Business

News Analysis with Eddie Arruza

New credit card rules take effect today. But what will this landmark overhaul mean for consumers? Eddie Arruza and his panel discuss this and more.

Guests:

• Thomas Hudson - WCIU-TV's First Business
• Jennifer Waters - Marketwatch business reporter
• Ameet Sachdev - Chicago Tribune business reporter

• Business Week: New credit card rules kick in (08/20/09)
• Read a summary of the Credit Card Responsibility, Accountability and Disclosure Act
• Read the full text of the act
• Reuters: Timeline of events leading to Switzerland's sale of stake in UBS (08/20/09)
• Bloomberg: Ex-UBS banker, Swiss lawyer, charged in UBS tax case (08/20/09)
• Chicago Tribune: Chicago heiress is out $1.7 billion (08/19/09)

Live Music Wednesday

Live Music Wednesday: Sara Ambrogio

Cellist Sara Sant'Ambrogio talks about her latest project, Expressions of Artistry, and performs in our studio.

Guest:

• Sara Sant'Ambrogio

• Watch the complete video of Sara playing George Gershwin's Summertime

Arts & Entertainment

Hidden Chicago: Under Chicago

Moviemakers love the world beneath the streets of Chicago. Tonight, Geoffrey Baer shows you subterranean spaces even Hollywood hasn't discovered in the conclusion of his series Under Chicago.

• Watch the first segment of Under Chicago (08/12/09)

Arts & Entertainment

Technology Update

It's been an exciting summer for online Chicago news as the Chicago Tribune launches ChicagoNow blogs and Everyblock.com is bought by MSNBC. Northwestern University's Kristian Hammond joins us for an update on local online news.

Guest:

• Kristian Hammond - Northwestern University

• Chicago Everyblock site
• New York Times: 'Hyperlocal' web sites deliver news without newspapers (04/12/09)
• ChicagoTechNews.com: Adrian Holovaty and Everyblock's Possible Future (01/27/09)
• Crain's Chicago Business: Printed Blog pulls the plug (07/07/09)
• How ChicagoNow got started
• Founder's blog at ThePrintedBlog.com

Arts & Entertainment

Robbins Library

The cash-strapped Robbins Public Library may have to close at the end of the month. Rich Samuels tells us who will be hurt most.

• Encyclopedia of Chicago: Robbins, Ill.

Politics

Chicago Young Republicans

With a bold ad campaign and marketing savvy, the Chicago Young Republicans organization is growing by the hundreds. We have members of the organization here to tell us why it's not easy being "right" in the city.

Guests:

• Angel Garcia - Young Republicans multimedia director
• Jeremy Rose - Young Republicans president
• Corrine Williams - Young Republicans communications director

• Chicago Tribune: Chicago Young Republicans say it's OK to be right (08/12/09)

Politics

News Analysis with Elizabeth Brackett

The Independent Voters of Illinois Independent Precinct Organization filed a lawsuit today against Chicago, claiming the deal to lease the city's parking meters is illegal and should be voided. Elizabeth Brackett and her panel take a look at the suit and the parking meter deal.

Guests:

• Clint Krislov - attorney for Independent Voters of Illinois Independent Precinct Organization
• Mick Dumke - Chicago Reader political reporter
• Ald. Bernard Stone - 50th ward alderman

• WBEZ Radio: City, State sued over parking meter lease (08/19/09)

Arts & Entertainment

Robert Novak

Longtime Chicago Sun-Times columnist Robert Novak died this morning after a battle with brain cancer. We take a look back at his 2007 appearance on this show to promote his recently-published memoir.

Guest:

• Robert Novak
  - Chicago Sun-Times

• Robert on 45 years of columns (05/15/08)
• Chicago Sun-Times bio of Robert

Arts & Entertainment

Sky High Photography

Chicago Matters: Beyond Burnham

Chicago Matters: Beyond Burnham

A controversy has intensified over a proposed wind farm in DeKalb County. Rich Samuels tells us why, as we continue this year's Chicago Matters series.

• NextExtra Energy
• Rhodes School Wind Turbine blog