Indivisible Chicago Podcast

This week on the Indivisible Chicago Podcast, Tom Moss talks with Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky to reflect on the year that was and look to the one that will be. Also, the tax scam, net neutrality, the state of the democratic party and more. Subscribe on iTunes or wherever you get your podcasts. Or listen at indivisiblechicago.com/podcast

This week, host Tom Moss and guest co-host Kirk Robinson tackle what it means to create art in the age of Trump. How do artists reflect their times? American Theater Company artistic director Will Davis and About Face Theatre artistic director Megan Carney join the conversation. Subscribe on iTunes or anywhere you find podcasts. Or listen at indivisiblechicago.com/ic-podcast.

The Indivisible Chicago Podcast Forum concludes this week as we hear from JB Pritzker. What will it take to dig Illinois out of it’s fiscal mess? And what role does the candidate’s personal wealth play in the campaign? Subscribe to the Indivisible Chicago Podcast on iTunes or wherever you find your podcasts. Listen at indivisiblechicago.com/podcast.

Chris Kennedy joins the Indivisible Chicago Podcast this week as the fourth installment of our forum continues. The candidate has a lot to say about Rauner, but thinks there’s housecleaning to do within the Democratic party as well

Indivisible Chicago Podcast Governor Forum Continues with Tio Hardiman

This week on the Indivisible Chicago Podcast, we continue the series featuring each of the candidates for Governor with crowdsourced questions from the Indivisible Chicago membership. This week we meet with Bob Daiber.

This week on the Indivisible Chicago Podcast, we begin a multi-part series — a podcast forum featuring each of the candidates for Governor and crowdsourced questions from the Indivisible Chicago membership. Where do the candidates stand on pension reform, education funding, equal pay, and gun control? For the next several weeks, we will hear these questions and more put to Daniel Biss, Bob Daiber, Tio Hardiman, Chris Kennedy and JB Pritzker.

This week on the Indivisible Chicago Podcast, we discuss our multi-part series — a podcast forum featuring each of the candidates for Governor and crowdsourced questions from the Indivisible Chicago membership. Martin Cuellar joins to discuss the process of crowdsourcing the questions for the candidates. And Leni Manaa-Hoppenworth joins to discuss the GOPTAXSCAM protest happening on Monday 12/4 at the BOT.

A special Indivisible Chicago Podcast: Indivisible Chicago vs. Interstate Crosscheck. Jessica Droeger joins to cohost and tell the story, and Indivisible Chicago’s Jeff Radue interviews members of the state legislature who participated in a joint committee hearing about this issue—Rep. Greg Harris, Rep. Ann Williams and Sen. Bill Cunningham offer insight. Join the fight at endcrosscheck.com.

Erika Bachner and Host Tom Moss talk about how to hold Democrats responsible for their Sexual Harassment in light of the new Senator Franken information. Tom and Erika also discuss the underqualified judges that the current administration is putting in lifetime roles. House Representative Mike Quigley returns to the podcast to talk about how damning the new evidence is of the Trump campaigns ties to Russia and election tampering. Congressman Quigley also talks about how Republicans are so desperate for a win, they are willing to put out a terrible tax bill.

Host Tom Moss is joined by Carol Rodriguez as they talk about some rare good news after last week's elections. Alex Goldenberg (Southside Together Organizing for Power) joins the podcast to talk about concerns about the planned President Obama library.

Tom Moss and co-host Josh Fox discuss the blip of time Trump was thrown off Twitter. Robert Ginsburg joins the show to talk about the new Republican tax plan.

Tom Moss and co-host Robin Dusek this episode about bail. Sharlyn Grace is Policy Analyst for the Chicago Appleseed Fund for Justice and cofounder of the Chicago Community Bond Fund Alex Muhammad is the lead south suburban organizer for the People’s Lobby and lead staff for mass incarceration. The Chicago Reporter article referenced may be found at http://bit.ly/2icukql. Deidra Hewitt and Gigi Delugo talked about a good places to donate for USVI relief: https://www.youcaring.com/blog/2017/tim-duncan-hurricane-irma-relief https://vi-r3.org/ https://www.gofundme.com/vi-r3 https://www.facebook.com/MyBrothersWorkshop/?fref=ts&ref=br_tf

Jeff Radue joins Tom Moss to discuss how we should be focusing our energy now and in the upcoming election. Liz Kersjes of She Votes Illinois joins the podcast to talk about the upcoming Gubernatorial debate at UIC. Info about the free gubernatorial panel on Thursday, 10/26, can be found here: https://www.facebook.com/SheVotesIL/ Charles Whitaker, Associate Dean, Journalism and Helen Gurley Brown Professor at Medill at Northwestern joins the podcast to talk about what journalism is and his hopes for the future.

Episode 21 Chad Fitzgerald co-hosts the podcast with Tom and they discuss if Congress will save the ACA from Trump's death strike. They discuss Gabriel Sherman's Vanity Fair article about the White House unraveling. https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/10/donald-trump-is-unraveling-white-house-advisers Jeff Barron, retired U.S. foreign service officer, comes on the podcast to talk about North Korea. If you want to learn more about North Korea, these sources were recommended by our guest: Baron, J. (2012, December 15). An American NGO ... in North Korea. Retrieved October 14, 2017, from https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/12/an-american-ngo-in-north-korea/266269/ Frank, R., North, 3., Brown, W., & Jr., M. J. (2017, October 13). Informed analysis of events in and around North Korea. Retrieved October 14, 2017, from http://www.38north.org/ Hoare, J. E., & Pares, S. (2005). North Korea in the 21st century: an interpretative guide. Folkestone: Global Oriental. Oberdorfer, D., & Carlin, R. (2014). The two Koreas: a contemporary history. New York: Basic Books. Osnos, E. (2017, September 22). The Risk of Nuclear War with North Korea. Retrieved October 14, 2017, from https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/09/18/the-risk-of-nuclear-war-with-north-korea