Health

Dan Savage

We talk with provocative sex columnist and Chicago native Dan Savage about his life and his latest project.

• Listen to his talk at the Chicago Humanities Festival

Health

Holiday Stress

'Tis the Season for anxiety. We speak with an expert on behavioral science who offers suggestions on how to keep calm during the holidays.

• Little Ways to Keep Calm and Carry On: Twenty Lessons for Managing Worry, Anxiety, and Fear

Business

News Analysis: State Debt

Governor Quinn reportedly wants to borrow $15 billion to bridge the state's biggest-ever budget gap. Will that only worsen Illinois' finances, and will anyone even loan the state that amount of money? Eddie Arruza and his guests weigh the options.

Education

Plan Calls for School Board Changes

The Chicago Teachers Union and other community organizations would like to end appointments to the Chicago Board of Education -- they want the superintendent and board members to be elected. Elizabeth Brackett has the latest on their proposal and the response to their plan.

Arts & Entertainment

Chicago Animal Care and Control

Feathers are flying at Chicago Animal Care and Control. We meet some of the unusual animals workers there encounter every day.

Big Cat and the Bears

Bears Alumni Club

The Bears beat the Jets in a close one on Sunday. We look at the game and the playoff picture with Bears broadcaster and Super Bowl Bear Tom Thayer.

Politics

Inside the Obama White House

President Obama may be the most admired man in the country according to a new Gallup poll, but how's his presidency doing? We hear from journalist Richard Wolffe, who received exclusive access inside the Obama White House and has written a new book about the President's time in office.

• Find out more about the book

Politics

New Laws

Eddie Arruza takes a look at some new laws going into effect on January 1, 2011, including one concerning child safety seats

Politics

News Analysis: Daley Dynasty

Mayor Richard M. Daley has passed his father and is now Chicago's longest-serving mayor. Elizabeth Brackett and her panel discuss the Daley Dynasty, its legacy, and what it has meant to the city of Chicago.

Arts & Entertainment

The Pope's Maestro

We revisit our recent conversation with Sir Gilbert Levine about his relationship with Pope John Paul II.