Mike Stephen talks to Richard Bloomfield and Zachary Day, the owners of Chicago’s Funkytown Beer, about their expansion plans, chats with Robert’s Westside owner/operator Donnie Biggins about how that venue properly pays their artists, and chats with Gina Marie DeGregorio about her new music. To subscribe to the OTL podcast, please visit our Apple Podcasts Page, Spotify, or our RSS feed.
Mike Stephen visits Yo Soy Ella’s Curbside Compassion van to learn about their therapy services from founder and executive director Sarah Taylor, explores the new Takeout 25 Community Cookbook with founder Ravi Parakkat, and gets the lowdown on new music from local musician Terry White. AND…come out to Fitzgerald’s at 6615 W. Roosevelt Rd. in Berwyn on Saturday, November 22, at 3:00 p.m. for the Outside the Loop 1,000th episode taping! It’s a FREE event, but you need to RSVP using this link. To subscribe to the OTL podcast, please visit our Apple Podcasts Page, Spotify, or our RSS feed.
Posted 8 months ago Tagged mental health Ravi Parakkat Sarah Taylor Takeout 25 Terry White Yo Soy Ella
Mike Stephen talks the art of tea with Max Blessen, owner of Chicagoland’s Joy Tea, gets an update on civil rights history in Illinois, and discovers the Secret History of the versatile musician from Chicago Billy Hinton. To subscribe to the OTL podcast, please visit our Apple Podcasts Page, Spotify, or our RSS feed.
Posted 11 months ago Tagged Billy Hinton Black Panther Party business Chicago Music Chicago Reader history Illinois history Joy Tea Leila Wills Max Blessen Plastic Crimewave Secret History of Chicago Music Steve Krakow
Mike Stephen goes inside a new occult gallery in Logan Square called Covet Oddities and chats with owners Ben and Erica Santine, learns about the limitations of the Freedom of Information Act in Illinois with Better Government Association financial policy analyst Sophia Van Pelt, and highlights the great work of La Casa Norte‘s Hope for Homes Day initiative with executive director Jose Munoz. To subscribe to the OTL podcast, please visit our Apple Podcasts Page, Spotify, or our RSS feed.
Posted 12 months ago Tagged Ben Santine Better Government Association Covet Oddities Erica Santine homelessness Hope for Homes Day Jose Munoz Sophia Van Pelt The Freedom of Information Act
