The Ben Joravsky Show

Ben's thoughts on last night's debate and the beef between Bernie and Elizabeth Warren. What went down at Wednesday's city council meeting? Mayor Lightfoot defends the Chicago City Club and Legendary Journalist Monroe Anderson talks Trump, Trump, the debate and Trump See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Jennifer Welch, CEO of  Planned Parenthood of Illinois  tells us why Roe V. Wade is more relevant than ever and our friends Laurie Glenn and Juanita Irizarry return to take the deep dive on the Obama Center and the 2020 POTUS race. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Ben compares an event in 2020 to a television show from the 1970's (hang tight millennials) Good news for POTUS candidate Amy Klobuchar in Illinois. Did Kim Foxx survive her ballot petition battle? Maya Dukmasova returns to talk Bernie vs Warren and democratic infighting. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info...

Before a new week of Chicago and/or Illinois news begins, find out what happened last week. The latest updates on the 3rd Congressional District Election: Marie Newman vs Dan Lipinski Round 2! Meet one of Kim Foxx's Cook County State's Attorney primary opponents. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Mark Brown is a Chicago Sun-Times columnist who specializes in politics and public policy issues See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

WBEZ Reporter Dan Mihalopoulos returns to talk the rape allegation of a powerful lobbyist in Speaker Michael Madigan's inner circle. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Committeeman Peter Janko along with Our Revolution's Larry Cohen share their love for Bernie Sanders and the political know it alls Jacob Kaplan and Dan Pogorzelski talk all things Chicago and/or Illinois politics. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Cook County States Attorney candidate Bill Conway gets more campaign cash. What's the difference between a "bro" and a "hipster?" Sun-Times Editor Rummana Hussain returns for another Rummana Rundown. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Union man Ed Maher of the IUOE Local 150 returns to talk Labor and cannabis. Another guide to getting high "The Dope Dive" with resident reefer expert Lisa Solomon of The Chicago Reader See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

He's the attorney for Rod Blagojevich and he has a lot on his mind. Epstein, Russia-Gate, impeachment and more with Attorney Leonard Goodman See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Vice President of The Chicago Teachers Union Stacy Davis Gates is back to talk like after the teachers strike, the 2020 election and all things local politics! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Ben talks Golden Globes. 3rd Congressional Democratic candidate Dan Lipinski picks up a handful of endorsments while getting bashed on twitter by the Chicago Mayor. Our Chicago Reader Colleague Maya Dukmasova returns to the show to talk local politics. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Lisa Solomon of the Chicago Reader gets us prepared for legal recreational cannabis in 2020 and Ben's dear friend and writer Milo Samardzija shares his thought on war and marijuana. (these are segments from Tuesday December 31st) See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

What dispensaries are still selling recreational cannabis? Which Chicago neighborhood near you will be selling recreational cannabis? Who is the latest Illinois politician to be investigated by the feds? What will Rummana Hussain recommend and what will she say about in this week's Rummana's Rundown? All of these answers and more in hour 1 of Friday's Ben Joravsky Show. See Privacy Policy at https...

POTUS Candidate updates and Robin Peterson of the Democratic Socialists of America See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Recreational marijuana is legal in Illinois. Find out what went down on day one and an update on day 2. Miles Kampf-Lassin of "In These Times" Magazine is back to talk progressive politics...and of course legal marijuana See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

5 down and 5 more to go! Ben and Dennis end 2019 with the their top 5 Chicago and or Illinois Stories of 2019. What's number 1? Download it now and find out!! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Ben's dear friend and Writer Milo Samardzija shares his thought on war and marijuana. Host of the Paseo Podcast Joshua Smyser-DeLeon talks about his show and weighs in on the 2020 POTUS race and it's Numbers 7 and 6 of our Top Ten Chicago and/or Illinois stories of 2019 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

We begin our top ten Chicago and/or Illinois story countdown (numbers 10-8) and Lisa Solomon of the Chicago Reader gets us prepared for legal recreational marijuana in 2020 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Ben Joravsky loves basketball. This is a Chicago Bulls/NBA season update. Who's doing well? Who isn't? All of that and more with Editor Miles and Benji the Bookie. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Director of the Black Harvest Film Festival, Sergio Mims joins Benny J to tell us his 5 favorite movies of 2019 and the top 10 of the decade! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .