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The Fran Spielman Show
Join veteran City Hall reporter Fran Spielman as she interviews Chicago’s biggest movers and shakers. Each week, Fran sits down with a local leader, politician or policymaker to get the inside scoop on the latest news in Chicago.
Episodes
The Fran Spielman ShowDr. Allison Arwady | Commissioner, Chicago Department of Public Health
Sun-Times City Hall Reporter Fran Spielman is joined remotely by Chicago Department of Public Health Commissioner Dr. Allison Arwady to discuss where the city…
The Fran Spielman ShowCook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle
Sun-Times City Hall reporter Fran Spielman is joined remotely by Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle to discuss her quarantine, the impact coronavirus…
The Fran Spielman ShowSam Toia & Michael Jacobson | Illinois Restaurant Association and Illinois Hotel & Lodging Association
Sun-Times City Hall Reporter Fran Spielman is joined by the President and CEO of the Illinois Restaurant Association Sam Toia and the President and CEO of the…
The Fran Spielman ShowPat O'Brien | Republican candidate for Cook County State's Attorney
Sun-Times City Hall reporter Fran Spielman is joined by Republican candidate for Cook County State's Attorney Pat O'Brien in our first remote show.
The Fran Spielman ShowSun-Times Washington, D.C. Bureau Chief Lynn Sweet
Sun-Times City Hall reporter Fran Spielman is joined by Sun-Times Washington, D.C. Bureau Chief Lynn Sweet to discuss the upcoming primary election.
The Fran Spielman ShowCook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx
Sun-Times City Hall reporter Fran Spielman is joined by Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx.
The Fran Spielman ShowFormer Mayor Rahm Emanuel
Sun-Times City Hall reporter Fran Spielman is joined by former Mayor Rahm Emanuel to discuss his new book 'The Nation City: Why Mayors Are Now Running the…
The Fran Spielman ShowCook County State's Attorney candidate Bob Fioretti
Sun-Times City Hall reporter Fran Spielman is joined by Democratic candidate for Cook County State's Attorney, Bob Fioretti.
The Fran Spielman ShowCook County State's Attorney candidate Donna More
Sun-Times City Hall reporter Fran Spielman is joined by Democratic candidate for Cook County State's Attorney, Donna More.
The Fran Spielman ShowCook County States Attorney candidate Bill Conway
Sun-Times City Hall reporter Fran Spielman is joined by Bill Conway, a Democratic candidate for Cook County State's Attorney.
The Fran Spielman ShowInterim Police Supt. Charlie Beck
Sun-Times City Hall reporter Fran Spielman is joined by Interim Police Supt. Charlie Beck to discuss the strides that have been made in the Chicago Police…
The Fran Spielman ShowFinance Committee Chairman Scott Waguespack
Sun-Times City Hall reporter Fran Spielman is joined by Finance Committee Chairman and 32nd ward Alderman Scott Waguespack to discuss the ‘Plastic Free Water’…
The Fran Spielman ShowPlanning & Development Commissioner Maurice Cox
Sun-Times City Hall reporter Fran Spielman is joined by the new Planning & Development Commissioner Maurice Cox to discuss his plans for Chicago, development…
The Fran Spielman ShowRetiring Illinois Senate President John Cullerton
Sun-Times City Hall reporter Fran Spielman is joined by Illinois Senate President John Cullerton to discuss retirement, life under Mayor Lightfoot and the rape…
The Fran Spielman ShowChicago news of 2019, a year in review | Tim Novak and Mark Brown
FBI investigations, a new administration in Mayor Lori Lightfoot, and a Police Supt. retirement turned firing. Chicago has had a busy news year. Sun-Times City…
The Fran Spielman ShowChicago's Chief Financial Officer Jennie Huang Bennett and Budget Director Susie Park
Sun-Times City Hall reporter Fran Spielman is joined by Chicago's Chief Financial Officer Jennie Huang Bennett and Budget Director Susie Park
The Fran Spielman ShowFraternal Order of Police President Kevin Graham
Sun-Times City Hall reporter Fran Spielman is joined by FOP President Kevin Graham to discuss Supt. Eddie Johnson's firing, the use of body cams and going into…
The Fran Spielman ShowFormer Mayor Rahm Emanuel
Former Mayor Rahm Emanuel sits with Sun-Times City Hall reporter Fran Spielman to discuss the 2020 Democratic primary election and Illinois state politics.
The Fran Spielman ShowCivic Federation President Laurence Msall
Sun-Times City Hall reporter Fran Spielman is joined by Civic Federation President Laurence Msall.
The Fran Spielman ShowActing Health Commissioner Dr. Allison Arwady
Sun-Times City Hall Reporter Fran Spielman is joined by Acting Health Commissioner Dr. Allison Arwady to discuss mental health clinics, ending HIV in Chicago…
The Fran Spielman ShowCTU President Jesse Sharkey & VP Stacy Davis Gates
Chicago Sun-Times City Hall Reporter Fran Spielman is joined in studio by Chicago Teachers Union President Jesse Sharkey and Vice President Stacy Davis Gates…
The Fran Spielman ShowMayor Lori Lightfoot
Mayor Lightfoot discusses the ongoing teachers strike, her upcoming budget and possible ride share congestion fees with Sun-Times City Hall reporter Fran…
The Fran Spielman ShowCPS CEO Janice Jackson
Sun-Times City Hall reporter Fran Spielman is joined in studio by Chicago Public Schools CEO Janice Jackson to discuss the teachers' contract, school closings…
The Fran Spielman ShowThe Fran Spielman Show: Ald. Brendan Reilly (42nd)
Ald. Reilly proposes compromise to keep recreational marijuana sales off Michigan Ave., but in Loop.
The Fran Spielman ShowThe Fran Spielman Show: Ald. Anthony Beale (9th)
Sun-Times City Hall reporter Fran Spielman sits with 9th ward Alderman Anthony Beale to discuss he and Mayor Lightfoot's lack of communication and the…
The Fran Spielman ShowThe Fran Spielman Show: Bill Cameron, WLS political editor and City Hall reporter
This week Fran Spielman is joined by WLS City Hall reporter Bill Cameron reflecting on 50 years in broadcasting.
The Fran Spielman ShowThe Fran Spielman Show: David Greising, president and CEO of the Better Government Association
Chicago Sun-Times City Hall reporter Fran Spielman sits down for a conversation with David Greising, president and CEO of the Better Government Association…
The Fran Spielman ShowThe Fran Spielman Show: Chicago Housing Commissioner Marisa Novara
Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s handpicked housing commissioner on Friday bemoaned the $1 billion-plus budget shortfall that takes a promised increase in Chicago’s real…
The Fran Spielman ShowThe Fran Spielman Show: Sun-Times reporter Mark Brown & Tim Novak on union boss John T. Coli
Sun-Times columnist Mark Brown and reporter Tim Novak join city hall reporter Fran Spielman to break down former union boss John T. Coli's guilty plea in…
The Fran Spielman ShowThe Fran Spielman Show: Sun-Times columnist Mary Mitchell
It was announced Wednesday that Chicago Sun-Times columnist Mary Mitchell will scale back her workload but still write periodically for the paper. She joins…
The Fran Spielman ShowThe Fran Spielman Show: COPA chief administrator Sydney Roberts
COPA chief administrator Sydney Roberts wants to eliminate the waiting period written into the police contract that critics contend makes it “easy for officers…
The Fran Spielman ShowThe Fran Spielman Show: CTU President Jesse Sharkey and Vice President Stacy Davis Gates
This week Sun-Times city hall reporter Fran Spielman sits with Chicago Teachers Union President Jesse Sharkey and Vice President Stacy Davis Gates.
The Fran Spielman ShowThe Fran Spielman Show: Ald. Carlos Ramirez-Rosa (35th)
Sun-Times city hall reporter Fran Spielman is joined by Ald. Carlos Ramirez-Rosa (35th) to discuss what democratic socialists like himself are bringing to City…
The Fran Spielman ShowThe Fran Spielman Show: Fraternal Order of Police President Kevin Graham
Fraternal Order of Police President Kevin Graham sits with Sun-Times City Hall reporter Fran Spielman to discuss the current state of the CPD.
The Fran Spielman ShowThe Fran Spielman Show: City Clerk Anna Valencia
Sun-Times City Hall Reporter Fran Spielman sits with Chicago City Clerk Anna Valencia to discuss the reasons for keeping the clerk's office and what changes…
The Fran Spielman ShowThe Fran Spielman Show: Jack Lavin, President and CEO of the Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce
Sun-Times City Hall Reporter Fran Spielman sits with President and CEO of the Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce, Jack Lavin to discuss new developments that…
The Fran Spielman ShowThe Fran Spielman Show: Ald. Raymond Lopez (15th) and Ald. Jason Ervin (28th)
Sun-Times city hall reporter Fran Spielman welcomes Ald. Raymond Lopez (15th), Democratic Committeeman of Chicago's 15th Ward, and Ald. Jason Ervin (28th)…
The Fran Spielman ShowThe Fran Spielman Show: Ald. Matt O'Shea (19th) & Ald. Gilbert Villegas (36th)
Sun-Times city hall reporter Fran Spielman welcomes Aviation Committee chairman Ald. Matt O'Shea (19th) and floor leader and economic development committee…
The Fran Spielman ShowThe Fran Spielman Show: Mayor-elect Lori Lightfoot
Just days before her inauguration as Chicago's 56th mayor, Lori Lightfoot sat with Sun-Times City Hall Reporter Fran Spielman to discuss her first 100 days…
The Fran Spielman ShowThe Fran Spielman Show: Ald. Anthony Beale (9th)
The City Council’s most senior aldermen are working to reorganize themselves with a lineup that includes Ald. Tom Tunney (44th) as Finance Committee chairman…
The Fran Spielman ShowThe Fran Spielman Show: Ald. Scott Waguespack (32nd)
Ald. Scott Waguespack (32nd) said Friday he has lined up “around 25” of the 26 votes he needs to become chairman of the City Council’s Finance Committee and…
The Fran Spielman ShowThe Fran Spielman Show: Mayor Rahm Emanuel 3 weeks before leaving office
Mayor Rahm Emanuel is giving Lightfoot another piece of sage advice about the unwritten rule that has given the local alderman virtually iron-fisted control…
The Fran Spielman ShowThe Fran Spielman Show: Sun-Times reporters Tina Sfondeles and Mark Brown
Sun-Times columnist Mark Brown and political reporter Tina Sfondeles join Fran Spielman to discuss Kim Foxx's text messages, the state of Rahm Emanuel's legacy…
The Fran Spielman ShowThe Fran Spielman Show: Chicago Inspector General Joe Ferguson
Inspector General Joe Ferguson said Friday he won’t hesitate to “pull the ripcord” if he thinks his friendship with Mayor-elect Lori Lightfoot conflicts with…
The Fran Spielman ShowThe Fran Spielman Show: Mayor-Elect Lori Lightfoot
Mayor-elect Lori Lightfoot on Friday accused Ald. Edward Burke (14th) of attempting to organize the City Council against her and threatened to expose aldermen…
The Fran Spielman ShowThe Fran Spielman Show: CPD Supt. Eddie Johnson
Eddie Johnson: It’s time to ‘turn the page’ from Smollett fiasco.
The Fran Spielman ShowThe Fran Spielman Show: Laurence Msall
Civic Federation president urges new mayor to think big in cutting costs
The Fran Spielman ShowThe Fran Spielman Show: Ray LaHood
Republican Ray LaHood, the former Peoria congressman who served as transportation secretary during Barack Obama’s first term, said Chicago-based Boeing should…
The Fran Spielman ShowThe Fran Spielman Show: Melissa Conyears-Ervin and Ameya Pawar
Runoff opponents in the race for city treasurer aired their very different views on where to take the office charged with managing the city’s $8 billion…
The Fran Spielman ShowThe Fran Spielman Show: Toni Preckwinkle
Toni Preckwinkle came out swinging against her opponent in the April 2 runoff three days after Lightfoot seemingly came out of nowhere to finish first in the…
The Fran Spielman ShowThe Fran Spielman Show: Lori Lightfoot
Lori Lightfoot came out swinging hours after Preckwinkle fired campaign manager Scott Cisek for using a photograph of Nazis on trial at Nuremberg to attack…
The Fran Spielman ShowThe Fran Spielman Show: David Axelrod
The question is not whether Ald. Ed Burke (14th) can get re-elected after being charged with attempted extortion. The question is whether the election even…
The Fran Spielman ShowThe Fran Spielman Show: Gery Chico
Mayoral candidate Gery Chico on Friday rolled out an innovative idea to honor his promise not to put “another brick on the back” of Chicago taxpayers: a…
The Fran Spielman ShowThe Fran Spielman Show: Amara Enyia & Dorothy Brown
One day after forging their politically potent, inter-generational partnership, Dorothy Brown and Amara Enyia put it to work in an attempt to blow a hole in…
The Fran Spielman ShowThe Fran Spielman Show: Tim Novak & Mark Brown
Retiring Ald. Danny Solis (25th) became publicly embroiled in the federal corruption case against Ald. Edward Burke (14th) last week when the Sun-Times…
The Fran Spielman ShowThe Fran Spielman Show: Ald. Tom Tunney (44th)
Ald. Tom Tunney (44th) accused the billionaire Ricketts family that owns the Chicago Cubs of targeting him — and trying to elect a puppet alderman in his place…
The Fran Spielman ShowThe Fran Spielman Show: Ald. Pat O'Connor
Calling it a “no-brainer” the City Council’s new Finance Committee chairman on Friday promised quick action to set up the structure for issuing up to $10…
The Fran Spielman ShowThe Fran Spielman Show: Jon Seidel & Tim Novak
Ed Burke, 75, is accused of soliciting the business of two Burger King executives who sought his support for a remodeling job at a franchise in his Southwest…
The Fran Spielman ShowThe Fran Spielman Show: CDOT Commissioner Rebekah Scheinfeld
Mayoral candidates promising to shut down Chicago’s red light and speed cameras are making a “cheap” and uninformed political play that would likely result in…
The Fran Spielman ShowThe Fran Spielman Show: Toni Preckwinkle
If Toni Preckwinkle is elected mayor of Chicago, Police Supt. Eddie Johnson will be looking for a new job or living off his police pension. Preckwinkle said…