(podcasting “from” out in back of Nuevo Leon Mexican Restaurant in Pilsen)
(broadcasting on the 100-watt struggling-through-the-mass-media-tough-times radio station WLUW 88.7-FM Chicago)
Mike Stephen and Andy Hermann exchange gifts for their 100th episode together, they discuss gentrification in Pilsen, and then they learn about recent Tribune Company layoffs.
OTL #100;
our anti-climactic 100th episode celebration
Winifred Curran - Assistant Professor of Geography at DePaul University;
on her new book Contested Chicago: Pilsen and Gentrification
- (Pilsen)
Richard Prince - Journal-isms columnist at The Maynard Institute online;
on recent local developments detailed in “Journalists of Color Hit in Tribune Layoffs”
- (Tribune Tower)
(segue music this week from Kill Hannah)
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Jen’s a big fan of Kill Hannah. A shame those guys aren’t famouser. Guess they’re too heavy for the Fall Out Boy set. Or something.
And it’s nice to know that no matter how much the world gentrifies around us, there’ll always be OTL Radio. Congratulations on hitting 100 episodes, guys.