WBEZ's Best Game in Town

This week on our Illinois political podcast Best Game in Town:Mayoral campaigns tout their own diversity, and what's in a petition signature? More than you might think. We find out all the tricks of the trade when it comes to bouncing candidates off the ballot.

This week on our Illinois political podcast Best Game in Town: We talk with the Reverend Jesse Jackson about finding a consensus candidate for Chicago mayor in the African-American community, and political scientist Maria de los Angeles Torres gives us the breakdown on Latino candidates and concerns

This week on our Illinois political podcast Best Game in Town: We meet up at Gene & Georgetti for a conversation about the final stages of the campaigns for governor, senate and the Illinois house.

This week on Best Game in Town: MSNBC’s Chris Matthews brought his popular cable talk show Hardball to Chicago this week and host Steve Edwards caught up with him to talk about Illinois’ congressional races and a status report on President Obama.

This week on the Best Game in Town: We gather three political consultants to talk about the week that was. And this week was all about ads. Dave Kohn, Jeff Leitner and Delmarie Cobb join host Steve Edwards to talk through the final weeks of the various campaigns.

This week on Best Game in Town: We're less than a month away from the state-wide election. Host Steve Edwards brings together a panel of political insiders to give us a gut-check on the status of some of the tight races, including U.S. Senate and Illinois Governor.

This week on the Best Game in Town: We head to Chicago's Daley Plaza to talk about the resignation of White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel and the rest of the week's political news with NPR's David Schaper and Crain's Chicago Business Columnist Greg Hinz.

It's Friday, which means it is time for our political program, Best Game in Town. As the race for mayor becomes the race to raise dollars, a quirk in the new fundraising law may make holiday parties an expensive proposition.

This week on Best Game in Town: It is all about campaigns and corned beef. We broadcast from the legendary Manny's Deli on Chicago's near South Side. Chicago City Clerk Miguel De Valle and State Senator Ricky Hendon join Steve Edwards to discuss their candidacies for Chicago mayor.

Here is our weekly podcast "Best Game in Town." This round-up of the week in Illinois politics airs every Friday on WBEZ. No offense to the Bears' home opener, but the best game in town this week is at City Hall. Daley is out, a million people want in.