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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: Two of Filmspotting's Top Films of All Time
Inspired by Sight & Sound's 2012 Greatest Films Poll, Michael Phillips (Chicago Tribune) joins Josh and Adam to discuss their Top 5 Films of All Ti...

  • Added: Jun 18, 2013
  • Length: :30
Caption: Ethan Hawk and Julie Delpy in 'Before Midnight'
This week, Adam and Josh review Before Midnight, Richard Linklater's sequel to Before Sunrise and Before Sunset. The romantic drama stars Ethan Ha...

Bought by WOUB, KCPW, and KSRQ


  • Added: Jun 14, 2013
  • Length: 55:29
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Robert K. Elder, author 'The Best Film You've Never Seen'
Adam speaks with writer Robert K. Elder about his new book "The Best Film You've Never Seen..." in which Elder speaks with 35 directors who talk ab...

Bought by KDRP Community Radio, WOUB, KCPW, and KSRQ


  • Added: Jun 06, 2013
  • Length: 55:27
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Mickey Sumner (left) and Greta Gerwig in 'Frances Ha'
In 1979, Diane Keaton was the quirky star of Woody Allen's black and white love letter to New York City, Manhattan. Thirty-five years later the ci...

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  • Added: May 30, 2013
  • Length: 55:28
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Zachary Quinto and Chris Pine in 'Star Trek Into Darkness'
James T. Kirk is alive and well in the sequel to 2009's successful relaunch of the venerable Star Trek franchise, and on this week's show Adam and ...

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  • Added: May 23, 2013
  • Length: 55:30
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Leonardo DiCaprio in 'The Great Gatsby'
This week Adam and Josh have their minds on the money and money on their minds. Inspired by Jay Gatsby’s return to the silver screen, they share th...

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  • Added: May 17, 2013
  • Length: 55:28
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: 'Iron Man'
Inspired by the brilliant mind of Tony Stark, Filmspotting crunches the numbers to come up with the Top 5 Movie Geniuses. Plus, a review of co-writ...

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  • Added: May 10, 2013
  • Length: 55:29
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Jacob Lofland, Tye Sheridan and Matthew McConaughey in 'Mud'
In anticipation of the season’s first blockbusters, Josh and Adam reveal their Top 5 Most Anticipated Summer Movies. Plus, a review of "Mud," the l...

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  • Added: May 03, 2013
  • Length: 55:29
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Tom Cruise in 'Oblivion'
Tom Cruise is assigned to extract Earth's remaining resources... and special guest hosts Michael Phillips (Chicago Tribune) and Tasha Robinson (for...

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  • Added: Apr 26, 2013
  • Length: 55:29
  • Purchases: 3
Caption:  2013 Team Finals stage at the Cadillac Palace Theater, Credit: (TimeOut/Jeff Kroll)
Over the past 13 years, Louder than a Bomb, Chicago’s youth poetry competition, has grown from humble roots in the basement of a Division Street th...

Bought by WUIS


  • Added: Apr 25, 2013
  • Length: 59:03
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Ben Affleck and Rachel McAdams in 'To the Wonder'
Adam and Josh review the latest Terrence Malick film, "To the Wonder," starring Ben Affleck, Olga Kurylenko and Rachel McAdams. They'll then count...

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  • Added: Apr 18, 2013
  • Length: 55:28
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Natalie Richardson, Credit: (WBEZ/file)
Poet Natalie Richardson, 17, is a senior at Oak Park and River Forest High School and participated in Louder Than a Bomb for the third time this ye...

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: Apr 12, 2013
  • Length: 02:41
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Malcolm London, Credit: (WBEZ/file)
Poet Malcolm London, 19, participated in Louder Than a Bomb for the third time this year. One of Chicago's most remarkable writers, Malcolm masterf...

Bought by Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Apr 12, 2013
  • Length: 02:22
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Walter Payton College Prep Poetry Team, Credit: (WBEZ/file)
"Found Letters to My Granddaughter" is a team piece performed by the poetry team of Walter Payton College Prep: junior Kamaria Woods, 17, senior Ma...

Bought by KZYX and KRZA


  • Added: Apr 12, 2013
  • Length: 03:09
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Hannah Srajer, Credit: (WBEZ/file)
Poet Hannah Srajer, 18, is a senior at Oak Park and River Forest High School and participated in Louder Than a Bomb for the second time this year. ...

  • Added: Apr 12, 2013
  • Length: 03:01
Caption: Roger Ebert
Author Chris Harris ("The Big Clear") joins Adam and Josh for a trip to Chinatown and lots of other unsavory places for this week’s Filmspotting To...

Bought by WOUB and KDRP Community Radio


  • Added: Apr 12, 2013
  • Length: 55:24
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Mia Harris, Credit: (WBEZ/file)
Poet Mia Harris, 17, is a junior at Gwendolyn Brooks College Preparatory Academy and participated in Louder Than a Bomb for the second time this ye...

  • Added: Apr 12, 2013
  • Length: 02:06
Caption: Delaney Miller, Credit: (WBEZ/file)
Poet Delaney Miller, 17, is a junior 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: 02:46
Caption: Emma Coleman, Credit: (WBEZ/file)
Poet Emma Coleman, 18, wrote this piece about experiences in an Opus Dei Catholic school. Now a senior at Northside College Preparatory High School...

  • Added: Apr 12, 2013
  • Length: 02:31
Caption: Ana Marx, Credit: (WBEZ/file)
Poet Ana Marx, 16, is a junior at Francis W. Parker School and participated in Louder Than a Bomb for the second time this year. Exploring the art ...

  • Added: Apr 12, 2013
  • Length: 02:43