Episodes

May 29, 2019: Robert Mueller has spoken. What happened at Lori Lightfoot's first City Council meeting? Legendary Chicago Journalist Monroe Anderson and Host of "Humanity in the Headlines" Atiba Buchanan talk Mueller, Trump an...

Ben & Dr. D riff on the week’s news. Including, though not limited to, the opening of school, bullies in the City Council and anti-vaxxers. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at http...

The Supreme Court lets Texas get away with basically outlawing abortion. Ben riffs. And firefighter Sam Holloway returns to talk about the "astro-turf" rebellion against vaccine mandates. Also, Miles Kampf-Lassin on the pitch...

Sun-Times columnist/editor Rummana Hussain confronts the issue: How do you respond to an anti-vaxxer who says something absurd? Do you shame them? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice ...

The Republican hypocrisy is so outrageous you have to laugh. Ben riffs. And Monroe Anderson returns to talk anti-covid madness. And then he sticks around to join Delmarie Cobb and Norman Solomon as they debate whether Mayor R...

A pro-liberty revolt is brewing against mandating the vax. Ben asks--where were these lovers of liberty when the government was making them take drug tests? And Stacy Davis Gates, vice president of the Chicago Teachers Union,...

In These Times writer, Sarah Lazare talks about Testimony, the recently published novel she wrote based on a first draft her father, Peter Lazare, left behind after he had died. It's a dark mystery dealing with sleazy utility...

With the Bears about to, gulp, begin another season, we turned to V & V, our football experts to make predictions: Vincent E. Norment, President of the Marijuana Hall of Fame, and Victoria Williams, CEO of ACC of Illinois. Pu...

May 21, 2019: Lori Lightfoot's inauguration in review! Hosts of "Humanity in the Headlines" Atiba Buchanan and David Seaton talk Trump, Trump and Trump! Sun-Times Investigative Reporter Stephanie Zimmermann on her latest Watc...

Oh What a Week: "A Mayor and her Policemen" See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

John Catanzara--president of the Fraternal Order of Police and one of Chicago's biggest Trump fans--compares mandatory vaccines to sending people to Nazi gas chambers. Sorry, MAGA, that's taking it too far. Ben riffs. In Thes...

Ben discovers a copy of the Wall Street Journal on his front porch. His world will never be the same. Monroe Anderson asks: Does Trump control MAGA or does MAGA control Trump? And Miles Kampf-Lassin, editor of In These Times,...

Ben returns from a vacation in MAGAVILLE only to discover--nothing's changed! Also, attorney Leonard Goodman talks about the Obama Center. And Juanita Irizarry, executive director of Friends of the Parks, talks about Amazon i...

Political science professor David Faris returns to talk about the upcoming governor's recall election in California. Somehow or other Democrats in the country's most progressive state have left the door open for a radical Tru...

For years, John Schulian was an award-winning columnist for the Sun-Times. Then he essentially said, the hell with this. And went to Hollywood and made his name as an award-winning screen writer. He joins Ben to talk sports a...

May 28, 2019: Pritzker's fair tax bill passed the house! Chicago Reader Columnist Maya Dukmasova returns to talk local politics. Sun-Times Reporter Tina Sfondeles gives us a Springfield legislation update and it's the long aw...

On August 3, Cook County Chief Judge Evans joined Maya Dukmasova and Ben at their monthly talk show at the Hideout, 1354 W. Wabansia. Among the topics of discussion—are Mayor Lightfoot & Police Chief scapegoating judges for s...

July 23, 2021--Ben & Dr. D take the deep dive on a week's worth of news. Such as...Lollapooza in the face of a rise in Delta variant cases, police reform, JB running for re-election, the folly of the Olympics and the differen...

Vice President of the Chicago Teachers Union Stacy Davis Gates returns to talk ALL THINGS local politics, Bloomberg and what the hell happened in Iowa? 20th Ward Alderwoman Jeanette Taylor talks about the Obama Center and lif...

Black voters and politicians are flexing their political muscle. So MAGA responds with a backlash. Ben & Monroe discuss. Also, Michael Malcolm joins the conversation to talk cannabis, guns, crime and more. See Privacy Policy ...

Ben riffs on Trump's insistence that Republicans swear allegiance to his "BIG LIE". And all five members of the newly formed City Council Democratic Socialist Caucus join the show to talk all things politics: Alderman Carlos ...

Friday, April 26, 2019: Biden's apology to Anita Hill, Rahm's interview with Fran Spielman, The "Rummana Rundown" with Sun-Times Editor Rummana Hussain, Grundy County Activist Heidi Henry gives us an education on politics out...

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Delmarie Cobb is bringing Yvette Simpson to town. Ben riffs. And then Yvette Simpson talks about Biden, white progressives, Bernie and other things, including dealing with two knuckleheads like Mayor Rahm and Chris Christie. ...