TO HEAR THE SHOW, PRESS THE “PLAY” BUTTON AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS POST… (broadcasting on the “baby-doo” radio station WGN-AM 720) Mike Stephen takes another look at unions and their influence on IL politics, previews Story Week Festival of Writers, and gets the lowdown on Chicago musician Baby Doo Caston. Frank Manzo– Policy Director, Illinois Economic Policy Institute We heard a lot of listener feedback on the topic of influence of unions on IL politics. This week we get another perspective on this issue. Eric May– Author and artistic director of Story Week Festival of Writers Columbia College presents this annual festival that celebrates the written word and the art of storytelling. We get a preview of this event that runs from March 15-21. Eric May discusses the upcoming Story Week Festival of Writers with Mike Stephen The Secret History of Chicago Music– Local music historian and artist Plastic Crimewave (aka: Steve Krakow) profiles 20th century Blues musician Baby Doo Caston in this week’s Chicago Reader. He gives us the lowdown on his musical contribution to Chicago. OTL #438 local music provided by Molehill…
TO HEAR THE SHOW, PRESS THE “PLAY” BUTTON AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS POST… (broadcasting on the “washboard abs” radio station WGN-AM 720) Mike Stephen discusses little-discussed issues in this year’s mayoral race, learns about the Chicago Noise Complaint app, and gets the story of Chicago Bluesman Washboard Sam. Mick Dumke– Senior Writer at the Chicago Reader Mick discusses what the candidates for mayor aren’t talking about this election year. Mick Dumke and Mike Stephen talk Chicago politics Darrin Thomas– Creator of the Chicago Noise Complaint website After getting fed up with the noise pollution from O’Hare Airport, Darrin created this app to create a log of noise complaints that will be given to the city. The Secret History of Chicago Music– Local music historian and artist Plastic Crimewave (aka: Steve Krakow) profiles 20th century Blues musician Washboard Sam in this week’s Chicago Reader. He gives us the lowdown on his musical contribution to Chicago. OTL #436 local music provided by Love In the Dark…
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TO HEAR THE SHOW, PRESS THE “PLAY” BUTTON AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS POST… (broadcasting on the “squirrel-truth” radio station WGN-AM 720) Mike Stephen examines the relationship between Mayor Emanuel and Chicago unions, learns about a very different kind of ad on the Red Line, and gets the story of one of the greatest lesser-known Chicago Blues guitarists: Fenton Robinson. David Moberg– Senior editor at In These Times Rahm Emanuel isn’t known for being pro-union, so why are some Chicago unions backing him for re-election? David wrote an article recently addressing this question and he joins us to talk about it. Ben Larrison– Chicago comedian Local comedian Ben Larrison recently bought ad space on the CTA Red Line cars. These ads are “different.” We learn why Ben wants our daily commute to be a little more fun. Ben Larrison underneath the Belmont Red Line stop The Secret History of Chicago Music– Local music historian and artist Plastic Crimewave (aka: Steve Krakow) profiles 20th century Blues musician Fenton Robinson in this week’s Chicago Reader. He gives us the lowdown on his musical contribution to Chicago. OTL #434 local music provided by Dream Version…
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TO HEAR THE SHOW, PRESS THE “PLAY” BUTTON AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS POST… (broadcasting on the “court is now in session” radio station WGN-AM 720) Mike Stephen learns about a project that examines Cook County Court data, discusses police staffing in Chicago, gets the lowdown on an old-school local Blues musician: Jazz Gillum, and talks to a high school student who happens to be part of the Chicago music scene. Tracy Siska – Executive Director, Chicago Justice Project The CJP’s latest project, Convicted in Cook, examines data from the Cook County Circuit Court from 2005-2009 in order to shed light on how the local courts operate. Tracy also discusses his recent op-ed about police staffing in Chicago. The Secret History of Chicago Music– Local music historian and artist Plastic Crimewave (aka: Steve Krakow) profiles 20th century Blues musician Jazz Gillum in this week’s Chicago Reader. He gives us the lowdown on his musical contribution to Chicago. Jacob Gold– Member of the band Purple Door and a high school junior at Jones College Prep We get the perspective of the Chicago music scene from one of its youngest members. Purple Door rocking hard OTL #432 local music provided by Purple Door…
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