Mike Stephen conversationalizes with: Plastic Crimewave (aka Steve Krakow) about TBD for this week’s edition of The Secret History of Chicago Music; Joseph Buka, founder of MAKE! Chicago; and, The Parking Ticket Geek. Let us know about your favorite cozy winter neighborhood bars/taverns here! This week’s local music is provided by The Evening Attraction. Mike attempts to find his inner craftsman at MAKE! Chicago. To subscribe to the OTL podcast, please visit our iTunes page or RSS feed.
Mike Stephen talks with: The Expired Meter blogger The Parking Ticket Geek about how Chicagoans can challenge some old red light camera violations; Restaurant Opportunities Center (ROC) Chicago co-director Felipe Tendick-Matesanz about local efforts to protect minority workers by establishing sanctuary restaurants; and Rochester Institute of Technology mathematical sciences assistant professor Matt Hoffman about his study on the massive amounts of plastic debris in the Great Lakes. Meanwhile, OTL celebrates the MANuary Beard Season! This week’s local music is provided by Railway Gamblers. Outside the Loop celebrates the 2017 MANuary Beard Season! [l-r] OTL host Mike Stephen, OTL producer Andy Hermann To subscribe to the OTL podcast, please visit our iTunes page or RSS feed.
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Mike Stephen talks with: WikiProject Women Scientists founder Emily Temple-Wood about her mission to make sure the world knows the contributions of female scientists; Plastic Crimewave (aka Steve Krakow) about soulful multi-instrumentalist Andrew Brown for this week’s “Post-Winter Blues” edition of The Secret History of Chicago Music; and The Expired Meter blogger The Parking Ticket Geek about the latest on towing and emissions testing issues in Chicago. Meanwhile, we flashback to OTL #362 and play an excerpt from an interview with filmmaker Will Robson-Scott about his 2013 pre-Spike Lee short Chi Raq. This week’s local music is provided music provided by Will Mackie-Jenkins. OTL host Mike Stephen in an undated file photo To subscribe to the OTL podcast, please visit our iTunes page or RSS feed.
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Mike Stephen talks with: The Expired Meter blogger The Parking Ticket Geek about new traffic patterns in Chicago and a recent red light camera lawsuit; Plastic Crimewave (aka Steve Krakow) about ambitious early-’70s proto power poppers Brevity for this week’s edition of The Secret History of Chicago Music; and Chicago Architecture Foundation Senior Director of Program Strategy Michael Wood about how retiring baby boomers are impacting Chicago architecture and infrastructure as detailed in the upcoming Design Dialogues: Tick Tick Boom talk. Meanwhile, we discover that Chicago is the friendliest US city for tourists… at least according to Twitter. This week’s local music is provided by The Tarts. OTL host Mike Stephen III explains the new Chicago traffic patterns to Mike Stephen IV. Don’t drive angry! To subscribe to the OTL podcast, please visit our iTunes page or RSS feed.
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