Reader senior writer Ben Joravsky riffs on the day's stories with his celebrated humor, insight, and honesty, and interviews politicians, activists, journalists and other political know-it-alls. Presented by the Chicago Reader, the show is available by 4 p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays at chicagoreader.com/joravsky or on the Reader's YouTube channel—or wherever you podcast. Don't miss Oh, What a Week!--the Friday feature in which Ben & special guests review the week's top stories. Also, bonus interviews drop on Saturdays, Sundays and Mondays. Reader podcasts are recorded on Shure microphones. Learn more at Shure.com.
Maureen Dowd’s interview with Bernie Sanders is priceless in so many ways. Ben riffs. Miles Kampf-Lassin of In These Times talks national politics. And state Rep. La Shawn Ford explains why Eric Adams is the right man at the right time to fight crime. Also, Rep. Ford says Ben is wrong about the Bears.
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