Former federal prosecutor Renato Mariotti stops by to discuss the case against Alderman Ed Burke. A Brief History of Burke & Case (1:05), how much trouble is Burke in (4:00), racketeering and how it applies to Burke (6:20), the strength of the government’s case (14:40), plea deals and cooperation (21:05), why start with a criminal complaint (31:00), and Danny Solis (36:20).

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Interview with Renato Mariotti

Candidate for the 7th Congressional District Kristine Schanbacher sits down in studio to talk about her journey into politics, her vision for the 7th, and opera.

Interview with Kristine Schanbacher

40th Ward Alderman-elect Andre Vasquez (and his chief of staff Jessica Peters) join me in studio. We cover his journey to city hall, reducing the number of aldermen, Spider-Man, and a lot more.

Interview with Andre Vasquez

13 votes decided a race. 13 days until an indictment deadline. Our 13th episode. Wake up, sheeple.

13 Reasons Why Deb Says Goodbye

6 is scared of the 7 because The 78 900 million or whatever, Lincoln Yards, a little on how TIFs work, Ed Burke quotes the bible, and President Rahm?

Breakfast at TIF Unease

There's a new mayor-elect, Houston barely qualifies as a village, DSA rages against the machine, and an interview with Illinois Election Data's Scott Kennedy.

Interview with Scott Kennedy

The Patronage Family, the great state of Chicago, Dolores Umbridge would fund the Special Olympics, and our last round of mayoral race stuff.

The 51st Star

Toni is subtracting ads, dog whistles, Facebook isn't the best place for news, and an interview with Chicago Reader columnist John Greenfield about transportation and the next mayor.

Interview with John Greenfield

Ethics are hard, the new police academy, Lincoln Yards reach the TiFfing point, and some mayoral candidate stuff.

Police Academy 7: Lincoln Yards

The low turnout that wasn't (but was), ranked choice voting personally attacks David Fincher, the mayoral race, and a rundown of key wards.

Rank Choices

We had a technical issue but didn't want to leave you without an episode, so here's a quick game with election day numbers.

Fun with Numbers

The Obama Center (of controversy), which candidate fits you best, interesting ward races, and mayoral frontrunners on three big issues.

Parks & Litigation

Never test a Daley, Lightfoot is catching up, DIBS!, and they found crack on LSD.

Dibs!

Joe Moreno had a week, Amara should try TurboTax, a debates debate.

Save Chicago. Vote Sanjaya.

A sit-down interview with Peter Gariepy, candidate for Chicago treasurer. Featuring pensions, public banks, and Patch Adams.

Interview with Peter Gariepy

Aldermanic is a weekly show about Chicago's city council and Chicago ward politics. Will we cover policy? Check. Will we discuss officials and candidates? Check. How about scandal and corruption? Check so big it'll get you a driveway permit. Hosted by James Frommeyer with regular co-host Connie Mixon, Director of Urban Studies and Associate Professor at Elmhurst College.

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