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.
In 2016, Courtney Copeland, was shot and killed in Chicago at the age of 22. His mother, Shapearl Wells--host of the podcast, Somebody-- has spent the last several years trying to get the truth from city officials as to what the police did in the final moments of her son's life. And how Courtney's life might have been saved if he'd been treated him differently.
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