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622 - Chicago Way w/John Kass: Summer is for the brave

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.

622 - Chicago Way w/John Kass: Summer is for the brave

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Episodes

Chicago Way w/John Kass: Summer is for the brave

Chicago Way w/John Kass: Don’t (bleep) with a pit bull’s reputation

Chicago Way w/John Kass: Hopium and the well-dressed chili powder thief

Chicago Way w/John Kass: ‘Tips’ for Mother’s Day

Chicago Way w/John Kass: A different time in D.C.

Chicago Way w/John Kass: On the hunt for politicization in U.S. intelligence

Chicago Way w/John Kass: A time for reflection

Chicago Way w/John Kass: Trump’s Iranian tightrope

Chicago Way w/John Kass: Alders warn us ‘wrong place, wrong time’ but they created this

Chicago Way w/John Kass: A blueprint for getting involved in the Republic

Chicago Way w/John Kass: Authoritarianism cometh from Springfield

Chicago Way w/John Kass: Dan Proft responds to Darren Bailey’s whining

Chicago Way w/John Kass: Back from the brink, again

Chicago Way w/John Kass: Winter returns on a good horse in the snow

Chicago Way w/John Kass: Keeping Chicago’s Irish heritage alive

Chicago Way w/John Kass: Quantifying trust

Chicago Way w/John Kass: A lesson from Princeton on the summer of 1861

Chicago Way w/John Kass: On the brink

Chicago Way w/John Kass: Still no compassion from the media or politicians for a father’s loss

Chicago Way w/John Kass: The good, the bad, and the ugly of the Illinois’ judiciary

Chicago Way w/John Kass: Charles Lipson looks at how 2026 might unfold

Chicago Way w/John Kass: Like frogs in a pot, happy New Year

Chicago Way w/John Kass: O Holy Night

Chicago Way w/John Kass: A Christmas soup debate

Chicago Way w/John Kass: A funeral for a friend and the city’s finances

Chicago Way w/John Kass: Why Pastor Brooks has zero confidence in Mayor Johnson

Chicago Way w/John Kass: Retired police chief talks SAFE-T Act reforms, Reed case

Chicago Way w/John Kass: A Thanksgiving need for a warm cup of Midwestern common sense

Chicago Way w/John Kass: Who can heal the basket case city?

Chicago Way w/John Kass: A recipe for compromise

Chicago Way w/John Kass: A smile to bring down a city

Chicago Way w/John Kass: Revolutionary times

Chicago Way w/John Kass: ‘No Kings’ rallies and Pritzker’s gambling habits

Chicago Way w/John Kass: Chaos reigns over local LEO/FED interactions, almost by design

Chicago Way w/John Kass: An origin story

Chicago Way w/John Kass: A retired judge on how a bad apple can spoil the bunch

Chicago Way w/John Kass: What the FCC’s Carr got wrong about Jimmy Kimmel

Chicago Way w/John Kass: Where do we go from here?

Chicago Way w/John Kass: Illinois voters have a clear choice for their future

Chicago Way w/John Kass: Over 50 shot this weekend, but we don’t need help

Chicago Way w/John Kass: When IL Dems play Russian roulette with our children

Chicago Way w/John Kass: The iron triangle of deception

Chicago Way w/John Kass: Obama, Pritzker, and the stories they tell

Chicago Way w/John Kass: Ald. Reilly leading the way for ‘closet moderates’ against Preckwinkle

Chicago Way w/John Kass: Dead people voting, flooded basements, and The Nice Man

Chicago Way w/John Kass: A wake-up call for NYC from the Windy City

Chicago Way w/John Kass: Freedom rings

Chicago Way w/John Kass: On the road at the Sicilian Summer Block Party

Chicago Way w/John Kass: Business as usual means someone else’s hand in you pocket

Chicago Way w/John Kass: Straight from the butcher’s mouth

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