Indivisible Chicago Podcast

Episode 80: Reclaiming State Legislatures with Flippable CEO Catherine Vaughan and State Rep-elect Mary Edly-Allen 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 DECEMBER 3, 2018 Opening: Article V of the US Constitution stipulates how the constitution gets changed. One way is via a convention called by two thirds of the states. How close were we to having a Republican controlled constitutional convention? Segment: Catherine Vaughan is CEO and co-founder of Flippable.org and joins the ICP to talk about the state of the states. Many of those that were flippable—flipped! Segment: A few weeks ago, state representative candidate Mary Edly-Allen came on the podcast to discuss her campaign against a Trumpish opponent. This week, she returns as state representative-elect with a story about how every vote counts.

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 NOVEMBER 19, 2018 Opening: Stacey Abrams acknowledged defeat, but did not “concede.” Kemp’s victory in Georgia may be a Pyrrhic one as the issue of voting rights and voter expansion now take center stage. Abrams’ speech is most definitely worth checking out. http://bit.ly/2S263nh Interview Segment: If you’ve ever had the nagging feeling that all of the effort you have put into recycling your newspapers, milk jugs, plastic bags and boxes has been wasted--you’re not alone. And currently, there’s reason for concern. In an investigative article from the BGA, serious problems in the way recycling is handled in some parts of the city are exposed. Madison Hopkins is an investigator for the Better Government Association and joins to discuss. Find Madison's article here: https://projects.bettergov.org/2018/recycling-chicago/

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 NOVEMBER 12, 2018 Opening: Another rollercoaster week. Democrats up, Sessions down. And no one knows what happens next. This week’s interview: What’s at the root of the urge among some toward a demagogue? What happens when America begins to confront the illusion of the American Dream? And where do we go from here? Allan Scholom is a psychotherapist who has thought and written extensively on the connection of politics to psychoanalysis, and he joins the podcast this week to discuss mental health in the age of Trump.

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, NOVEMBER 5, 2018 Opening: Whatever happens on November 6, 2018, our work is only beginning. Segment 1: During the past legislative session, State Representative Ann Williams sponsored the house bill that would have given Illinois some net neutrality protection in the face of the FCC’s deregulation of the internet. The bill is currently stuck in limbo, but is set to return to center stage under a more reasonable administration. This week, Representative Williams joins to talk about this bill, about the future of Interstate Crosscheck, and what we might expect in the coming legislative session.

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 OCTOBER 29, 2018 Opening: Moss’s Hierarchy of Action explained. Segment 1: Kwame Raoul emerged from a packed field of highly qualified Democratic challengers in the March primary for Illinois Attorney General. In eight days, Illinois will choose between the candidate who believes in protecting Obamacare, in LGBTQ rights, and protecting women’s reproductive rights and the one who does not. Segment 2: Anu Sarda from Swing Left and Indivisible Chicago joins to impress upon all of us the need to do a little something extra between now and election day. What are you going to do to help between now and Election Day when every little bit helps. Raise your hand at thelastweekend.org/indivisiblechicago

ICP for Monday, October 22, 2018. Episode 75: The War the Made Today, UIC history professor Neal McCrillis on 100 years since the end of WWI 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 22, 2018 Opening: The history of the world is made up of the stories of people, and those stories remind us what it means to be human. The First World War left epic devastation at the doorstep of the 20th century, and its effects are with us today. University of Illinois at Chicago history professor Neal McCrillis discusses those effects as well as a ten-day centennial commemoration of the end of the war—The War that Made Today. More information at bit.ly/ICP_WWI. Also, Kirk Robinson with Wilfred Owen’s’ Anthem for Doomed Youth. bit.ly/ICP_owen

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 15, 2018 Opening: With the media under attack, fake news running rampant, and the risk of newspapers becoming irrelevant, what is the value of newspaper endorsements today? The CJR article Tom refers to is here: http://bit.ly/2CI1pXM Segment 1: If there’s one thing the Kavanaugh spectacle taught us, it’s that there are good judges and there are not-so-good judges. In Illinois, voters are charged with keeping a check on judges, but how know which are the rotten apples? On this week’s episode, Elizabeth Monkus from the Chicago Appleseed Fund for Justice helps sort things out. Elizabeth mentioned six judges that received at least one “unqualified” rating at voteforjudges.org: Maura S. Boyle Matthew Coghlan Kathy Flanagan Lionel Jean-Baptiste Andrea Schleifer James Varga Research at Vote for Judges -- www.voteforjudges.org. The full report of judicial endorsements — including helpful narrative rationales — is from the Chicago Council of Lawyers. http://bit.ly/2CdimIC Segment 2: Billy Stripeik, President of the Chicago Democrats of Illinois comes on to talk about getting out the vote on campus.

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 Buy a shirt at the Indivisible Chicago online store. bit.ly/ICP_merch INDIVISIBLE CHICAGO PODCAST SHOW NOTES AND ACTIONS FOR MONDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2018 This week, a look back at the Blue Wave Rave on Wednesday, October 3, at the Athenaeum Theater. Second City’s TJ Shanoff directed the show, and he joins the ICP to recap and look ahead. Also, Marj Halperin, show organizer and IC Executive Committee member, comes on to reemphasize what the event was really all about: getting members out knocking on doors during the critical weeks leading up to November 6. There are still doors to knock. Sign up now at indivisiblechicago.com/canvass. http://indivisiblechicago.com/canvass _____ Song credit: "Little Lily Swing" by Tri-Tachyon Song download link: https://soundcloud.com/tri-tachyon/li... http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Tri... This song is used under a Creative Commons Attribution License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/…

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 OCTOBER 1, 2018 Opening: Three thoughts about the two acts of the Kavanaugh hearing. Segment 1: The Jane Collective was a group of Chicago activists in the late 60’s and early 70’s that took the problem of illegal abortion into their own hands. Martha Scott was there and comes on the podcast to tell the story. We referred to a photo from 1972, which you can see here: https://n.pr/2NaumfJ. Segment 2: Mia Sato is Engagement Editor for the Better Government Association. The organization has just released Illinois Votes, www.ilvotes.org, to help voters research candidates, find their polling places, and prepare to vote. Mia joins the ICP to tell us all about it. Find out more about the BLUE WAVE RAVE and register at http://bit.ly/2MWxOiS. While this is may be the most important election of our lifetimes, we can still have a good time reclaiming our state and country. _____ Song credit: "Little Lily Swing" by Tri-Tachyon Song download link: https://soundcloud.com/tri-tachyon/li... http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Tri... This song is used under a Creative Commons Attribution License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/…

Episode 71: Mary Edly-Allen, candidate for State Rep in the north suburbs 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 SEPTEMBER 24, 2018 Opening: The rise of the GOP went through Wisconsin in 1854. From the inevitable ruins of the Trump Presidency, might a new party arise out of Nebraska? Segment 1: Mary Edly-Allen is running for State Representative in the 51st District—which includes Libertyville, Lake Zurich, Long Grove, Hawthorn Woods— against a tea party candidate whose views align perfectly with the current president. An elementary school teacher, Mary Edly-Allen is on the right side of every issue. Now all she needs a little wind at her back. Find out more at maryforil.com Sign up for Yes, We Canvass! training here: http://bit.ly/2MZhIoQ --Wednesday September 26, 5:30-7:30 PM at the Hideout, 1354 W. Wabansia. Find out more about the BLUE WAVE RAVE and register at http://bit.ly/2MWxOiS. While this is may be the most important election of our lifetimes, we can still have a good time reclaiming our state and country. _____ Song credit: "Little Lily Swing" by Tri-Tachyon Song download link: https://soundcloud.com/tri-tachyon/li... http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Tri... This song is used under a Creative Commons Attribution License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...

Episode 70: Sierra Club’s Renner Barsella; Carrie Kiley, Women’s March Chicago 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 SEPTEMBER 10, 2018 Opening: Tom talks to his old friend Trent about an aspect of the New York primaries that might have been lost on us here in the Midwest. What happened and why does it matter? Also, what about Tyler Linfesty, #plaidshirtguy, and his “radical” form of protest? Check him out in all his unassuming plaid glory here: http://bit.ly/2OucsGw. Segment 1: From the moment he took office, the current president and his administration have taken aim at the environment for the benefit of polluting industry. Sierra Club Chicago’s Renner Barsella joins for a wide ranging conversation about how Illinois’ EPA has operated under Rauner, the Sierra Club’s role in the demise of Scott Pruitt’s secretaryship, and what the future might hold for the environment as well as for the Barsella family. Learn more about the drive toward 100% clean energy at chicagoisreadyfor100.com and more about the Sierra Club at sierraclub.org/illinois. Segment 2: Carrie Kiley is one of the organizers for the March to the Polls on October 13 in Grant Park. Find out more at womensmarchchicago.org. Sign up for Yes, We Canvas! training here: http://bit.ly/2MZhIoQ --Wednesday September 26, 5:30-7:30 PM at the Hideout, 1354 W. Wabansia. Plan to attend the BLUE WAVE RAVE on Wednesday, October 3, and register at http://bit.ly/2MWxOiS. While this is may be the most important election of our lifetimes, we can still have a good time reclaiming our state and country. [for show notes only:] Song credit: "Little Lily Swing" by Tri-Tachyon Song download link: https://soundcloud.com/tri-tachyon/li... http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Tri... This song is used under a Creative Commons Attribution License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...

INDIVISIBLE CHICAGO PODCAST SHOW NOTES AND ACTIONS FOR SEPTEMBER 10, 2018 Segment 1: Tom talked to mayoral candidate Lori Lightfoot at the end of a week that began with the departure of the current mayor from the race. Lightfoot has a lot to say about Emanuel’s performance over the past eight years, and how she would manage the city as mayor. IC is not currently endorsing in this race. Segment 2: Indivisible Chicago executive committee member Marj Halperin and Second City’s TJ Shanoff join the podcast to talk about the Blue Wave Rave coming up on October 3 at the Athenaeum Theater. Find out more and register at http://bit.ly/2MWxOiS. While this is may be the most important election of our lifetimes, we can still have a good time reclaiming our state and country. Sign up for Yes, We Canvas! training here: http://bit.ly/2MZhIoQ --Wednesday September 26, 5:30-7:30 PM at the Hideout, 1354 W. Wabansia. 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 SEPTEMBER 3, 2018 Segment 1: This weekend, in addition to celebrating all that Labor has done for America, we also note that for many among us, it’s Back-to-School. On this week’s ICP, Tom talks education with John King. Currently, Dr. King is the President and CEO of The Education Trust. He also served as Obama’s second Secretary of Education. Segment 2: As Illinois District 4 State Rep, Delia Ramirez will be representing her native Humboldt Park as well as parts of Wicker Park and Logan Square. Last Thursday, Delia was a special guest at Indivisible Chicago’s Evening with JB where Tom interviewed her live on stage for the podcast. They talked about her resounding victory in the primaries and her effort now to help get JB Pritzker elected. (You will also learn more about her number one precinct captain!) Sign up for Yes, We Canvas! here: --Tuesday September 4, 6:30-8:30 PM, Indivisible Lincoln Square's monthly meeting at Sulzer Library, 4455 N. Lincoln. --Thursday September 6, 7-9 PM at 1551 W. Homer, a private theater space near Armitage and Elston. --Wednesday September 26, 5:30-7:30 PM at the Hideout, 1354 W. Wabansia. While this is the most important election of our lifetimes, it doesn’t mean we can’t have a good time reclaiming our state and country. Make plans to attend the Blue Wave Rave on October 3, featuring performances by Second City. Find out more here. 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.

INDIVISIBLE CHICAGO PODCAST SHOW NOTES AND ACTIONS FOR AUGUST 27, 2018 Segment 1: Brendan Kelly has spent most of his life in Southern Illinois. Currently, he is state’s attorney in St. Clair County, but he’s running to represent Illinois 12 in Congress. The district voted for Obama twice, then went for Trump in 2016. Kelly joins the ICP to talk about the issues facing the district and what it’s going to take to unseat the Republican incumbent. Segment 2: Darcey Regan is the new Executive Director of Indivisible Chicago. She and Tom talk about the state of Indivisible Chicago and what needs to get done before November. Don’t forget: Indivisible Chicago presents An Evening with JB Pritzker, Juliana Stratton and Other Special Guests. It’s an opportunity to present our views on issues that are important to us and hear what they have to say. Admission is free but space is limited so reserve your spot today. Join Indivisible Chicago and be part of our work shaping the agenda of state and local politics. Indivisible Chicago Presents An Evening with JB Pritzker, Juliana Stratton, and Delia Ramirez Thursday, August 30, 2018 at 6:30 p.m. First United Methodist Church 77 West Washington Street ** August 27, 2018 Episode 067 - Brendan Kelly for IL12; Indivisible Chicago Exec Dir Darcey Regan 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.

August 20, 2018 Episode 066 - Cecilia Muñoz on immigration policy; Julie Lynn from Planned Parenthood on #stopkavanaugh Segment 1: Cecilia Muñoz was the Director of the White House Domestic Policy Council for Obama where she worked on immigration issues among many other things. She was on the team that wrote the DACA policy. Now, Stephen Miller sits in her old office. Currently, Ms. Muñoz is Vice President for Public Interest Technology and Local Initiatives for New America. She joins the ICP this week to talk about what it was like to work for Obama, the pain of watching her hard work under fire, and where we go from here. Segment 2: Julie Lynn is the Director of External Affairs at Planned Parenthood of Illinois Action. Planned Parenthood is leading the charge to stop the confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court. Join the Unite for Justice rally on Sunday, August 26, 2018, 1pm, at Federal Plaza to #stopkavanaugh! ** 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. INDIVISIBLE CHICAGO PODCAST SHOW NOTES AND ACTIONS FOR AUGUST 20, 2018 Indivisible Chicago presents An Evening with JB Pritzker, Juliana Stratton and Other Special Guests. It’s an opportunity to present our views on issues that are important to us and hear what they have to say. Tom will moderate, but the questions will all come from Indivisible Chicago membership. Submit your questions here. Admission is free but space is limited so reserve your spot today. Join Indivisible Chicago and be part of our work shaping the agenda of state and local politics. Indivisible Chicago Presents An Evening with JB Pritzker, Juliana Stratton, and Other Special Guests Thursday August 30, 2018 at 6:30 p.m. First United Methodist Church 77 West Washington Street