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There is one national news publication that covers every angle of the movement to reform and strengthen American elections and governance -- The Fulcrum! David Meyers serves as publisher and executive editor, and he talks on the Mean about ho
"One thing about working at the Polar Science Center is that you’re confronted with these kinds of realities each day, and sometimes it can be disheartening to know that there are animals whose lives are being affected by the changing environme
“Now more than ever, it’s local news's job to tell its people that it’s going to be okay. Y’know, to ease, to calm, to keep people safe. I’m seeing that first-hand, how important that really is.” WXOW Anchor/reporter Declan Levy talks about b
“I think people are going to lose their lives because of the difference in coverage, honestly. I don’t see how it could be otherwise.”National award-winning journalist & columnist Melinda Henneberger sounds off on the media's performance in c
“The value and valor is in the leap…Stop trying to control for perfection, and start trying to control for effort. That’s the one thing we can control in our lives.”Alyssa Rapp is a wildly successful CEO and entrepreneur - and now the author
Once upon a time this conservative columnist supported Jimmy Carter. Now, after 23 years as the Chicago Tribune's lead opinion writer, he is one of the city's most controversial media figures. John Kass talks about his childhood on the South
Suburban women will be the #1 key to who wins the White House in 2020 according to polling guru Celinda Lake. The founder of Lake Research Partners, Celinda talks about how polling works, why it still matters, and what trends are likely to play
“It’s not enough anymore in American politics to be the smartest person or the most experienced or the best CEO or the guy who ran a city. If you can’t communicate, forget about it.” Mark McKinnon has advised everyone from City Councilmen to
Jobi Cates fights for the forgotten. She fights for fairness for the folks who've done wrong and are serving inordinately long prison sentences as a result. Jobi fights for a more just justice system. She is an Illinois hero, who uses the les
A master of health transformation and strength building, Brian Gryn shows people how they can eat clean to GET LEAN! He's an author, coach, entrepreneur -- and an incredible golfer!Learn the secrets to making "intermittent fasting" an easy an
Search Marketing Specialist Patrick Berlinquette talks about how he turned the tables on Google -- and likely saved some lives in the process!
"It's (the GOP) morphed into a cult not with an ideology but a theology, and that means you follow the cult leader. And it means you are especially burdened if you are an apostate and you get shunned or even excommunicated.”Congressional Scho
"My doctors were assuming that I was a medical student and somehow that meant that I understood, or it somehow meant that I was immune to the disease of addiction. I learned the hard way that I was not."Sarah Gad talks about her experiences w
He is THE storyteller. Doug Levy has had a towering career in Chicago broadcasting. For years a popular DJ on the preeminent rock station, he parlayed his on-air talent into a business career where he ascended to be president of Univision Tel
Eddie Bocanegra is the preeminent expert on gun violence in the city of Chicago, because he grew up in it, served 14 years in prison for it -- and then decided to do something about it.The Senior Director of Heartland Alliance's READI Chicago
He went from being wrongly convicted and imprisoned to becoming an attorney at law fighting to exonerate other victims of a corrupt criminal justice system. Jarrett Adams was the very first guest on The Golden Mean, and he joins Michael for E
No one knows the digital news landscape better than Jimmy Greenfield - because he's lived it for 25 years in Chicago. Jimmy joins the show to talk about his career as a news and sports editor, including what it's been like to cover the Chicag
"I want to believe, at the end of my life, that I had tried to do everything I could to fix things." Democracy Reform leader Madeleine Doubek talks about why she's dedicated to reforming and improving Illinois government. The head of CHANGE I
"Being lost in what you're doing is really what it's all about. Great performers can't really explain why their performance was great when it was great, they just know that it felt right. And when it feels right, you're not thinking much, you'r
"Fearful." That's how Gilad Gordon described the feeling he had in 1973 when he attended the Watergate Impeachment Hearings. He was 16 years old. Forty-six later, on the morning of the Trump Impeachment Hearings, Gilad talks about what it was l
Loriana Hernandez-Aldama didn't just Leukemia - she used her journalism talents to turn her recovery into a mission to help others "get fit for the fight." Now, the founder of ARMOR UP FOR LIFE is waging a second public battle with cancer - an
"As college costs go up, sometimes students take out those loans and then they also have to use that money to pay for their living expenses, so they literally have no money for food. It’s just heartbreaking."Soledad O'Brien's moving documenta
On October 29, 2019, US Army Lt. Colonel Alexander Vindman testified in front of a Congressional committee in the midst of the Impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump. National voices in the Republican Party attached Vindman and accused
Shelley Jacobs believes that "everyone is an influencer." She would know! Shelley launched Chicago Is My Boyfriend on Instagram and has built a following of tens of thousands of followers who go to her to find awesome things to do!
"I believe that when people talk about what they love, they come alive!" That's what Kate Sullivan's show, To Dine For, is all about! Kate joins the podcast to describe how her show was born, how it's become a smash success on PBS in just one
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