Focus, or Focus 580, was WILL Radio's flagship talk program from 1981 until 2014. David Inge was the host from 1981 until his retirement in 2012. Always engaging, the program acted as a resource for citizens to directly question politicians and candidates as well as keep up on the arts, science, health, and even the latest from well-known novelists.
The Focus archive below offers thousands of great interviews and serves as a time capsule and a great resource for researchers and those just curious about how influential people spoke of important topics as they were happening.
Focus - August 03, 2009
The Snake Head: An Epic Tale of the Chinatown Underworld and the American Dream
With Patrick Radden Keefe (Fellow at The Century Foundation)
Focus - July 31, 2009
Fresh: A Perishable History
With Susanne Freidberg, Ph.D. (Associate Professor of Geography, Dartmouth College; Non-resident Fellow, W.E.B. Du Bois Institute, Harvard University)
With May Berenbaum, Ph.D. (Professor and Head of the Department of Entomology, University of Illinois)
China Safari: On the Trail of Beijing's Expansion in Africa
With Serge Michel (Award-Winning Journalist; former West Africa Correspondent for the Le Monde; founder of the the Bloody Blog, a citizen journalism project in the suburbs of Paris)
The Good Doctors
The Good Doctors: The Medical Committee for Human Rights and the Struggle for Social Justice in Health Care
With John Dittmer, Ph.D. (Professor of History, DePauw University and Award Winning Writer)
Breaking the Story: Politics at the University of Illinois Admissions
With Jodi S. Cohen (Higher Education Reporter, The Chicago Tribune), and Stacy St. Clair (Reporter, The Chicago Tribune)
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Discussion of the University of Illinois Admissions Controversy
Discussion of the University of Illinois Admissions Controversy until 10:30 AM followed by live coverage of the State of Illinois Admissions Review Commission Public Testimony of James J. Stuckel, Stanley O. Ikenberry, and B. Joseph White
With John Prussing, Sc.D. (Professor Emeritus, Aerospace Engineering, University of Illinois; Chair of the Faculty Senate General University Policy Committee; Member of the Faculty Senate Executive Committee; President of the local chapter of the American Association of University Professors), and Kent Redfield, Ph.D. (Professor of Political Science, University of Illinois, Springfield; Interim Director of the Institute for Legislative Studies; Director of the Sunshine Project)
Fatal Journey: The Final Expedition of Henry Hudson
With Peter C. Mancall, Ph.D. (Professor of History and Anthropology; Director of the USC-Huntington Early Modern Studies Institute, University of Southern Califronia)
Sexual Abuse as a Humanitarian Crisis
With Rebecca Singer, RN, ND (Field Nurse for Doctors Without Borders)
The Teeth May Smile But The Heart Does Not Forget: Murder And Memory In Uganda
With Andrew Rice (Award-Winning Journalist)
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