Nov 29, 2015
Mike Stephen talks with Chicago Publishers Resource Center [ChiPRC] director John Wawrzaszek about their Indiegogo campaign to support their mission of serving Chicago's literary and arts community, chats with Nothin' but Blue Skies: The Heyday, Hard Times, and Hopes of America's Industrial Heartland author Edward...
Nov 22, 2015
Mike Stephen talks with Loaves & Fishes Community Services president/CEO Megan Selck about how her organization is combating suburban homelessness, checks in with Chicago Book Expo co-organizer John Wilson about the literary event of the year that's happening at Columbia College, and chats with DNAinfo...
Nov 15, 2015
Mike Stephen talks with Taft High School history teacher Mayra Almaraz-De Santiago about her Gapers Block op-ed "Give Me a Mirror: Why Students Need to Connect to their Teachers" on building connections in the classroom, checks in with Plastic Crimewave (aka Steve Krakow) about mysterious jazz-proggers McLuhan for this...
Nov 8, 2015
Mike Stephen talks with Chicago Loot Drop chairman Mike Chuck about helping out deserving kids at The University of Chicago Medicine Comer Children's Hospital, geeks out with Improvised Star Trek producer/cast member Matt Young about their live show run at iO Chicago, and checks in with The Takedown impresario Matt...
Nov 1, 2015
Mike Stephen checks in with Plastic Crimewave (aka Steve Krakow) about early-1980s avant-garde punks End Result for this week's edition of The Secret History of Chicago Music, talks with Communities United board president Diane Limas about what her organization is doing to keep rents affordable despite the upcoming...