Chicago Way w/John Kass (09/23/24): Joining John Kass & Jeff Carlin this week is a retired American diplomat with over 30-years of experience advising the most powerful leaders in the world on security matters and who also happens to be John’s younger brother, Nicholas S. Kass. On the docket, Iranian-sponsored hacking of the Trump campaign, Israel’s ‘pager bomb’ tactics, and the U.S. meddling in the Ukraine War. Plus, Kasso wonders why no one is talking about Iranian spies trying to help the DNC beat Trump?

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Chicago Way w/John Kass (09/16/24): This week, Corey Brooks, the Founder and Senior Pastor at New Beginnings Church & the Founder/CEO of Project H.O.O.D, joins John Kass & Jeff Carlin to talk about why he thinks Democrats continue to ‘play Black people for fools‘ by convincing them to vote against leaders & legislation the would help their communities in favor of policies that benefit migrants. Plus, Kass wonders when residents of big cities will wake up to the lies they are being told about violent crime.

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Chicago Way w/John Kass (09/09/24): Just ahead of the first head-to-head debate between Vice President Kamala Harris and ex-President Donald Trump, the President of the Independent Women’s Forum, Carrie Lukas, joins John Kass & Jeff Carlin to discuss her piece in The Federalist titled “Kamala Harris’ Campaign Is Making Women Look Incompetent.” Plus, Kasso wonders if what becomes of society when all the role models are gone?

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Chicago Way w/John Kass (09/03/24): This week, veteran political advisor at Serafin & Associates and co-host of The Crisis Cast, Thom Serafin joins John Kass & Jeff Carlin with insight from his Power Poll Podcast on who the MVP of Chicago’s role as host of the 2024 DNC, why Vice President Kamala Harris’ best plan of action might be stay quiet, and how Donald Trump & Kamala Harris might fare in the face of an ‘October Surprise.’ Plus, Kasso solicits tips for making the best end of Summer treat, the classic BLT.

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Chicago Way w/John Kass (08/26/24): This week, the Peter B. Ritzma Professor of Political Science Emeritus at the University of Chicago, Charles Lipson, joins John Kass and Jeff Carlin to assess the DNC in Chicago, look at what RFK Jr. brings to Donald Trump’s campaign, and gauge what Democrats see in Vice President Kamala Harris as a candidate for the White House.

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Chicago Way w/John Kass (08/19/24): To kick of the DNC in Chicago, the co-founder of RealClearPolitics, Tom Bevan, is here to preview his team’s daily broadcasts on SiriusXM and discuss how the City of Big Shoulders will handle the influx of Democrats & protestors. Plus, Kasso wonders if anyone remembers the ‘wood shampoo’ of ’68?

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The Palikari Project: Part IV – Legacy | As the curtain comes down on the Palikari Project, our hero returns home to his family’s village for the first time in almost 40 years with his sons, John, Peter, & Nick. We also get insight into what the boys were experiencing as twenty-somethings seeing their father’s legacy come to life in the form of the joy & love pouring out of the ‘villageneers’ in Rizes. And finally, Betty Kass -John’s lovely wife, takes us back to the beginning when she was a young artist trying to bring the Palikari to life, hoping to share it with the world.

Read more about John Kass’ father here – The Palikari Project: Voice of My Father
Listen to The Palikari Project: Part I – Rizes
Listen to The Palikari Project: Part II – Occupation & Communists
Listen to The Palikari Project: Part III – Civil War & a Fresh Start

About The Palikari Project: Thirty-five years ago in Oak Lawn, John Kass & his brother Nicholas set a card table with coffee, cigarettes, & a tap recorder, hoping to capture their family’s story from a primary source, their father, Spyros John Kass. The tapes were part of an art project John’s wife Betty put together, a ballet. But the tapes were thought lost and the voice of the Kass patriarch with them after his death in 1992.

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The Palikari Project: Part III – Civil War & a Fresh Start | Toward the end of WWII, countries coming out from under the evil rule of The Axis were often were left to pickup the pieces of the decimated lives that once were. In Greece, that was turmoil was compounded by the rise of Communist guerillas and the ensuing civil war that turned families against each other and left the countryside in flames. In this episode, our hero -Spyros John Kass- is determined to save his country from the Communists and after doing so, the siren song of America came calling, along with a hope for starting over. This is the Palikari Project.

Read more about John Kass’ father here – The Palikari Project: Voice of My Father
Listen to The Palikari Project: Part I – Rizes
Listen to The Palikari Project: Part II – Occupation & Communists

About The Palikari Project: Thirty-five years ago in Oak Lawn, John Kass & his brother Nicholas set a card table with coffee, cigarettes, & a tap recorder, hoping to capture their family’s story from a primary source, their father, Spyros John Kass. The tapes were part of an art project John’s wife Betty put together, a ballet. But the tapes were thought lost and the voice of the Kass patriarch with them after his death in 1992.

Check out more from Kass at JohnKassNews.com or contact me at [email protected], or Facebook, or on X (Twitter). Tell your friends about us. Join the great adventure. Subscribe today! And read writings from John’s brother Nick for the American Conservative here and here.

The Palikari Project: Part II – Occupation & Communists | In occupied Greece during WWII, life for families was tough enough with a ruling foreign force of fascists & Nazis controlling everyday life but the real danger was the communists from within and their campaign of violence & fear. This is the story of Spyros John Kass and the turbulent life in is his small farm village after the Nazis and before the Greek Civil War against the communists. This is the story of a family’s fearful existence devoid of song & dance, but also the story of a community surviving & individuals being brave in the face death and the small joy Truman the Mule brought them. This is The Palikari Project.

Read more about John Kass’ father here – The Palikari Project: Voice of My Father
Listen to The Palikari Project: Part I – Rizes

About The Palikari Project: Thirty-five years ago in Oak Lawn, John Kass & his brother Nicholas set a card table with coffee, cigarettes, & a tap recorder, hoping to capture their family’s story from a primary source, their father, Spyros John Kass. The tapes were part of an art project John’s wife Betty put together, a ballet. But the tapes were thought lost and the voice of the Kass patriarch with them after his death in 1992.

Check out more from Kass at JohnKassNews.com or contact me at [email protected], or Facebook, or on X (Twitter). Tell your friends about us. Join the great adventure. Subscribe today! And read writings from John’s brother Nick for the American Conservative here and here.

The Palikari Project: Part I – Rizes | Thirty-five years ago in Oak Lawn, John Kass & his brother Nicholas set a card table with coffee, cigarettes, & a tap recorder, hoping to capture their family’s story from a primary source, their father, Spyros John Kass. The tapes were part of an art project John’s wife Betty put together, a ballet. But the tapes were thought lost and the voice of the Kass patriarch with them after his death in 1992. This is part one those recordings wherein we learn about family’s rural beginnings, life at the ‘root of the mountain,’ and what happens when fascists coming knocking on your door.

Read more about John Kass’ father here – The Palikari Project: Voice of My Father

Check out more from Kass at JohnKassNews.com or contact me at [email protected], or Facebook, or on X (Twitter). Tell your friends about us. Join the great adventure. Subscribe today! And read writings from John’s brother Nick for the American Conservative here and here.