Chicago journalist Ben Joravsky starts each show by riffing on the news of the day with his celebrated humor, insight, and honesty. Then he talks politics with activists, elected officials, journalists and all sorts of political know-it-alls. We talk Chicago, Illinois, national (lots of national), international and lefty politics. Find The Ben Joravsky Show wherever you download podcasts.
Reporters writing stories about Park District looking the other way at evidence of sexual harrassment of lifeguards. Ben asks himself--would this happen if Harold Washington were mayor. And Jimmy Dore, comedian and podcast host, tries to convince Ben that the way for lefties to go is third party. And Ben tries to get Jimmy Dore to say something, anything, critical of Republicans.
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