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.
At last night's First Tuesdays show at the Hideout, people were asking Ben was he serious about apologizing to Jussie Smollett. Ben responds. Also, Monroe Anderson talks Jussie, John Thompson and segregation. And Peter Goldman, author and journalist, makes his debut to talk about his classic book--The Death and Life of Malcolm X. Topics explored--who killed Malcolm X? What role did the FBI, CIA and New York police play? Peter's verdict on the Netflix documentary. And sitting across a coffee-shop table from the great Malcolm X himself back in the `60s. Oh, to be the proverbial fly on the wall...
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