This week we have special coverage of the Democratic Presidential Debates, recorded at Gideon Welles in Lincoln Square!

In the second half of episode 11 we turn to local news, talking about some press missteps by Lori Lightfoot as well as finally covering the suburbs with news in Evanston about rezoning and police oversight.

This week we recorded remotely with Steve at Dovetail and EJ deep in the heart of Brexit. It was hard not to talk about Iran this week and then we dive deep into the lineup for the upcoming Democratic debates.

In our National and International politics podcast this week, EJ and Steve find unity on a beer selection, and we dive deep into the tailoring choices of Donald Trump on his visit to the UK.

This week we ended up doing a pub crawl for our 10th episode, stopping at four different tap rooms in Chicago while we chatted about the latest in Chicago and Illinois politics.

It worked out that we waited a few days to record this week’s podcast as not only did we get to hear all of Mueller’s revelations, but it was great weather to be in Half Acre’s Balmoral beer garden. In local politics Lightfoot puts the indicted alderman Burke in his place, and the state pushes marijuana legalization to a Senate vote.

This week we return to our podcasting mission with coverage of Lori Lightfoot’s inauguration, eroding abortion rights and our usual Circus 2020 segment. Of course there’s always beer, and this week we visit Alarmist for a couple pints.

On our 7th episode we return to the Twisted Hippo to talk about the future of legal marijuana in Illinois and the variety of impeachment possibilities in our nation's capital.

This week the Chicago Municipal Elections wrapped up and so we turn our eyes towards the state budget. We have a couple of beers at Metropolitan's lovely riverside taproom and talk all about Biden's campaign Camaro.