(podcasting from the brand new studio in the OTL Bunker, somewhere in Chicago) (broadcasting on the 100-watt don’t-expect-your-street-to-get-snow-plowed radio station WLUW 88.7-FM Chicago) Mike Stephen and Andy Hermann discuss this week’s snowstorm, they catch up on some Chicago political stories, they send out an APB for holiday music, and then they get an update a past OTL story subject. Chicago’s first big snow of this winter; and Mayor Daley is cutting back on the snow plowing Mick Dumke – writer/editor, Chicago Reader; on non-Blagojevich local news, including… Chicago Public Schools CEO Arne Duncan is named Education Secretary under President Obama, the city is buying Michael Reese Hospital to turn into the Olympic Village, and the never-ending Wrigley Field deal OTL Holiday Show next week; SEND US LOCAL HOLIDAY MUSIC, WOULD YA ?! Nell Taylor – co-founder, Chicago Underground Library; a follow-up on a segment from OTL #24, and the library’s new digs (segue music this week from Dave Specter)
(podcasting “from” on the site of Mike Stephen’s great-grandparents’ beauty salon / bootlegging operation on Division Street) (broadcasting on the 100-watt thank-God-for-the-21st-Amendment radio station WLUW 88.7-FM Chicago) Mike Stephen and Andy Hermann yet again visit the OTL NewsDesk, they learn about the Cook County budget, Andy makes fun of Mike, and then they discuss local education and the upcoming Obama presidency. OTL NewsDesk; no response from Ald. Helen Shiller (46th Ward) regarding Fix Wilson Yard, Chicago Coalition for the Homeless tracking CTA crackdown on homeless riders Forrest Claypool – Cook County Commissioner, 12th District; on county budget issues and the local economic situation the show Segue featuring talk about Segways; WE’RE PLAYING DJ SOON — SEND US YOUR LOCAL HOLIDAY MUSIC, and Andy enjoys a comment Mike made in last week’s program Paul Bowker – education reporter, Chi-Town Daily News; on “Officials hope education on Obama’s priority list” article (segue music this week from Icy Demons)
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(podcasting “from” out in back of the Congress Theatre) (broadcasting on the 100-watt elevating-to-new-heights radio station WLUW 88.7-FM Chicago) Mike Stephen asks Andy Hermann about another radio show, they learn about the Bloomingdale Trail, they talk with a local resident driving Barack Obama’s old car, and then they hear about the vibe at the Proposition 8 protest in Chicago. there’s OTL… and then there’s other radio shows; Andy “cheats” on Mike and the show, but manages to get a plug on Luke Burbank’s Seattle radio program Ben Helphand – president, Friends of the Bloomingdale Trail; on building a public park on an abandoned elevated railway Natasha Brown – owner, Obama Mobile; on how she ended up with Present-elect Obama’s old car Ben Gonzales – photographer, gopho.com; on the vibes and scenes at the Proposition 8 protest in Chicago (segue music this week from Tangleweed)
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(podcasting “from” out in back of the as-of-yet-constructed Museum of Broadcast Communications) (broadcasting on the 100-watt all-inclusive radio station WLUW 88.7-FM Chicago) Mike Stephen and Andy Hermann visit the OTL NewsDesk, they check in about the latest at the Wilson Yard, they discuss a controversy at the Radio Hall of Fame, and then they follow up on a local political candidate after the election. OTL NewsDesk (debut!); update on Cook County Commissioner Mike Quigley (from OTL #105), John McCain votes in Chicago, and Johnnie Lee Savory (from OTL #102) and the Tenth Anniversary Celebration of the Center on Wrongful Convictions Molly Phelan – Fix Wilson Yard; with an update (from OTL #104) on the development of a six-acre tract of land in Uptown Rick Garcia – political director, Equality Illinois; on Dump [James] Dobson, and the induction of Focus on the Family into the Radio Hall of Fame Jeremy Karpen; former candidate for 39th District Illinois State Representative (as heard in OTL #103), who’s running again in 2010 under the local Green Party (segue music this week from Ben Weasel)
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