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Statewide: Remembering Phil Donahue

NPR Illinois | 91.9 UIS | By Sean Crawford
Published August 29, 2024 at 8:52 AM CDT
Phil Donahue in the audience in 1980.
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Phil Donahue in the audience in 1980.

Before Oprah, Phil Donahue dominated the daytime television airwaves. After moving his show to Chicago, Donahue used innovative techniques and topical guests to helped lead a national conversation. We look back at his career on this episode of Statewide.

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* A foul tasting liquor has become synonymous with Chicago. We learn the history of Malort.

After Tremaine Atkinson, CEO of CH Distillery, bought Malort in 2018, he moved production of the liquor back to Chicago.
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After Tremaine Atkinson, CEO of CH Distillery, bought Malort in 2018, he moved production of the liquor back to Chicago.

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* Kristen Schorsch reports on abortion funds that help pay for women in other states to come here for the procedure running out of money.

* Chip Mitchell explains how activists face a predicament when it comes to protests.

* Peter Medlin has details on schools that are about to lose federal COVID relief funding.

* Jennifer Fuller with Capitol News Illinois brings us findings from an investigation into home schooling.

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