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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 ShowThe Fran Spielman Show: David Axelrod
The former Obama presidential adviser, now director and co-founder of the University of Chicago’s Institute of Politics, sat down with the Chicago Sun-Times to…
The Fran Spielman ShowThe Fran Spielman Show: Ald. Ameya Pawar (47th)
Ald. Ameya Pawar (47th) floated a plan to “public-tize” Chicago’s water system by selling or giving away shares to city residents and paying them dividends…
The Fran Spielman ShowThe Fran Spielman Show: Susana Mendoza
Susana Mendoza has set out to distance herself from Mayor Rahm Emanuel and prove that her first term as Chicago’s mayor would be a whole lot different than…
The Fran Spielman ShowThe Fran Spielman Show: Willie Wilson
Mayoral candidate Willie Wilson vowed to re-open at least some of the 50 schools closed by Mayor Rahm Emanuel and blamed the “racist” closings for the steady…
The Fran Spielman ShowThe Fran Spielman Show: Dorothy Brown
Mayoral candidate Dorothy Brown proposed a city lottery, the sale of naming rights to government buildings — including O’Hare and Midway Airports — and…
The Fran Spielman ShowThe Fran Spielman Show: Bill Daley
Bill Daley said there’s a “big difference” between his own style and the way Richard M. Daley ran Chicago and named three differences: He would never have sold…
The Fran Spielman ShowThe Fran Spielman Show: Amara Enyia
Chance the Rapper is not only throwing his celebrity power and fundraising muscle behind Amara Enyia. He’s giving her his time and his ideas on how to confront…
The Fran Spielman ShowThe Fran Spielman Show: Rahm Emanuel
Mayor Rahm Emanuel said Friday his final city budget will earmark $25.7 million for police reform, including the first-year cost of a federal monitoring team…
The Fran Spielman ShowThe Fran Spielman Show: Troy LaRaviere
Troy LaRaviere, Chicago’s first declared candidate for mayor, tried to slow down the Toni train by portraying Preckwinkle as a phony reformer and himself as…
The Fran Spielman ShowThe Fran Spielman Show: Gery Chico
Gery Chico vowed Friday to establish a Mayor’s Office on Violence Prevention and Reduction to bring a laser-like focus toward solving Chicago’s epidemic of…
The Fran Spielman ShowThe Fran Spielman Show: Ald. Patrick O'Connor (40th)
Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s City Council floor leader said Thursday he will decide in about a week whether to retire from politics and predicted whoever is elected…
The Fran Spielman ShowThe Fran Spielman Show: Ja'Mal Green
Millennial community activist Ja’Mal Green said Friday he’s running against Rahm Emanuel because he was unable to convince Ken Bennett, the father of Chance…
The Fran Spielman ShowThe Fran Spielman Show: Paul Vallas
Mayoral challenger Paul Vallas on Friday proposed a citywide witness protection program to convince fearful residents of neighborhoods plagued by gang violence…
The Fran Spielman ShowThe Fran Spielman Show: Lori Lightfoot
Chicago’s never-ending cycle of gang-violence has triggered a “public health crisis” that requires a “Marshall Plan” to rebuild long-neglected city…