All Episodes

10/4/26: "Express train to O'Hare: We've heard this before"

1/2/26: "Red Line exceptions, plus: We NITA transit redo"

12/23/24: "Police workforce study: opacity, budget tricks, and clout"

9/11/24: "Cook County Assessor on Loop buildings: TIF tax gift makes a diff"

4/28/24: "Sigcho-Lopez protest invests colleagues' blitzkrieg"

3/1/24: "Chief cop-watcher and top cop spar at Police Board meeting"

2/3/24: "Top cop strongly defends Shotspotter at public meeting"

12/28/23: "Chicago Police sergeant: district station crumbling, flooding, and unhealthy for years"

12/4/23: "November council: sorrow, censure, and referenda"

10/6/23: "Sept. City Council takes shelter, chance on finance"

8/7/23: Police Consent Decree: toeing the line, or dragging their feet?

7/11/23: "Police staffing called out by community commission and mayor's transition report"

6/21/23: "Community stakeholders challenge police use-of-force training"

6/14/23: "May mayoral debut: dodge 'em, and maybe mayhem"

5/12/23: "Former inspector general: the rise and fall of training handbook for aldermen"

4/17/23: "March marvel: unruly council pulls rules"

4/3/23: "March City Council: failure to communicate"

3/2/23: "February council: TIF black box, Comm Ed shocks"

2/1/23: "What newly-elected aldermen need to know, and who might tell them"

1/4/23: "Aldermen spread Red bread at year's end"

12/15/22: "Ex-city budget analyst: real Chicago police cost exceeds 2023 budget by 75 percent"

11/29/22: "Aldermen's pique at Lightfoot's 2023 budget, nominations"

10/8/22: "Sept. council kicks former public-housing land to soccer billionaire"

9/12/22: "Effects of Pat Quinn's state House cut and cumulative voting quash"

8/8/22: "July City Council drags on speed, comment"

7/17/22: "June City Council: appointment, speed cam disappointment"

6/8/22: "Half-dozen May council sessions: contours, quorums, curfew, casino"

5/19/22: "Aldermen, after transit/gas plan blast, pass it"

4/9/22: "March council's safe bets and long shots"

3/12/22: "February City Council: land, honors, and justice"

2/17/22: "First 2022 City Council: unfinished business"

1/7/22: "End of year council: brawlers over dollars, lawyers"

12/28/21: "Council's legal appeal steels Beale"

12/4/21: "November City Council: careers, ward fears, mayor tears"

11/4/21: "October City Council: Inspector, gangs, and rules aplenty"

9/30/21: "September City Council: sins, forks, enforcement"

8/29/21: "New Ill. law means more low (and not so low) income housing"

8/8/21: "July City Council: recondite fight on police oversight"

7/19/21: "Pre-Independence Day, council not docile"

6/21/21: "May Council jostles housing, delays Drive strive"

5/18/21: "Cannabis and LSD trip up April City Council"

4/20/21: "India refuters, industry polluters grip March City Council"

3/19/21: "Ald. Andre Vasquez takes on gerrymandered, back-room ward remapping"

3/11/21: "February City Council: Who CARES about COVID-19 police costs?"

2/16/21: "Ward remap flap: Latino Caucus vs. Lightfoot"

2/9/21: "Crossing Metra on TIF, Council has tiffs on maps and carjacks"

1/9/21: "Aldermen abrade mayor, corrade layers of failed raid"

12/26/20: "Chicago inspector general: police reform hindered by key departures"

12/16/20: "Chicago 2021 budget vote: mayor players and naysayers"

11/17/20: "Paul Vallas on Chicago's 2021 budget--and beyond"

10/17/20: "How to vote for Cook County judges"

10/24/20: "October City Council: aldermen pump brakes on contracting and TIF"

10/6/20: "Aldermen arise and compromise in late summer councils"

9/23/20: "Ald. Anthony Beale: looting, Lightfoot, and attempts to 'silence our voice' "

8/5/20: "July City Council: landlords, landmarks, copwatch, and tribute"

7/4/20: "Aldermen trace race space in June council meeting"

6/6/20: "Slippery slopes and mayoral tropes mark May City Council"

5/6/20: "Lightfoot's council power push: beggars, blank checks, and speed bumps"

3/27/20: "Fire of aldermen's ire distracts from dire times"

3/3/20: "February City Council debate: how to lose a winner"

1/20/20: "City Council wrap-up: Lightfoot scold, aldermen fold"

12/20/19: "Aldermen proclaim principles in budget 'no' votes"

12/11/19: "City budget for dummies with Council Office of Financial Analysis"

10/13/19: "Chicagoans advise and chastise Lightfoot at budget town halls"

8/11/19: "Secrets learned by--and kept from--newbie aldermen: La Spata's gotta grasp"

6/13/19: "Good-bye to Ben Joravsky interviews, but more to come"

8/16/19: "Lightfoot administration defends Lincoln Yards TIF . . . why?"

5/29/19: "Megadevelopments like Lincoln Yards could face light footing"

4/11/19: "Cortland/Chicago River and Lincoln Yards TIF: final rules, duels, and reveals"

2/23/19: "Flipping TIF myths with mayoral candidates"

11/6/18: "Mr Bike: Mayoral candidates transportation challenge"

1/21/19: "Why and how wealthy Dem donor fired Joravsky from WCPT radio"

12/18/18: "A reporter's view of the Cortland TIF and Lincoln Yards"

10/22/18: "Ballot salad: Too many Chicago elections?"

8/28/18: "TIF take: opaque, no brake"

5/9/18: "Ask Mr Bike: Biking while black, traffic law, Supreme Court nominees, and Barack Obama"

7/8/18: "Congress Theater TIF, term limits: sensible schemes?"

6/20/18: "Public input on city budget is no oversight"

5/9/18: "Mr Bike: Trains, planes, and cyclist pains"

5/1/18: "Liberal and progressive: How do they differ?"

3/21/18: "Dave and Ben dissect voting, transit, and development"

3/16/18: "Primary lessons for voters and news media"

2/14/18: "A tweet-level look at Cook County Board meetings"

12/25/17: "Mr Bike's winter tips and mayoral quips"

12/8/17: "Rahm fired up about--but not firing--Forrest Claypool"

11/5/17: "Ben Joravsky's guide to asking tough questions"

10/2/17: "The Reader's new owners: well-heeled, hands-off"

10/2/17: "Tips and politics around Chicago bicycling"

8/13/17: "Mr Bike: Transit assets bring biking boost"

7/11/17: "Strike-primed Reader staff ache over takeover"

7/2/17: "Rauner's reforms: riff on Obama's form?"

5/11/17: "Claypool, Kennedy, Axelrod: Can you believe 'em?"

5/10/17: "Ben's new radio gig on WCPT-AM"

4/11/17: "Do Chicago bike riders blindly support the mayor?"

3/7/17: "School cash crisis tips Rauner's hand, marks Rahm's brand"

1/18/17: "Rich-guy Rahm comm"

11/17/16: "Trump and transit: Rahm railroads Red Line appeal"

10/10/16: "Reader staff goes public on contract talks"

10/4/16: "Aldermen float, sink TIF school funding"

9/16/16: "Divvy and Fleet suck from the TIF teat"