Those are only a few of the crimes pursued by “private eyes.” Three leading licensed investigators join us with tales of murder, arson, fraud, infidelity and abused innocence. They are Paul Ciolino, Steve Kirby and Mike Carlson, each of whom runs his own investigative firm and, no surprise, they have some great and chilling tales to tell.

The two debaters in this program from ten years ago are David Dennett, famous philosopher from Tufts University (and one of the main advocates of the “new atheism”) and David Cook, professor of philosophy at Wheaton College. Of some seven or eight times that we did discussions on the atheism/religion conflict, this one was most frequently requested for rebroadcast.

Christopher Dickey, son of the great American poet and an international journalist, wrote a book in 2009 predicting much more terrorism to come. He was prescient and his analysis remains most relevant down to the present time of escalated Islamist assault upon the West and its national cultures.

A number of listeners over the years have remembered this one and asked that we put it up on podcast. Here in conversation with John Anderson of the Tribune we are recounting the great actor’s visit to the program on a decidedly wet St. Patrick’s Day.

Three veteran journalistic observers of the great game sat down one night in 2002 to share their wisdom. Here is the fascinating outcome – a general treatise about the game that is definitely not a mere set of predictions about the then-current season (in which the Cubs did not particularly distinguish themselves).