Wednesday Podcast: Joi Podgorny

June 24, 2009 No comments yet

If you’re lonely it’s not the internet’s fault. Joi is a kids online communities specialist, and digital socialite extrodinare. – [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Download here “My bread and butter is community, I make people be friends with each other and talk to each other and have those kinds of relationships” For [...]

Wednesday Podcast: Jesse Alexander

June 17, 2009 7 comments

Jesse is a transgender guy who recently changed his name and pronoun. I know Jesse because he plays drums with Tom Fort in a Chicago band I love called Cobalt and the Hired Guns. We talk about identity, changing names and the gender as a continuum. – [Audio clip: view full post to listen] download [...]

Managing Musicians: "I Just Want to See People Make it to the Next Level"

June 3, 2009 1 comment

Mike Pallen talks about the three Chicago artist and what he does to promote them. – - – - – - – - – - [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Download here Mike Manages Grimm Taylor, and Peter Terry. He also does development work for former America’s Top Model contestant Sarah VonderHaar. Tomorrow [...]

Sterch’s Obituary

May 29, 2009 2 comments

Sterch’s or Sterch’s 66 doesn’t look like it used to. There is a new feel to the bar and a new crowd. Usually I wouldn’t notice, but Sterch’s is something of an institution. I asked Sterch’s regular Adrian Bleifuss Prados if he wanted to do an interview about the changes at his favorite bar. He [...]

UFC 98: Podcast Preview

May 22, 2009 No comments yet

This podcast is a preview for the light-heavy-weight title fight between Rashard Evans and Lyoto Machida and a taste of the great interview coming up with Inside Fighting writer Elias Cepeda. – [Audio clip: view full post to listen]

Wednesday Podcast: Teaching in Japan

May 20, 2009 2 comments

Every highschool student in Japan has a rank, a number and a home room. Some of them have to clean their school bathroom. Former Japanese-High-School teacher Amanda McClintock explains. – [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Download here

Wednesday Podcast: Tom Fort Interview

May 13, 2009 2 comments

Today’s interview is with Chicago musician Tom Fort, guitarist, singer and one of the front men for Cobalt and the Hired Guns. We talk about the Chicago music scene, opening for Dashboard Confessional, and the third heat. – [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Download here

Playlist for Mama

May 11, 2009 No comments yet

My Mama was there when I bought my first album and the person who taught me to love music. I would be surprised if a lot of you weren’t in the same boat. So this mother’s day let’s have a little music for the Mamas and probably the mamacitas too.

Wednesday Podcast: Robin Kacyn Interview

May 4, 2009 No comments yet

In today’s podcast actress Robin Kacyn talks about Diversey Harbor, Theater Seven and playing herself (sort of). [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Download Here Diversey Harbor runs through May 10 so if you gonna go you best get to getting.

Old Media Showdown

May 1, 2009 No comments yet

The Economist recently published an article questioning the long term viability of broadcast television.  If their chart (below) is to be believed they are probably right. CBS however found the economist’s article too “dramatic.”  Their response letter is printed below. —- SIR – Your article “The not-so-big four” (April 11th) is certainly dramatic, but is excessively negative [...]



North and Clark

By: Casey Brazeal