Mike Stephen talks with:

• Chicago Sun-Times staff reporter Mick Dumke about criminal justice and some of the other important issues he wrote about in 2015;

• Plastic Crimewave (aka Steve Krakow) about Luther “Snake Boy” Johnson for this week’s “Winter Blues” edition of The Secret History of Chicago Music; and

• The Expired Meter blogger The Parking Ticket Geek about where you can and can’t park in the city in the winter months.

Meanwhile, “Santa Claus” calls in and nearly derails the show!

This week’s local music is provided by The Fource.

OTL host Mike Stephen III introduces his son Mike Stephen IV to his old friend and radio show guest Santa Claus.

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