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- OTL #815: Art rejuvenates neighborhoods, Police reform recommendations, Mark Lofgren’s new music
Rejuvenation Project, discusses recommendations for local police reform with Tracy Siska of the Chicago Justice Project, and talks with local musician Mark Lofgren about his new music.
40 min - OTL #814: Living conditions in Illinois prisons, The Secret History of The Devil Bell Hippies
Mike Stephen discusses a plan to address inhumane living conditions in Illinois correctional facilities with Jennifer Vollen-Katz, the executive director of the John Howard Association of Illinois, and learns the story of the Chicago avant-garde band The Devil Bell Hippies.
35 min - OTL #813: The original Chicago canned water, Chicago Bird Collision Monitors
Mike Stephen learns about the first company to produce canned water in Chicago called Open Water from CEO and co-founder Nicole Doucet and then discusses the rise in local bird migration this week and the dangers for those birds with Annette Prince, the director of the Chicago Bird Collision Monitors. Also, check out Mike on the latest edition of the Album Rebrews podcast!
36 min - OTL #812: Neighborhood rail issues, Girls on the Run empowers, The Secret History of The Three Souls
Mike Stephen learns about local neighborhood rail issues from Streetsblog Chicago reporter Igor Studenkov, discusses empowering young girls with Girls on the Run executive director Jill Eid, and discovers the Secret History of the local tavern jazz group the Three Souls.
38 min - OTL #811: Education legislation update, Black history in the North Shore community
Mike Stephen gets an update on education legislation in Springfield from Chalkbeat Chicago state education reporter Samantha Smylie and learns about Shorefront, an organization working to tell the story of Black history in the North Shore community, from its founder and executive director Dino Robinson. Also, it's pothole season in Chicago!
36 min - OTL #810: Chicago Covenants Project, Local power pop jams, The Secret History of Apocalypse
Mike Stephen learns about the history of racial covenants in Chicago from Virginia Tech history professor LaDale Winling, talks power pop with William Giricz, the vocalist of the Bishop’s Daredevil Stunt Club, and discovers the Secret History of local prog-rockers Apocalypse.
43 min - OTL #809: Chicago In Maps, The El Milagro workers organize
Mike Stephen learns about the importance of current, historical, and thematic maps of Chicago from local historian and geographer Dennis McClendon and then discusses the effects of the El Milagro Tortilla factory workers' organizing efforts with Jose Uribe, the Workplace Justice Campaigns Organizer for Arise Chicago.
37 min - OTL #808: International Pop Overthrow Fest, The Secret History of Byther Smith
Mike Stephen previews the upcoming International Pop Overthrow Festival in Chicago with founder and CEO David Bash and discovers the Secret History of blues guitarist Byther Smith.
37 min - OTL #807: The Podcasting Summit 2022
Mike Stephen welcomes some local podcasters to talk about their innovative shows! We hear from:
Jacoby Cochran, host of CityCast Chicago
Sarah Beidatsch and Zac Emery, co-hosts of Album Rebrews
Pete Kastanes, host of Vanished Chicagoland
52 min - OTL #806: Oral history in suburban Chicago, The Secret History of Lil Green
Mike Stephen learns about preserving Latino history through the Chicagolandia Oral History Project with Elgin Community College professor Antonio Ramirez and then discovers the Secret History of Chicago blues singer Lil Green.
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About 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" now airs on Chicago's Very Own 50,000-watt heritage powerhouse station WGN Radio 720-AM.
Storyteller and urbanologist Mike Stephen hosts this weekly program featuring fun segments and interviews with local newsmakers, artists, musicians, and others doing cool stuff around the greater Chicago area. The show covers topics stories that don't always get mainstream media attention... and it's all presented with a strong and independent Chicago slant.
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