Jul 26, 2015
Mike Stephen talks with artist Kevin Swallow about his This Must Be the Place solo Chicago cityscape show at Firecat Projects, chats with writer Sam Reaves about co-authoring Fred Pascente's story in Mob Cop: My Life of Crime in the Chicago Police Department, and checks in with Plastic Crimewave (aka Steve Krakow) about...
Jul 19, 2015
Mike Stephen talks with DePaul University School of Public Service professor and Chaddick Institute for Metropolitan Development director Joseph Schwieterman about The Digitally Connected Commuter: Tracking the Rising Use of Personal Electronic Devices on Chicago Suburban Trains [PDF] study, checks in with musician
Jul 12, 2015
Mike Stephen learns about giving dead urban trees new life with Illinois Wood Utilization Team chairperson Edith Makra and IIT College of Architecture studio associate professor Paul Pettigrew, discusses the ongoing tax increment financing district issues with the TIF Illumination Project lead organizer Tom Tresser...
Jul 5, 2015
Mike Stephen talks with Roosevelt Institute fellow and ReFund America Project director Saqib Bhatti about his In these Times piece "Why Chicago Won’t Go Bankrupt—And Detroit Didn’t Have To," checks in with Urban Sketchers Chicago co-administrator Wes Douglas for a preview of his organization's seminar next...