Synopsis
The Chicago Reader's Back Room Deal features radio personality and longtime Reader political writer Ben Joravsky arguing local Chicago politics with Reader staff writer Maya Dukmasova. With sharp wit and stinging analysis, Joravsky and Dukmasova cut through the smokey haze of the elections to offer you a glimpse of the current Chicago racesward-level and, of course, mayoral. Will these historic elections be determined in back-room deals, like so many in Chicago's past? Let Ben and Maya talk you through it.
Episodes
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![How to stay in office for decades: Illinois State House elections]()
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![The other Senate]()
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![We want somebody somebody sent: electing Committeemen]()
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![Noteworthy Chicago congressional races]()
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![You be the judge: A new Supreme Court justice and other votes for the bench]()
You be the judge: A new Supreme Court justice and other votes for the bench
02/03/2020 Duration: 09min -
![Reclaim the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District]()
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![Weve got your files right here: A new Clerk of the Circuit Court]()
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![What is the Board of Review and why should we care?]()
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![Beyond Smollettgate: The Cook County States Attorney’s race]()
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![So you want a new president? Illinois delegate assignments]()
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![The ignored wards: runoffs in the 15th, 16th, and 21st]()
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![A clear line in the sand: the 30th Ward]()
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![Machine hangover: the 25th Ward]()
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![Three votes short of victory: the Sixth Ward]()
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![Old friends and new enemies: aldermanic runoffs at Season One wards]()
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![A black woman will lead Chicago: the mayoral runoff]()
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![No one is running: the 42nd Ward]()
No one is running: the 42nd Ward
12/02/2019 Duration: 05minThe race in the ward that economically drives the entire city of Chicago is totally uncontested, and Ben and Maya look at why. http://www.chicagoreader.com *** Chicago Reader's Back Room Deal is produced by Anne Elizabeth Moore. Produced and edited by Andrea Klunder at The Creative Impostor Studios Hosted by Ben Joravsky & Maya Dukmasova Recorded and mixed by Edwin R. Ruiz, Mondo Machine Special thanks to Lumpen Radio WLPN 105.5FM Theme music by Jim R. S. Bjorklund, courtesy FreeSound.org
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![Not even trying to pretend: the 46th Ward]()
Not even trying to pretend: the 46th Ward
11/02/2019 Duration: 11minBen and Maya look at the fight between low-income housing and neighborhood amenities in rapidly changing Uptown. http://www.chicagoreader.com *** Chicago Reader's Back Room Deal is produced by Anne Elizabeth Moore. Produced and edited by Andrea Klunder at The Creative Impostor Studios Hosted by Ben Joravsky & Maya Dukmasova Recorded and mixed by Edwin R. Ruiz, Mondo Machine Special thanks to Lumpen Radio WLPN 105.5FM Theme music by Jim R. S. Bjorklund, courtesy FreeSound.org
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![What can we expect from our elected officials: the 22nd Ward]()
What can we expect from our elected officials: the 22nd Ward
09/02/2019 Duration: 11minDeparting progressive alderman Rick Munoz faces personal trouble in advance of the election, placing successor Michael Rodriguez's race in jeopardy, in staunchly independent Little Village. http://www.chicagoreader.com *** Chicago Reader's Back Room Deal is produced by Anne Elizabeth Moore. Produced and edited by Andrea Klunder at The Creative Impostor Studios Hosted by Ben Joravsky & Maya Dukmasova Recorded and mixed by Edwin R. Ruiz, Mondo Machine Special thanks to Lumpen Radio WLPN 105.5FM Theme music by Jim R. S. Bjorklund, courtesy FreeSound.org
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![Ties to Kanye West and Michelle Obama: the Fifth Ward]()
Ties to Kanye West and Michelle Obama: the Fifth Ward
08/02/2019 Duration: 11minThe future site of the Obama Presidential Center and the home of the University of Chicago also encompasses parts of lower-income South Shore, which Ben and Maya think makes for a fascinating aldermanic race. http://www.chicagoreader.com *** Chicago Reader's Back Room Deal is produced by Anne Elizabeth Moore. Produced and edited by Andrea Klunder at The Creative Impostor Studios Hosted by Ben Joravsky & Maya Dukmasova Recorded and mixed by Edwin R. Ruiz, Mondo Machine Special thanks to Lumpen Radio WLPN 105.5FM Theme music by Jim R. S. Bjorklund, courtesy FreeSound.org
