
  • Purchases: 2