Jul 25, 2026
Mike Stephen learns how Three Level Basketball is improving the game for area youth with co-founder and coach Matt Maloney and discusses a new report offering recommendations to improve math outcomes in Illinois schools with University of Illinois professors Erica Mason and Phi...
Jul 18, 2026
Mike Stephen discusses the legacy of the Chicago Race Riot of 1919 with Peter Cole of the Chicago Race Riot of 1919 Commemoration Project, explores how entrepreneurship is creating opportunities for people returning from incarceration with Judy Dawson and Rudy Gonzalez of the William H. Hall Center for Entrepreneurship,...
Jul 11, 2026
Mike Stephen visits the Hope Chicago 2026 Goal Getter Conference at the Illinois Institute of Technology. Hope Chicago is a scholarship-focused nonprofit designed to provide students and their parents/guardians with the support they need to graduate from college...
OTL #1,029: Secrecy around Chicago parking meters, America: Songs and Stories of Protest and Freedom
Jul 4, 2026
Mike Stephen gets an update on the secrecy around a plan to buy back the city’s parking meters from Block Club Chicago's Mick Dumke and learns about a new series of live local performances that explore the history of the Untied States from co-producers Cheryl Corley and Lucy...