Mike Stephen discusses the vast city ownership of vacant land during Chicago’s housing crisis with Block Club Chicago reporter and investigative editor Mick Dumke and discovers the Secret History of prewar jazz clarinet player Mezz Mezzrow. To subscribe to the OTL podcast, please visit our Apple Podcasts Page, Spotify, or our RSS feed.
Mike Stephen discusses the decaying properties of the Chicago Housing Authority with Block Club Chicago investigative editor Mick Dumke, talks to writer Kevin Jakubowski, a Batavia native, about writing a new Holiday short film directed by Bryce Dallas-Howard called The Note, and gets the lowdown on Skip Class & The Dropouts‘ new music from lead singer Danny Jacobson. To subscribe to the OTL podcast, please visit our Apple Podcasts Page, Spotify, or our RSS feed.
Posted 4 months ago Tagged Block Club Chicago Chicago Housing Authority film housing Kevin Jakubowski Mick Dumke Skip Class and the Dropouts The Note
Mike Stephen gets an update on the backroom deal that sold off public housing land in Chicago with Block Club Chicago’s Mick Dumke and then discovers the Secret History of 1960s local soul singer Garland Green. To subscribe to the OTL podcast, please visit our Apple Podcasts Page, Spotify, or our RSS feed.
Posted 8 months ago Tagged Chicago Reader Garland Green housing Mick Dumke Plastic Crimewave politics Secret History of Chicago Music Steve Krakow
Mike Stephen learns about the empowering work of Women in Vinyl with founder Jenn D’Eugenio, discusses the work of the Chicago Rents initiative with program manager Erik Czaja, and, in an OTL Rewind, reminds us of the importance of bees in our ecosystem. To subscribe to the OTL podcast, please visit our Apple Podcasts Page, Spotify, or our RSS feed.
Posted 8 months ago Tagged All Chicago Chicago Honey Co-Op Chicago Rents Erik Czaja homelessness housing Jenn D’Eugenio music Women in Vinyl