John Kass

Chicago Way w/John Kass (08/17/26): Businessman and philanthropist Willie Wilson joins John Kass & Jeff Carlin to talk about why he wants to run for Chicago mayor again, who he thinks is 'mentally ill' for questioning his reasons, and what he thinks about

By James Banakis August 16th, 2026 Samuel Taylor Coleridge famously defined poetry as, "the best words in the best order". This definition captures the essence of rhythms, emotions, and vivid imagery of this literary art. The reason I find this definition

By Paul Vallas August 12th,2026 Having approved yet another unbalanced city budget that does little to address the district's abysmal academic performance or the absence of real accountability, it comes as no surprise that the district is doubling down on

Chicago Way w/John Kass (08/10/26): Charles Lipson is back, joining John Kass & Jeff Carlin to discuss why 'democratic socialism' is on the rise in the United States, who is pushing this shift within the Democratic Party, and what it means for the future

By James Banakis August 9th, 2026 Last night I rewatched a movie I had forgotten from my teens, The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming. The 1966 film a comedy, starring the incomparable Alan Arkin as a Soviet officer whose crewmen go ashore for

By David Bittinger August 7th, 2026 In the summer of 1958, the New York Yankees were cruising to another triumphant season. A couple hundred miles southwest, the leader of another powerful, bullying organization, Don Vito Genovese, took the Fifth Amendmen

By Pat Hickey August 5, 2026 I authored the following article for Irish American News in September of 2020. Since that time Cabo's Ice Cream shop in Washington, Michigan City has turned to truck food service and can longer avail myself of their magnificen

Chicago Way w/John Kass (08/03/26): This week, Dr. Cory Franklin - who spend over 25 years at Cook County Hospital in Chicago, joins Jeff Carlin to make sense of what Dr. Anthony Fauci did wrong, why he's in the hot seat now, and when - if ever - modern s

By Paul Vallas July 31, 2026 Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker appears to regard vulgarity as acceptable. Recall his remarks at the Illinois Federation of Teachers convention in October, when he told President Trump and his cronies to "f- all the way off" -

By Cory Franklin July 30th 2026 Chicago is arguably the city with a history of more great radio disc jockeys than anywhere else. And when Bob Stroud retired recently after 45 years as a Chicago rock-jock, it meant possibly the last great distinct radio pe