| WLUW
88.7 fM
Independent Community
Radio
located on the left end of the
dial.
Live
from the Heartland
is broadcast live on this station each
Saturday morning from the stage of the Heartland Cafe,
7000 N. Glenwood, Chicago IL, from 9:00-10:00 a.m.
The idea for the show grew from witnessing
what the Heartland Café did in the community
and looking to translate that vision to the airwaves.
The program debuted in 1993 with support from Loyola
University's Office of Government and Community Affairs.
By providing a place
where people involved in their community could gather
and talk about that community, Live from the Heartland
privileges voices seldom heard in the mainstream media.
The community-based talk show offers a natural
extension of WLUW's station mission.
Hosts
in the Heartland
Live from the Heartland boasts a
talented, experienced cadre of hosts who serve as facilitators
among the leaders, activists, artists, and neighbors who
are active in the struggle to improve the world around
them.
Hosts strive to create a sense of
urgency that is tempered with comfortable spontaneity
that will inspire listeners themselves to get involved.
Michael James can be heard on the 1 st and 3
rd Saturdays of the month. Mike Stephen joins
guests on the 2 nd week of each month and Katy Hogan
fills out the schedule on the 4 th and occasional 5
th Saturdays.
Heartland
Guests
Each
week, Live from the Heartland features an hour of discussion
with citizens engaged in political and community issues,
music, art, and culture. Listeners get a wild array
of interesting people, taking to the air waves, sharing
information, views, and ideas with hosts Katy Hogan,
Michael James, and Mike Stephen.
To view the show's
roster of past and future guests, please visit www.calsnet.com/lfth
About
the Station
WLUW
is a progressive, community-oriented radio station,
committed to social justice and independent thought
and expression, and to giving a voice to those who too
often go unheard. The station is dedicated to offering
a broad array of music, news, and issue- and arts-oriented
programming that cannot be found elsewhere on the radio.
88.7-Independent Community Radio broadcasts at 100 watts
of power from the campus of Loyola University Chicago
in Rogers Park. The coverage area extends from Lake
Michigan west to the Tri-state Tollway, and from northern
suburbs like Highland Park south to North Avenue
Why
community radio?
As
a Live from the Heartland listener, you know that the
burden of a thoughtful citizen is to find good information
to think about. The infotainment available in
the commercial media dulls the senses and alienates
us from the communities where we live.
That is why listeners
tune in on Saturday mornings to join our hosts in their
conversations with lively political and cultural figures
such as Jan Schakowski, Corky Siegal, Jesse Jackson
Jr., and Studs Terkel among many others. The
program is supported by the Paul Robeson Fund for Independent
Media and listeners like you - to make a donation, visit
https://www.wluw.org/donate/index.cfm
Contact
us
Do you do good in the world?
If you have stories to share and would like to know
more about scheduling guests for the program, contact
our producer, Laura Hermann, at 773-307-7268. |
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Here
is a partial list of
Live from the Heartland
guests in recent years
Social
issues
The Flipside of wireless technology
Chinese Fine Arts Society
Political consultant Bob Creamer
on the 2004 election of
Brazil's Landless Workers Movement
Mark Rudd, teacher and former member of
Weather Underground, Protecting Animals
promoting meat-free lifestyles
Derby Girls, the resurgence of roller derby
Billionaires for Bush
JOIN, Jobs Or Income Now
Chicago"s Peace Museum
Bob Byrd of Cinco Punto Press
Urlich Children's Foundation
on their teen report cards
Students for Social Justice
Doris Granny
Haddock Wisconsin Environmentalist
Paul Wozniak
Eulogia Lopez on genocide in Guatemala
Jim DeNomie of TRIAD
(Tribal Response: Indians Against Racism)
Allan Gomez of the Ecuadorian radio project
BE-HIV (Better Existence with HIV)
Campaign to End the Death Penalty
John Ross on indigenous struggles in Mexico
Studs Terkel
Writing and Reading
Journal of Ordinary Thought
Author Paul Draus
Author Danny Postel
Paul Loeb, author of
The Impossible will Take a Little While
Dan O'Brien, author of The Indian Agent
New Orleans writer C.W. Cannon
on his gothic novel Soul Resin
Mike Miller, editor of Social Policy
Max Elbaum, author of Revolution in the air
Louis Silverstein discusses his new book
on marijuana consciousness
Gerald Nicosia, author of
Home to War, A History of the
Vietnam Veterans' Movement
Art and Music
Musical
Offering Children's Choir
Musicians Erin O'brien and
Samantha Twigg Johnson
Lifeline Theatre
Defiant Brothers
Yamaworks Theatre
Brushfires filmmakers
Block Museum of Art
Filmmakers Deb Ellis and
Denis Mueller on Howard Zinn
Liz Long Gallery
Estrojam
Jazz artist Leo Sidren
J.L.STYLES,
San Francisco singer songwriter
John Sinclair, white panther legend
& blues-jazz poet storyteller
Musician-composer Corky Seigel
Musician John Hasbrook
Reggae Artist Aswah Gregory
Punk Artists Roundeye
Bluegrass Artists Tangleweed
Photographer David Libman
Musician Mick Scott
Chicago Neighbors
and Politics
Tom
Tresser of Creative America
Cook County Clerk David Orr
Des Plaines Historic Society
Chicago's Bicycle Ambassadors
Nader 2004 campaign director Elce Redmond
Alderman Joe Moore
2004 Senator Barak Obama
2004 Senate candidate Nancy Skinner
Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky
Bob King, founder & director of the
Chicago School of Massage Therapy
Students fighting to prevent Senn High School from becoming
a military academy
Kevin Richards & others from the Rogers
Park farmer's market & women's festival
Roland Burris, 2002 candidate for governor of
the State of Illinois
Congressman Jesse Jackson, Jr.
Florence James, founder of the
Saugatuck day school
Rogers Park Historical Society
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