The Mincing Rascals this week are John Williams of WGN Radio, Eric Zorn, Publisher of The Picayune Sentinel, Austin Berg of the Illinois Policy Institute, Jon Hansen of WGN Radio and Block Club Chicago, and Cate Plys, former staff writer at the Chicago Reader and political op-ed columnist at the Sun-Times and Tribune. The Rascals start this week’s show talking about the protest earlier in the week that stopped traffic on I-190 near O’Hare. Is this type of protest a good way to get a message across? Eric took a frame-by-frame deep dive into the video of CPD pulling over Dexter Reed and questions the veracity of the claim that Reed was pulled over for a seatbelt violation. What do the Rascals think of how the video release was handled? A proposal to give the Chicago City Council more control over the city’s contract with ShotSpotter was blocked from a vote today by opponents of the technology. Should SpotSpotter be available in the wards that want the technology? Some voices are calling on President Biden to avoid debating Donald Trump. Do the Rascals believe that the two candidates should debate? The hottest ticket in town could be when the Chicago Sky face Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever this summer. Are the Rascals pumped about the new season with new Sky players Angel Reese and Kamilla Cardoso? And if you have some free time on Saturday afternoon, Austin will be speaking at the Edgewater Public Library about why Chicago should enact a city charter. You can find all the details about the event here.
The Mincing Rascals 5.8.24: Campus protests, CPS funding, Chicago speed limit plan
The Mincing Rascals 5.1.24: College protests, Bears stadium proposal, Kristi Noem’s dog
John Williams, The Mincing Rascals Live at Winter’s Jazz Club
The Mincing Rascals 4.24.24: Bears stadium, Dexter Reed lawsuit, Trump trial
The Mincing Rascals 4.10.24: Dexter Reed shooting, Lightfoot Legacy, Dolton mayor controversy
The Mincing Rascals 4.3.24: Anthem controversy, flag burning, ShotSpotter
The Mincing Rascals 3.27.24: Cook County State’s Attorney race, Ald. Sigcho-Lopez flag controversy, Ronna McDaniel out at NBC
The Mincing Rascals 3.20.24: Primary election recap, Grant Park’s busy summer, Trump’s ‘bloodbath’
The Mincing Rascals 3.13.24: SOTU recap, Bring Chicago Home, new Bears stadium
The Mincing Rascals 3.6.24: Trump on ballot, Bring Chicago Home, CTU contract
The Mincing Rascals 2.28.24: IVF ruling, Bring Chicago Home, Caitlin Clark
The Mincing Rascals 2.21.24: Reinsdorf pitches new Sox stadium, Alexei Navalny’s death, and Mayor Johnson’s communication problem
The Mincing Rascals 2.14.24: ShotSpotter, Biden age concern, and ‘right-to-die’ legislation
The Mincing Rascals 2.7.24: Elected school board, border bill, Sox to ‘The 78’
The Mincing Rascals 1.31.24: Trump on the ballot, cease-fire vote, body-cam transparency
The Mincing Rascals 1.24.24: Natural gas ban, New Hampshire primary, Sox to ‘The 78’
The Mincing Rascals 1.17.24: Iowa caucuses, Trump v. Biden, Bulls’ Ring of Honor
The Mincing Rascals 1.10.24: Chicago crime, Trump ballot eligibility, NIL money
The Mincing Rascals 1.3.24: Ed Burke verdict, Mike Madigan trial delayed, Harvard president controversy
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