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Ocean Huggers
When it come to the environment, many of us stay focused on the dirt beneath our feet. But our planet is almost three-quarters water, and it's our oceans that stabilize our atmosphere, generate our oxygen, and keep our planet healthy. John Racanelli, CEO of the National Aquarium, talked with the AMp hosts Brian Babylon and Molly Adams about the importance of preserving the health of our greatest resource on World Oceans Day this Saturday.
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Big Brother is Watching: NSA and PRISM
The Guardian broke a huge story about how the US government has been tapping into the servers of Google, Apple, and Verizon Wireless with a program known as PRISM to monitor our information. The government claims that they are taking necessary precautions to stop the threat of terrorism, but critics view this as a fundamental invasion of the right to privacy, not helped by the fact that the aforementioned companies were oblivious to the fact that their data was being used in this way....
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Deeply Odd: A Morning with Dean Koontz
With 25 different books reaching #1 on the New York Times Bestseller list, the prolific author Dean Koontz joined AMp hosts Brian Babylon and Molly Adams to talk about his experience as one of the most recognizable names in American fiction and his latest book, "Deeply Odd," which is a story about a clairvoyant young man who tries to prevent crime that hasn't happened yet.
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Flesh For Food brings Home the Bacon!
Drew Marquardt is a freelance bacon curer. His business started off as a brandless, nameless side project when he used to spend his all his spare time cooking and curing until his bacon game hit at an all time high. His business, "Flesh for Food" has expanded its scope as they've catered art openings and even teaming up with local bars and brewers for "pop-up" food stands. Drew joined AMp host Molly Adams and guest co-host Ernest Wilkins as he brought some of that bacon into the studio for...
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How Young Hopefuls Suffer during this Downward Mobile...
“Downwardly mobile doesn’t necessarily mean that your parents are paying your rent. But it does come with a certain set of expectations. Most of these people are educated - most of these people thought that they were going to get an awesome job out of college and now all of a sudden they’re either living with their parents, or they’re living with five roommates and they’re still 30 [ years old], or they’re just not making very much money: they don’t have health insurance, they don’t have a...
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Women in the WikiMedia
Recently, there's been outrage over what was perceived as sexism on Wikipedia when an author noticed that the site was excluding women from its "American Novelist" section and making a separate list for only female writers. To make matters worse, women make up only 10% of Wikipedia editors. Two organizers of Chicago’s chapter of WAM (Women, Action, & the Media), Phaydra Babinchok and Twanna Hines, join hosts Molly Adams and Brian Babylon in the studio to break down the Wikipedia controversy...
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The Gray Areas of Gun Control
In 2011, of the 30,867 gun deaths in the U.S., 19,766 were suicides. As part of Front and Center's exploration of how guns and gun regulations affect our lives, WBEZ reporter Shannon Heffernan joined AMp hosts Brian Babylon and Molly Adams to talk about how suicide complicates the issues of mental health and firearm ownership.
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