Mike Stephen talks with: Voorhees Center economic development planner Lauren Nolan about affordable housing issues along The 606 elevated park; Chicago Baseball editor/publisher Matt Smerge about his magazine’s fight against the city to stay alive; and Reade Wildman, a 16-year-old guitarist and Chicago Academy for the Arts student, who hung out to play live for the hour! Check out his new record Syzygy. Reade Widman poses with Mike Stephen at the halfway point of rocking the soundtrack for OTL #463. To subscribe to the OTL podcast, please visit our iTunes page or RSS feed. Reade Widman jams a tune from his new Syzygy record on a rainy Chicago Saturday morning.
Mike Stephen talks with: Culture Bore freelance journalist Jason Prechtel about his FOIA lawsuit against the CTA to find out how and why we have the Ventra fare system; Plastic Crimewave (aka Steve Krakow) about early-’80s all-synth techno-pop band Scarlet Architect for this week’s edition of The Secret History of Chicago Music; and IIT College of Architecture student Rocco Buttliere about his to-scale LEGO model of downtown Chicago. Meanwhile, we have some fun with Chicago Architecture Info’s “A Field Guide To Chicago NIMBYs.” This week’s local music is provided by Local Motive. OTL host Mike Stephen realizes a life-long dream by visiting Rocco Buttliere’s to-scale LEGO model of downtown Chicago. To subscribe to the OTL podcast, please visit our iTunes page or RSS feed.
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Mike Stephen talks with: Urban Prep Academy math and science teacher Alex Kmicikewycz about visiting the Arctic Circle after being named a 2015 Lindblad Expeditions and National Geographic Grosvenor Teacher Fellow; Plastic Crimewave (aka Steve Krakow) about 1980s synth collective VCSR for this week’s edition of The Secret History of Chicago Music; and Sugar Beet Co-Op general manager Chris Roland about the new local and sustainable cooperative grocery store in Oak Park. Meanwhile, we spin a tune from an actual tortilla record. This week’s local music is provided by Adam Fitz. Dressed-for-success OTL host Mike Stephen visits the brand new Sugar Beet Co-Op in Oak Park. To subscribe to the OTL podcast, please visit our iTunes page or RSS feed.
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Mike Stephen talks with: Artist Kevin Swallow about his This Must Be the Place Chicago cityscape show at Firecat Projects; Writer Sam Reaves about co-authoring Fred Pascente’s story in Mob Cop: My Life of Crime in the Chicago Police Department; Plastic Crimewave (aka Steve Krakow) about Elvis tribute artist and underground psychedelic musician Rick Saucedo for this week’s edition of The Secret History of Chicago Music; and WGN Radio newsman Dave Schwan who files a report on the 100th anniversary of the Eastland Disaster in the Chicago River. This week’s local music is provided by Doug James and the Pocket. Artist Kevin Swallow tells OTL host Mike Stephen about his This Must Be the Place show at Firecat Projects in Bucktown. To subscribe to the OTL podcast, please visit our iTunes page or RSS feed.
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