It’s Lower Wacker Live with Justin Kaufmann! This is the podcast that makes fun of the news and can also get you from Lake Shore Drive to 290 in like 5 minutes. Today’s top stories include former Mayor Rahm Emanuel heading to Wall Street, journalist Jim DeRogatis making the media rounds promoting his new book on R. Kelly, Fair Oaks Farms apologizing for animal abuse, the White Sox losing two to the Nationals, the Cubs beating the Rockies and the […]

It’s Lower Wacker Live with Justin Kaufmann! This is the podcast that makes fun of the news and can also get you from Lake Shore Drive to 290 in like 5 minutes. Today’s top stories include Alderman Ed Burke pleading not guilty to corruption charges, Mayor Lori Lightfoot saying she is going to commission a study to see where to put the new Chicago casino, Jay-Z becoming a billionaire, Spring Awakening Festival taking over Poplar Creek this weekend, the Cubs […]

It’s Lower Wacker Live with Justin Kaufmann! This is the podcast that makes fun of the news and can also get you from Lake Shore Drive to 290 in like 5 minutes. Today’s top stories include the stunning results of Illinois’ legislative session (weed! gambling! abortions!), the White Sox taking 2 of 3 from Cleveland, the Cubs getting swept in St. Louis, Golden State tying up the NBA Finals and WGN softball getting ready for the second game of the […]

It’s Lower Wacker Live with Justin Kaufmann! This is the podcast that makes fun of the news and can also get you from Lake Shore Drive to 290 in like 5 minutes. We have a special treat for you on this episode of Lower Wacker Live! Instead of the headlines today, we bring you a live in-studio performance from the great Louisville-based band State Champion. Check out their song “Death Preferences” here and go see them at the Do-Division Street […]

It’s Lower Wacker Live with Justin Kaufmann! This is the podcast that makes fun of the news and can also get you from Lake Shore Drive to 290 in like 5 minutes. Today’s top stories include Alderman Ed Burke being indicted on expanded federal racketeering and bribery charges, Illinois moving closer to becoming the next state to legalize marijuana, R. Kelly facing new charges in new court case, May being the wettest May on record, the Cubs taking one from […]

It’s Lower Wacker Live with Justin Kaufmann! This is the podcast that makes fun of the news and can also get you from Lake Shore Drive to 290 in like 5 minutes. Today’s top stories include Mayor Lori Lightfoot putting Alderman Ed Burke in his place during her first day at City Council, legal recreational marijuana in Illinois being a step closer after a Senate committee vote, the Illinois Senate approving  McCormick Place expansion and the related food and beverage […]

It’s Lower Wacker Live with Justin Kaufmann! This is the podcast that makes fun of the news and can also get you from Lake Shore Drive to 290 in like 5 minutes. Today’s top stories include the Chicago violence over Memorial Day weekend, the Illinois House voting to put Governor Pritzker’s graduated income tax plan on the November 2020 ballot, tornadoes ripping through the Chicago area, the Bears ranking the top 100 players to ever play for the team, the […]

It’s Lower Wacker Live with Justin Kaufmann! This is the podcast that makes fun of the news and can also get you from Lake Shore Drive to 290 in like 5 minutes. Today’s top stories include Mayor Lori Lightfoot preparing for an expected uptick in Chicago violence over the Memorial Day weekend, the CTA announcing they are closing two North Side stops for up to three years, Comcast announcing that both fans and nonfans will likely foot the bill for […]

It’s Lower Wacker Live with Justin Kaufmann! This is the podcast that makes fun of the news and can also get you from Lake Shore Drive to 290 in like 5 minutes. Today’s top stories include a Chicago judge ordering “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett’s case file be unsealed, Mayor Lori Lightfoot replacing the entire Chicago school board, new census numbers saying Chicago lost over 10,000 people last year, President Trump giving 16 billion dollars in aid to farmers, the Sox […]

It’s Lower Wacker Live with Justin Kaufmann! This is the podcast that makes fun of the news and can also get you from Lake Shore Drive to 290 in like 5 minutes. Today’s top stories include action in Springfield heating up like leftover pizza, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot announcing the hiring of several top officials and reiterated that some of her predecessor’s high-ranking agency heads would be staying on in her administration, the Tribune reporting that many Summer music festivals […]