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November 18, 2025An Update on Chicago Courts and Operation Midway Blitz
The title pretty much explains it all.
Show Notes:
Chicago Sun-Times: Judge says he’ll order release of hundreds of people arrested under feds’ deportation blitz

Chicago Tribune: Only 2.6% on list of 614 ‘Operation Midway Blitz’ arrestees had criminal histories, DOJ records show

Chicago Tribune: Immigration agents have reportedly left Naval Station Great Lakes: ‘A sigh of relief’

Cummings Order

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20 min
November 17, 2025Jenny Jones: She is Tenacious
⁠Alyssa⁠ tells her new friend ⁠Jess⁠ about 90's Daytime Talk Show Host Jenny Jones.
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Show Notes:
⁠Newsweek: ‘Trial by Media’ on Netflix: Where Is Jenny Jones Now and What Has She Said About the Murder of Scott Amedure?⁠

⁠People: Body of Evidence⁠

⁠People: True Confession⁠

⁠Chicago Tribune: DAZE OF TALK⁠

⁠Washington Post: THE MILD-MANNERED TALK SHOW⁠

⁠Newsweek: Making A Killing On Talk Tv⁠

⁠Washington Post: JENNY, ON THE SPOT⁠

⁠Washington Post: 'Jenny Jones' Talk Show Expected to Be Canceled⁠

⁠Women's World: Jenny Jones Hasn’t Been on TV Since 2003, But She’s Still Kept Busy⁠

⁠CBS: Jenny Jones Back, As Cookbook Author⁠

⁠Chicago Tribune: VIEWER-FRIENDLY FLUFF ON `JENNY JONES`⁠

⁠New York Times: Confessions of a Daytime Television Addict⁠

⁠Chicago Tun-Times: Jones sued over failure to air Web site address⁠

⁠Vice Media: Dark Side of the 90s⁠

⁠IMDB: Trial by Media⁠

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1 hr 7 min
November 10, 2025Soldier Field Update: Go
In this episode, Alyssa updates Pat about the Bear quest to get a new stadium.
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Show Notes:
Chicago Tribune: Lawmakers’ lack of action on new Bears lakefront stadium raises hopes in Arlington Heights

Chicago Tribune: Kevin Warren presses ahead on Bears stadium pitch as Johnson, Pritzker stay quiet on the subject

Chicago Tribune: Gov. J.B. Pritzker says it would be ‘near impossible’ to get Bears stadium deal done this fall

Chicago Tribune: Chicago Bears to ask focus groups what they want in new stadium, but not where they want it

Chicago Tribune: Chicago Bears CEO sticking to his game plan for Chicago lakefront stadium

Chicago Tribune: Chicago Bears’ plan for new lakefront stadium draws opposition from coalition of community groups

Chicago Tribune: Bears taking another look at old Reese Hospital site: Long, skinny stretch on South Side mulled for potential stadium

Chicago Tribune: Bill to lure Chicago Bears to Indiana passes out of House committee

Chicago Tribune: Arlington Heights mayoral candidates want to bring the Chicago Bears, but they say it has to benefit the village

Chicago Tribune: Momentum for Chicago Bears stadium project may be shifting back toward Arlington Heights

Chicago Tribune: Chicago Bears shifting their stadium focus to Arlington Heights

Chicago Tribune: As Chicago Bears pivot to Arlington Heights, Mayor Brandon Johnson says ‘I’ve done my part’

Chicago Tribune: Public transit funding and pension reform, budget and Bears stadium are big issues in final week of legislative session

Chicago Tribune: Chicago Bears’ stadium efforts run out of time in Springfield but suburban lawmaker says deal was close and talks will continue

Chicago Tribune: Bears aim to unveil stadium plans this fall Bears Arlington Heights project to be financed by team, needs lawmakers’ approval for tax negotiations

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45 min
November 03, 2025State Street Mall: It Wasn't Great
In this episode Alyssa tells Hugh about the "State Street Mall." He spends a lot of time, rightfully baffled.

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Show Notes:
Chicago Tribune: Flashback: The State Street Mall, billed as a car-free shopping mecca, started with high hopes but ended in failure and bus fumes

Chicago Tribune: The failure of the State Street Mall

Chicago Tribune: Stiltwalkers, a high-diving mule and other efforts to make State Street great again

Governing: The Strange, Troubled History of Pedestrian Malls

Chicago Sun-Times: Opinion of the The People

Chicago Sun-Times: McDonough Opposes State Street Mall Day

Chicago Sun-Times: New Plan's Face Lift for Chicago

Chicago Sun-Times: Council Unit gets State Street Mall Plan

Chicago Sun-Times: Daley Seen Pushing State Street Mall

Chicago Sun-Times: Plan Commission Oks State Street Mall

Chicago Sun-Times: Pick South Loop for College

Chicago Sun-Times: Federal Aid?

Chicago Sun-Times: Building Industry's Decline Expected to Last Two Years

Chicago Sun-Times: Projects that Never Made It.

Chicago Sun-Times: Cows

Chicago Sun-Times: State Street Squeeze

Chicago Sun-Times: An Enviable Track Record

Chicago Sun-Times: State Street Breakdown

Chicago Sun-Times: How Those Central City Projects are Coming Along

Chicago Sun-Times: State St. Mall One Step Closer

Chicago Sun-Times: Mayor OKs Mall revamp - Vows to help State St. business leaders

Chicago Sun-Times: State St. Mall's new look may be skimpy

Chicago Sun-Times: $30 million State Street Mall boost
Chicago Sun-Times: End of the road for State St. Mall - Daley calls it a `failure,' backs return to full use

Chicago Sun-Times: A great street, but a bad mall - `Failure' spurs city to allow cars on State

Chicago Sun-Times: Cars, Perhaps Trolley, To Replace State St. Mall

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1 hr 10 min
October 27, 2025Mies van der Rohe: It was ALL about the Architecture
Alyssa tells David Baxter about the personal life of acclaimed architect Mies van der Rohe.
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Show Notes:
CNN: A famous architect’s iconic furniture line gets its first update in decades

Fox News: Tucker

Mies van der Rohe: A Critical Biography, New and Revised Edition

The New Criterion: Is Modernism the Enemy of Mies Van Der Rohe?

The Guardian: This article is more than 1 year old The Bauhaus Nazis: the collaborators – and worse – among the design icons

Barcelona® Chair

MoMA: Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

WTTW: Arts & Entertainment Revisiting Farnsworth House, a Masterpiece of Modern Architecture

New York Times: Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

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1 hr 38 min
October 20, 2025Levi Boone: A No-Nothing
Alyssa tells VanderpumpRobs about Chicago's No-Nothing mayor Levi Boone.
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Show Notes
Illinois State Register: Election Results

Rock Island Argus: No Money

Then Inter Ocean: Obit

Daily Illinois State Journal: Treason

Smithsonian: How the 19th-Century Know Nothing Party Reshaped American Politics

Abraham Lincoln Papers: Boone, Levi D.

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1 hr 32 min
October 19, 2025 Dirksenverse: Judges Judge
A quick update on Illinois V Trump and other cases.

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15 min
October 13, 2025Rewind: 1855 Lager Beer Riots
We are revisiting one of the earliest episodes exploring Chicago's first incidence of civil unrest. Immigrants have been getting in done here.
Chicago is known for what some call "rough and tumble politics". Alyssa talks with friend from college and former coworker John Zinn about Chicago's first incident of civil unrest.

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Show Notes:
Encyclopedia of Chicago: Lager Beer Riot

Chicago Tribune: Chicago’s Lager Beer Riot proved immigrants’ power

Chicago Brewseum Brewing Up Chicago Exhibition 1855 Lager Beer Riot Video

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59 min
October 11, 2025 The Dirksenverse: Who's Reliable?
In this episode, Alyssa gives updates on the rulings from the various cases in the Northern District of Illinois.
It's cathartic.
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31 min
October 07, 2025 The Dirksenverse: What is Happening in Chicago Courts?
A lot of stuff is happening in the Federal Courts regarding DHS/ICE/CBP so Alyssa decided to do an emergency update to give an overview of what is happening.
If you have any questions please let her know.
Today is a big day for weirdos like myself who obsess over the Northern District of Illinois.

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22 min

About Oh, Malort!

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Alyssa Dyksterhouse, Chicago tour guide, history lover and research extraordinaire, walks her friends through her favorite well-known and lesser-known moments in Chicago’s quirky past while…