The Ben Joravsky Show

Union man and pension guru Jeff Johnson doesn't seem worried by the coronavirus. Our cannabis conversations continues with Lisa Solomon and Pharmacist Joseph FriedmanSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Ben weighs in on the spread of the coronavirus in the United States. "In These Times" writer Miles Kampf-Lassin returns to talk Bernie, progressive politics and Tuesday's primary electionsSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Senator Robert Peters returns to the show to reaffirm his support for Bernie Sanders and talks about his campaign. Hilesh Patel talks about the Field Foundations new Chicago leadership program.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Ben shares his thought on last night's primary elections. More cancellations have been announced due to the coronavirus outbreak. Legendary Chicago journalist Monroe Anderson returns to celebrate Biden's victories.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Get to know your Illinois candidates. It’s The Ben Joravsky Show debuts of 9th District State Rep Candidate Lakesia Collins and 49th District State Senate Candidate Michael Crowner.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Kim Foxx defends herself and now the Ben Joravsky Show is featured in the latest Bill Conway for States Attorney's ad. Our Chicago Reader colleague Maya Dukmasova returns to talk coronavirus.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Listen as we take a deep dive into Ben Joravsky's latest Chicago Reader column involving the 2020 POTUS election and Bernie Sanders "Panic Peddlers" and take a trip to Benny J column past. With special guest, Professor David Faris.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Biden's big win and more! It's the Super Tuesday primaries and caucuses LIVE show with the Chicago Reader at The Promontory in Hyde Park. Hosted by The Reader’s Ben Joravsky and Maya Dukmasova with Political Strategist Delmarie Cobb, 20th Ward Alderwoman Jeanette Taylor and Kofi Ademola.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Before a new week of Chicago and/or Illinois news begins, catch up and find out "Oh What a Week it Was" The latest Cook County State's Attorney election polls. Who is Margaret Croke? Which Presidential candidate is mayor Lightfoot endorsing?See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Ben reunites with his former WCPT 820 colleague. It's comedian and host of "Out Chicago" Scott Duff.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Biden's super Super Tuesday. What's the future for Bernie? Where will the candidates who dropped out end up? It's ALL things the 2020 election with Professor/Author David FarisSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Blagojevich Attorney Leonard Goodman returns to talk what else...Blago!! 25th Ward Alderman Byron Sigcho-Lopez and the EPA's Loreen Targos are back to talk about gentrification, Bernie v. Biden and the coronavirus.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Democratic 11th Congressional District candidate Rachel Ventura joins us to talk her campaign. Ben reveals which Alderman expressed his concerns wth Mayor Lightfoot. And it’s another "Rummana Rundown" with Sun-Times Editor Rummana HussainSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Union Man Ed Maher on the constitutional amendment to defend worker's rights & Leni Manaa-Hoppenworth returns with Kim Foxx to give us an Illinois Indivisible update! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Cook County States Attorney Kim Foxx makes her Ben Joravsky Show debut and talks about her campaignSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Ben gives a shout out to Elizabeth Warren. Have you heard the new Jeanne Ives ad? Which presidential candidate is Lori Lightfoot endorsing? "In These Times" writer Miles Kampf-Lassin gives Bernie Sanders supporters some hopeSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Pollster Dan Cohen breaks down Super Tuesday, and Cook County Circuit Court Clerk candidate Jacob Meister makes his Ben Joravsky Show debut.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Ben weighs in on Biden's Super Tuesday and 12th District State Rep candidate Margaret Croke released a ton of online political campaign ads. Chicago Legend Monroe Anderson returns to talk Super TuesdaySee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

A debate on the black vote in South Carolina with political strategist Candis Castillo and President of the Chicago's Principal's Association Troy LaRaviere.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Ben weighs in on the latest developments in the 2020 Democratic POTUS primary. Has Kim Foxx taken the lead in States Attorneys race? Maya Dukmasova of the Chicago Reader is back with to talks the local and national political news of the daySee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Author Charles Johnson and Ilesa Duncan, Artistic Director of Lifeline Theatre, talk about race, growing up in Evanston, slavery and the stage adaptation of Middle Passage, playing at the Lifeline, February 14 – April 5, 2020.Rutherford Calhoun, a newly freed Illinois slave eking out a living in 1830 New Orleans, stows away aboard The Republic, an outbound rigger, to evade debtors enforcing marriage. But his clever escape backfires as the clipper turns out to be a slave ship bound for Africa. Calhoun must choose between a fanatical captain, a mutinous crew, and the Africans seeking escape. Building on a tradition of African American storytelling, this tale challenges perceptions of American identity using a Black aesthetic. We are at a critical historical moment in which issues such as racism, classism, poverty, and the meaning of freedom impact us all.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Ben Joravsky tells us more about his latest Chicago Reader column on the cynicism of Donald Trump commuting the sentence of Rod Blagojevich. We also go back into time to unpack a Joravsky column about Rahm, Rauner and Willie Wilson from 2015. It's the latest Ben Joravsky: Beyond the Column with special guest Ken Davis.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The former Chicago Newsroom host returns for a delightful conversation with Ben about nothing less than the future of journalism. As well as whatever else is on the minds of these two old goats. It's the long awaited return of the journalistic legend we call: "Young Kenneth Davis!"See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Illinois State Senate Candidate Monica Gordon (40th) tells us more about her campaign and Zach Koutsky of UFCW Local 881talks labor and cannabis.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

How many gifts did governor J.B. Pritzker receive in his first year as Governor? CPS changes Columbus Day to Indigenous Peoples Day. Sun-Times Editor Rummana Hussain is back for the Rummana Rundown. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Political Consultant Peter Cunningham returns. Another Cannabis Conversation with Lisa Solomon and Edgar Ramon, cannabis expert and founder of Chamba Life.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

It's our 1 year podcast anniversary! More Illinois primary endorsement updates. "In These Times" Writer Miles Kampf-Lassin talks Tuesday's debate and progressive politics!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

CTU member and Cook County Commissioner Brandon Johnson returns to share his love for Elizabeth Warren. SEIU Healthcare Illinois/Indiana Vice President Jaquie Algee talks all things local politics and more!!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Ben unpacks Tuesday night's democratic debate. The Illinois Governor and the Chicago Mayor both made newsworthy endorsements. Legendary Chicago Journalist Monroe Anderson returns.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Our good friend Marc Sims is back. Political Strategist Laurie Glenn and Juanita Irizarry of Friends of the Park talk the state of the democratic party.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel made another appearance on national television to talk the 2020 election. Our Chicago Reader colleague Maya Dukmasova is back to talk housing and all things local politics.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Before a new week of Chicago and/or Illinois news begins, find out "Oh What a Week it Was" ALL things former Governor Rod Blagojevich's sentence being commuted by President TrumpSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Find out what went down at this week's city council meeting from journalist David Glowacz. It was a great debate over settlements in lawsuits filed by citizens against the police.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The 2020 POTUS race and so much more with political strategist Candis Castillo. It's the return of the Heartland Mamas Murri Briel & Heidi Henry. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Another day, another subpoena and it's Another Rummana Rundown with Sun-Times Editor Rummana Hussain. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Radio legend and Union man Don Villar returns to talk all things labor and Blago. State Rep candidate Denika McMillen makes her Ben Joravsky Show debut and talks the POTUS race, mental health and running as a Democrat in DuPage County.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Mayor Lightfoot and Governor Pritzker are not the biggest Blagojevich fans. Find out what our Illinois right wing “friends” are saying about Pritzker's budget address. In These Times and Jacobin Writer Branko Marcetic makes his Benny J Show debut.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

You've read the column. Now listen to the podcast about the column. It's Ben Joravsky Beyond the Column. This week Benny J talks POTUS candidate Michael Bloomberg and we go back to 1995 in Ben Joravsky column's past.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Legendary blues musician Billy Branch shows us his political talk skills. Committeeman Peter Janko and Lynn Gray talk McHenry county politics.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich is out of prison and gave a press conference. Legendary Chicago Journalist Monroe Anderson and Chicago blues legend Billy Branch talk all things and the 2020 election.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Political Strategist Justin Horwitz returns to talk the future of the democratic party. Restaurateur Jimmy Bannos talks Mardi Gras and food!!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Trump commutes former Illinois Governor Blagojevich's jail sentence and we talk about it. Our Chicago Reader colleague Maya Dukmasova tells us her thoughts on the rise of Michael BloombergSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Councilman, Former South Bend Indiana mayoral candidate and brother of Stacy Davis Gates, Henry Davis Jr is back for a Benny J Bonus interview to talk the 2020 election, his picks to win and his mayoral race agains Pete ButtigiegSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Before a new week of Chicago and/or Illinois news begins, catch up on the week that was. Mayor Lightfoot's "Do Not Hire" list gets a couple of new names added and find out the latest Illinois candidate endorsement news.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

It's the Ben Joravsky and Sameena Mustafa LIVE from G-Man's Tavern for Tuesday's New Hampshire primary election. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Bernie Sanders delegate Maggie Wunderly makes her podcast debut and talks the nominating process. The Illinois political know it alls Jacob Kaplan and Daniel Pogorzelski return to talk all things local and national politics.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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Hear the story of Sparky Rose. A man who spent over a year in prison for marijuana charges and his incredible comeback. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Ben weighs in on Former Chicago top cop Eddie Johnson being added to Chicago's "Do Not Hire List" Does Governor JB Pritzker shovel his own driveway? Miles Kampf-Lassin is back to talk progressive politics and Bernie Sanders.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Political pollster Dan Cohen makes his Ben Joravsky Show debut to talk Tuesday's New Hampshire Primary. Who won, who lost and more.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.