Episodes

Ben’s beloved Bulls trade for a clubhouse preacher who asks reporters if they fornicated before marriage. He also has bad knees. Ben riffs. Alden Loury talks property tax and politics—or the politics of property tax. What pro...

Apparently, Trump thought fighting a war would be easy. Ben riffs. Kam Buckner talks Trump, Bears stadium, Springfield’s anti-Brandon legislation, property taxes and schools, Lou Holtz and more. Including his advice to Caleb ...

Trump calls for a two-week break to his war against Iran. Ben riffs. Monroe gets out his crystal ball to predict…Trump’s cabinet will invoke the 25th amendment to save the country from a President who has lost his mind. Provi...

As we learned with his White House comments supposedly celebrating Easter, Trump occasionally blurts out the truth. Ben riffs. Miles Kampf-Lassin talks about the war in Iran. The painful parallels to Vietnam and Iraq wars. An...

Trump fires Bondi cause she was unable to do the impossible. Ben riffs. David Faris invokes the sour milk metaphor to explain the former AG’s rise and fall. And he dissects 50 or so years of deceitful cherry-picking justifica...

It’s that time of the week. Ben and Dr D cover it all. Maria Pappas. Property Taxes. Darren Bailey goes on Fox. JB. And so much more…

The Supremes rule a therapist in Colorado has a First Amended-protected right to offer awful medical advice to a patient. Ben riffs. Jim Coogan takes us to school—law school, that is. Offering the seismic legal takeaways for ...

MAGA and its media blame all immigrants for the horrific crime of one man. Ben riffs. Marc Sims weighs in with memories of over 50 years of news reporting screaming: be scared! Also, JB and Juliana. Willie Wilson and Mayor Jo...

Caleb William, who’s clearly never heard of Jerry Butler, tries to trademark the Iceman as his nickname. Ben riffs. With the season just starting. Miles Porter talks all things baseball. Cubs. Sox. Murakami. PCA. How come the...

The solar, clean-energy crew plays hardball politics in Texas—finally. Ben riffs. Delmarie Cobb returns! Talking about how Donna Miller won the second congressional district primary. Listen closely, lefties, if you want to le...

A busy week of quips and flips had Ben & Dr D scrambling to cover it all. Starting with—can the dark side lure four aldermen to break from the mayor and stick it to waiters and waitresses? That’s what they need—four flippers—...

Leon Black could have saved himself a whole lotta money had he’d gone to anyone other than Epstein for advice. Ben riffs. Julie Lynn urges everyone to join Saturday’s No Kings demonstration. Then she talks abortion rights. Ca...

Long lines forming at airports cause Trump refuses to cut a deal with Dems and release the money to pay TSA employees. Ben riffs. Adolfo takes the deep dive on Cesar Chavez’s legacy and why some people feel compelled to defen...

In the category of not being afraid to pick up the spare…Norm hits the big shot and wins a chicken dinner. Say what? Ben explains. Denali takes on three big issues. Cesar Chavez, the monster in the movement who was too big to...

State Rep Jamie Andrade, the last vestige of Mell’s Machine, loses. Ben riffs. Gregory joins the conversation, explicating his election-night Blue Sky posts. Including…Toni beats Reilly. La Shawn wins big. The nutty 9th. Raja...

The election results are in from Tuesday’s primaries, and it’s time to sweep up the debris. And so Ben and Dr D grab their brooms and get to work. Everything you need to know about everything! Senate, governor, congress. Stic...

“Cesar Chavez accused of abusing girls—accounts detail years of misconduct by a civil rights icon”, reads the NYT headline. Ben riffs. Joanna and Jake take the post-election deep dive on AIPAC’s role in congressional primarie...

The primary campaigns comes and goes with a few surprises. Ben riffs. And then Monroe covers everything including, Juliana, Donna, La Shawn, Toni, Dan and Jan and Sidney. As in Yates. Yes, we go back. Also JB’s weight loss an...

The “AIPAC” commercial “backs” Bushra to siphon votes from Kat to elect Laura—are you following?—says everything you need to know about this election season that’s mercifully coming to an end. Ben riffs. Rummana returns! Talk...

As Trump wages war against Iran, Colman McCarthy, one of America’s great pacifists, dies at age 87. Ben riffs. David Faris explains Trump’s strategy—or lack thereof. How did we get into this morass? Netanyahu’s role in riling...

Just a few days to Election Day. Ben and Dr D are so excited, they’re doing back flips and talking—at the same time! About…Robin, Raja, Juliana and Kevin. Yes, Kevin Ryan. Also JB and Christian. Yes, JB’s running mate, who on...

With just a few days to the election, the undecided procrastinators sorta start paying attention to the senate race. Ben riffs. Daniel Laurison has spent years studying the non voter. That is, people who aren’t registered to ...

In the category of you gotta be kidding me, Trump’s FBI investigates voting “fraud” in 2020 election. Ben riffs. Leni returns! Talks about her campaign for Democratic committeewoman of 9th congressional. Who she supports for ...

As Illinois and Indiana fight for the right to take money from schools and give it to the Bears, the Bears get rid of DJ Moore. Ben riffs. Sunjay Kumar covers everything. Including…why he’s an unapologetic bus apologist. The ...