Indivisible Chicago Podcast

LISTEN, SUBSCRIBE, AND RATE Every week, Indivisible Chicago Podcast host Tom Moss talks to politicians, newsmakers, academics and activists about resisting the Trump agenda. The ICP is also a great way to keep up with what’s happening in Indivisible Chicago. Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts or listen online at IndivisibleChicago.com/podcast. Take a minute to rate us on iTunes. It helps us get the word out about the ICP. https://apple.co/2oR4UlH INDIVISIBLE CHICAGO PODCAST SHOW NOTES AND ACTIONS FOR MONDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2019 _1: The importance of Wisconsin in the 2020 race in five hard numbers. _2: Segment: If the Democrats have a path to victory in 2020, it goes through Wisconsin. Ben Wikler is chair of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin, and he joins the ICP to talk about Wisconsin and his efforts to ensure the state lives up to its Progressive heritage. Learn more at wisdems.org. _3: Bob Best and Linda Tate from Indivisible Evanston are among several who are leading the charge into Wisconsin with canvassers, registrars, and volunteers of all kind. Find out more about their efforts or get in touch with them at indivisibleevanston.com.

LISTEN, SUBSCRIBE, AND RATE Every week, Indivisible Chicago Podcast host Tom Moss talks to politicians, newsmakers, academics and activists about resisting the Trump agenda. The ICP is also a great way to keep up with what’s happening in Indivisible Chicago. Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts or listen online at IndivisibleChicago.com/podcast. Take a minute to rate us on iTunes. It helps us get the word out about the ICP. https://apple.co/2oR4UlH INDIVISIBLE CHICAGO PODCAST SHOW NOTES AND ACTIONS FOR MONDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2019 -1. A few words about Liberalism and Love. Adam Gopnik’s book, A Thousand Small Sanities, is the jumping off point. -2. Bonnie Perry has been rector at All Saints Episcopal Church on the northside for 27 years. Before she moves on to become the Bishop of the Michigan Diocese, she sits down to talk about love and politics. -3. Greg Trotter is spokesman for the Greater Chicago Food Depository, and joins the podcast to discuss how governmental policies will affect those experiencing food insecurity. Find out more about the GCFD, donate, and find volunteer opportunities here. chicagosfoodbank.org

LISTEN, SUBSCRIBE, AND RATE Every week, Indivisible Chicago Podcast host Tom Moss talks to politicians, newsmakers, academics and activists about resisting the Trump agenda. The ICP is also a great way to keep up with what’s happening in Indivisible Chicago. Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts or listen online at IndivisibleChicago.com/podcast. Take a minute to rate us on iTunes. It helps us get the word out about the ICP. https://apple.co/2oR4UlH INDIVISIBLE CHICAGO PODCAST SHOW NOTES AND ACTIONS FOR MONDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2019 -1. The current president would like to defy the laws of nature, but some laws just won’t bend. Take the laws of linguistics for instance. This week, a look at what the president meant when he asked for “a favor, though.” -2. With impeachment proceedings underway, Illinois 9 Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky joins the podcast to talk about where things stand and what lies ahead. Also, as we follow the impeachment, it’s important that we don’t lose track of some key legislative priorities. The Congresswoman runs down the list.

LISTEN, SUBSCRIBE, AND RATE Every week, Indivisible Chicago Podcast host Tom Moss talks to politicians, newsmakers, academics and activists about resisting the Trump agenda. The ICP is also a great way to keep up with what’s happening in Indivisible Chicago. Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts or listen online at IndivisibleChicago.com/podcast. Take a minute to rate us on iTunes. It helps us get the word out about the ICP. https://apple.co/2oR4UlH INDIVISIBLE CHICAGO PODCAST SHOW NOTES AND ACTIONS FOR MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2019 1. At the start of his impeachment proceedings, Nixon’s approval rating was at 70%. It fell dramatically as the hearings unfolded. As we hold our breath, we wait for the signs that the same thing could happen again. 2. The Ukraine Memo: Is this the scandal that will finally bring down Trump, or just one more example of how nothing will stick. WCPT AM afternoon host and friend of the podcast Joan Esposito joins to talk impeachment, the Democratic primary contest, and observations about the changing Chicago media landscape. 3. Remember those 80s movies where the bullies really got theirs? Kirk Robinson calls in to explore the hidden wisdom of the bully movie

LISTEN, SUBSCRIBE, AND RATE Every week, Indivisible Chicago Podcast host Tom Moss talks to politicians, newsmakers, academics and activists about resisting the Trump agenda. The ICP is also a great way to keep up with what’s happening in Indivisible Chicago. Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts or listen online at IndivisibleChicago.com/podcast. Take a minute to rate us on iTunes. It helps us get the word out about the ICP. https://apple.co/2oR4UlH INDIVISIBLE CHICAGO PODCAST SHOW NOTES AND ACTIONS FOR MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2019 Maybe we shouldn’t try to change people’s minds as much as help ensure their voting behavior aligns with what they already believe. IC’s Jason Rieger joins to announce Indivisible Chicago’s first-ever endorsement: Marie Newman for Congress in Illinois 3. Find out how you can get involved in Marie’s campaign at www.marienewmanforcongress.com. Chicago is a little like that member of your family who can’t quite get it together. So much potential, an excellent education, plenty of resources. But so many bad decisions. Ed Zotti is an urban planning reporter and author of the ongoing Chicago at the Crossroads column in the Chicago Sun-Times. Ed joins to discuss what Chicago needs to do to buckle down and make something of itself. Find his columns at bit.ly/IC_zotti.

LISTEN, SUBSCRIBE, AND RATE Every week, Indivisible Chicago Podcast host Tom Moss talks to politicians, newsmakers, academics and activists about resisting the Trump agenda. The ICP is also a great way to keep up with what’s happening in Indivisible Chicago. Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts or listen online at IndivisibleChicago.com/podcast. Take a minute to rate us on iTunes. It helps us get the word out about the ICP. https://apple.co/2oR4UlH INDIVISIBLE CHICAGO PODCAST SHOW NOTES AND ACTIONS FOR MONDAY, SEPT 16, 2019 The political pundits love the Democrats in Disarray narrative and the tug of war between the far left and the center left. This week, some evidence that they’re getting it all wrong. Indivisible Chicago’s Marj Halperin joins to debrief about the Democratic debate. Can podcasting do for the left what talk radio has done for the right? Tom talks a little shop with fellow podcaster Kelly Pollock from Two Broads Talking Politics — twobroadstalkingpolitics.com, Kelly is also the Director of Content for demcastusa.com.

LISTEN, SUBSCRIBE, AND RATE Every week, Indivisible Chicago Podcast host Tom Moss talks to politicians, newsmakers, academics and activists about resisting the Trump agenda. The ICP is also a great way to keep up with what’s happening in Indivisible Chicago. Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts or listen online at IndivisibleChicago.com/podcast. Take a minute to rate us on iTunes. It helps us get the word out about the ICP. https://apple.co/2oR4UlH INDIVISIBLE CHICAGO PODCAST SHOW NOTES AND ACTIONS FOR MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2019 If fear is what drives the wave of anti-democratic populism around the world, the only counter is the kind of courage we see among the protesters on the streets of Hong Kong. Erika Bachner, co-lead of Indivisible Oak Park Area and River Forest Village Trustee, introduces Tom to her friend Carmen, who joins the podcast from Hong Kong for a first hand account of the protests. Take acton: call Senators and Reps and ask them to support the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act of 2019 - http://bit.ly/31h8TJO. Learn more at freedomhkg.net.

ISTEN, SUBSCRIBE, AND RATE Every week, Indivisible Chicago Podcast host Tom Moss talks to politicians, newsmakers, academics and activists about resisting the Trump agenda. The ICP is also a great way to keep up with what’s happening in Indivisible Chicago. Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts or listen online at IndivisibleChicago.com/podcast. Take a minute to rate us on iTunes. It helps us get the word out about the ICP. https://apple.co/2oR4UlH INDIVISIBLE CHICAGO PODCAST SHOW NOTES AND ACTIONS FOR MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2019 Opening: Electoral college: vital or vestigial organ? The most recent dust up involving AOC prompts the question. Segment 1: Senator Toi Hutchinson was one of the key representatives in the state legislature responsible for passing the Illinois Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act. She joined the podcast recently to discuss the act and it’s affect on public safety, public health, taxes, and criminal justice reform. Segment 2: Rose Colacino is Election Security/Voters' Rights Lead for Indivisible Illinois. Action steps from Public Citizen, the Mueller Book Club, Senator Ron Wyden and others: ●Letters-to-the-editor ●Regular calls to our Senators demanding they put pressure on McConnell ●Day-of-Action on Sept 17. DAY-OF-ACTION SEPT 17 in Chicago in front of Sens. Duckworth and Durbin's office. Located at the Kluczynski Federal Building. The goal is to promote the passage of federal legislation by Sen. Maj. Leader Mitch McConnell and key Republicans. 1) Watch the webinar recording on Secure Our Vote here: https://www.facebook.com/SecureOurVote/ 2) Take action to secure our elections now: https://secureourvote.us/take-action/ Please contact Rose Colacino at rcolacino@indivisibleil.com if interested in learning more about how you can help secure our votes. Rose’s group is also available to join you on appointments to your State Rep and State Senators. RIGGED: THE VOTER SUPPRESSION PLAYBOOK FREE Film Screening -- Rigged: The Voter Suppression Playbook Monday September 9, 6pm - 8pm Sulzer Library 4455 N. Lincoln Ave Narrated by Jeffrey Wright, Rigged chronicles how our right to vote is being undercut by a decade of dirty tricks - including the partisan use of gerrymandering and voter purges, and the gutting of the Voting Rights Act by the Supreme Court. The film captures real-time voter purges in North Carolina and voter intimidation in Texas. Watch the trailer: http://bit.ly/2ZuWjJF RESERVE YOUR SPOT: http://bit.ly/2PHxUMW

LISTEN, SUBSCRIBE, AND RATE Every week, Indivisible Chicago Podcast host Tom Moss talks to politicians, newsmakers, academics and activists about resisting the Trump agenda. The ICP is also a great way to keep up with what’s happening in Indivisible Chicago. Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts or listen online at IndivisibleChicago.com/podcast. Take a minute to rate us on iTunes. It helps us get the word out about the ICP. https://apple.co/2oR4UlH INDIVISIBLE CHICAGO PODCAST SHOW NOTES AND ACTIONS FOR MONDAY, AUGUST 26, 2019 Opening: What do Hong Kong, Kashmir, El Paso and the someday-state of New South Illinois have in common? Tom thinks about borders and ambiguity after reading Joshua Keating’s Slate article, "The Grim Worldview Behind Trump’s Anti-Immigrant Push, the Hong Kong Protests, and the Kashmir Crisis." Find it here http://bit.ly/31ZHJHy. Segment: This week, a conversation about the current president’s cruel immigration policy, the horror of gun violence, and how the two collided tragically recently in El Paso, a town that holds special meaning to this week’s guest, Congressman Chuy Garcia. Tom and the Congressman talk about immigration, sensible gun policy, how the honeymoon may be over for Mayor Lightfoot, the state of the 2020 presidential race, and more.

LISTEN, SUBSCRIBE, AND RATE Every week, Indivisible Chicago Podcast host Tom Moss talks to politicians, newsmakers, academics and activists about resisting the Trump agenda. The ICP is also a great way to keep up with what’s happening in Indivisible Chicago. Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts or listen online at IndivisibleChicago.com/podcast. Take a minute to rate us on iTunes. It helps us get the word out about the ICP. https://apple.co/2oR4UlH INDIVISIBLE CHICAGO PODCAST SHOW NOTES AND ACTIONS FOR MONDAY, AUGUST 19, 2019 Opening: When it comes to social mobility, a lot depends on where you were born. A recent study looks at where children grow up and their likelihood to change their economic status. Learn more at https://opportunityinsights.org/neighborhoods/ Interview: This week, Jeremy Rosen, director of economic justice for the Shriver Center on Poverty Law, joins the podcast to talk about the ongoing war on poverty in the face of the current administration’s war on the poor. Learn more about the Shriver Center here: www.povertylaw.org/

Episode 115: Igor Volsky, Guns Down America [Encore Presentation] LISTEN, SUBSCRIBE, AND RATE Every week, Indivisible Chicago Podcast host Tom Moss talks to politicians, newsmakers, academics and activists about resisting the Trump agenda. The ICP is also a great way to keep up with what’s happening in Indivisible Chicago. Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts or listen online at IndivisibleChicago.com/podcast. Take a minute to rate us on iTunes. It helps us get the word out about the ICP. https://apple.co/2oR4UlH INDIVISIBLE CHICAGO PODCAST SHOW NOTES FOR MONDAY, AUGUST 12, 2019 Opening: After two mass shootings in less than two days — not to mention the violence that gets less attention on the streets of our town — we present this essay originally presented just after the Parkland shootings. Interview: There are more guns than citizens in the United States, which is a statistic that the NRA can’t stand. Why isn’t it more? In this interview originally recorded in April 2019, Igor Volsky, founder and executive director of Guns Down America, presents a strategy to weaken the NRA.

LISTEN, SUBSCRIBE, AND RATE Every week, Indivisible Chicago Podcast host Tom Moss talks to politicians, newsmakers, academics and activists about resisting the Trump agenda. The ICP is also a great way to keep up with what’s happening in Indivisible Chicago. Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts or listen online at IndivisibleChicago.com/podcast. Take a minute to rate us on iTunes. It helps us get the word out about the ICP. https://apple.co/2oR4UlH INDIVISIBLE CHICAGO PODCAST SHOW NOTES AND ACTIONS FOR MONDAY, AUGUST 5, 2019 Opening: When it comes to the Democratic debates, what’s more important? What is said by the candidates at the debate? Or what is said by the media about the candidates before and after the debate? Jeff Favre is a journalist, a professor of journalism, Chicago native, and friend of the podcast, and he helps sort it out. Segment: Healthcare is shaping up to be a key issue in 2020. Now is a good time to be sure we understand the terminology and how the candidates differ. Carrie Chapman is an attorney for the Legal Council for Health Justice, and she joins the podcast for a little Healthcare 101.

LISTEN, SUBSCRIBE, AND RATE Every week, Indivisible Chicago Podcast host Tom Moss talks to politicians, newsmakers, academics and activists about resisting the Trump agenda. The ICP is also a great way to keep up with what’s happening in Indivisible Chicago. Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts or listen online at IndivisibleChicago.com/podcast. Take a minute to rate us on iTunes. It helps us get the word out about the ICP. https://apple.co/2oR4UlH INDIVISIBLE CHICAGO PODCAST SHOW NOTES AND ACTIONS FOR MONDAY, JULY 29, 2019. Opening: History may be kind to Mueller, but after his performance on Wednesday, the pundits have not been. When it comes to removing the current president from office, what’s next? Segment 1: Kina Collins is an activist working to end gun violence, a healthcare advocate, and now she’s running for Congress in Illinois 7. She joins to talk about the vitality of that district as well as the challenges it faces. While IC makes no endorsement, more info about Kina and her campaign may be found at kinaforcongress.com. Segment 2: Mike Lenehan is a leader of the Blue Beginning chapter of the Indivisible Chicago Alliance. He joins to discuss efforts to support out our neighbors to the north in 2020. More info about those activities may be found at bluebeginning.org.

LISTEN, SUBSCRIBE, AND RATE Every week, Indivisible Chicago Podcast host Tom Moss talks to politicians, newsmakers, academics and activists about resisting the Trump agenda. The ICP is also a great way to keep up with what’s happening in Indivisible Chicago. Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts or listen online at IndivisibleChicago.com/podcast. Take a minute to rate us on iTunes. It helps us get the word out about the ICP. https://apple.co/2oR4UlH INDIVISIBLE CHICAGO PODCAST SHOW NOTES AND ACTIONS FOR MONDAY, JULY 22 2019 Opening: A new study suggests that America is becoming a less welcoming place to people from other countries. But it depends who you ask. Find that study here: pewrsr.ch/ICP_OTHERS. Also, we can probably degree that the current president is a tyrant. But what kind of tyrant is he? Friend of the podcast and IC Exec Committee member Jessica Droeger joins to help sort it out. Interview: Congressman Mike Quigley represents Illinois 5 and is a member of the House Intelligence Committee. Just a few days before Mueller testifies to that committee, the Congressman sat down with Tom to talk about preparations, about the specter of impeachment, and about the business of protecting our Democracy.

LISTEN, SUBSCRIBE, AND RATE Every week, Indivisible Chicago Podcast host Tom Moss talks to politicians, newsmakers, academics and activists about resisting the Trump agenda. The ICP is also a great way to keep up with what’s happening in Indivisible Chicago. Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts or listen online at IndivisibleChicago.com/podcast. Take a minute to rate us on iTunes. It helps us get the word out about the ICP. https://apple.co/2oR4UlH INDIVISIBLE CHICAGO PODCAST SHOW NOTES AND ACTIONS FOR MONDAY, JULY 15, 2019 Opening: An unusual source provides guidance for the qualities we should look for in a president. See the video discussed here: https://youtu.be/rXWDwVY-270 Segment: The ideals of freedom and civil liberties are embedded in our Constitution, which without vigilance and protection, is nothing more than a piece of paper. For 100 years, the American Civil Liberties Union has provided that vigilance and protection, and today, the Indivisible Chicago Podcast and ACLU Illinois’ Talking Liberties podcast join forces and welcome National Legal Director David Cole. Some say SCOTUS has taken a sharp partisan turn. Do this term’s decisions support that idea?