Vocalo.org Playlist for Week of January 11

Guests throughout the week will include:

January Editorial: Manners

Monday, January 11, 8 to 8:30 a.m. Snooping is bad manners. But we let the government do it. Sometimes. How much is too much? A few months ago, federal officials backed off from a proposal to use "full body scan" technology at airports. People called the devices "digital strip searches." Then, on Christmas, a guy tried to blow himself up on a flight to Detroit, and lots of people wanted to know why he hadn't been scanned, and why we didn't have more scanners. A few days later, officials announced that scanners were coming to O'Hare ASAP. The Electronic Privacy Information Clearinghouse, where our guest Jared Kaprove works, has led the charge against the use of body-scanners.

Monday, January 11, 10:20 to 10:50 a.m. Big Brother is watching us. So who's watching Big Brother? Today’s guest, Rajiv Shah. For the last bunch of years, the City of Chicago has been putting together a massive network of cameras-- about 15,000 of them, all networked together. Rajiv Shah has been following the city's camera network for almost five years on his blog, including a Google Map that'll show you where each camera is.

Comedy

Friday, January 15, 3 to 4 p.m. Corey Bailey is a comedian, an actor and a motivational speaker.

Culture and Politics

Thursday, January 14, 2:20 to 2:30 p.m. Latoya, editor of the blog Racialicious, discusses the intersection of race and pop culture.

Friday, January 15, 7:30 to 8 a.m. Joe Arnold brings news of the Lake Michigan Region.

General Interest

Monday, January 11, 2:20 to 2:40 p.m. Therese Rowley is an intuitive healer. She's on to discuss her latest client and the breakthorugh that they have made.

Monday, January 11, 4:20 to 5:20 p.m. Robyn Okrant lived her life for an entire year as Oprah Winfrey instructed. She now has a book "Living Oprah: My One Year Experiment to Walk the Walk of the Queen of Talk" that chronicles how this experiment shaped her life. With the recent announcement of Oprah ending her show in 2011, Robyn's on to share how media moguls like Oprah influence every day people.

Tuesday and Thursday, January 12 and 14, 7:15 to 7:30 a.m. Vocalo.org user AnalyticalDiva cruises the Twitterverse for weird news.

Tuesday, January 12, 9 to 10 a.m. The Ankle Todd Show is Chicago's newest live show for audiences age 0-130 years old. Todd Obuchowski stars as Mr. Pants. He leads a cast of clowny characters with the goal of promoting creativity, inspiring imagination, and highlight simple, playful fun through kids news, science experiments and healthy snack recipes for the whole family.

Tuesday, January 12, 3 to 3:20 p.m. Helen LaBuda of Midwest Dachshund will tell us about the latest dogs up for adoption.

Tuesday, January 12, 4:20 to 5 p.m. Arik Griggs is a former Michael Jackson look-a-like. He's on to discuss how his started this group called "The Jasons" in the 1980s. The Jasons were five men like the Jackson 5 but they were all Michael Jackson look-alikes from a different era in time.

Wednesday, January 13, 12 to 12:20 p.m. Elsa is a matchmaker. She runs meaningfulmatches.com, a business that seeks to find the perfect match for couples. She's on to explain her set of dating do’s and don’ts.

Wednesday, January 13, 1 to 2 p.m. Nona Willis-Aronowitz, author of GirlDrive, is our new regular Feminist Wednesday talking head. But don't worry: she's a nice feminist.

Friday, January 15, 9 to 9:45 a.m. Krissy Hokanson is in to recap the latest celebrity gossip.

Friday, January 15, 1:30 to 1:50 p.m. Trish Kale dishes on entertainment news.

Friday, January 15, 4:20 to 4:30 p.m. Tamara Anderson gives us a recap of the latest celebrity gossip and reality TV shows.

GLBTQ Interest

Wednesday, January 13, 4:20 to 4:40 p.m. Vocalo.org user The Butch Guru hosts a podcast from Alabama. She's on to share what it's like to be a "butch" lesbian in the south and first date do’s and don’ts.

Kids and Teens

Wednesday, January 13, 9 to 10 a.m. Teens from Respect Ours come to the Vocalo.org studio to talk about issues of importance to their lives, and to listen and respond to Vocalo.org content on those same issues.

Movies

Friday, January 15, 12 to 1 p.m. Reggie Ponder, also known as The Reel Critic, discusses the latest movies.

Music

Wednesday, January 13, 2:20 to 2:30 p.m. Underground Bee blogger Robert Loerzel previews Tomorrow Never Knows, a five-day indie winter music festival at Schubas and Lincoln Hall in Chicago.

Thursday, January 14, 12 to 12:40 p.m. Local celeb Ayona is a musician, model, dancer and actress. At 19, she already has over a decade of experience in the arts under her belt. She's on to promote her latest music and to talk about her life as a multi-talented entertainer.

Spirituality and Religion

Friday, January 15, 11 to 11:20 a.m. Skye Jethani is from Christianity Today Magazine. He's on to discuss the latest news in religion as well as do a bible breakdown segment.

Theatre

Thursday, January 14, 1:20 to 1:40 p.m. What would it be like to be in prison-- on death row-- for a crime you didn't commit? The characters in "The Exonerated" have been there, done that. The play's text comes directly from interviews, letters, case files, etc. with former death-row inmates who were released after being found innocent. The play opens tonight and runs through February 7 at La Costa Theater, 3931 N. Elston, in Chicago. Our guest, Rich Logan, is performing in the play, and producing. He's bringing a couple other actors.

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