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This week Mo Sting from Hot Dockets and I discuss the trial of the Chicago Seven. So much laughter.

Show Notes:

Conspiracy in the Streets The Extraordinary Trial of the Chicago Seven

The Chicago Conspiracy Trial

Time: ‘Violence Was Inevitable’: How 7 Key Players Remember the Chaos of 1968’s Democratic National Convention Protests

Chicago History Museum:The Chicago 7 Trial

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Chicago will host the 2024 DNC convention but is is worth exploring the most tear-gassed convention in 1968.

The parallels are amazing.

History rhymes.

SHOW NOTES:

Bill Kurtis remembers the 1968 Democratic National Convention

Part 1: 'The Whole World's Watching: 20 Years Later,' A 1988 CBS 2 Documentar

Part 2: 'The Whole World's Watching: 20 Years Later,' A 1988 CBS 2 Documentary

Part 3: 'The Whole World's Watching: 20 Years Later,' A 1988 CBS 2 Documentary

Part 4: 'The Whole World's Watching: 20 Years Later,' A 1988 CBS 2 Documentary

Part 5: 'The Whole World's Watching: 20 Years Later,' A 1988 CBS 2 Documentary

ABC7: Days of Rage

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The Guardian: The Whole World is Watching

Politico: Looking Back and the 1968 DNC

Chicago Sun Times: Royko on Daley during the DNC

The LBJ Call

Dan Rather gets Punched

ProPublica:Protests and Blaming the Media. Sound Familiar? That Was During the ’68 Democratic National Convention.

ProPublilca: Looking at the Archives from the Time of the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago and Seeing Familiar Themes

Chicago Sun Times: Royko on Daley during the DNC

Washington Post: ‘A party that had lost its mind’: In 1968, Democrats held one of history’s most disastrous conventions

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This episode was released last summer but next week Chicago will host the DNC and given how crazy the last month has been it might be good to explore what happen then. This is a two part episode to belly up to bar and get ready.

The Whole Word in Watching.

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Chicago will host the 2024 DNC convention but is is worth exploring the most tear-gassed convention in 1968.

The parallels are amazing.

History rhymes.

Overview of The Walker Report

Boss

ABC7: Days of Rage

Washington Post: ‘A party that had lost its mind’: In 1968, Democrats held one of history’s most disastrous conventions

ProPublilca: Looking at the Archives from the Time of the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago and Seeing Familiar Themes

Chicago Sun Times: Royko on Daley during the DNC

Bob Dylan: With God on Our Side 

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Twenty years ago a driver working the the Dave Mathews Band dropped 800lbs of poop which landed on a boat full of people enjoying an architecture tour. Alyssa tells Molly McAleer and Captain Scoot all the details.

Show Notes:

Chicago Tribune: Band’s driver denies drenching boat

Chicago Sun-Times: Tour boat hit with raw sewage // 2 large buses on bridge blamed for discharge that sent 5 to hospital

Chicago Sum-Times: Complaint links rock band to dumped sewage // Dave Matthews Band denies involvement in tour boat defilement

Chicago Sun-Times: Daley: Go tough on Dave Matthews driver // Mayor still likes group despite alleged sewage dumping

Chicago Sun-Times: Band's attitude reeks

Chicago Sun-Times: Bus' waste dumping leads alderman to call for crackdown

Chicago Sun-Times: Matthews Band in harmony with clean-river efforts // $100,000 gift to begin 'healing process' after bus dumps sewage

Chicago Sun-Times: Boat tour guest sues Matthews band

Chicago Sun-Times: Dave Matthews driver to face criminal charges

Chicago Sun-Times: Matthews band driver charged in river dumping // Band faces $70,000 suit for summer's Kinzie bridge incident

Chicago Sun-Times: Tour boat owners sue Dave Matthews Band

Chicago Sun-Times: Bus driver pleads guilty to dumping raw sewage // Dave Matthews Band cuts ties to employee who sloshed boaters

Chicago Sun-Times: Matthews band dumps cash into settlement

Chicago Sun-Times: $200,000 apology ends waste-dumping suit // Dave Matthews Band also donated to Park District, river group

Chicago Sun-Times: Dave Matthews 'couldn't be more sorry' for bus-dumping

Chicago Sun-Times: Nevada family, Matthews Band settle suit over dumped waste

Chicago Sun-Times: City's surveillance cameras are making Chicago safer

Case Text: Mercury Skyline Yacht Charters v. the Dave Matthews Band

Block Club Chicago: Dave Matthews Tour Bus Dumped 800 Pounds Of Poop On People Taking A Chicago River Cruise 19 Years Ago Today

Mercury Lawsuit

Fox 32 Chicago: Dave Matthews Band tour bus feces incident remembered 19 years later with plaque dedication

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We finished our Madigan Series.  

Much like historians trying to write about the period from the June Trump Biden debate until the DNC. Chicago sans assassination attempt this story has so many aspects happening all at once: sexual harassment, bribery, two federal cases on election interference, ballot tampering, calls for resignation and shifting political favor.  

Show Notes:

Chicago Tribune: Failed challenger to Michael Madigan asks US Supreme Court to consider lawsuit alleging political chicanery in 2016 election

Courthouse News Service: Dirty Tricks Don’t Change Illinois Election Result

Chicago Tribune: Federal judge dismisses case that alleged Michael Madigan and Ald. Marty Quinn violated opponent’s civil rights

All Chicago Mike Madigan Coverage

House That Madigan Built

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In this episode John and Alyssa talk more about Mike Madigan's career while looking at his impact on patronage jobs, family tree, and rename the Chicago political machine.

Show Notes:

Chicago Magazine: Michael Madigan Is the King of Illinois

Chicago Tribune: How Madigan builds his patronage army

Chicago Reader: The Madigan Effect

The House that Madigan Built

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Bob Cooley, the central character from Operation Gambit, wrote the judge in Ed Burke's case a twelve page letter. Alyssa reads it to Morgan Stringer

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In this episode, Alyssa and John talk about the Blago impeachment and political dynasties in Illinois.

Show Notes:

Chicago Tribune: Column: Madigan’s name launched her career but possibly contributed to calling it quits

Politco: There’s An Irish Wake for Illinois’ Political Machine

Forbes: Why Does IL Attorney General Lisa Madigan Refuse To Prosecute Public Corruption?

Time: An Illinois Dynasty Versus Blagojevich

Chicago Sun-Times: Lisa Madigan urged to repay bonuses - Foe Birkett says she owes taxpayers for cash dad paid staffers

Chicago Sun-Times: FBI targets Madigan papers - Police union endorsements, bonuses under investigation

Chicago Sun-Times: GOP calls for Madigan's ouster - Dems dismiss demand for new party chief

Chicago Sun-Times: Birkett won't oppose pardon for Cruz - Attorney general hopeful defends loan from DuPage judge

Chicago Tribune: Madigan defends role in EIU talks

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John Zinn and I are embarking on a journey to look at the career of former Speaker of the Illinois House Mike Madigan. In this episode we talk about the circumstances that facilitated his rise to power, some legislative victories, and a, perhaps, little known fact about his daughter Lisa. 

SHOW NOTES: 

Rueters: The man behind the fiscal fiasco in Illinois

WBEZ: Michael Madigan, A Speaker For The Ages, Ends His Historic Hold On Illinois Politics

Chicago Tribune: Judge knocks redistricting off Illinois ballot in loss for Rauner

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The House that Madigan Built

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In this episode Alyssa is joined by Captain Scoot to discuss the history of Taste of Chicago. Was Chicago Fest the earlier version? Not really. We discuss the highs and lows while dispelling some Chicago lore.

Show Notes:

DNA Info: The First Taste Of Chicago Was On The Magnificent Mile ... And Packed

NBC Chicago: “Boooo! Awwww!”

NBC Chicago: City Cancels Fireworks at ‘Taste'

Chicago Tribune: Boy left at Taste still waits for mom

ABC: Food Festival Makes More Than 100 Sick

WTTW: What Happened With Chicago’s Parking Meter Deal?

Chicago Tribune: Music lovers mourn Jimmy Damon, classic Chicago lounge singer

Block Club Chicago: South Side Alderman Pledges To Sleep Outside On Troubled Block For A ‘Few Weeks’ To Deter Crime

The Daily Meal: How The Taste Of Chicago Food Festival Became An Instant Success Read More: https://www.thedailymeal.com/1383889/how-taste-of-chicago-became-instant-success/

Sport Business Journal: Chicago Street Race set to return in '24 despite costs to the city, less impact than expected

Chicago Tribune: History of Taste, back to 1980

Lincoln Presidential Library: CHICAGOFEST

CST: City Hall got $1M in fees after Sun-Times asked promoters, teams: Why haven't you paid up

CST: Michigan Avenue, once a picture-perfect postcard, is now a depressing mess

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