Outside the Loop RADIO

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Outside the Loop RADIO is Chicago's Almost Above-Ground Audio Magazine. Founded as a podcast in September 2006 and picked up for broadcast by Chicago Sound Alliance WLUW 88.7-FM in March 2007, "OTL" n... more

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March 11, 2023 OTL #856: The impact of Chicago property taxes, Environmental legislative priorities, The Damen Silos saga continues
Mike Stephen explores the impact of property taxes on certain Chicago neighborhoods with Geoff Smith of the Institute for Housing Studies at DePaul University, discusses the environmental legislative agenda of Illinois with Jennifer Walling, executive director of the Illinois Environmental Council, and gets an update on the environmental justice story of the Damen Silos.
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44min
March 04, 2023 OTL #855: How the City Council spends its work time, Joe Rian’s new music, The Secret History of G.L. Crockett
Mike Stephen discusses an analysis about the substance of Chicago City Hall meetings with Better Government Association policy analyst Geoffrey Cubbage, talks to local musician Joe Rian about his new tunes, and discovers the Secret History of blues and soul singer G.L. Crockett.
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43min
February 25, 2023 OTL #854: Chicago’s guaranteed income pilot, The MAAFA Redemption Project, New music from Lia Caton
Mike Stephen discusses new research about Chicago’s guaranteed income pilot program with Misuzu Schexnider, program director at the Inclusive Economy Lab, learns about the community-building efforts of the MAAFA Redemption Project from co-founder and executive director Marshall Hatch Jr., and chats with Naperville’s Lia Caton about her new music.
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40min
February 18, 2023 OTL #853: Local public transit reliability, The impact of gun violence in Chicago, The Secret History of Linsey Alexander
Mike Stephen learns about tracking local public transit with cyberanalyst Brandon McFadden, discusses the impact of gun violence in Chicago communities with Cliff Nellis of the Lawndale Christian Legal Center, and discovers the Secret History of blues guitarist Linsey Alexander.
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41min
February 11, 2023 OTL #852: Expanding cultural access, Equitable grant distribution in Illinois, Local Motive’s new music
Mike Stephen learns about expanding access to cultural spaces for those with disabilities with Christena Gunther, president and founder of Cultural Access Collaborative, discusses a new funding opportunity for local cultural spaces with Illinois Humanities executive director Gabrielle Lyon, and gets the lowdown on Local Motive’s new music with band frontman Mike Vinopal.
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40min
February 04, 2023 OTL #851: Student population decrease in Illinois, Local Black organizing pre-Civil War, The Secret History of J.T. Brown
Mike Stephen discusses the decrease in public school students in Illinois with Chalkbeat Chicago's Samantha Smylie, learns about Black organizing pre-Civil War in Illinois with Northwestern University history professor Kate Masur, and discovers the Secret History of local saxman J.T. Brown.
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50min
January 28, 2023 OTL #850: Expanding literacy with Open Books, ChicagoJazz.com covers the local music scene, Daniel Gunderson’s new music
Mike Stephen learns about the new expansion of Chicago literacy nonprofit Open Books from executive director Eric Johnson, learns how ChicagoJazz.com is back in full swing and delivering new local music coverage from its founder Mike Jeffers, and discovers new local tunes from musician Daniel Gunderson.
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39min
January 21, 2023 OTL #849: 150 years of the Chicago Public Library, The Secret History of Johnnie Mae Dunson
Mike Stephen discusses the impact and significance of the Chicago Public Library over the last 150 years with library commissioner Chris Brown and then discovers the Secret History of local blues vocalist and drummer Ms. Johnnie Mae Dunson.
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40min
January 14, 2023 OTL #848: A beer journalist’s next adventure, Get your train crawl on with Yard Social
Mike Stephen talks to former Chicago Tribune reporter Josh Noel about his decision to leave the paper and then learns about local train crawls from Scott Presslak, the founder of Yard Social.
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40min
January 07, 2023 OTL #847: Helping those with disabilities, Led Zeppelin 2 rocks, The Secret History of John Primer
Mike Stephen learns about The Answer Inc, a local organization that helps those with disabilities, from founder and CEO Debra Vines, gets the lowdown on the best Led Zeppelin tribute band from "Bobby Plant 2" (aka: Bruce Lamont), and discovers the Secret History of blues guitar master John Primer.
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45min

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