Episodios

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

    Chicago Way w/John Kass: Business as usual means someone else’s hand in you pocket
    Jun 23 2025
    Chicago Way w/John Kass (06/23/25): On this episode, revered Chicago restaurateur Jimmy Banakis joins John Kass & Jeff Carlin with a look at the history of the ‘Chicago Way’ -alderman, committee men, cops, etc. shaking down small biz- and how it personally has impacted his family through the generations. Plus, Kasso wonders if business as […]
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  • Chicago Way w/John Kass: Straight from the butcher’s mouth

    Chicago Way w/John Kass: Straight from the butcher’s mouth
    Jun 16 2025
    Chicago Way w/John Kass (06/16/25): This week, John Kass & Jeff Carlin are pleased to welcome Sal Camarda from Joseph’s Finest Meats to talk about his family’s tradition of bringing the best quality meats, sausages, and more to Chicago. Sal, along with his brother Ben, are second generation proprietors and enjoy being part of the […]
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  • Chicago Way w/John Kass: The 80/20 problem

    Chicago Way w/John Kass: The 80/20 problem
    Jun 9 2025
    Chicago Way w/John Kass (06/09/25): Prof. Charles Lipson, the Peter B. Ritzma Professor of Political Science Emeritus at the University of Chicago (whose writings can be found in the Spectator, Spectator World, The Telegraph, and more), is here to explain why Democrats keep ending up on the wrong side of ’80/20 problems’ and how American culture […]
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  • Chicago Way w/John Kass: Old age and doing time

    Chicago Way w/John Kass: Old age and doing time
    Jun 2 2025
    Chicago Way w/John Kass (06/02/25): This week, John Kass & Jeff Carlin discuss the merits of President Donald Trump commutating the federal sentence of notorious gang kingpin Larry Hoover and feds seeking to put former Illinois Speaker of the House Mike Madigan in jail for 12 years at the age of 83. Plus, Kasso urges everyone […]
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  • Chicago Way w/John Kass: Eeyore in the city

    Chicago Way w/John Kass: Eeyore in the city
    May 27 2025
    Chicago Way w/John Kass (05/27/25): This week, John Kass tries to get to the bottom of Jeff Carlin’s bad mood by sharing stories from his weekend in the city celebrating his wedding 39th wedding anniversary. Plus, Kasso wonders if his love for Chicago can ever be redeemed. Check out more from Kass at JohnKassNews.com or contact me at john@johnkassnews.com, […]
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  • Chicago Way w/John Kass: The cover-up of Biden’s health is a scandal that can’t be ignored

    Chicago Way w/John Kass: The cover-up of Biden’s health is a scandal that can’t be ignored
    May 19 2025
    Chicago Way w/John Kass (05/19/25): RealClear Politics’ Tom Bevan is here to discuss James Comey selling seashells by the seashore and what could be considered one of the greatest scandals in presidential history, the cover-up of Joe Biden’s health problems. John Kass & Jeff Carlin also ask Tom about Rahm Emanuel facing off against JB Pritzker in […]
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  • Chicago Way w/John Kass: Alder pulls back the curtain on Mayor Johnson’s patronage scheme

    Chicago Way w/John Kass: Alder pulls back the curtain on Mayor Johnson’s patronage scheme
    May 12 2025
    Chicago Way w/John Kass (05/12/25): This week, Ald. Ray Lopez (15th) joins John Kass & Jeff Carlin to look at why he thinks Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson perpetuating a patronage scheme by steering ‘PlayStreets’ contracts away from Latino wards and into wards where Mayor Johnson is trying to curry favor. Also, Ald. Lopez also hints […]
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  • Chicago Way w/John Kass: When the oligarchs run the show, the people lose

    Chicago Way w/John Kass: When the oligarchs run the show, the people lose
    May 5 2025
    Chicago Way w/John Kass (05/05/25): This week, former CEO of the Chicago Public Schools (1995-2001) & candidate for mayor, Paul Vallas joins John Kass & Jeff Carlin with a look at how Governor JB ‘Master Oligarch of Illinois’ Pritzker is doing running the state and shares a stories about being brought before the him to […]
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