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Jan 26, 2015

Mike Stephen talks with Purple Door bassist Jacob Gold about his perspective on the Chicago rock scene, checks in with Chicago Justice Project executive director Tracy Siska about the "Convicted in Cook" study and his recent Crain's Chicago Business op-ed about police staffing in Chicago, and visits with


Jan 19, 2015

Mike Stephen stops by Toons Bar & Grill to preview the Lakeview tavern's 4th Annual Wing Fling with owner Danny Beck, discusses the latest news in the Chicago mayoral race with Chicago Reader senior writer Mick Dumke, and surprises producer Andy Hermann with an important artifact from OTL's initial development phase....


Jan 12, 2015

Mike Stephen visits with Aaron, Dean, and Mike at the upcoming BreakRoom Brewery at the Heineman Bar Company; checks in with Plastic Crimewave (aka Steve Krakow) about boogie-woogie piano pioneer Albert Ammons for this week's "Winter Blues" edition of The Secret History of Chicago Music; and welcomes Scott, Marko, Paul,...


Jan 4, 2015

Mike Stephen welcomes DNAinfo Chicago radio news director Jon Hansen and freelance journalist Rashanah Baldwin to the WGN Radio Allstate Showcase Studio for the Outside the Loop 2014 Chicago year-in-review roundtable show. Chicagoist editor-in-chief Chuck Sudo joins in for a segment via phone, and this week's local...