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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December 07, 2019 OTL #686: The 50th Anniversary of Fred Hampton’s murder, Transportation equity for the disabled, The Secret History of Eardance
Mike Stephen discusses the significance of the murder of Fred Hampton and Mark Clark with Chicago Tribune reporter William Lee, learns about recommendations for providing better transportation access for the disabled, and discovers the Secret History of 80s prog-rockers Eardance. This week's local music is brought to you by Violet Mice.
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42min
November 30, 2019 OTL #685: The photos of gentrification, Local government transparency, Girls on the Run Chicago
Mike Stephen learns about an upcoming book about gentrification in Logan Square with sociologist and photographer David Schalliol, discusses a City Bureau analysis of local government transparency, and plays back the sounds of the Girls on the Run Chicago 5k. The local music this week is brought to us by Batteries Not Included.
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34min
November 23, 2019 OTL #684: Teaching for change, An Ode to the Green Line, The Secret History of Pieces of Peaces
Mike Stephen learns about a new high school class on the Holocaust and genocide at Oak Park & River Forest High School, discusses the community importance of the Green Line, and discovers the Secret History of local funk band Pieces of Peace. This week's local music is brought to you by Catho.
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36min
November 16, 2019 OTL #683: New edition of Fooditor 99, Life in a Sundown Town, Mapping media and development
Mike Stephen previews the new edition of local food guide Fooditor 99, learns about the history of Sundown Towns with ProPublica Illinois' Logan Jaffe, and discusses a new tool that maps media coverage of local development. The local music this week is brought to us by Hood Smoke.
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44min
November 09, 2019 OTL #682: Young Feminist Conference, Connecting journalists and their communities, The Secret History of 4 Taus
Mike Stephen previews the Young Feminist Conference with Cause the Effect Chicago's founder Cook County Commissioner Bridget Gainer, learns about another conference aimed at connecting journalists and their communities called the People-Powered Publishing Conference, and discovers the Secret History of 60s frat-rockers 4 Taus. This week's local music is brought to you by Jason Valley.
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42min
November 02, 2019 OTL #681: Sr. Helen Prejean on a life of activism, Live Bluegrass performance from Cox’s Army
Mike Stephen talks to longtime activist Sister Helen Prejean about her life of activism, new book, and her upcoming talk at Dominican University. Cox’s Army, a tremendous local Bluegrass Band, stops by the studio to perform live and preview their upcoming record release show at The Hideout!
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34min
October 26, 2019 OTL #680: New life for closed schools, Community organizing in Chicago, The Secret History of Alvin Fielder
Mike Stephen learns about a project to give new life to shuttered Chicago schools called Creative Grounds, discusses the impact of local community organizing, and gets the Secret History of the late jazz drummer Alvin Fielder. This week's local music is brought to you by The Artist Formerly Known as Vince.
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33min
October 19, 2019 OTL #679: Real-life stories of disability, Letter to the Mayor about mobility justice in Chicago
Mike Stephen talks to Pia Justesen, author of a new book called From the Periphery: Real-Life Stories of Disability that is an oral history of those living with disabilities and then discusses mobility justice with Anton Seals, the lead steward of Grow Greater Englewood. This week's local music is brought to us by LagPass.
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39min
October 12, 2019 OTL #678: Rev. Bonnie Perry on a life of community building, The Secret History of Possum River
Mike Stephen chats the outgoing rector of Ravenswood’s All Saints Episcopal Church and bishop-elect of The Episcopal Diocese of Michigan, Rev. Bonnie Perry, about community-building and a life of service and then discovers the Secret History of 70s local country-rockers Possum River. This week's local music is brought to you by Alex Ellsworth.
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45min
October 05, 2019 OTL #677: The Neighborhood Architecture Show
Mike Stephen hosts a roundtable discussion at The Levee bar about the significance and future of Chicago neighborhood architecture. Joining Mike at the bar is architectural historian Elizabeth Blasius and real estate writer AJ LaTrace. This week's local music is brought to us by CWIOK.
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44min

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