Award-winning pastry chef Mindy Segal joins Justin to talk about Illinois finally legalizing marijuana, being a champion and pioneer for the issue for many years, how she became involved in the production of chef-driven edibles, why she doesn’t like to be called “chef,” her new line of cannabis-infused edibles, the amount of experimentation that goes into creating a cannabis-infused edible, how much she needed to learn about the process, the challenge of being a pioneer in this industry, how she […]

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Bulls Outsiders co-host John Sabine joins Justin to discuss the current state of your Chicago Bulls. John talks about his love of the NBA, how he uses his comedic background with his work at NBC Sports Chicago, the chances former Bulls great Derrick Rose gets traded to a contender, how the 90’s Bulls were so important to the city of Chicago, what’s missing from the 2020 Chicago Bulls, why Bulls fans should pay attention to Daniel Gafford, the NBA All-Star […]

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It’s “The Download on Chicago Business” sponsored by Signature Bank. Tonight, Justin speaks with John Lombardo, co-owner of Smashed Plastic Record Pressing, a new vinyl pressing plant located in Chicago. John talks about where the idea to start Smashed Plastic comes from, why there is a need for a local company to produce vinyl records, how John’s experience running a record label helped inform his work at Smashed Plastic, the challenge of running a business that is reliant on an old […]

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Kelly Leonard, Executive Vice President of The Second City and The President of Second City Theatricals, and Liz Kozak, Director of Editorial and Content Development at The Second City, join Justin to discuss, “The Second City: The Essentially Accurate History.” Kelly and and Liz talk about how much people really know about The Second City, how The Second City started back in 1959, the connection between The Second City and the counter-culture movement in Chicago, the relationship between The Second […]

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WTTW Producers Harvey Moshman and Chuck Coppola join Justin to discuss their documentary, “Eastland: Chicago’s Deadliest Day.” Harvey and Chuck talk about the details surrounding the Eastland disaster, why they decided to make this film, why the story of the Eastland interested them, what they learned about the disaster while making this documentary, why this story isn’t more widely known and the reasons why nobody has been prosecuted for the mistakes that led to the disaster. You can watch the […]

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