Archive of Past Shows

Watch Public Perspective videos online as host Kevin McDermottt interviews leading figures in Chicago and suburban politics and business.

Mr. Rashid: Cook County Board of Review Candidate
Mani Rao: Native of India
Jerry Paulsen and Cynthia Abraham: Operation Horses and Heroes
Chris Stacey: Candidate for judge of the Cook County Circuit Court
Dr. David Christian: FermiLab
Nathaniel George Booker: Maywood Village Board Member
Nathaniel George Booker: Maywood Village Board Member
Cathy "Cat" Baldwin: Chios Energy Healer
Timothy Semanik and Ann Doemland: Northwest Symphony Orchestra
Natalie Tessler: Compass Pro Bono
Mark Wagner and Mark Christensen: Fox Valley Astronomical Society
Rev. Doug Bradshaw: Executive Director of Facing Forward to End Homelessness
Susan Baushke, Cathy Dunn, Jerre Dye, and Ron Kobeluch: Petite Opera
Rush Darwish:
Jay Young: Common Cause Illinois
Larry Spivack: President of the Illinois Labor History Society
Reverend Erik Khoobyarian: Pastor of the Presbyterian Church of Western Springs (PCWS)
Dr. Genessa Schultz, Ed. D.:
Bill Roth and Ken Kwiatkowski: Air Classics Museum
Michael Shipley, Part 2: Conscious Cup Coffee House
Michael Shipley, Part 1: Conscious Cup Coffee House
Diane Hewitt:
Michelle Nichols: Adler Planetarium
Dave DiNaso:
Jason Allington: National Alliance on Mental Illness
Dana Todd and Nisha Katti: Balodana Custom Clothing
Sadia Uqaili: Filmmaker
Tim Goldich: Author
Karen Abuzayd: United Nations Human Rights Council's Commission of Inquiry on Syria
Susan Baushke and Steve Arvanitas: Petite Opera Company
Sebastian Agignoae: Founder, International Orchestra of Refugees
Sean Tenner: The Abolitionist Institute
Dorothy Asher: Lizzadro Museaum of Lapidary Art
Lydia Memeti and Lumturije "Luma" Asanoski: Albanian American Women's Association
Lisa and Jenny Hale: Pop Culture Costumers
T. Dwayne Smith: Founder and CEO of Teen Train, Inc.
Kris McCall: Director of the Cernan Earth and Space Center & Planetarium
Susan Baushke, Steve Arvanitis, and Cathy Dunn: Petite Opera
Renee Hein: Professional Entertainer
Bill Simpson and Eric Gorscak: Field Museum paleontologists
Michael Birnbaum and Caitlyn Glennon: Live at the Euro Echo Cafe in Skokie, Illinois
Mohammed Hussien: Berghoff Restaurant
Peter Magui Bul:
Prof. Diane Schanzenbach: Northwestern University
Tim Goldich: Author
Dr. Kurt Riesselmann and Andre Salles: Fermi National Accelerator Lab
Jonathan Stevenson: WW II Historical Reenactment Society
Michelle Nichols: Adler Planetarium
Guillaume Lacroix: Consul General de France
Bob Shiel: Author and Guitarist/Singer
Sana'a Hussien: United Nations Association - Chicago
Rachel Cook: Seeds
Michelle Nichols: Adler Planetarium Astronomer
Mehr Qayyum: Candidate for DuPage County Board
Mariyana Spyropoulo: President, Metropolitan Water Reclamation District
Maryam Judar and Ben Silver: Citizen Advocacy Center
Margaret Saunders: Community Economic Development Association
Connie Schmidt: Sierra Club River Prairie Group
Chuck and Lydia Roberts: Roberts Armory
Liana Akkawi and Liana Bran: United Nations Association
Andy Thayer: Chicago Political Activist
George Bailey and Charles Torpe: Ring Shout & Friends
Dr. Melissa Lenczewski:
Dwayne Smith: President & CEO of Teen-Train, Inc.
Farah Salim Eck and Daphna Gall: United Nations Association of Chicago
Ed Yohnka: ACLU Illinois
Donna Brown: Friendship Village Retirement Community
Mary French: MELT Method instructor
Mark Shore: Chief Research Officer of Shore Capital Research
Therese Rowley, Ph.D.:
Alan Matthew: Shaman-Investor and CEO
Monica Laronda, Ph.D.: Northwestern University
Jacqueline Traynere:
Ginger Evans: Commissioner of the Chicago Department of Aviation
State Rep. Emanuel "Chris" Welch: Illinois 7th District
Hon. William Haddad and Rush Darwish: America Middle East Voters Alliance
Jaime deLeon: Comedian
Kay McKeen: Founder and Executive Director of SCARCE
Shannon Burns: Communications Consultant
Ms. Samia Akhras: Director of Development, Karam Foundation
Larry Spivack: President, IL Labor History Society & Regional Director, AFSCME Council 31 Director, AFSCME Council 31
Dr. Bill Barclay and Lilybeth Segarra:
Chuck Roberts: Author of "Armored Strike Force"
Dr. Jeff Santee, Ph.D.: Summit Clinical Services
Marion Ivey: Illinois Reading Project
Dr. Dan Di Iorio: Primary Care Sports Medicine Physician
Alison Bell: Senior Resettlement Manager
Dr. Melissa Lenczewski:
Phil Cline and Joe Ahern:
Barb Sorensen: Singer/Songwriter
Mary Fleming: Integrated Mind/Body Therapist
Kellie O'Brien: O'Brien School for the Maasai
Tom Manning: University of Chicago Law School
Jennifer Rude Klett: Author of "Alamo Doughboy"
Dr. Jesudian (Jason) Boddu: Practiioner of the Functional Manual Therapy
Dr. Jesse Rodriguez: Supt. of Proviso High School District 209
Dr. Robert A. Breit and Joseph Bisceglia:
Ed Yohnka: Director of Communications and Public Policy, ACLU
Lorene Wu: Founder and Director of the Whole Life Center
Sana'a Hussien and Iymen Chehade:
William S. Wojcik: Democratic Party Candidate for Circuit Court Judge
Prof. Bamshad Mobasher: DePaul University
Richard Russo: World War II Re-Enactor and Living Historian
Kathleen Kane-Willis: Executive Director of the Illinois Consortium for Drug Policy at Roosevelt University
Prof. Bill Barclay: Chicago Political Economy Group
John Chandler: Vice President of St. Ignatius High School
Noel Luchinsky: Green Branch Florists
Eric Wentz: Author
Joshua Hale: President & CEO of Big Shoulders Fund
Prof. Clark Elliott: Author, "The Ghost In My Brain"
Mariyana Spyropoulos: President, Metropolitan Water Reclamation District
Thomas Day: Candidate for U.S. House of Representatives (7th)
George Bailey: Professor (Emeritus), Columbia College
John Banas: Author of "Storm Surge"
Ed LeTourneau: Executive Director, "Salute the Armed Forces"
Richard Boykin: Cook County Commissioner
Lee Goodman: Attorney and author of "Too Many Rights and Too Many Guns"
Dr. Kousic Krishnan: Cardiac Electrophysiology Specialist
Karen Swan: Professor of Educational Leadership
Alicia Schult:
Kris Byrnes and Amy Anderson: Chicago area bee keepers
Larry Spivack: AFSCME Council 31
Prof. Michael Davros: Northeastern Illinois University
Mariyana Spyropolous: President of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District
Prof. David Dolak: Columbia College
Prof. Sam Mitrani: College of DuPage
Nathan "Ned" Wagner, Theresa Kelly, and Claudia Medina:
Heather Dawson: Historical Clothing Designer
Gerard Horton and Salwa Duaibis:
Fr. Malik Rihani and Sana'a Hussein:
Zainab Khan: Board Member of the United Nations Association - Chicago Chapter
Mr. Charles Larimer: Author and film maker of "Love & Valor"
David Orr: Cook County Clerk
Ralph Martire: Director of the Center for Tax & Budget Accountability
Greater Chicago Caged Bird Club:
Bob Ligon: Life Coach & Licensed Acupuncturist
Judges Pamela Elizabeth Loza and Clayton Jay Crane:
State Sen. Mike Frerich: Candidate for IL State Treasurer
Wilson Makur Lual and James Deng: Sudanese Community Association of Illinois
Pauline Fraser and Louise Brass: "Presenting Pauline, I was a Dancer"
Ms. Laurie Nowak: Candidate for DuPage County Commissioner
Dr. Andy Isaacs and Debbie Leslie: University of Chicago
Hon. Karen Yarbrough and Tim Curry: Cook County Recorder of Deeds
Aida Luz Giachello, Ph.D.: Professor of Medical Sociology at Northwestern University
Bob Trzeciak: Ghost Hunter
Matt and Jeff Galas: Windy City Curling Club
Byron Sigcho:
Bob Pieckert and Moon Khan:
Judge Alfred M. Swanson:
Katherine O'Dell: Attorney
Prof. Pablo Boczkowsk: Director of the Program in Media
Kristal Rivers: Candidate for Cook County Circuit Court Judge
Eric Wentz: Author, "Killing Sharks De Profundis"
Charlotte Wyncoop: Labyrinth Expert
Larry Spivack: Director of the Illinois Labor History Society
Blake Sercye: Candidate for Cook County Commissioner, 1st District
Dr. Bamshad Mobasher: Professor of Computer Science at DePaul University
Bruce Dold: Chicago Tribune Editorial Page Editor
Josh Eisenberg: Public Historian
Ingrid Marcum: World Champion Bobsledder, National Champion Weight Lifter, NCAA Div 1 All-Conference Gymnast
Susan Baushke, Steven Arvanitis, and Cathleen Dunn: Petite Opera
Phillip Jackson: Executive Director, Blackstar Project
Leslie Goddard: History Presenter
Art Baltazar: Freelance Comic Book Illustrator
Leonard Amare and Katherine O'Dell:
Penny Block, Ph. D.: Executive Director, Block Center
Organizers, Festival of the Horse and Drum:
Glenn Barker: Executive Director, Mankind Project
Ann-Elizabeth Shapera: "Jane The Phoole"
Richard Reeder: Author
Chester Kulis: Professor
Heather Randazzo: Advocate Health Care
Lee Goodman: Stop Concealed Carry, Illinois
Dominic Pacyga, Ph. D.: Author of "Chicago, a Biography"
Susan and Steven Arvanites: Petite Opera Productions
Mariyana Spyropoulos: Commissioner, Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago
Arbdella "Della" Patterson and Kevin McDermott: Proviso 209 Board of Education Candidates
Clarence Goodman: Chicago Historian, Tour Guide and Musician
Robert Goldsborough: Author, "Archie Meets Nero Wolf"
Thomas Gary: Trustee, Triton College
John Breen and Naderh Elrabadi: Arab American Bar Association
Phil Lauricella: Living Historian
Adopt a Husky:
Beth Isaacs & Kamille Braschar: PING!
Luigi Zingales: Author, "A Capitalism for the People: Recapturing the Lost Genius of American Prosperity"
Jack Baldus: Owner, Blue Eyed Jack, LaGrange, IL
Cadet Baig, Cadet Brooks, and Lt. Brown: Civil Air Patrol
JoAnn Allen and Dana Posley: Chicago Regional Breast Feeding Task Force
George Bailey, Ph. D.: Author of "Haunted Exiles"
Rep. Karen Yarbrough: Illinois House of Representatives, 7th Dist and Candidate for Cook County Recorder of Deeds
Dr. Lorene Wu, M.D. Dipl. Ac.: The Whole Life Center
Susan Baushke, Steve Arvanites and Cathy Dunn-Protopapas: Petite Opera Productions
Leslie Coolidge: 6th Congressional District Candidate
Lois and Ernie Baumann: Maywood Fine Arts Association
Robert Johnston: Professor of History, University of Illinois, Chicago
Louise Knight: Scholar and Author
Faustin A. Pipal, Jr.: Attorney and Mediator
Alena Skeels: Peace Corps Volunteer
Tessa Simonds and Tom Alter: G8 and NATO Information
Nancy Pipal: Executive Presence and Style Consultant
Sharon Sanders and Steve Alesch: Move to Amend
Jill Bass: Mikva Challenge
Matthew Lynch and Bob Otter: Chicago Jesuit Academy
Nancy Stevenson: President, Adlai Stevenson Center on Democracy
Lisa Drake, Executive Director, CASA of DuPage County: CASA of DuPage Count advocates for abused, neglected and dependent children in the courts.
Justice Joy Virginia Cunningham: Candidate for Illinois Supreme Court
Justice Joy Virginia Cunningham: Candidate for Illinois Supreme Court
Glenn Barker: ManKind Project, Part II
Glenn Barker: ManKind Project, Part I
Nichole Patton: Cook County Judicial Candidate
David Borris: Chicago Peace Action
Justin Snyder and Leilani Narciso: Opera In Focus
Cathy Protopapas and Susan Baushke: Petite Opera Productions
Shea Walters and Henry Lunn: Petite Opera, Part II
Karen Yarbrough, Illinois State Representative, 7th District: Issues important to the State and District
Det. Arthur Hannus, Ret. : Chicago Police Memorial Foundation
Yaser Tabbara: Syria Unrest
Thomas Gary: Triton College Board Member
Petite Opera Productions: Petite Opera Productions
Ed Yonhka, ACLU: Civil Unions and Privacy Rights
Sue Salach: Aging Info USA
Les Minkus, Founder: Kids Dads Moms
Pablo Boczkowski, Ph. D. Northwestern University School of Communications: Digital Media
Corie Barnes: Generation Fit Kids
William Barclay, Ph.D.: Chicago Political Economy Group
Larry Spivack: AFSCME Council 31
Prof. David Merriman: Fiscal Futures Project--University of Illinois
Chris Haddad and Ed Grossman: Chicago Legal Clinic
Eddie Anguiano and Francine Harrell: Proviso District 209 Candidates
Justice Gino DiVito (ret) and Judge William Haddad: Merit Selection of Judges in Illinois
Joseph D. Taiber: Lowrey Asset Consulting
Faisal Riaz: 10 Million Children Initiative
Joel Sheffel & Karen Yarbrough, IL Rep., 7th Dist.: Website Supplied Access News Association
Don Underwood & Andrea Urban: Babes 'n Beaus Talent & Modeling Agency
James Thindwa: Jobs with Justice
David Marzahl: Center for Economic Progress
Ralph Martire: Center for Tax & Budget Accountability
Collin Hitt: Illinois Policy Institute
Cheryle Jackson: Vice President Government Affairs, AAR CORP
Dr. Kayed Akkawi: Chicago-Amman Sister Cities Program
Todd Stroger: Former President of the Cook County Board
Terrence O'Brien: MWRD President and former Candidate for President, Cook County Board of Commissioners
Toni Preckwinkle: Candidate for President, Cook County Board of Commissioners
Dorothy Brown: Clerk of the Cook County Circuit Court and former Candidate for President, Cook County Board of Commissioners

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Some of the guests who have appeared on Public Perspective:

Ms Cheryle Jackson, Vice President, Government Affairs, AAR Corp.
Rep. Karen Yarbrough: Legislative Accomplishments
Sen. Don Harmon: Healthcare, privacy, gun control, education funding
Christine Cegelis & Lindy Scott: Fair trade, O'Hare expansion, health care, minimum wage
Dave Martin & David Borris: Anti-War Majority
Bamshad Mobasher: Privacy & data mining
Ald. Joe Moore: Various Topics
James Thindwa: Jobs with Justice
Judge Bill Haddad & Roy Shalabi: Immigrant rights
Marissa Graciosa: Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights
Ed Yohnka, ACLU: Data mining & privacy in the Internet Age
Kathy Kelly & Jeff Leys: VCNV walk from Springfield to Chicago
Bill Gomolinski: County Commissioner Campaign Issues
Paul Martire: What's Wrong with the IL economy?
Carl Davidson: Ruling Elites
Andy Thayer: LGBT issues
Michael McConnell: Iraq Inquest at N. U. Law School
David B. Cassel, Exec. Dir - Alliance of Logan Square Organizations
(ALSO)
Omar Maani, Mayor of Amman, Jordan
Bob Koehler: Iraq-- Tribune online
Bill Barclay & Jo Patten (AFSCME): OPAHA
Jan Mitchell-Bolling: West Suburban PADS
Dan Kenney (DeKalb Interfaith Peace): Blackwater
Kristopher Anderson: Young Democrats of America
Pat McAnany, Steve Richards: Capital Punishment
James Thindwa: Zimbabwe Forum
Kathy Kelly: MidEast Issues
AFSCME Jo Patten: West Sub. Hospital issues
Cyrus Walker: Computer forensics and information privacy
Shawn Collins - Jeff Zurawski, and Sarah Hartfield: Protesting
in DuPage
Bill Gomolinski: Judge in 4th Sub-Circuit
Amy Tauchman / Seth Arkin: Operation Turn DuPage Blue
Donna S. Bast: Teens & Computers: What's A Parent To Do?
Mike Cusick & Steve Lydon: Helping Hand, Countryside
Anya Cordell: Campaign for Collateral Compassion
Les Minkus: KidsDadsMoms
Gary Woll & Audrey Jaycox: Maywood development
Paul Dobias & Jeanne Jacobson: LaGrange Park Space
Paul Gattuso: Mayor of Westchester
Terry Davis: Jena 6
Tommy Brewer: State's Attorney Candidate
Laura Tobalowski & Kelly Ford: Women business owners
Les Minkus: Protected Tomorrows
Trisha Teater & Bishop Dimitrios: Death Penalty
Ald. Ed Smith: Candidate-Recorder of Deeds
Dr. Azher Quader: Compassionate Care Network
Susan Murphy-Milano: Domestic Violence
Michael Thompson: Executive Coaching
Scott Blakeman: Stand Up for Peace
James Thindwa: Chicago Jobs with Justice
Larry Spivack: Labor History Society
Clayton Jay Crane & Sandra Tristano: Judicial Retention Candidates
Bamshad Mobasher: Iran & the military threat
Leo Wisniewski: The Entrepreneurs Source
Dr. Frank Summers: Psychologists for Social Responsibility
Rose Ann Pastor: Career Transition Center Exec. Director
James Pastor: Anti Terrorism
Bob Saar & Jan Kralovec: Cook & DuPage Directors of Elections
Amy Tauchman & Bob Pieckert: Du Page Democrats
Jill Morgenthaler: Candidate for U.S. Congress, 6th Dist.
Sebastian Patti & Edmund Ponce de Leon: Judicial Retention
Candidates
Hon. William J. Haddad, and Hon. Michael Betar: Arab American
Heritage Month (November)
Dr. Willie Wilson & Terrell Wilson: Authors "What Shall I
Do Next?"
Michael McConnell: AFSC & the Obama Administration
Prof. Mark Rosen, Kent Law School: American Constitution
Society
Debra Shore: Metro Water Rec. Dept.
Dr. Frank Summers: Psychologists for Social Responsibility
Larry Spivack: Illinois Labor History Society
Bill Barclay & Mel Rothenberg: CPEG Jobs program
James Thindwa & Leah Fried (UE rep): Republic Windows strike
Prof. David Schweickart: "Economic Democracy" - Marxist
solutions to the econ. crisis
Professor Stephen Kinzer, Northwestern Univ.: Afghanistan
& Pakistan
Bamshad Mobasher, Bill Barclay: The New, New Deal
Dr. Azra Haque: Human Development Foundation
Frank Jemcek: Cog Hill golf course
John Harris, The Computer Coach: Computer Security
Fawad Butt, Zeus Capital: Islamic Finance
Bill Hampton: Fred Hampton Scholarship Foundation
Todd Connor: Candidate - Met Water Rec Dist
Ade Onayemi: Candidate-Cook County Bd. 1st District
Judith Dunbar-Hines: Taste of Belfast (Chgo chefs in Ireland)
Dr. Kayed Akkawi, Dean, Robt. Morris Univ, Vice Chair,
Amman-Chgo Sister Cities
Barrett Pedersen, Mayor, Franklin Park, IL