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The Mincing Rascals: President Obama gave “a graduate level speech to a...

WGN Radio’s John Williams and Steve Bertrand along with the Chicago Tribune’s Eric Zorn and Kristen McQueary discuss this week in politics with the New Hampshire caucuses, a few candidates stepping...

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Thomas Jefferson reacts to President Obama

President Obama gave a speech to the Illinois General Assembly and reference TJ and some other founding fathers.  Our own Thomas Jefferson shares his reaction. Clay Jenkinson is a public humanities...

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American Political Campaigns Have Always Been Nasty

“The other [party] consists of the ill-tempered & rude men in society who have taken up a passion for politics. From both of these classes of disputants, my dear Jefferson, keep aloof, as you would...

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BoShek Revealed!

He was the man who introduced Obi-Wan to Chewie, but yet, his true identity was unknown. The name of the actor who played STAR WARS cantina character BoShek has remained a mystery for decades…Until...

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Grammy Awards Preview | Sound Sessions talks with WGN Radio’s Dave Plier Show

Kevin and Michael of Sound Sessions recently sat down with WGN Radio host, Dave Plier to discuss the upcoming Grammy awards and give their predictions.  Here’s the full segment — Many thanks to Dave...

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On Social Health and Change | Dan Cooper [The Promise of Restorative Justice]

Welcome to On Social Health and Change presented by Adler University!  On this week’s episode host, Hannah Stanley sits down with Dan Cooper, co-executive director of Adler’s Institute on Social...

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The Aldertrack Aldercast | Procedural Blocks Delay CPS Lifeline, Tobacco...

A pared-down ordinance giving the Inspector General oversight of City Council passes by a thin margin, while a hike in cigarette taxes and a hearing on a one shot cash infusion to CPS get tangled up by...

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Man skips work for 6 years; no one notices

A 69-year-old Spanish man was fined this week after officials discovered he hadn't shown up to work for at least six years, the Guardian reports. The civil servant was discovered only when the deputy...

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A City Called Heaven: Chicago and the Birth of Gospel Music

Robert Marovich and I celebrate the history of gospel music. Marovich is an expert documentarian of gospel music. Marovich, who is the author of “A City Called Heaven: Chicago and the Birth of Gospel...

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Cheap and Easy Chicken Spaghetti

Full recipe below. Ingredients: 1 rotisserie chicken, deboned 1 package of spaghetti 1 block (1 lb) of Velveeta 1 can cream of mushroom soup 1 can Ro-Tel tomatoes with green chilies ½ teaspoon garlic...

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Dan Andriano | Alkaline Trio Bassist on Growing up in Chicago, Memories of...

Sound Sessions is happy to welcome rock virtuoso and Chicago native, Dan Andriano of the legendary Chicago groups: Alkaline Trio, In the Emergency Room, Slapstick and The Falcon. Dan Andriano continues...

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Live blog: 2016 Grammy Awards

We’re live blogging the 2016 Grammy Awards.

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Ubi Est Mea? | Jennifer Mondie (Viola Player in the National Symphony Orchestra)

Jennifer Mondie is a former Chicagoan, current Washington, D.C. resident. She’s been a viola player in the National Symphony Orchestra since 1995. Prior to the NSO, she was a member of the Colorado...

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Industry Innovators: PopUp Republic

As the Voice of Chicago Innovation, each week we look for innovators that have set out to re-shape entire industries! Since launching in 2012, Chicago-based PopUpRepublic has become the leading...

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John Marshall: The Greatest Lame Duck Appointment of All Time – [first of...

“I have never felt any enmity towards you Sir for being elected president of the United States. but the instruments made use of, and the means which were practised to effect a change, have my utter...

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Video: The making of On Social Health and Change

Welcome to Adler University’s new podcast – On Social Health and Change.  Here is a behind-the-scenes look at a typical recording of the show.

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Change It Up | Top 5 Ways To Make Your Business Different in 2016 | w/ Tim...

How many things that you use every day these days did you not even know about last year? Are you a Slack user now? Know when you started using Google Docs? All the photo filtering apps that are on your...

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2/16/15: Osei Gyamfi, Shaahin Cheyene and Ray Christian

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The Virtuous Cycle of Content Marketing

In this week’s edition of Monday Morning Marketing, John and Ilyce continue the discussion they started last week on the virtuous cycle of content marketing. To recap, they discussed the four...

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The Promise of Restorative Justice, Part 3

Welcome to On Social Health and Change presented by Adler University!  On this week’s episode host, Hannah Stanley sits down with Father Dave Kelly, executive director of Precious Blood Ministry of...

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