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

Caption: www.wbez.org/cleverapes
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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: 'The Batman' (2022)
Part detective story, part serial killer movie, Matt Reeves’ "The Batman" evokes Fincher’s “Se7en” and “Taxi Driver”-era Scorsese, while star Rober...

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  • Added: Mar 04, 2022
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 10
Caption: Stephen Sondheim in 'Original Cast Album: Company' (1970)
Stephen Sondheim’s contributions to musical theater were so immense and influential that when he died last fall at 91, it was not uncommon to see h...

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  • Added: Feb 11, 2022
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 9
Caption: Marlon Brando in 'The Godfather' (1972)
As they approached their rewatch of 1972’s "The Godfather," Adam and Josh questioned whether they -- or anybody, really -- could bring anything new...

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  • Added: Feb 04, 2022
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 11
Caption: 'The Matrix Resurrections' / 'The Tragedy of Macbeth'
Adam and Josh did not choose the same color pill before recording their review of "The Matrix Resurrections." Both fans of the '99 original and equ...

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  • Added: Jan 14, 2022
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 7
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This week, Filmspotting revisits a few of their favorite conversations from the past year, including a look back at their 45th anniversary "blindsp...

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  • Added: Jan 07, 2022
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 9
Caption: Top 5 Movie Meals
Inspired by the visually striking - and slyly funny - new documentary "The Truffle Hunters," Adam and Josh consider the greatest meals they've ever...

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  • Added: Nov 19, 2021
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 8
Caption: 'Titane' / 'An Angel At My Table'
Director Julia Ducournau wants to shake her audience to the core. And she more or less accomplished that feat -- for Josh anyway -- with her 2016 d...

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  • Added: Oct 01, 2021
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 6
Caption: 'Casino Royale' at 15 / 'Sweetie'
Ahead of Daniel Craig’s final outing as 007 in “No Time To Die,” Adam and Josh revisit Craig’s 2006 debut in the role, "Casino Royale," a film both...

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  • Added: Sep 24, 2021
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 7
Caption: Top 5 Films of 1971 / 'The Eyes of Tammy Faye'
The 50th anniversary of the ’71 movie year provided Adam and Josh an excuse to give Kubrick's "A Clockwork Orange" the Sacred Cow treatment earlier...

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  • Added: Sep 17, 2021
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 8
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A gambling movie that only Paul Schrader could make, "The Card Counter" has the "First Reformed" director meditating on weighty subjects like redem...

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  • Added: Sep 10, 2021
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 9