The Chicago Way by WGN Plus

Mild mannered Chicago Tribune columnist John Kass and WGN Radio's Jeff Carlin explore the week in news, politics and other thngs done the Chicago Way in this WGN Plus podcast from WGN Radio in Chicago.

Radio: WGN Radio 720 AM

Category: News & Politics

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- The Chicago Way w/John Kass: Hero dispatcher remembers the night Ella French was murdered and why he resigned

Fri, 12 Aug 2022
417
- The Chicago Way w/John Kass: A time-traveling newsman and the cheeps that keep him going

Tue, 09 Aug 2022
416
- The Chicago Way w/John Kass: What George Soros, Kim Foxx, and others get wrong about criminal ‘(in)justice’

Mon, 01 Aug 2022
415
- The Chicago Way w/John Kass: Can a dome keep the Bears from fleeing and the mayor in power?

Fri, 29 Jul 2022
414
- The Chicago Way w/John Kass: What will it take to stem the tide of violence? The former Deputy Mayor has some thoughts

Tue, 26 Jul 2022
413
- The Chicago Way w/John Kass: The fist-bump heard ’round the world and the Carter Meridian

Tue, 19 Jul 2022
412
- The Chicago Way w/John Kass: In a world full of chaos, there is magic in the stars

Wed, 13 Jul 2022
411
- The Chicago Way w/John Kass: The Turkish origins of the ‘deep state’

Wed, 06 Jul 2022
410
- The Chicago Way w/John Kass: Who’s the boss of politics in Illinois?

Fri, 01 Jul 2022
409
- The Chicago Way w/John Kass: An editor’s take on the fall of newspapers

Mon, 27 Jun 2022
408
- The Chicago Way w/John Kass: Combine politicos sniffing around the Chi Mayor’s race

Tue, 21 Jun 2022
407
- The Chicago Way w/John Kass: How ideologues tip the scale of justice and criminals reap the benefit

Wed, 15 Jun 2022
406
- The Chicago Way w/John Kass: Polls, primaries, and politics

Mon, 06 Jun 2022
405
- The Chicago Way w/John Kass: Mayoral candidate Paul Vallas has a plan to save Chicago from itself

Wed, 01 Jun 2022
404
- The Chicago Way w/John Kass: What the $%&* is going on in Chicago?

Sat, 28 May 2022
403
- The Chicago Way w/John Kass: The Furies own the chaos in the streets

Fri, 20 May 2022
402
- The Chicago Way w/John Kass: Big thinker Heather Mac Donald tackles ‘The War on Cops’

Sat, 14 May 2022
401
- The Chicago Way w/John Kass: Warm weather, gunfire, and the ‘Summer of Joy’

Mon, 09 May 2022
400
- The Chicago Way w/John Kass: Who benefits more from giving away tax dollars at random, the city or the re-election?

Fri, 29 Apr 2022
399
- The Chicago Way w/John Kass: How the ‘donor class’ in IL leads voters into peril

Mon, 25 Apr 2022
398
- The Chicago Way w/John Kass: Is Paul Vallas up for the challenge of fixing Chicago?

Tue, 19 Apr 2022
397
- The Chicago Way w/John Kass: Welcome to the counterculture of ‘The Chicago Thinker’

Fri, 15 Apr 2022
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- The Chicago Way w/John Kass: Ald. Ray Lopez likes his chances for being Chicago’s next mayor

Mon, 11 Apr 2022
395
- The Chicago Way w/John Kass: When science and culture collide, ‘experts’ rule the day

Sat, 09 Apr 2022
394
- The Chicago Way w/John Kass: Will the candidates for Moutza of the Month please stand up

Wed, 06 Apr 2022
393
- The Chicago Way w/John Kass (04/01/22): The story of ‘Johnny Two Rods’

Fri, 01 Apr 2022
392
- The Chicago Way w/John Kass: Professor Charles Lipson shares a lesson in leadership

Tue, 29 Mar 2022
391
- The Chicago Way w/John Kass: A tribute to Greek Independence Day

Fri, 25 Mar 2022
390
- The Chicago Way w/John Kass: The culture of winning and why it matters

Tue, 22 Mar 2022
389
- The Chicago Way w/John Kass: An effort to recall SA Kim Foxx is brewing, would you sign the petition?

Fri, 18 Mar 2022
388
- The Chicago Way w/John Kass: Eric Shawn presents the Windy City connection to the Hoffa ‘Riddle’

Wed, 16 Mar 2022
387
- The Chicago Way w/John Kass: Kim Foxx’s rebuke to justice and THE book on Mike Madigan

Sat, 12 Mar 2022
386
- The Chicago Way w/John Kass: Ron Onesti doesn’t like being lied to by Mayor ‘Liefoot’

Mon, 07 Mar 2022
385
- The Chicago Way w/John Kass: Mike Madigan’s legacy and Lori Lightfoot’s colorful language

Fri, 04 Mar 2022
384
- The Chicago Way w/John Kass: Ald. Lopez worries about the ‘media blacklist’ at City Hall and the investigation into ‘Yolandagate’

Wed, 02 Mar 2022
383
- The Chicago Way w/John Kass: Will the Feds take a closer look at CPD Chief Talley?

Thu, 24 Feb 2022
382
- The Chicago Way w/John Kass: A veteran diplomat and trusted source looks at the diplomacy of Eastern Europe

Mon, 21 Feb 2022
381
- The Chicago Way w/John Kass: A guide to burying news of a police boss, a niece, and a drug bust

Fri, 18 Feb 2022
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- The Chicago Way w/John Kass: Political guru Thom Serafin decodes ‘politicalese’

Mon, 14 Feb 2022
379
- The Chicago Way w/John Kass: When local school board meetings are driven into chaos by those in ‘charge’

Thu, 10 Feb 2022
378
- The Chicago Way w/John Kass: Pritzker’s financial shell game and how it impacts taxpayers

Mon, 07 Feb 2022
377
- The Chicago Way w/John Kass: Truman the Mule, the great Charles Lipson, and a SCOTUS pick

Mon, 31 Jan 2022
376
- The Chicago Way w/John Kass: Mollie Hemingway says the 2020 election was ‘Rigged’ and she has the receipts

Sun, 23 Jan 2022
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- The Chicago Way w/John Kass: RCP’s Tom Bevan looks at the ‘Thelma and Louise’ scenario facing Democrats in ’22

Mon, 17 Jan 2022
374
- The Chicago Way w/John Kass: Megyn Kelly on her time in Chicago

Fri, 07 Jan 2022
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- The Chicago Way w/John Kass: A Christmas column tradition

Tue, 21 Dec 2021
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- The Chicago Way w/John Kass: Prof. Glenn Loury explores how woke policies are driving violent crime in urban America and crushing Black America

Fri, 17 Dec 2021
371
- The Chicago Way w/John Kass: What is citizenship?

Thu, 09 Dec 2021
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- The Chicago Way w/John Kass: Former prosecutor Robert Milan unpacks the bad policies driving surging violent crime

Wed, 01 Dec 2021
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- The Chicago Way w/John Kass: A Thanksgiving lesson in tradition from a pheasant hunt

Tue, 23 Nov 2021

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