1999 Schedule - January 7 - 27

7 Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D.

Director of the National Human Genome Research Institute

"Genes, Medicine, and Your Future"
Real Audio 28.8 audio archive

Underwritten by
Van Andel Foundation

8 Gustav Niebuhr

National Religion Correspondent  

"The Church and the Challenge of Contemporary American Culture"
Real Audio 28.8 audio archive

Underwritten by
Carroll and Jeanette Bos

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11 Gary Schmidt, Ph.D.

Calvin College English Professor, Author and professional writer

"Of Duchesses and Sin Eaters: The Pattern of Story"
Real Audio 28.8 audio archive

Underwritten by
Creative Dining Services

12 Scott Ritter

Former chief United Nation weapons inspector in Iraq; in charge of searching out weapons of mass destruction

"Inside the Terror: The Truth About Iraq"

Underwritten by
MACROE Properties

  13 Ellis Cose

Contributing Editor, Newsweek

"Color-Blind: Seeing Beyond Race in a Race Obsessed World"
Real Audio 28.8 audio archive

Underwritten by
Hospice of Michigan

14 Robert D. Kaplan

Contributing Editor, Atlantic Monthly

"The United States is Born to Die"
Real Audio 28.8 audio archive

Underwritten by
Hope Network

15 James Billington, Ph.D.

The Librarian of Congress

"The Face of Russia"
Real Audio 28.8 audio archive

Underwritten by
Spectrum Health  

18 Garrison Keillor

Author and Storyteller, with Poet Roland Flint ( Presented in The Fieldhouse)

"An Abecedary of Poetry"
Real Audio 28.8 audio archive

Underwritten by
Miller, Johnson, Snell & Cummiskey

19 Michael Beschloss

Presidential Historian and Author

"Presidents in Trouble: What Does History Tell Us?"
Real Audio 28.8 audio archive

Underwritten by
Spectrum Health

20 Barbara Dafoe-Whitehead

Author of The Divorce Culture

"When Father Disappears..."
Real Audio 28.8 audio archive

Underwritten by
Gainey Transportation Services, Inc.

21 Kathleen Hall Jamieson, Ph.D.

Dean of Annenberg School of Communication, University of Pennsylvania

"Spiral of Cynicism: Press and the Public Good"
Real Audio 28.8 audio archive

Underwritten by
Varnum, Riddering, Schmidt & Howlett LLP

22 Valentina Lisitsa & Alexi Kuznetsoff

Duo Pianists

Underwritten by
Lawrence D., Sr. and Dolores Bos  

25 Peter Kreeft, Ph.D.

Professor of Philosophy, Boston College

"How to Win the Culture War"
Real Audio 28.8 audio archive

Underwritten by
Sandridge Bank

26 Stuart Kingma, M.D.

World Health Organization, United Nations

"W.H.O. WARNING: Preventing Tribal Wars Reduces Risk to Health"
Real Audio 28.8 audio archive

Underwritten by
Holland Home

27 Steven Landsburg, Ph.D.

Professor of Economics at University of Rochester, Author of The Armchair Economist

"The Economist on the Playground:
What My Ten-Year Daughter and I Taught Each Other About Economic Justice"
Real Audio 28.8 audio archive

Underwritten by
John and Mary Loeks;
Mark and Carol Muller