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The Ben Joravsky Show

Reader senior writer Ben Joravsky riffs on the day's stories with his celebrated humor, insight, and honesty, and interviews politicians, activists, journalists and other political know-it-alls. Pres... Read more

Ranked #1

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Sergio Mims & Adolfo Mondragon--Gangster Movie Geekfest

Sergio Mims & Adolfo Mondragon--Gangster Movie Geekfest

SPOILER ALERT: Benny J, Director of the Black Harvest Film Festival Sergio Mims and election lawyer/movie buff Adolfo Mo... Read more

28 Mar 2021

1hr 4mins

Ranked #2

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A Benny J Replay: With South Bend Mayoral Candidate Henry Davis Gates Jr.

A Benny J Replay: With South Bend Mayoral Candidate Henry Davis Gates Jr.

Meet the man who ran against Pete Buttigieg for Mayor of South Bend Indiana in 2015 and learn more about the 2020 POTUS ... Read more

23 Jun 2019

1hr 17mins

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Wednesday September 25: With Monroe Anderson, Atiba Buchanan & Kelly Kean

Wednesday September 25: With Monroe Anderson, Atiba Buchanan & Kelly Kean

Who's the latest Illinois politician to get their office raided? Mayor Lightfoot is facing another union strike. Legenda... Read more

25 Sep 2019

2hr 5mins

Ranked #4

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BONUS! Sunday September 15: "The Jeffrey Epstein Deep Dive" With Attorney Len Goodman

BONUS! Sunday September 15: "The Jeffrey Epstein Deep Dive" With Attorney Len Goodman

Criminal defense attorney Leonard Goodman explores the theory that Jeffrey Epstein was an undercover agent for the feds.... Read more

15 Sep 2019

1hr 2mins

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COVID-19 With Dr. Howard Ehrman

COVID-19 With Dr. Howard Ehrman

Howard Ehrman MD, MPH Assistant Professor at UIC College of Medicine explains how we should have confronted the coronavi... Read more

14 Mar 2020

51mins

Ranked #6

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Leonard Goodman, Byron Sigcho- Lopez & Loreen Targos

Leonard Goodman, Byron Sigcho- Lopez & Loreen Targos

Blagojevich Attorney Leonard Goodman returns to talk what else...Blago!! 25th Ward Alderman Byron Sigcho-Lopez and the E... Read more

6 Mar 2020

1hr 24mins

Ranked #7

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Four Years Ago: Lightfoot beats Preckwinkle!

Four Years Ago: Lightfoot beats Preckwinkle!

April 3, 2019. We're in the time capsule, returning to the day after Mayor Lightfoot defeated Toni Preckwinkle. Trump's ... Read more

Ranked #8

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"Pritzker's Downstate of Mind" & Miles Kampf-Lassin

"Pritzker's Downstate of Mind" & Miles Kampf-Lassin

Ben says something nice about the Chicago Tribune (or at least one of their writers) Governor Pritzker's trip to Souther... Read more

23 Jan 2020

1hr 21mins

Ranked #9

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Best of Ben: Monroe Anderson, Micah Uetricht & Brandon Johnson

Best of Ben: Monroe Anderson, Micah Uetricht & Brandon Johnson

August 28, 2019: Pritzker talks the Thompson Center. Lori Lightfoot gives her own 100 day mayoral review. Legendary Chic... Read more

Ranked #10

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BONUS! Tiger King in Review: With Scott Duff

BONUS! Tiger King in Review: With Scott Duff

Comedian Scott Duff gives his take on Joe Exotic, Carole Baskin and many of the other bizarre characters from Tiger Kin... Read more

12 Apr 2020

36mins

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"Ruth's Chris-Gate!" & Rummana Hussain

"Ruth's Chris-Gate!" & Rummana Hussain

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-m... Read more

17 Apr 2020

1hr 56mins

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Tuesday November 19: With Maya Dukmasova & Troy LaRaviere

Tuesday November 19: With Maya Dukmasova & Troy LaRaviere

Cullerton has announced his retirement and we already have a replacement front-runner. Mayor Lightfoot's minimum wage pl... Read more

19 Nov 2019

2hr 23mins

Ranked #13

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"MAGA Hat Friday" Laurie Glenn & Juanita Irizarry

"MAGA Hat Friday" Laurie Glenn & Juanita Irizarry

Ben follows the MAGA-hat logic of a John Kass column. And Laurie & Juanita talk about who they want Biden to select ... Read more

10 Apr 2020

1hr 51mins

Ranked #14

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Tuesday October 8: Stacy Davis-Gates of The Chicago Teachers Union (interview only)

Tuesday October 8: Stacy Davis-Gates of The Chicago Teachers Union (interview only)

A Chicago teachers strike is looming and Stacy Davis-Gates talks one on one with Benny J on where they stand in their ne... Read more

8 Oct 2019

43mins

Ranked #15

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Thursday March 7: With Maya Dukmasova, Ryan Kelly & Scott Waguespack

Thursday March 7: With Maya Dukmasova, Ryan Kelly & Scott Waguespack

Is the media being unfair to Toni Preckwinkle? Learning about our 2019 Chicago Treasurer Candidates, Chicago Reader Colu... Read more

7 Mar 2019

2hr 21mins

Ranked #16

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Stacy Davis Gates

Stacy Davis Gates

Vice President of The Chicago Teachers Union Stacy Davis Gates is back to talk like after the teachers strike, the 2020 ... Read more

8 Jan 2020

1hr 13mins

Ranked #17

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BONUS! Alaina Hampton & Joanna Klonsky

BONUS! Alaina Hampton & Joanna Klonsky

Our good friend and Political strategist Joanna Klonsky returns and is joined by Alaina Hampton. Alaina Hampton was one ... Read more

16 Dec 2019

1hr

Ranked #18

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Tuesday July 30: With Rachel Joravsky, Danielle Degrasse Alston, Amisha Patel, Gaylon Alcarez & Mystery Guest

Tuesday July 30: With Rachel Joravsky, Danielle Degrasse Alston, Amisha Patel, Gaylon Alcarez & Mystery Guest

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-m... Read more

Ranked #19

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"Trump Disinfectant Friday" & Sergio Mims

"Trump Disinfectant Friday" & Sergio Mims

Ben compares and contrasts COVID briefings by Donald Trump and Governor Pritzker. Also, Sergio Mims, co-founder of the B... Read more

24 Apr 2020

1hr 50mins

Ranked #20

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Thursday August 15: With Jaime Andrade Jr. & David Feller

Thursday August 15: With Jaime Andrade Jr. & David Feller

Jaime Andrade Jr. is serving as State Representative of Illinois' 40th Legislative District. Dave Feller is a Chicago De... Read more

15 Aug 2019

1hr 14mins

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