OTL: Episode #318- New CTA record, Nate Silver’s Burrito Bracket, President Obama and Chicago sports

TO HEAR THE SHOW, PRESS THE “PLAY” BUTTON AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS POST… (podcasting from the studios in the OTL Bunker, somewhere in Chicago) (broadcasting on the “I’ll take a burrito, please” radio station WLUW-FM (88.7) Chicago) Mike Stephen talks to the guys who now hold the record for riding the entire El the fastest, airs a conversation with Nate Silver about his Burrito Bracket from 5 years ago, and discusses President Obama’s relationship to Chicago sports.   Chris Aubin and Garrett Sorrels– CTA record holders These two co-workers rode the entire El in 9 hours, 12 minutes and 39 seconds and set a new record.  We hear about their adventure and you can read about it on Grid Chicago.     Prep work for the El riding adventure.  Photo courtesy of gridchicago.com.   Nate Silver – Blogger at FiveThirtyEight and creator of The Burrito Bracket Before Nate Silver was famous for accurately predicting elections he was busy rating Chicago Mexican restaurants.  We hear a conversation between Mike and Nate from 2007 on OTL #59.   Ben Strauss– Senior Editor at Chicago Side and contributor to the New York Times Ben recently wrote an article called The Audacity of a White Sox Fan: Why Chicago Sports Matter to President Obama. We discuss this topic.     OTL #318 local music provided by Outer Minds…