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Special Holiday Podcast (12-20-09):
It's a Wonderful Slice of
'It's a Wonderful Life'
Mike does the entire movie in about 12 minutes.
Producer Heather Frey plays Mary and special
guest star, radio show host Scott Austin joins
the festivities. Oh, yeah. There are a few WCPT
characters in the background singing
"Auld Lang Syne." I don't know how they
got into the studio. Honest.
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An Interview with Mel Bartholomew, the creator of Square Foot Gardening
- Mike talks to Mel Bartholomew, who created the square foot gardening concept more than 30 years ago. His book on the subject has sold more than two million copies.
November 18, 2012
- Mike discusses the two-pronged dangers of fracking in Illinois and the assault on farmland by the fracking industry to obtain the sand used in the process.
A Conversation about CAFOs with members of Illinois Citizens for Clean Air and Water.
- Mike talks about the rise of CAFOs in the Midwest with members of Illinois Citizens for Clean Air and Water and others who are fighting to keep them out of Illinois and other states.
September 30, 2012
- Mike gets a report from a giant pumpkin weigh-off, talks to an organic farmer about fall and spring cover crops, and gets the latest on the fight against CAFOs in the Midwest.
August 5, 2012
- Mike previews three events environmental friendly events in the next week, then revisits the controvery over the planned the open pit silica mine that could be created next to the eastern entrance of Starved Rock State Park.
The Good, Bad and Ugly Environmental Legislation to Come Out of Springfield This Year
- Mike talks to a distinguished panel of environmental leaders about the various laws that came out of Springfield in the just-ended legislative session., some of which now sit on Governor Pat Quinn's desk.
And Interview with Carlos DeJesus, Assistant Principal at Dr. Pedro Albizu Campos High School in Chicago
- Mike talks to Carlos DeJesus, assistant principal at Dr. Pedro Albizu Campos High School in the Humboldt Park neighborhood about how his students have enbraced the concept of urban agriculture.
A conversation with Zina Murray on why she had to close the Logan Square Kitchen
- Mike talks to Zina Murray, who ran the Logan Square Kitchen, an innovative and useful shared use kitchen in Chicago, and how a bureaucratic buzzsaw forced her to close her business.
A conversation about preserving funding for Cook County Extension
- Mike Nowak and Beth Botts talk to Julie Emerick about how to keep Cook County Extension from being de-funded.
An Interview with Tom Ogren of Allergy-Free Gardening
- Mike talks to Tom Ogren, who is currently in Canada, reporting on how planting of male cloned trees and shrubs contributes to allergy and asthma problems in that country and the U.S.
May 6, 2012
- Mike talks to representatives of two environmental groups fighting to keep Chicago's landfill ban, then explores the theory that planting too many male trees and shrubs is contributing to allergy and asthma problems.
An Interview with Cheryl Johnson on the Proposed Ordinance to End Chicago's Landfill Moratorium
- Mike talks to Cheryl Johnson, Executive Director of People for Community Recovery about an ordinance proposed by Chicago 9th Ward Alderman Anthony Beale that would reverse a landfill moratorium that was scheduled to last for another 13 years.
January 8, 2012
- Mike previews KAM Isaiah Israel's third annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Social Justice Weekend, then talks to citzens and activists in and around LaSalle County who are fighting a proposed open pit sand mine next to Starved Rock State Park.
December 4, 2011 - The WCPT Holiday Harvest Broadcast
- Mike joins Mike Sanders of WCPT's Our Town in a three hour broadcast to encourage people to donate to the WCPT Holiday Harvest Food Drive.
Zina Murray of the Logan Square Kitchen takes on Chicago's Department of Public Health
- Zina Murray, owner of the Logan Square Kitchen, talks about her battles with the Chicago Department of Public Health over licensing and other issues.
An interview with Alexis Baden-Mayer, Political Director of the Organic Consumers Association
- Mike talks to Alexis Baden-Mayer about her action in Chicago that shows how many food products contain Genetically Modified Organisms.
May 15, 2011
- Mike talks about GMOs, how to preserve funding for Illinois Extension, promotes a Garden Writers Association program on Chicago's south side, and looks at the new farmer's market finder on The Local Beet blogsite.
April 24, 2011 - An Interview with Amy Stewart
- Author Amy Stewart talks about her new book, Wicked Bugs: The Louse that Conquered Napoleon's Army & Other Diabolical Insects.
March 13, 2011
- Mike talks about training college horticultural students, and previews this week's FamilyFarmed Expo in Chicago with founder Jim Slama and two presenters at the event.
