Podcasts by The Mincing Rascals
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The Mincing Rascals 9.21.22: CPD shooting, Mega Millions, NY AG sues Donald Trump from 2022-09-21T23:30:23
The Mincing Rascals this week are John Williams of WGN Radio, Eric Zorn of The Picayune Sentinel and The Daily Herald, and Neil Steinberg of the Chicago Sun-Times. The smal...
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The Mincing Rascals 2.23.22: School mask mandates, Russia-Ukraine crisis, and the race for Illinois Secretary of State from 2022-02-24T00:44:40
The Mincing Rascals are John Williams of WGN Radio, Eric Zorn of The Picayune Sentinel and The Daily Herald, Austin Berg of the Illinois Policy Institute, Chicago Tribune editor and writer Lisa Don...
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The Mincing Rascals 2.16.22: Ald. Patrick Daley Thompson convicted, GOP gubernatorial candidates get big donations, and an Olympic doping controversy from 2022-02-17T00:39:09
The Mincing Rascals this week are John Williams of WGN Radio, Eric Zorn of The Picayune Sentinel and The Daily Herald, Heather Cherone of WTTW, and Austin Berg of...
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The Mincing Rascals 2.9.22: Mask mandates, Olympic drama, and the race to replace Rep. Bobby Rush from 2022-02-10T00:01:40
The Mincing Rascals are John Williams of WGN Radio, Eric Zorn of The Picayune Sentinel and The Daily Herald, Jon Hansen of WGN Radio and Block Club Chicago. and&#...
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The Mincing Rascals 2.2.22: Vaccine mandate for city employees, Rep. Marie Newman under investigation, and a new marketing slogan for Chicago from 2022-02-03T01:03:04
The Mincing Rascals are John Williams of WGN Radio, Eric Zorn of The Picayune Sentinel and The Daily Herald, Heather Cherone of WTTW, Austin Berg of the Illi...
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The Mincing Rascals 1.26.22: Justice Stephen Breyer to retire, the race for Illinois governor, and NFL overtime rules from 2022-01-27T00:56:37
The Mincing Rascals are John Williams of WGN Radio, Eric Zorn of The Picayune Sentinel and The Daily Herald, Jon Hansen of WGN Radio and Block Club Chicago, Chica...
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The Mincing Rascals 1.19.22: Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin tosses his hat into the GOP gubernatorial ring, Jason Van Dyke to be released from prison, and the Wordle craze from 2022-01-20T00:16:57
The Mincing Rascals are John Williams of WGN Radio, Eric Zorn of The Picayune Sentinel and The Daily Herald, Austin Berg of the Illinois Policy Institute and Jon ...
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The Mincing Rascals 1.12.22: Deal reached between CPS and CTU, the race to replace Jesse White, and the future of the Chicago Bears from 2022-01-13T01:10:35
The Mincing Rascals are John Williams of WGN Radio, Eric Zorn of The Picayune Sentinel and The Daily Herald, Heather Cherone of WTTW, Austin Berg of the Illi...
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The Mincing Rascals 1.5.22: CTU vs. CPS, January 6th, vaccine mandates, and Bobby Rush retires from Congress from 2022-01-06T01:08:46
The Mincing Rascals are John Williams of WGN Radio, Eric Zorn of The Picayune Sentinel and The Daily Herald, Heather Cherone of WTTW, Austin Berg of the Illinois Policy Institute and Jon Hansen of ...
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The Mincing Rascals 12.29.21: A Very COVID Christmas from 2021-12-30T00:32:55
The Mincing Rascals are John Williams of WGN Radio, Eric Zorn of The Picayune Sentinel and The Daily Herald, and Lisa Donovan of Chicago Tribune. They begin their discussion with a review of the fa...
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The Mincing Rascals 12.22.21: Chicago vaccine policy, State’s Attorney’s office, Mayor Lightfoot asks for help, Thompson Center from 2021-12-23T10:38:26
The Mincing Rascals are Jon Hansen of Block Club Chicago, Eric Zorn of The Picayune Sentinel and now, The Daily Herald, and Brandon Pope of WCIU and Ebony Magazine. They begin this week’s rou...
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The Mincing Rascals 12.15.21: ‘It’s a twister! It’s a twister!’ from 2021-12-16T00:11:04
The Mincing Rascals are John Williams of WGN Radio, Eric Zorn of The Picayune Sentinel and Austin Berg of Illinois Policy Institute. They begin by discussing the several tornadoes that tore through...
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The Mincing Rascals 12.8.21: Vaccinate for insurance, Chicago angst, virus variants in the media from 2021-12-09T00:47:57
The Mincing Rascals are John Williams of WGN Radio, Brandon Pope of Ebony Magazine and WCIU, Lisa Donovan of Chicago Tribune, Heather Cherone of WTTW and Jon Hansen of Block Club Chicago. They disc...
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The Mincing Rascals 12.1.21: Jussie Smollett trial, Omicron, Roe v. Wade challenge, ‘Get Back’ from 2021-12-01T22:28:10
The Mincing Rascals are John Williams of WGN Radio, Eric Zorn of The Picayune Sentinel and Austin Berg of Illinois Policy Institute. They discuss a slew of topics that start locally, with the Jussi...
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The Mincing Rascals 11.23.21: Thanksgiving stuffing and mac and cheese, Rittenhouse verdict and the jury system, the Ahmaud Arbery case, and robbery in Chicago from 2021-11-23T23:51:39
The Mincing Rascals are John Williams of WGN Radio, Eric Zorn of the Picayune Sentinel, Lisa Donovan of The Chicago Tribune, Brandon Pope of WCIU and Ebony Magazine, and Jon Hansen of Block Club Ch...
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The Mincing Rascals 11.17.21: Kyle Rittenhouse, Police Union President retires, ‘Gender Queer’ from 2021-11-17T22:45:13
The Mincing Rascals are John Williams of WGN Radio, Eric Zorn of the Picayune Sentinel, Austin Berg of Illinois Policy Institute, Brandon Pope of WCIU and Ebony Magazine and Jon Hansen of Block Clu...
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The Mincing Rascals 11.10.21: Kyle Rittenhouse’s testimony, Adam Kinzinger’s decision not to run for re-election, and Aaron Rodgers from 2021-11-11T00:07:59
The Mincing Rascals are John Williams of WGN Radio, Eric Zorn of the Picayune Sentinel, Jon Hansen of Block Club Chicago, Brandon Pope of WCIU and Lisa Donovan of Chicago Tribune. Listen in as the ...
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The Mincing Rascals 11.03.21: Kyle Rittenhouse goes to court, an off-duty officer is charged for firing at her carjackers, Heather Mack is released from 2021-11-03T23:12:15
It’s a Mincing Rascals Double Feature. This week we bring you not one, but TWO episodes. The first 30-minute special you’ll hear was recorded in front of 1000 WGN Radio listeners at the...
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The Mincing Rascals 10.27.21: Stan Bowman resigns as GM of the Chicago Blackhawks, the Kyle Rittenhouse trial is coming up, and remaps empowering citizens not the powerful from 2021-10-27T23:19:18
The Mincing Rascals are John Williams of WGN Radio, Eric Zorn of the Picayune Sentinel, and Lisa Donovan of Chicago Tribune. The Rascals begin the discussion by breaking down the investigation surr...
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The Mincing Rascals 10.20.21: Chicago police stand against vaccination mandate, a public Mayor Emanuel, gerrymandering from 2021-10-20T23:07:14
The Mincing Rascals are John Williams of WGN Radio, Eric Zorn of the Picayune Sentinel, Lisa Donovan of Chicago Tribune, Austin Berg of Illinois Policy Institute and Heather Cherone of WTTW. The Ra...
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The Mincing Rascals 10.13.21: Unrest at Marist High School, city workers’ vax mandate, Chicago Sky from 2021-10-13T21:27:03
The Mincing Rascals are Jon Hansen of Block Club Chicago, Eric Zorn of The Picayune Sentinel, Brandon Pope of Ebony Magazine and WCIU, Heather Cherone of WTTW and Austin Berg of Illinois Policy Ins...
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The Mincing Rascals 10.6.21: The impact of social media, approaching public officials, Mayor vs. State’s Attorney, and Chicago from 2021-10-06T21:37:26
The Mincing Rascals are Jon Hansen of Block Club Chicago in for John Williams, Eric Zorn of The Picayune Sentinel, Brandon Pope of Ebony Magazine and WCIU and Austin Berg of Illinois Policy Institu...
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The Mincing Rascals 9.29.21: The Bears move, Chicago budget, Obama ground-breaking from 2021-09-29T20:24:59
The Mincing Rascals are John Williams of WGN Radio, Eric Zorn of The Picayune Sentinel, Heather Cherone of WTTW, Brandon Pope of WCIU and Austin Berg of Illinois Policy Institute. They start by dis...
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The Mincing Rascals 9.22.21: Benet Academy, city budget, Gabby Petito, and ivermectin from 2021-09-22T22:12:57
The Mincing Rascals are John Williams of WGN Radio, Eric Zorn of The Picayune Sentinel, Brandon Pope of WCIU and Jon Hansen of Block Club Chicago. They begin local by discussing the decision by Ben...
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The Mincing Rascals 9.15.21: Gov. Newsom stays, COVID-19 deaths of conspiracy theorists, COVID vaccine a requisite by employers from 2021-09-16T02:19:05
The Mincing Rascals are John Williams of WGN Radio, Eric Zorn of The Picayune Sentinel, Lisa Donovan of Chicago Tribune and Austin Berg of Illinois Policy Institute. The Rascals talk about the fail...
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The Mincing Rascals 9.8.21: Unintended youth targets, Alexi Giannoulias’ great idea, the abortion ruling, the 20th anniversary of 9/11 from 2021-09-08T22:32:21
The Mincing Rascals are John Williams of WGN Radio, Eric Zorn, founder of upcoming newsletter, The Picayune Sentinel, Heather Cherone of WTTW, Brandon Pope of WCIU and Austin Berg of Illinois Polic...
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The Mincing Rascals 9.1.21: Unvaccinated parenting, Chicago police priorities, Afghanistan latest, Javy Baez from 2021-09-02T00:04:26
The Mincing Rascals are John Williams of WGN Radio, Eric Zorn and Kristen McQueary formerly of Chicago Tribune and Jon Hansen of Block Club Chicago. They begin by discussing a judge’s order b...
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The Mincing Rascals 8.25.21: Catching expressway shooters, mandatory vaccination rules, the latest from Afghanistan, Kanye West from 2021-08-25T23:42:59
The Mincing Rascals are John Williams of WGN Radio, Eric Zorn, formerly of Chicago Tribune, Lisa Donovan of Chicago Tribune, Austin Berg of Illinois Policy Institute and Brandon Pope of WCIU. The R...
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The Mincing Rascals 8.18.21: Biden Presidency thus far, Afghanistan happenings, police reform, Arne Duncan, and more from 2021-08-19T01:12:33
The Mincing Rascals are John Williams of WGN Radio, “feisty” Eric Zorn formerly with Chicago Tribune, Austin Berg of the Illinois Policy Institute, Jon Hansen of Block Club Chicago, and...
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The Mincing Rascals 8.11.21: Chicago crime, Gov. Cuomo’s resignation, Ben Zobrist divorce trial and the $1 trillion infrastructure deal from 2021-08-12T00:33:34
The Mincing Rascals are John Williams of WGN Radio, Eric Zorn formerly with Chicago Tribune, Austin Berg of the Illinois Policy Institute, Jon Hansen of Block Club Chicago, and Brandon Pope of WCIU...
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The Mincing Rascals 8.4.21: The Lollapalooza hangover of public health, motorcycles frighten with their wheelies, Governor Cuomo exposed from 2021-08-04T22:44:29
The Mincing Rascals are John Williams of WGN Radio, Eric Zorn of thoroughly vindicated former Chicago Tribune columnists, Jon Hansen of Block Club Chicago, Lisa Donovan of Chicago Tribune and Brand...
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The Mincing Rascals 7.28.21: Simone Biles, Chicago COVID protocols, Lollapalooza and committee hearings from 2021-07-28T22:57:45
The Mincing Rascals are John Williams of WGN Radio, Eric Zorn formerly of Chicago Tribune, Brandon Pope of WCIU and Heather Cherone of WTTW. They begin by discussing Simone Biles’ decision to...
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The Mincing Rascals 7.22.21: Lollapalooza will go on, civilian police oversight, Dr. Fauci from 2021-07-22T21:40:13
This week, The Mincing Rascals are John Williams of WGN Radio, Eric Zorn, formerly of Chicago Tribune, Lisa Donovan of Chicago Tribune and Austin Berg of Illinois Policy Institute. They begin their...
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The Mincing Rascals 7.15.21: Chicago Police in Chicago Public Schools, Students following CDC guidelines in the fall, Keegan Casteel and MORE! from 2021-07-15T22:05:20
The Mincing Rascals are John Williams of WGN Radio, Eric Zorn, formerly of The Chicago Tribune, Austin Berg of The Illinois Policy Institute, Jon Hansen of both Block Club Chicago and WGN Radio, an...
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The Mincing Rascals 7.8.21: Violence in Chicago, Kyle Rittenhouse case for self-defense, two high-profile cases from 2021-07-09T00:27:56
The Mincing Rascals are John Williams of WGN Radio, Eric Zorn, formerly of The Chicago Tribune, Heather Cherone of WTTW and Austin Berg of The Illinois Policy Institute. The Rascals begin by discus...
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The Mincing Rascals 7.1.21: Mayor Lightfoot’s initiatives, NCAA compensation, Carl Nassib, police in Chicago from 2021-07-01T23:48:28
This week, the Mincing Rascals are Jon Hansen of Block Club Chicago and WGN Radio, Eric Zorn, formerly of The Chicago Tribune, Lisa Donovan of The Chicago Tribune and Heather Cherone of WTTW. They ...
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The Mincing Rascals 6.24.21: Mayor Lighfoot’s latest efforts, scooters back in Chicago, the ‘Arlington Heights’ Bears, and more! from 2021-06-24T22:43:49
This week, The Mincing Rascals are John Williams of WGN Radio, Eric Zorn of The Chicago Tribune, Austin Berg of The Illinois Policy Institute and Brandon Pope of WCIU. The Rascals begin by evaluati...
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The Mincing Rascals 6.17.21: $10 million vaccination lottery, COVID lab-leak theory, not all Cubs vaxed, Chicago Bears from 2021-06-17T23:34:07
The Mincing Rascals are John Williams of WGN Radio, Eric Zorn of Chicago Tribune, Heather Cherone of WTTW, Jon Hansen of Block Club Chicago and Austin Berg of Illinois Policy Institute. They begin ...
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The Mincing Rascals 6.10.21: Happy Phase Five Eve! from 2021-06-10T21:39:22
The Mincing Rascals are John Williams of WGN Radio, Eric Zorn and Lisa Donovan of Chicago Tribune, and Jon Hansen of Block Club Chicago. They kicked off the discussion by going off on a tangent tal...
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The Mincing Rascals 6.3.21: Mayor Lori Lightfoot in the polls, a year since the riots, the meaning of Pride, Naomi Osaka from 2021-06-03T23:14:21
The Mincing Rascals are John Williams of WGN Radio, Eric Zorn and Lisa Donovan of Chicago Tribune, Brandon Pope of WCIU and Jon Hansen of Block Club Chicago. They discuss Mayor Lightfoot and her wo...
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The Mincing Rascals 5.27.21: The future of Chicago Tribune, Chicago police foot chase policy, renaming Lake Shore Drive, incentivizing the COVID vaccine from 2021-05-27T22:08:34
The Mincing Rascals are John Williams of WGN Radio, Eric Zorn of Chicago Tribune, Brandon Pope of WCIU, Heather Cherone of WTTW and Austin Berg of Illinois Policy Institute. They begin this week...
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The Mincing Rascals 05.20.21: Best-of May 2020 – a different time from 2021-05-20T22:56:39
It’s not a rerun; it’s a best of! The Rascals were not able to assemble a suitable panel this week – it’s like these people have real jobs or something – so we pulled the episode from exactly...
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The Mincing Rascals 5.13.21: The necessity of masks after a vaccine, incentives for getting it, Liz Cheney out, bike safety from 2021-05-13T23:01:26
The Mincing Rascals are John Williams of WGN Radio, Eric Zorn of Chicago Tribune, Heather Cherone of WTTW, Austin Berg of Illinois Policy Institute and Jon Hansen of Block Club Chicago. They begin ...
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The Mincing Rascals 5.6.21: CPS CEO bids farewell, confusion in Kim Foxx’s office, Trump wants his voice back, vaccine hesitancy from 2021-05-06T22:32:22
The Mincing Rascals are John Williams of WGN Radio, Eric Zorn of Chicago Tribune and Austin Berg of Illinois Policy Institute. They begin this week’s debate by discussing the exit of Chicago ...
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The Mincing Rascals 4.29.21: Loretto Hospital latest, Lake Shore Drive rename, vax passes, Anthony Alvarez from 2021-04-29T22:27:12
The Mincing Rascals are John Williams of WGN Radio, Eric Zorn and Lisa Donovan of Chicago Tribune and Jon Hansen of Block Club Chicago. They discuss Block Club’s latest findings on Loretto Ho...
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The Mincing Rascals 4.22.21: Ald. Ed Burke, Mayor Lightfoot, Adam Toledo, Derek Chauvin from 2021-04-22T23:37:46
The Mincing Rascals are John Williams of WGN Radio, Eric Zorn of the Chicago Tribune, Heather Cherone of WTTW, Neil Steinberg of Chicago Sun-Times and Austin Berg of Illinois Policy Institute. They...
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The Mincing Rascals 4.14.2021: COVID vaccines, police-involved shootings, Derek Chauvin murder trial, Chicago Tribune from 2021-04-14T23:51:21
The Mincing Rascals are John Williams of WGN Radio, Eric Zorn, Lisa Donovan of Chicago Tribune and Heather Cherone of WTTW. This week’s episode is a day early for a number of reasons, includi...
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The Mincing Rascals 4.8.2021: Lake Shore Drive shooting, Derek Chauvin trial, 13-year-old shot and killed by police from 2021-04-08T22:54:44
The Mincing Rascals are John Williams of WGN Radio, Eric Zorn and Lisa Donovan of Chicago Tribune, Heather Cherone of WTTW and Austin Berg of Illinois Policy Institute. They begin the podcast by di...
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The Mincing Rascals 4.1.2021: Derek Chauvin, Opening Day, Alden Global Capital from 2021-04-01T23:40:51
The Mincing Rascals are John Williams of WGN Radio, Eric Zorn and Dahleen Glanton of Chicago Tribune, Heather Cherone of WTTW and Austin Berg of Illinois Policy Institute. They begin by discussing ...
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The Mincing Rascals 3.25.2021: Joe Biden’s first formal press conference, Loretto Hospital STILL making headlines, speeding tickets, and MORE from 2021-03-26T00:27:53
The Mincing Rascals are John Williams of WGN Radio, Eric Zorn and Lisa Donovan of Chicago Tribune, Austin Berg of the Illinois Policy Institute and Neil Steinberg of Chicago Sun-Times. They begin t...
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The Mincing Rascals 3.18.2021: Trump Tower accidental vaccinations, IL Senator Darren Bailey, lack of President Joe Biden media appearances and more! from 2021-03-19T03:13:42
The Mincing Rascals are John Williams of WGN Radio, Eric Zorn and Lisa Donovan of Chicago Tribune and Heather Cherone of WTTW. They begin this week’s politics discussion with discussing the situati...
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The Mincing Rascals 3.11.2021: One-year COVID anniversary, vaccine distribution, Maria Pappas and the Chicago Magnificent Mile from 2021-03-12T00:03:31
The Mincing Rascals are John Williams of WGN Radio, Eric Zorn of Chicago Tribune, Heather Cherone of WTTW and Austin Berg of Illinois Policy Institute. They begin this week’s politics discuss...
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The Mincing Rascals 3.4.2021: ‘Ditzy,’ Dr. Seuss and racism, Chicago statues, Governor Cuomo’s job from 2021-03-04T22:04:16
The Mincing Rascals are Eric Zorn of the Chicago Tribune, Heather Cherone of WTTW and Austin Berg of Illinois Policy Institute. They begin their weekly roundtable by discussing the disappearance of...
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The Mincing Rascals 2.25.2021: Edward Guerra Kodatt’s quick turnover, Chicago’s handling of summer riots, CPS teachers and the vaccine, pension crisis from 2021-02-26T00:33:03
The Mincing Rascals are John Williams of WGN Radio, Eric Zorn and Lisa Donovan of Chicago Tribune and Austin Berg of Illinois Policy Institute. The Rascals begin this week’s discussion with t...
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The Mincing Rascals 2.18.2021: COVID-19 anniversary, Speaker Madigan resigns, Rep. Kinzinger’s family, Chicago Tribune’s future from 2021-02-19T00:35:33
The Mincing Rascals are John Williams of WGN Radio, Eric Zorn and Lisa Donovan of Chicago Tribune, Neil Steinberg of Chicago Sun-Times and Austin Berg of Illinois Policy Institute. The Rascals deci...
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The Mincing Rascals 2.11.2021: Impeachment, Chicago teachers return to the classroom, carjackings from 2021-02-11T23:33:05
The Mincing Rascals are John Williams of WGN Radio, Eric Zorn of Chicago Tribune, Heather Cherone of WTTW and Austin Berg of Illinois Policy Institute. They begin with discussing the impeachment tr...
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The Mincing Rascals 2.4.2021: Gov. Pritzker, wearing two masks, COVID vaccinations, CPS vs. CTU, and more from 2021-02-04T23:53:20
The Mincing Rascals are John Williams of WGN Radio, Eric Zorn of Chicago Tribune, Heather Cherone of WTTW and Austin Berg of Illinois Policy Institute. Topics this week range wide. The Rascals cove...
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The Mincing Rascals 1.28.2021: COVID vaccination registration, CPS vs. CTU, carjackings and more from 2021-01-28T23:57:36
The Mincing Rascals are John Williams of WGN Radio, Eric Zorn and Lisa Donovan of Chicago Tribune, Heather Cherone of WTTW and Austin Berg of Illinois Policy Institute. They discuss the distributio...
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The Mincing Rascals 1.21.2021: The Inauguration, President Biden, unity and vaccines from 2021-01-22T03:39:42
The Mincing Rascals are John Williams of WGN Radio, Eric Zorn and Lisa Donovan of the Chicago Tribune, Heather Cherone of WTTW. The Rascals review the Inauguration and the most notable name not to ...
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The Mincing Rascals 1.14.2021: House Speaker Madigan is out, police reform bill, a second impeachment from 2021-01-14T22:15:55
The Mincing Rascals are Eric Zorn of the Chicago Tribune, Heather Cherone of WTTW and Austin Berg of Illinois Policy Institute. They begin by discussing the end of House Speaker Mike Madigan’...
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The Mincing Rascals 1.7.2021: The storming of the Capitol, Father Pfleger and House Speaker Madigan’s future from 2021-01-07T23:20:15
The Mincing Rascals are John Williams of WGN Radio, Heather Cherone of WTTW, Eric Zorn of the Chicago Tribune and Austin Berg of the Illinois Policy Institute. They begin by talking about President...
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The Mincing Rascals 12.30.2020: The last episode of 2020 from 2020-12-30T22:42:51
The Mincing Rascals are John Williams of WGN Radio, Eric Zorn and Lisa Donovan of Chicago Tribune, Heather Cherone of WTTW and Austin Berg of Illinois Policy Institute. They talk about their faith ...
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The Mincing Rascals 12.17.2020: Wrongful police raid, Thanksgiving COVID spike, Mayor Pete, Tom Cruise rant from 2020-12-17T23:19:41
The Mincing Rascals are John Williams of WGN Radio, Eric Zorn and Lisa Donovan of Chicago Tribune and Austin Berg of Illinois Policy Institute. They begin by discussing the video that CBS released ...
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The Mincing Rascals 12.10.2020: Ballot recount, the vaccines, Speaker Madigan, student loan forgiveness from 2020-12-11T00:44
The Mincing Rascals are John Williams of WGN Radio, Eric Zorn and Lisa Donovan of Chicago Tribune and Heather Cherone of WTTW. They start by discussing their new theme song. Then, the Rascals go ov...
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The Mincing Rascals 12.3.2020: CPS in the new year, the fate of yet another term, the Secretary of State’s office, Georgia from 2020-12-03T23:18:58
The Mincing Rascals are John Williams of WGN Radio, Eric Zorn of Chicago Tribune, Heather Cherone of WTTW and Austin Berg of the Illinois Policy Institute. The Rascals begin by talking about the Ch...
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The Mincing Rascals 11.25.2020: A Very Rascally Thanksgiving from 2020-11-25T22:53:16
On this Wednesday edition of the Mincing Rascals your Rascals are John Williams of WGN Radio, Eric Zorn and Lisa Donovan of Chicago Tribune, Heather Cherone of WTTW and Austin Berg of Illinois Poli...
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The Mincing Rascals 11.19.2020: Recounting ballots, what the president-elect knows, House Speaker Madigan and ComEd, Governor Pritzker’s family from 2020-11-19T22:49:44
The Mincing Rascals are John Williams of WGN Radio, Eric Zorn and Lisa Donovan of Chicago Tribune and Heather Cherone of WTTW. They begin this week’s debate by weighing in on the briefings Pr...
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The Mincing Rascals 11.12.2020: COVID rates rise in Chicago, the presidential election results, Pfizer vaccine from 2020-11-12T22:48:33
The Mincing Rascals are John Williams of WGN Radio, Eric Zorn and Lisa Donovan of Chicago Tribune and Austin Berg of Illinois Policy Institute. They begin by discussing the persistently rising case...
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The Mincing Rascals 11.5.2020: Election Week from 2020-11-05T21:42:52
The Mincing Rascals are John Williams of WGN Radio, Eric Zorn, Lisa Donovan and Dahleen Glanton of Chicago Tribune and Austin Berg of the Illinois Policy Institute. They discuss the Election Day th...
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The Mincing Rascals 10.29.2020: Election predictions from 2020-10-29T23:41:52
The Mincing Rascals are John Williams of WGN Radio, Eric Zorn and Lisa Donovan of Chicago Tribune, Austin Berg of Illinois Policy Institute and special guest Thomas Jefferson! It’s the last e...
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The Mincing Rascals 10.22.2020: The next debate, more restrictions, ‘Borat’ is back and Mayor Giuliani is his target from 2020-10-22T22:02:52
The Mincing Rascals are John Williams of WGN Radio, Eric Zorn and Lisa Donovan of Chicago Tribune and Neil Steinberg of Chicago Sun-Times. They begin by discussing the reinstated restrictions acros...
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The Mincing Rascals 10.15.2020: COVID-19 cases continue rising, Dr. Fauci, Hunter Biden e-mails, mail-in voting, city budget, debate from 2020-10-16T00:10:05
The Mincing Rascals are John Williams of WGN Radio, Eric Zorn and Lisa Donovan of Chicago Tribune, Austin Berg of Illinois Policy Institute and Heather Cherone of WTTW. They begin by discussing the...
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The Mincing Rascals 10.08.2020: The President contracts COVID, the VP debate, the ‘Fair Tax’ from 2020-10-09T00:03:20
The Mincing Rascals are John Williams of WGN Radio, Eric Zorn and Lisa Donovan of Chicago Tribune, Heather Cherone of WTTW and Austin Berg of the Illinois Policy Institute. Then, the Rascals discus...
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The Mincing Rascals 10.01.2020: Presidential debate, Kim Foxx doesn’t want to debate, Halloween costumes at the podium, governor self-isolates from 2020-10-02T01:04:59
The Mincing Rascals are John Williams of WGN Radio, Eric Zorn and Lisa Donovan of Chicago Tribune and Austin Berg of Illinois Policy Institute. They begin by discussing the first presidential debat...
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The Mincing Rascals Bonus Episode 9.30.2020: Duking it out over the “Fair Tax” Act from 2020-10-01T00:31:08
Here is a very special edition of the Mincing Rascals. Eric Zorn, Austin Berg and John Williams talk about the “Fair Tax” act.
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The Mincing Rascals 9.24.2020: Transfer of presidential power, mail ballots, justice for Breonna Taylor, Dreadhead Cowboy, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg replacement from 2020-09-24T21:11:26
The Mincing Rascals are John Williams of WGN Radio, Eric Zorn of Chicago Tribune and Heather Cherone of WTTW. The Rascals begin this week’s episode discussing voting by mail and President Tru...
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The Mincing Rascals 09.17.2020: Judge Toomin, Mayor Lightfoot and the FOP, Coronavirus pandemic marks 6 months from 2020-09-17T21:17:15
The Mincing Rascals are Eric Zorn of the Chicago Tribune, Neil Steinberg of Chicago Sun-Times and Heather Cherone of WTTW. They begin by discussing party officials’ call for the dismissal of ...
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The Mincing Rascals 09.10.2020: President Trump’s attempt at keeping all calm during the pandemic, resuming in-person learning and football from 2020-09-10T22:43:31
The Mincing Rascals are John Williams and Steve Bertrand of WGN Radio, Lisa Donovan and Eric Zorn of the Chicago Tribune and Austin Berg of the Illinois Policy Institute. They begin by discussing w...
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The Mincing Rascals 9.3.2020: Illinois facing a ‘fiscal Armageddon,’ Trump vs. Biden in activism, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi set-up from 2020-09-03T21:11:07
The Mincing Rascals are Steve Bertrand of WGN Radio, Eric Zorn of Chicago Tribune, Heather Cherone of WTTW and Austin Berg of Illinois Policy Institute. They start this week’s politics round ...
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The Mincing Rascals 8.27.2020: The police shooting of Jacob Blake, Kenosha riots, Kyle Rittenhouse inserting himself and the debates from 2020-08-28T00:00:52
The Mincing Rascals are John Williams and Ryan Burrow of WGN Radio, and Eric Zorn, Kevin Williams and Lisa Donovan of the Chicago Tribune. They start by sharing their takeaways from the Kenosha rio...
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The Mincing Rascals 8.20.2020: State’s Attorney Kim Foxx, looting, derogatory terms, DNC from 2020-08-22T18:23
The Mincing Rascals are John Williams, Steve Bertrand, Eric Zorn, Heather Cherone and Austin Berg. They begin by discussing Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s defense of her need for security surrounding...
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The Mincing Rascals 08.13.2020: And the Chicago plot thickens… from 2020-08-14T04:46:45
The Mincing Rascals are John Williams and Steve Bertrand of WGN Radio, Heather Cherone of WTTW News, Austin Berg of Illinois Policy Institute and Eric Zorn of the Chicago Tribune. The Rascals spend...
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The Mincing Rascals 08.06.2020: The worst year EVER! from 2020-08-07T04:45:26
The Mincing Rascals are John Williams and Steve Bertrand of WGN Radio and Lisa Donovan and Eric Zorn of the Chicago Tribune. When kicking off the show, the Rascals get derailed by Zorn and head off...
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The Mincing Rascals 7.30.2020: Please silence your phones, the show is about to start! from 2020-07-31T02:07:16
The Mincing Rascals are John Williams and Steve Bertrand of WGN Radio and Eric Zorn of the Chicago Tribune. The Rascals begin by breaking down the possible candidates for Joe Biden’s VP and h...
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The Mincing Rascals 7.23.2020: President Trump remembers, Lightfoot vs. FOP, troops in Chicago, the FBI on Mike Madigan from 2020-07-23T22:22:09
The Mincing Rascals are John Williams of WGN Radio, Eric Zorn and Dahleen Glanton of the Chicago Tribune, Austin Berg of Illinois Policy Institute and Heather Cherone of WTTW. The Rascals begin by ...
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The Mincing Rascals 7.16.2020: The ‘young and healthy’ and a possible rollback in phases, schools’ reopening plans, former CPD Superintendent Eddie Johnson and…masks from 2020-07-16T23:22:08
The Mincing Rascals are John Williams and Steve Bertrand of WGN Radio, Austin Berg of Illinois Policy Institute, Heather Cherone of WTTW and Lisa Donovan of Chicago Tribune. The Rascals talk about ...
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The Mincing Rascals 07.09.2020: Trump’s finances, Tammy v. Tucker, the Blackhawks and back to school from 2020-07-10T18:45:22
The Mincing Rascals are John Williams and Steve Bertrand of WGN Radio, Lisa Donovan, Eric Zorn and Dahleen Glanton of the Chicago Tribune. They discuss the Supreme Court ruling on President Trump&#...
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The Mincing Rascals 7.2.2020: Gun violence rises, fireworks legalization, COVID behaviors, school in the fall, the great mask debate from 2020-07-02T22:32:55
The Mincing Rascals are John Williams and Steve Bertrand of WGN Radio, Heather Cherone of WTTW and Austin Berg of Illinois Policy Institute. They begin by discussing another violent weekend in Chic...
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The Mincing Rascals 6.25.2020: Unemployment, Phase 4, schools reopening, rebranding following Black Lives Matter from 2020-06-25T22:30:28
The Mincing Rascals is John Williams and Steve Bertrand of WGN Radio, Eric Zorn and Lisa Donovan of Chicago Tribune and Austin Berg of Illinois Policy Institute. This episode begins with a personal...
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The Mincing Rascals 6.18.2020: What it means to defund the police, Mayor Lightfoot’s relationship with police, Black Lives Matter and rebranding from 2020-06-18T20:34:44
The Mincing Rascals are Eric Zorn and Dahleen Glanton of the Chicago Tribune, Steve Bertrand of WGN Radio, Heather Cherone of WTTW and Austin Berg of the Illinois Policy Institute. The Rascals begi...
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The Mincing Rascals 6.11.2020: What we’ve learned about racism, profane meeting with the mayor, lakefront trail, more Trump rallies from 2020-06-11T22:24:13
The Mincing Rascals are John Williams and Steve Bertrand of WGN Radio, Lisa Donovan and Eric Zorn of the Chicago Tribune and Austin Berg of Illinois Policy Institute. They begin by discussing the l...
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The Mincing Rascals 6.4.2020: Military presence to stop rioting, President Trump’s strange photo opp, cocktails-to-go from 2020-06-04T22:46:26
The Mincing Rascals are John Williams of WGN Radio, Austin Berg of Illinois Policy Institute and Heather Cherone of WTTW. The Rascals discuss President Trump’s desire to invoke Martial law an...
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The Mincing Rascals 5.28.2020: Black America and excessive force, coronavirus across the country, Restore Illinois, worship at the church from 2020-05-28T22:37:53
The Mincing Rascals are John Williams and Steve Bertrand of WGN Radio, Eric Zorn and Lisa Donovan of Chicago Tribune and Austin Berg of Illinois Policy Institute. They discuss the death of George F...
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The Mincing Rascals 5.21.2020: The president’s own antidote, coronavirus-fueled protests, churches go against stay-at-home order, Illinois unemployment from 2020-05-21T23:07:51
The Mincing Rascals are John Williams and Steve Bertrand of WGN Radio, Eric Zorn of Chicago Tribune, Heather Cherone of WTTW and Austin Berg of Illinois Policy Institute. The Rascals begin by discu...
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The Mincing Rascals 05.14.2020: Chicago’s potential fifth star, flattening of the curve, and the future of dining out from 2020-05-14T22:49:56
The Mincing Rascals are John Williams and Steve Bertrand of WGN Radio, Austin Berg of Illinois Policy Institute, Lisa Donovan and Eric Zorn of the Chicago Tribune. The Rascals were going to start o...
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The Mincing Rascals 05.07.2020: Take a virtual road trip to Washington D.C. with The Rascals from 2020-05-07T22:27:08
The Mincing Rascals are John Williams and Steve Bertrand of WGN Radio, Austin Berg of Illinois Policy Institute, Heather Cherone of WTTW and Eric Zorn of the Chicago Tribune. The Rascals cover an e...
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The Mincing Rascals 04.30.2020: What’s a world like without COVID-19? from 2020-04-30T23:11:52
The Mincing Rascals are John Williams and Steve Bertrand of WGN Radio, Austin Berg of Illinois Policy Institute, Lisa Donovan and Eric Zorn of the Chicago Tribune. The Rascals start off in a house ...
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The Mincing Rascals 04.23.2020: Discussing city, state and federal response. Oh yeah, and Schitt’s Creek from 2020-04-23T22:34:22
The Mincing Rascals are John Williams and Steve Bertrand of WGN Radio, Austin Berg of Illinois Policy Institute, Heather Cherone of WTTW and Eric Zorn of the Chicago Tribune. Listen in as the rasca...
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The Mincing Rascals 04.16.2020: Zoom Zoom Zoom-A Zoom from 2020-04-17T12:54:09
The Mincing Rascals are John Williams of WGN Radio, Austin Berg of Illinois Policy Institute, and Lisa Donovan and Eric Zorn of the Chicago Tribune. Everyone is still hunkered down and dialed in on...
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The Mincing Rascals 04.16.2020: Zoom Zoom Zoom-A Zoom from 2020-04-17T12:54:09
The Mincing Rascals are John Williams of WGN Radio, Austin Berg of Illinois Policy Institute, and Lisa Donovan and Eric Zorn of the Chicago Tribune. Everyone is still hunkered down and dialed in on...
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