This is the Wednesday/Thursday noon hour program schedule for the the final week of January and for the month of February 2010.
 

            **Programs are subject to change**

Wednesday January 26 -- A debate featuring the Republican candidates for Illinois governor (recorded at the WILL-TV studios in Champaign).

Thursday January 27 -- A debate featuring the Democratic candidates for Illinois governor (recorded at the WSIU-TV studios in Carbondale).

Wednesday February 3 -- America Abroad: “AIDS: The Politics of Prevention.”

Thursday February 4 -- Alternative Radio: Deborah Nelson, professor of journalism at the University of Maryland and winner of the Pulitzer Prize, talks about “Vietnam: War Crimes.”

Wednesday February 10 -- Intelligence Squared US: “California is the First Failed State.”

Thursday February 11 -- NPR's The Really Big Questions: “What Is Consciousness?”

Wednesday February 17 -- American RadioWorks: “What Killed Sergeant Gray.”

Thursday February 18 -- Alternative Radio: Michael Pollan, author and professor of journalism at the University of California at Berkeley, gives the presentation “In Defense of Food.”

Wednesday February 24 -- The Environment Report: “Coal: Dirty Past, Hazy Future.”

Thursday February 25 -- Humankind: In the first segment, An increasing movement among environmentalists is pointing to what we eat, not just what we drive or how well we insulate our homes, as a major contributor to global warming.   During the second segment, with the majority of wartime casualties inflicted on civilians not involved in combat, we consider ways to serve and heal a population of those that have become victims, through no fault of their own.