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The Ben Joravsky Show

By: Ben Joravsky Chicago Reader
  • Summary

  • Reader senior writer Ben Joravsky riffs on the day's stories with his celebrated humor, insight, and honesty, and interviews politicians, activists, journalists and other political know-it-alls. Presented by the Chicago Reader, the show is available by 4 p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays at chicagoreader.com/joravsky or on the Reader's YouTube channel—or wherever you podcast. Don't miss Oh, What a Week!--the Friday feature in which Ben & special guests review the week's top stories. Also, bonus interviews drop on Saturdays, Sundays and Mondays. Reader podcasts are recorded on Shure microphones. Learn more at Shure.com.

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Episodes
  • Nicole Cantello—"Gotcha!”
    Jul 30 2024

    Illinois MAGA discovers CTU has appealed its property tax assessment. Ben riffs. Nicole Cantello briefly riffs on Ben’s riff. Then she explains what Trump wants to do to federal employees. Basically fire them and replace them with MAGA loyalists. Time to learn about Schedule F, folks. Nicole is president of the American Federation of Government Employees Local 704. Those are the badass EPA employees.

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    47 mins
  • Meredith Shiner—Freaky MAGA
    Jul 30 2024

    With the Freak Show having just ended, Meredith Shiner turns her attention to the shit show that’s ongoing. That is, MAGA’s twisted cult-like convention is over while the Dems frantic efforts to convince President Biden to step down continues. Meredith is a communications consultant and longtime Washington DC political reporter. It's fun to listen to what the world was like--just ten days ago.

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    1 hr and 8 mins
  • Trae Crowder—The Devolution of JD Vance
    Jul 29 2024

    When Trae Crowder met JD Vance it was the early days of Trump. And JD came across as a relatively sane moderate who thought Trump was awful. As any normal person would. Then Vance obviously concluded to get along you gotta…well, let Trae tell you everything you need to know about the deal that Vance, now Trump’s running mate, must have made with the MAGA devil. Trae is a comedian known as the Liberal Redneck. You can follow him on YouTube and TikTok.

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    43 mins

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