#WBEZ

[dontmeantobepoliticalbut]

President Joe Biden’s campaign knocked former President Donald Trump on the third anniversary of the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack for refusing to sign an Illinois loyalty oath that says he won’t advocate to overthrow the government.

The WBEZ/Chicago Sun-Times reported Saturday that Trump did not voluntarily sign the loyalty oath this year when he and his campaign registered for the primary ballot in Illinois. The former president signed the oath in 2016 and 2020.

Candidates who sign the oath – including Biden and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis – attest that they “do not directly or indirectly teach or advocate the overthrow of the government of the United States or of this state or any unlawful change in the form of the governments thereof by force or any unlawful means.”

It also requires candidates to attest that they do not support communism or affiliate with communist organizations. The oath is “a vestige of the red-baiting era of the former U.S. Sen. Joseph McCarthy in the 1950s,” according to WBEZ/Chicago Sun-Times.

“Donald Trump can’t bring himself to sign a piece of paper saying he won’t attempt a coup to overthrow our government,” said Michael Tyler, communications director for the Biden campaign, in a statement Saturday. “We know he’s deadly serious, because three years ago today he tried and failed to do exactly that.”

Former President Donald Trump addresses the audience during a campaign event Saturday, Jan. 6, 2024, at the DMACC Conference Center in Newton.

Trump faces a federal criminal indictment for his alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election. The former president and 18 of his allies also face an indictment in Georgia for allegedly conspiring to change the outcome of the 2020 election and violating the state’s Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations, or RICO Act.

The Trump campaign did not explain why the candidate did not sign the oath, but instead issued a statement predicting the former president would defeat Biden at the polls.

#us politics #news #republicans #donald trump #conservatives #illinois #2024 #loyalty oath #2024 elections #biden administration #president joe biden #WBEZ #Chicago Sun-Times #Michael Tyler #the news globe

[pandemic-info]

It’s likely you know someone dealing with long COVID | WBEZ Chicago

Severe fatigue, cognitive impairment and post-exertional malaise are just a few of the many symptoms associated with long COVID. It can last weeks, months and even years. Having this condition is also somewhat common. “It’s generally a minimum of 10% of COVID infections lead to long COVID,” said Hannah Davis, the co-founder of the Patient-Led Research Collaborative. With COVID hospitalizations on the rise for the first time this year, we speak with Davis and Pulitzer-winning science journalist Ed Yong. They both say that what frustrates a lot of COVID long-haulers is the lack of public knowledge about the condition… and the misconceptions surrounding it. “If you are listening to this and you find yourself thinking, ‘I don’t know anyone with long COVID,’ I guarantee that you do,” Yong said.

#covid #long covid #podcast #hannah davis #ed yong #science communication #science journalism #the rundown #wbez #npr

[guy60660]

Nicole Album | WBEZ

#nicole album #art #wbez #chicago #beer

[lebuc]

the other side

* on the Highway of My Life * the Isley Brothers laid it all out;

"…there's no time or place to be concerned with those on the other side of the road."

we on this side still have work to do - surviving & just being making a measure of joy out of sorrow, pain, chaos - whatever comes our way as we remember those who never made it to the road,

dying in the crossing - ancestrally - not too long ago to be forgotten; **

while we striders or drivers, Green Book in hand, cross an increasingly cur-sed land

of spirit, separation, based on sand ( ...meaning Silicon chips & AI, yall ).

'steern' wheel gripped at 10 & 2, now riding down unmetaphoric roads,

mind working the four w's & a how, eyeing our rear view mirror every so…;

scaling the high way when they go low anywhere - traveled each to & fro

& singing - heartsongs of sassy soul - loud, or sotto voce as we deign to slumber in a peaceful repose after any tumultuous poll, dreaming dreams filled with wonder. * 8/23 - lebuc - the other side * The Isley Bros. - The Highways of My Life https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDCN68X7Wy4&pp=ygUdb3RoZXIgc2lkZSBvZiB0aGUgcm9hZCBpc2xleXM%3D

** actually Me'Shell tipped me to this via a Vocalo interview of theirs, soit wasn't from my own depth that drop came from.

plus it's always good to remember everything - ( take that, Florida! )

#poetry #poets on tumblr #creative writing #free verse #spilled ink #twc #writerscreed #poetryriot #alt lit #Isley Brothers #MeShell NDegeocello #Ayanna Contreras #Vocalo #WBEZ

[coffeecatsandcoldnights]

I envy every single one of them who's ever had the chance to be near you, to hear you laugh and see your smile. To touch you and feel you on them. The jealousy I feel has no bounds because I know, I know nobody reveres you as much as I do. And to think it's me who's not in your proximity kills me everytime.

#writings #english literature #excerpts #writers and poets #dark aesthetic #writers on tumblr #aesthetic #dark poetry #poets on tumblr #female writers #wbez #web weaving #web finds

[tanispodcast]

THE QUIET ROOM

The Quiet Room is here!

RABBITS WEBSITE

THE QUIET ROOM (RABBITS NOVEL #2) is available now! Order your copy today!

Visit terrymiles.com for more information.

ABOUT RABBITS (Novel)

“An outstanding debut technothriller, impossible to put down.”

-Publisher’s Weekly STARRED

“A twisted trip through a cool digital wilderness of a mystery. This book sticks to your brain. Read it.”

-Norman Reedus

“A twisty roller coaster that morphs seamlessly from treasure hunt to conspiracy thriller to escape room.”

-Kirkus (Starred)

“Rabbits is a remarkably assured debut, deftly written and laced with intrigue. Murakami meets Ready Player One.”

-Nicholas Eames

"Dude, I dug the hell out of this book…the mix of 80s pop culture nostalgia and a thrilling mystery made it impossible to put it down."

-Derek Kolstad, Creator and Writer of the John Wick franchise.

BRAND NEW TANIS

#alexreagan #itunespodcast #kcrw #limetown #mystery #npr #pacificnorthwest #pacificnorthweststories #podcast #serial #tanis #terrymiles #theblacktapes #themessage #thisamericanlife #truecrime #wbez #wnyc

[thoughtportal]

This week, we talk about Netflix’s reinvention of the video store, the right way to board a plane, and the art of advice-giving with Chicago Sun Times’ new advice columnist Ismael Perez and Brandon Pope, who hosts WBEZ’s Making podcast and On the Block from Block Club Chicago and WCIU.

Then, author V.E. Schwab talks about the latest installment in her “Shades of Magic” fantasy series, The Fragile Threads of Power. This will be her fourth time on Nerdette, because her books are just that good. You may know her from her bestselling novel The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue or one of her other 23 published books.

#Nerdette - V.E. Schwab says fantasy is more than swords and dragons #nerdette #WBEZ #Chicago #public radio #podcasts #podcast #netflix #movies #TV #books

[sarah-maclean-completist]

WBEZ Presents Adriana Herrera, author of “A Caribbean Heiress in Paris, and Sarah MacLean, author of “Heartbreaker: A Hell's Belles Novel” in conversation with WBEZ's Greta Johnsen, host of Nerdette at Printers Row Lit Fest 2022.

#sarah maclean #adriana herrera #wbez #greta johnsen #nerdette #podcast #Youtube

[giannic]

#WBEZ #fm radio #91.5 FM #public radio #NPR

[jdunlevy]

Why “Chicagoland”

WBEZ’s Curious City looks into “Chicagoland,” the term, its origins, purpose, and definition—its boundaries.

Chicago Tribune publisher Robert R. “Colonel” McCormick commissioned James O’Donnell Bennett to write a series of Chicago region travel articles.

That’s how the word made its first appearance nearly 100 years ago in the July 27, 1926 edition of the Chicago Tribune. Across the front page was a story by O’Donnell Bennett titled “Chicagoland’s Shrines: A Tour of Discoveries.”

The subhed for that first story was notably “Our Own Midwest, Scenic and Historic, Revealed.” Chicagoland was the Midwest with Chicago at its center, a Tribune-defined region Tribune readers identified with or would-be Tribune readers wanted to identify with, a region invented and boosted to sell newspapers.

Curious City argues that this early Chicagoland major gave way over time to a more localized, more suburbanized, near-Chicago Chicagoland minor—even though one of their own exhibits, the fantastic Chicago Tribune 1927 Special Detailed Road Map of Chicagoland, shows that the Chicagoland minor existed alongside the Chicagoland major essentially from the very start. The point stands, though, the the idea of “Chicagoland” being a term that could be applied to the Midwest has largely faded.

I’ve generally disliked the term, but I can see its usefulness as potential a way for us suburbanites to accurately express where we’re from without saying we’re “from Chicago”—a geographic rounding or exaggeration that drives actual Chicagoans crazy.

#WBEZ #Curious City #Chicagoland #history #Chicago Tribune #maps #1926 #1927 #20th Century #Chicago #Robert R. McCormick #Colonel McCormick #James O’Donnell Bennett #travel writing #newspapers #Midwest #Chicago suburbs

[tardisman14]

About to see Peter Sagal interview Tom Hanks

#peter sagal #tom hanks #wbez #wbez chicago #npr

[gardeniahungma]

Facebook Live CIMA So you want to be an editor? Workshop Panel Discussion About Print and Digital Media on Thursday November 3 2022, 6-8PM

View On WordPress

#Block Club #Chicago Documenters #Chicago Reader #CIMA #City Bureau #Communications Languages and Culture Inc Gardenia Hung #WBEZ #WTTW PBS

[canichangemyblogname]

Your National Anthem in Above Ground by Clint Smith

#reading recommendation #poetry #Clint Smith #Above Ground: Your National Anthem #just listened to him read several poems from his recent book #he was featured on Here&Now on WBEZ and WBUR #He is also the author of 'How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America' #racism #antiblackness

[guy60660]

Broken Arrow Rodeo | WBEZ

#Broken Arrow Rodeo #cowboy #equine #wbez

[reasonsforhope]

Last Wednesday [October 18], WBEZ (91.5 FM) reported that a civic leader of St. Louis visited the Chicago Mayor’s Office to discuss a program whereby migrants from Venezuela could be brought to the Gateway to the West in order to ease the migrant crisis gripping the Windy City just as winter temperatures arrive.

It’s estimated that 20,000 migrants, mostly Venezuelans, have arrived in Chicago this year, and finding them places to stay has been challenging.

The WBEZ report details that St. Louis is currently in a decline of population and employees, and some in the city believe the migrants and the city would be better off long-term if they moved there.

The International Institute of St. Louis announced the new Latino Outreach Program last month with the aim of both attracting and accommodating migrants arriving from Latin America.

Karlos Ramirez, vice president of Latino Outreach for the International Institute, told WBEZ the as-yet unconfirmed agreement “could be the potential for a great relationship between both cities,” adding that “if the [migrants] are going to be in a better place, St. Louis is going to be in a better place, and Chicago is going to be in a better place, I think everybody wins.”

Ramirez says that any next step would have to include sharing details and practices between Latino Outreach and its partners with their counterparts in Chicago.

Fox News 2 reached out to the St. Louis Mayor’s Office for comment, and the representative shared a statement released previously in response to the WBEZ report.

“While the City has not had direct conversations on welcoming more migrants from Chicago, the City of St. Louis has had a longstanding cooperative relationship with the International Institute to welcome immigrants and refugees to the St. Louis area.”

Other migrant welcome programs in the city, such as the Arch Grants program, saw great success in Afghans fleeing the country in August of 2021, and the International Institute modeled its efforts for Latino Outreach on this success.

-via Good News Network, November 6, 2023. Video via Fox 2 St. Louis, October 20, 2023. Note: Fox local affiliate networks are not the same as Fox News, and many are editorially independent/not The Actual Worst.

Note: If you're in St. Louis, you can check out the International Institute of St. Louis to get involved or call your local representatives to support!

#immigration #united states #us politics #venezuela #illinois #chicago #st. louis #latino #migrant rights #good news #hope #missouri #Youtube

[copperbadge]

Hi Sam! Have you heard about WBEZ's Fast and Curious 5K? The combination of running and Chicago trivia looks like it might be your sort of thing.

I hadn't! It's uh. Conceptually interesting, but also a bit bare bones on how that works, and seems very first-time-event-organizer, which makes me leery. The PR for it is identical everywhere and very short on detail -- it's unclear whether you're doing trivia as you run or just like, a few quick questions at the finish line. It seems like it has to be the latter, since there are timed run options, but choosing a lane based on how well you think you'll do at trivia seems to indicate it's ongoing on the course. Both sound like nightmares in terms of crowd management.

I think the issue for me is that when I'm running I want to be running so that I can focus on when I'll be able to stop running. Like, I can see how there's a kind of runner who would really enjoy it, but an interrupted run isn't for me, and after I run what I want to do is hydrate and take selfies with my finisher medal :D I might go check it out just to see what the scoop is but it's not something I'd register for based on the information available.

#sam runs #or rather hasn't in a long time #gotta get back to it #chicago