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A Paratrooper And A Yogi Walk Into A Bar... Andrew Fox & Shana Meyerson Talk IsraelPolitics on Steroids đŞ đ¤¸ Extreme or Mainstream?In the wake of the horrific assassination of Charlie Kirk, it seems America has exploded into political extremism on both the Left and the Right. Are both sides equally radicalized? Or have we reached an inflection point where the Left...or the Right...needs to be reigned in. In this live conversation, military expert Andrew Fox and A Paratrooper And A Yogi Walk Into A Bar cohost, Shana Meyerson, discuss America as a house divided and what, if anything, can possibly bring it back from the brink..Andrew Fox is a research fellow at the...
2025-09-1654 min
The Ben Joravsky ShowCharlie MeyersonâShrimp ScapegoatVeteran journalist Charlie Meyerson analyzes the mediaâs coverage of the rise and fall of Red Lobster. They could have blamed it on the owners. Instead they went for the shrimp joke. Also, a preview of this summerâs conventions. Can Charlie answer Benâs 1968 trivia questions? Charlie is the publisher of the Chicago Public Square. Do yourself a favor and subscribe at chicagopublicsquare.comSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
2024-05-2551 min
Chicago Public Square PodcastsHow tech-savvy author Cory Doctorow got scammedThe American Dialect Societyâs 2023 word of the year? Enshittification. And our guest on this edition of Chicago Public Square Podcasts, Cory Doctorow, is the guy who coined it.Hear him define itâand his harrowing explanation of how he, one of the worldâs most tech-savvy authors and journalists, got scammed out of $8,000 before he could figure out what was going on. Also: The one âironcladâ rule you should follow to avoid a similar fate.And then, in thisâour first conversation since this podcast from 2019âyouâll learn, among many other things, why he thinks Amazon em...
2024-03-1200 min
Four Color Rolled SpineAmazing Heroes Podcast: The Origins of âIndependentâ Comics by Charles MeyersonEpisode #7
00:00:12 Preamble
00:03:53 Part 1: Wally Wood and Witzend
00:10:09 Part 2: Mike Friedrich and Star*Reach
00:16:34 Part 3: Jack Katz and The First Kingdom
00:22:26 Part 4: Wendy and Richard Pini and Elfquest
00:29:03 Part 5: Dave Sim and Cerebus
00:35:56 Part 6: The future of independent comics
00:40:58 Postscript / Amazing Listeners
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2023-08-0246 min
Charlie Meyerson interviewsScience fiction writer Greg Bear in 1994: The Internetâs future[Updating this original postâfrom March 1, 2015âon Nov. 20, 2022: Greg Bear is dead at 71.]Â Science fiction writer Greg Bear in a 1994 interview with me on WNUA-FM, Chicago, on the future of the Internet:
âItâs going to be a huge intellectual telephone line, with graphics and library materials, all available at a few minutesâ notice. That, I think, will be revolutionary. ... We have a lot of people from the entertainment industries thinking itâs going to be a lot of the same old, same old â where they can simply market movies in new ways, and I donât think itâs going...
2022-11-2000 minChicago Public Square PodcastsAxios Chicagoâs Monica Eng and Justin Kaufmann: âThis is a talk show in an email formatâSheâs worked for Chicagoâs biggest newspapers and heâs worked for Chicagoâs most successful radio stations. And now ⌠they do email.Joining Charlie Meyerson for this edition of the Chicago Public Square / Rivet360 podcast, Chicago Media Talks: Axios Chicago newsletter authors Justin Kaufmann and Monica Eng.Listen on Spotify, Pandora, YouTube, Amazonâs Alexa-powered speakers or Apple Podcasts.Or if you prefer to read your podcasts, check out the transcript below.And if youâre a completist, check out the behind-the-scenes raw audio and video from the recording of this podcast via Zoom on YouTubeâincluding...
2022-09-1100 min
Chicago Media TalksAxios Chicago's Monica Eng and Justin Kaufmann: âThis is a talk-show in an email formatâSheâs worked for Chicagoâs biggest newspapers and heâs worked for Chicagoâs most successful radio stations. And now ⌠they do email. Joining Charlie Meyerson for this edition of the Chicago Public Square / Rivet360 podcast, Chicago Media Talks: Axios Chicago newsletter authors Justin Kaufmann and Monica Eng.
2022-09-1030 minChicago Public Square PodcastsFood critic Louisa Chuâs vivid pandemic moment: âCrying so muchâThe most enduring memory of a restaurant reviewer through the pandemic: âCrying so much ⌠over so many meals with gratitude and relief.âJoining this edition of the Chicago Public Square / Rivet360 podcast, Chicago Media Talks: Chef, journalist, adventurer and Chicago Tribune critic Louisa Chuâwho takes us from her time as a 4-year-old worker at her familyâs Chicago restaurant through her stint as a judge on Food Networkâs Iron Chef America to what sheâs working on next.Listen on Spotify, Pandora, YouTube, Amazonâs Alexa-powered speakers or Apple Podcasts.â Enjoying these podcasts? Help keep them coming b...
2022-08-2400 min
RadiogirlCharlie Meyerson - from radio to digital dominationCharlie Meyerson is publisher of Chicago Public Square. He talks about how he's become successful in digital media, what he thinks of the news business, his belief in independent pursuits, his podcast, and more. If you want to know more about his radio and newspaper career, listen to the interview that we did ten years ago. This is from a livestream that we did; watch the full interview here.Click the link below to play, or download it by right-clicking (on a PC) or holding down the CTRL key and clicking on it (for Mac).h...
2022-08-1900 minChicago Public Square PodcastsStephanie Skora and A.D. Quig: Reshaping Chicagoâs news and political sceneJoining this edition of the Chicago Public Square / Rivet360 podcast, Chicago Media Talks: A couple of media figures whose work is increasingly shaping Chicagoâs news and political landscape.Meet A.D. Quig, a rising Chicago Tribune reporter who sees local government facing âa time of big changeâ; and Girl, I Guess Progressive Voter Guide author Stephanie Skoraâsomeone unafraid to call a candidate, in her words, âa slimy fuckfaceâbecause thereâs no reason not to.âListen in your favorite podcast player, via Spotify, YouTube and Pandora, on Amazonâs Alexa-powered speakers or on Apple Podcasts...
2022-08-1200 minChicago Public Square PodcastsPulitzer winners Hopkins and Reyes: Teamwork âwasnât always easyâTheir groundbreaking alliance netted them and their news organizations a 2022 Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting. But that doesnât mean they always worked together seamlessly.In this edition of the Chicago Public Square / Rivet360 podcast, Chicago Media Talks, meet Madison Hopkins and Cecilia Reyes, praised by Pulitzer judges
for âa piercing examination of the cityâs long history of failed building- and fire-safety code enforcement, which let scofflaw landlords
commit serious violations that resulted in dozens of unnecessary
deaths.â (Recorded June 13, 2022.)Listen in your favorite podcast player, via Spotify, YouTube and Pandora, on Amazo...
2022-08-0300 minChicago Public Square PodcastsMeet the Sun-Timesâ new executive editor, Jennifer KhoSheâs the first womanâand the first woman of colorâever to serve as Chicago Sun-Times executive editor. Sheâs facing challenges like none before her, as the paper comes under the control of an organization primarily in the radio business.In another edition of the Chicago Public Square / Rivet360 podcast, Chicago Media Talks, meet Jennifer Kho, who joins the Sun-Times at a critical point in the evolution of the news business. (Recorded July 11, 2022.)Listen in your favorite podcast player, via Spotify, YouTube and Pandora, on Amazonâs Alexa-powered speakers or on Apple Podcasts.â Enj...
2022-07-2000 minCharlie Meyerson interviewsWhy I should never sing in publicChicago Reader columnist Ben Joravsky was kind enough to invite me on his show this weekâwe talked Wednesday, the podcast was published Saturdayâto answer questions about how and why I do what I do for Chicago Public Square.I was honored along the way to express my admiration for columnists Neil Steinberg and Robert Feder, Reader critic Jack Helbig, The Onion, WXRT-FM News pioneers C.D. Jaco and Linda Brill, Square reader Angela Mullins, radio DJs Bob Stroud and Marty Lennartz, my college radio station WPGU âŚÂ ⌠and to deliver an ill-advised musical tribute to my alma mater, Car...
2022-06-1100 minCharlie Meyerson interviews1995: Peter David, Chris Claremont and Gary Colabuono discuss the comic book industryâs flirtation with disaster[Itâs been a while since we dove into the archives. But now that hourâs come round at lastâagain.]In 1995, the comic book industry was approaching what later became known as âthe Great Comics Crash of 1996ââtriggered in part by Marvel Comicsâ 1994 purchase of the businessâ third-largest distributor, converting it to distribute Marvelâs stuff exclusively.So that was a significant topic June 30, 1995, when I sat down at WNUA-FM in Chicagoâjust ahead of the 20th annual Chicago Comicon*âwith acclaimed comics writers Peter David and Chris Claremont, maybe best known then for their work on Marvelâs The I...
2022-06-0200 minCharlie Meyerson interviewsEx-Chicago Tribune editor James Squires warned in 1993 about the corporate takeover of Americaâs newspapersBack in 1993, a former editor of the Chicago Tribune sounded an alarm about the growing conflict between the drive for corporate profits and traditional journalismâs social-reform agenda.That was close to six years before I joined the Trib and close to two decades before that trend inexorably led to a gutting of the paperâs staff.As the paper welcomes a new editor, now seems like a good time to revisit the words of Jim Squires, talking about his book Read All About It! The Corporate Takeover of Americaâs Newspapersâin an interview recorded Feb. 3, 1993, and aired Fe...
2021-08-2500 min2021-08-1000 minChicago Public Square PodcastsWTTWâs new stars navigate changing news landscapeOdds are good you didnât know their names a decade ago, when one of them was just breaking into Chicago radio news and another was barely removed from an internship at Chicagoâs public TV station. And now theyâre two of the cityâs most influential journalists.In another edition of the Chicago Public Square / Rivet360 podcast, Chicago Media Talks, WTTW Newsâ multiple award-winning reporters and Chicago Tonight co-anchors, Brandis Friedman and Paris Schutz, talk about their careers, the challenges facing local news and recent turbulent times at Channel 11.
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2021-08-1000 minChicago Media TalksWTTWâs new stars navigate changing news landscapeOdds are good you didnât know their names a decade ago, when one of them was just breaking into Chicago radio news and another was barely removed from an internship at Chicagoâs public TV station. And now theyâre two of the cityâs most influential journalists. WTTW Newsâ multiple-award-winning reporters and Chicago Tonight co-anchors, Brandis Friedman and Paris Schutz, talk about their careers, the challenges facing local news and some recent turbulent times at Channel 11 with hosts Charlie Meyerson and Sheila Solomon.
2021-08-1030 min2021-07-2700 minChicago Public Square PodcastsBlock Club Chicagoâs origin storyWhen a billionaire yanked the plug on a pioneering Chicago digital news site, putting a large team of local reporters out of work, some of them banded together to start another digital news siteâfor themselves, and for the people of the city.Block Club Chicago editor-in-chief Shamus Toomey joins hosts Sheila Solomon and Charlie Meyerson for another edition of the Chicago Public Square / Rivet360 podcast, Chicago Media Talks.Listen in your favorite podcast player, via Spotify, YouTube and Pandora, on Amazonâs Alexa-powered speakers or on iTunes (say âHey, Siri! Play Chicago Public...
2021-07-2700 minChicago Media TalksBlock Club Chicagoâs origin storyWhen a billionaire yanked the plug on a pioneering Chicago digital news site, putting a large team of local reporters out of work, some of them banded together to start ANOTHER digital news siteâfor themselves, and for the people of the city. Block Club Chicago editor-in-chief Shamus Toomey joins hosts Sheila Solomon and Charlie Meyerson for another edition of Chicago Media Talks.
2021-07-2741 minChicago Public Square PodcastsMusic journalist Jim DeRogatis: âEvery system in this city failed ⌠to protect these young black girlsâYou could trace the evolution of the news business through Jim DeRogatisâ career arc over the last 35 yearsâas heâs moved from print to broadcast to online and podcasting, and from employer-supported to audience-funded journalism. And along the way, he broke one of the biggest stories in music history.He joins hosts Sheila Solomon and Charlie Meyerson for the Chicago Public Square / Rivet360 podcast, Chicago Media Talksâto discuss his life, how he broke the R. Kelly scandal, and the state of the media in the 21st century.Also, he recounts the times he was dissed by a couple...
2021-07-2100 minChicago Media TalksMusic journalist Jim DeRogatis: âEvery system in this city failed ⌠to protect these young black girlsâYou could trace the evolution of the news business through Jim DeRogatisâ career arc over the last 35 yearsâas heâs moved from print to broadcast to online and podcasting, and from employer-supported to audience-funded journalism. And along the way, he broke one of the biggest stories in music history. He joins hosts Sheila Solomon and Charlie Meyerson for the Chicago Public Square / Rivet360 podcast, Chicago Media Talksâto discuss his career, the R. Kelly story and the state of the media in the 21st century.
2021-07-2152 minChicago Public Square PodcastsAfter a lifetime at the Chicago Tribune, Eric Zorn and Steve Johnson are leaving. Whatâs next?Columnist Eric Zorn started at the Tribune in 1980; cultural critic Steve Johnson started six years later. Now, theyâre among the more than three dozen editorial staffers whoâve leftâtaking buyouts offered under the Tribâs new ownership.They join hosts Sheila Solomon and Charlie Meyerson for another edition of the Chicago Public Square / Rivet360 podcast, Chicago Media Talks.
Listen here, or in your favorite podcast player, via Spotify, YouTube and Pandora, on Amazonâs Alexa-powered speakers or on iTunes (say âHey, Siri! Play Chicago Public Square Podcastsâ).â  Enjoying these podcasts? Keep them coming by joinin...
2021-06-2900 minCharlie Meyerson interviewsAfter a lifetime at the Chicago Tribune, Eric Zorn and Steve Johnson are leaving. Whatâs next?
2021-06-2900 minChicago Media TalksAfter a lifetime at the Chicago Tribune, Eric Zorn and Steve Johnson are leaving. Whatâs next?Columnist Eric Zorn started at the Tribune in 1980; cultural critic Steve Johnson started six years later. Now, theyâre among the more than three dozen editorial staffers whoâve leftâtaking buyouts offered under the Tribuneâs new ownership. They join hosts Sheila Solomon and Charlie Meyerson for another edition of Chicago Media Talks.
2021-06-2939 minCharlie Meyerson interviewsPulitzer winner Jamie Kalven on the news business: âI see no reason to despairâ
2021-06-2200 minChicago Public Square PodcastsPulitzer winner Jamie Kalven on the news business: âI see no reason to despairâJamie Kalvenâjournalist, human rights activist and founder of one of Chicagoâs newest Pulitzer Prize winners, the Invisible Instituteâsays he has âdeep sympathy for those who wagered their lives and their careers on the stability of legacy media,â but he says âsome of the new forms that are evolving ⌠may actually ultimately produce a healthier diet for consumers of the news.âHe joins hosts Sheila Solomon and Charlie Meyerson for another edition of the Chicago Public Square / Rivet360 podcast, Chicago Media Talks, to discuss journalismâs brave new world and his work to help citizens hold public institutionsâespeci...
2021-06-2200 minChicago Media TalksPulitzer winner Jamie Kalven on the news business: âI see no reason to despairâJamie Kalvenâjournalist, human rights activist and founder of one of Chicagoâs newest Pulitzer Prize winners, the Invisible Instituteâsays he has âdeep sympathy for those who wagered their lives and their careers on the stability of legacy media,â but he says âsome of the new forms that are evolving ⌠may actually ultimately produce a healthier diet for consumers of the news.â He joins hosts Sheila Solomon and Charlie Meyerson to talk about journalismâs brave new world and about his work to help citizens hold public institutionsâespecially the policeâaccountable.
2021-06-221h 05Charlie Meyerson interviewsA âmouthy black lesbian feministâ is one of Chicagoâs most influential media leaders
2021-06-1500 minChicago Public Square PodcastsA âmouthy black lesbian feministâ is one of Chicagoâs most influential media leadersKaren Hawkinsâself-described âmouthy black lesbian feminist over 40â and ârecovering mainstream media reporter and editorââis doing a terrible job of recovering: Sheâs now co-publisher of the Chicago Reader, the founder of Rebellious Magazine, and a leader of the upstart Chicago Independent Media Alliance. She joins hosts Sheila Solomon and Charlie Meyerson to survey the 21st-century media landscape for another edition of the Chicago Public Square / Rivet360 podcast, Chicago Media Talks.Listen here, on your favorite podcast player, via Spotify, YouTube and Pandora, on Amazonâs Alexa-powered speakers or on iTunes (say âHey, Siri! Play Chicago Public Square Podcastsâ).â  Enjoying...
2021-06-1500 minChicago Media TalksA âmouthy black lesbian feministâ is one of Chicagoâs most influential media leadersKaren Hawkinsâself-described ârecovering mainstream media reporter and editorââ is doing a terrible job of recovering: Sheâs now co-publisher of the Chicago Reader, the founder of Rebellious Magazine, and a leader of the upstart Chicago Independent Media Alliance. She joins hosts Sheila Solomon and Charlie Meyerson to survey Chicagoâs 21st-century media landscape.
2021-06-1525 min2021-06-0800 minChicago Public Square PodcastsDid Mayor Lightfoot make things better for journalists of color?Pulliam Professor of Journalism at DePauw University and former Sun-Times editor and columnist Deborah Douglas joins host Charlie Meyerson and co-host Sheila Solomon to launch the new Chicago Media Talks podcastâa joint production of Chicago Public Square and Rivet360âwith a discussion of Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfootâs decision to limit her anniversary interviews to journalists of color.Listen here, on your favorite podcast player, via Spotify, YouTube and Pandora, on Amazonâs Alexa-powered speakers or on iTunes (say âHey, Siri! Play Chicago Public Square Podcastsâ).â  Enjoying these podcasts? Keep them coming by joining The Legion of Chicago Public Squarians...
2021-06-0800 minChicago Media TalksDid Mayor Lightfoot make things better for journalists of color?Pulliam Professor of Journalism at DePauw University and former Sun-Times editor and columnist Deborah Douglas joins host Charlie Meyerson and co-host Sheila Solomon to launch the new âChicago Media Talksâ podcast with a discussion of Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfootâs decision to limit her anniversary interviews to journalists of color.
2021-06-0833 minChicago Media TalksChicago Media TalksWith Chicago media changing so quickly, Rivet360 and Chicago Public Square are teaming up for a weekly show about what it all means. And weâre inviting you to participate LIVE through the Clubhouse app. Iâm Charlie Meyerson, sign up now at rivet360.com/talk
2021-06-0400 min2021-02-1000 minChicago Public Square PodcastsWho was Stan Lee? Two biographers discuss his life and legacy.Marvel Comics icon Stan Lee so inspired a generation of readers and writers, a multiplicity of biographies was inevitable after his death in 2018.On the occasion of the publication of Oak Park, Ill., native Abraham Riesmanâs entry, True Believer: The Rise and Fall of Stan Lee, the Chicago Public Square Podcast invited Riesman and A Marvelous Life: The Amazing Story of Stan Lee author Danny Fingeroth to join a conversation about Leeâs life and legacy.
Listen here, on your favorite podcast player, via Spotify, YouTube and Pandora, on Amazonâs Alexa-powered devices* or on iTunes (âHey, Siri! Pl...
2021-02-1000 minCharlie Meyerson interviewsEmail pioneer Aaron Barnhart interviewed in 1996Of all the interviews Iâve conducted, none have influenced my career more than this 1996 sit-down with Aaron Barnhart, whose Late Show News newsletter pioneered the email news biz.Listen to us discuss his model for how, in my words, âa lot of us in this profession will ⌠do our work in the futureâ and youâll hear the siren call that two years later would draw me from radio to the internetâand, not much later, to lead the Chicago Tribuneâs email program.Decades later, Barnhartâs work inspired the launch of Chicago Public...
2021-02-0800 min
Just A Few Questions PodcastReading Good Journalism: Charlie MeyersonMarc Sims talks with veteran Chicago journalist Charlie Meyerson about the importance of reading good journalism.
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2021-01-0817 minCharlie Meyerson interviewsChicago 7 lawyer William Kunstler in 1994: That trial âchanged me totallyâPrepping to watch The Trial of the Chicago 7 on Netflix, I revisited my Sept. 16, 1994, interview with The 7âs defense lawyer, William Kunstler, who told me then that the trial âchanged me totally. ⌠âI never knew what it was to really fight until I watched Abbie Hoffman, Jerry Rubin, Dave Dellinger, Hayden and so on fight in a courtroomâdo things that would make the jury understand that they were being persecuted: Bringing in a birthday cake for Bobby Seale, a Viet Cong flag on their table, standing out and protesting the binding and gagging of Bobby Se...
2020-10-1600 minCharlie Meyerson interviewsCharlie Meyerson interviewed ⌠about Charlie MeyersonThis hasnât happened much in my career, most of which Iâve devoted to profiling people far more interesting than I am.
But, twice in less than two weeks, I was honored to be interviewed about journalism, politics, radio, the origins of Chicago Public Square and my personal journey:
On Friday, I was a guest on Chicago Reader columnist Ben Joravskyâs podcastâand that was just seven days after Matt Baron had grilled me for the Common Ground Oak Park podcast.
So here, in the Charlie Meyerson interviews series, isâfor lack of a better p...
2020-09-0600 min
Chicago Public Square NewscastsMayor's apology / Blago's pitch / Medicare's plight Mayor Emanuel says heâs sorry.This is your Chicago Public Square Newscast.Listen here, or on Amazonâs Alexa-powered speakers*, iTunes or your favorite podcast player. Enjoying these newscasts? Keep them coming by joining The Legion of Chicago Public Squarians. * Even if you donât have an Alexa smart speaker, you can turn iOS and Android phones into Alexa devices for freeâa low-impact way to experiment with the technology.
2020-08-2400 minChicago Public Square NewscastsChicago gets Boring / Trump's errant salute / Religion gapImage: The Boring Co.The dark side of that Boring Co. plan for tunnels connecting downtown Chicago and OâHare International Airport. President Trump seems to have made a mistake. And, (donât) praise the lord, we have a global religion gap.This is your Chicago Public Square Newscast.Listen here, or on Amazonâs Alexa-powered speakers*, iTunes or your favorite podcast player.Enjoying these newscasts? Keep them coming by joining The Legion of Chicago Public Squarians. * Even if you donât have an Alexa smart speaker, you can turn iOS and...
2020-08-2400 minCharlie Meyerson interviewsBarack Obama's 1st biographer, David Mendell: Michelle didn't care for the book
2019-11-2258 minChicago Public Square PodcastsBarack Obamaâs 1st biographer, David Mendell: Michelle didnât care for the bookHeâs Barack Obamaâs first biographer. But journalist David Mendell doesnât expect his award-winning 2007 book, Obama: From Promise to Power, to land a spot in Obamaâs presidential library.
Mendell and I were colleagues at the Chicago Tribune through much of the 2000s, but we barely exchanged hellos back then because he was so busy covering Obamaâs rise to the U.S. Senate.
So I learned a lotâincluding just how hard Obama worked to conceal his smoking habitâas Mendell and I finally got to catch up on-stage at Dominican University in River Forest, i...
2019-11-2200 minCharlie Meyerson interviewsStar Trek creator Gene Roddenberry in 1974 and 1976Youâd think if youâd met the creator of Star Trek, Gene Roddenberry, in the flesh youâd remember it.
Especially if he told you the real reason he made Mr. Spock look a little ⌠devilish (about 32:17 in).
Well, I did meet him, and he told me thatâand I confess that I forgot all about it.
Only when a longtime friend and neighbor lent me a vintage reel-to-reel tape player and I opened a long-filed-away box labeled âGene Roddenberryâ did I recall that I was actually in a studio with Roddenberry at college radio s...
2019-11-0700 minCharlie Meyerson interviews1988: Chaos in the Chicago City CouncilThis weekâs transformative Chicago City Council developmentâthe historic livestream video presentation of a committee meetingâbrings to mind a time when the council was maddeningly tough to follow.
In 1988, I was a newbie City Hall reporter for WXRT-FM. It was an assignment I relished notâpartly because the councilâs procedures were bewilderingly opaque and byzantine.
But I channeled my journalistic frustration into creation of a series that won a nationwide United Press International award for documentary radio reporting.
So, letâs return to the year 1988. Eugene Sawyer was briefly Chicagoâs mayor, and a y...
2019-09-0600 min2019-06-2458 minChicago Public Square NewscastsWhat hath Trump wrought? / Veggie warning / Chicago rebootsThis is your Chicago Public Square Newscast.Listen here, or on Amazonâs Alexa-powered speakers*, iTunes or your favorite podcast player.Enjoying these newscasts? Keep them coming by joining The Legion of Chicago Public Squarians. * Even if you donât have an Alexa smart speaker, you can turn iOS and Android phones into Alexa devices for freeâa low-impact way to experiment with the technology.
2019-03-3100 minChicago Public Square PodcastsScience fiction, Radicalized: An interview with Cory Doctorow
Wanna know what terrible technology is headed your way in the years ahead? Journalist and science fiction author Cory Doctorow says itâs not hard: Take a look at what The Powers That Be are foisting on prisoners and students.
Doctorow joined the Chicago Public Square Podcast for half an hour or so to talk about police brutality; controversial high-rise developments and âpoor-doorsâ; the criminalization of copyright law; and his new book, Radicalizedâa collection of four science fiction novellas that the jacket calls âTales of Our Present Moment.â
Listen here, on your favorite podcast player, via Spotify...
2019-03-2400 min2019-03-2458 minCharlie Meyerson interviewsWe were warned in 1997 of 'underground prejudice'In his 1997 book A Country of Strangers: Blacks and Whites in America,
Pulitzer Prize winner David K. Shipler documented a major split among Americans: "The divide between those who see racism and those who do not."
And he sounded an alarm about what many then might not have perceived: "How much prejudice has gone underground since the civil rights movement."
Here's my 1997 interview with Shipler, aired 19 years ago today.
Sadly, it doesn't sound dated.
Related listening: A panel discussion I led in July on the future of integration.
2018-11-1800 minCharlie Meyerson interviewsLeon Lederman, science education hacker, in 1997
The death of Nobel Prize winner Leon Lederman took me back to March 19, 1997, when I interviewed the professor about his then- (and still-) revolutionary ideas on how to overhaul science education. Hear him talk about thatâand much moreâhere âŚ
⌠or on iTunes or via your favorite podcast player.
And while youâre at it, check out my other interviews with thought-leaders through the years here and here.
(1988 photo: Energy.gov.)
2018-10-0500 min2018-09-1858 minChicago Public Square PodcastsHow Steve James overcame doubtâhis and othersââto create America to MeFilmmaker Steve Jamesâs workâincluding the Oscar-nominated Hoop Dreams and Abacusâhas won him critical acclaim galore and goodwill in the town where he lives, Oak Park.
But when he set out to create his 10-part documentary series America to Meâabout Oak Park, its historic commitment to integration and its high schoolâs challenges in living up to a reputation for inclusivenessâhe had his doubts.
Hear all about thatâand catch up with two of the students spotlighted by this celebrated Starz seriesâin a Chicago Public Square Podcast. Listen here, on your favorite...
2018-09-1400 minCharlie Meyerson interviewsHow Steve James overcame doubtâhis and others'âto create 'America to Me'
2018-09-1458 minChicago Public Square NewscastsClarifying Trump / Home-sharing tax / Nuts to nut-'milk'No one said explaining the president would be an easy job. No one said staying at an Airbnb or other shared home in Chicago would stay cheap. And no one told you you could call âalmond milkâ milk forever.This is your Chicago Public Square Newscast. Listen here, or on Amazonâs Alexa-powered speakers*, iTunes or your favorite podcast player.Enjoying these newscasts? Keep them coming by joining The Legion of Chicago Public Squarians. * Even if you donât have an Alexa smart speaker, you can turn iOS...
2018-07-1800 minChicago Public Square Newscasts'Genius' takes it back / Emanuel unsatisfied / Twitter cricketsPresident Trump says he made a mistake. Mayor Emanuelâs not satisfied. And is Twitter a little less tweety lately?This is your Chicago Public Square Newscast.Listen here, or on Amazonâs Alexa-powered speakers*, iTunes or your favorite podcast player.Enjoying these newscasts? Keep them coming by joining The Legion of Chicago Public Squarians.* Even if you donât have an Alexa smart speaker, you can turn iOS and Android phones into Alexa devices for freeâa low-impact way to experiment with the technology.
2018-07-1700 minChicago Public Square NewscastsIllinois 'red flag' / Trump's 'disgrace' / CVS's apologyIllinois has new gun protections. President Trump has fresh critics. And CVS says itâs sorry. This is your Chicago Public Square Newscast. Listen here, or on Amazonâs Alexa-powered speakers*, iTunes or your favorite podcast player.Enjoying these newscasts? Keep them coming by joining The Legion of Chicago Public Squarians. * Even if you donât have an Alexa smart speaker, you can turn iOS and Android phones into Alexa devices for freeâa low-impact way to experiment with the technology.
2018-07-1600 minChicago Public Square Newscasts'A coward' / Cop in trouble again / 24 shoes dropThe woman in the flag T-shirt speaks out. A Chicago cop is in troubleâagain. And 24 more shoes drop in the Russia investigation.This is your Chicago Public Square Newscast.Listen here, or on Amazonâs Alexa-powered speakers*, iTunes or your favorite podcast player.Enjoying these newscasts? Keep them coming by joining The Legion of Chicago Public Squarians.* Even if you donât have an Alexa smart speaker, you can turn iOS and Android phones into Alexa devices for freeâa low-impact way to experiment with the technology.
2018-07-1300 minChicago Public Square NewscastsAn angry defense / Mayor claims 'save' / Fast-food concessionAn FBI agent gets fiery. The mayor claims a win in China. And McDonald's and other fast-food giants are settling a multistate legal issue.This is your Chicago Public Square Newscast.Listen here, or on Amazonâs Alexa-powered speakers*, iTunes or your favorite podcast player.Enjoying these newscasts? Keep them coming by joining The Legion of Chicago Public Squarians.* Even if you donât have an Alexa smart speaker, you can turn iOS and Android phones into Alexa devices for freeâa low-impact way to experiment with the technology.
2018-07-1200 minChicago Public Square NewscastsSCOTUS battle lines / Preckwinkle: Sorry / Peanuts groundedThe battle lines are clear in the fight for the Supreme Court. A Facebook video leads to a politicianâs apology. And an airline is swearing off an in-flight snack.This is your Chicago Public Square Newscast.Listen here, or on Amazonâs Alexa-powered speakers*, iTunes or your favorite podcast player.Enjoying these newscasts? Keep them coming by joining The Legion of Chicago Public Squarians.* Even if you donât have an Alexa smart speaker, you can turn iOS and Android phones into Alexa devices for freeâa low-impact way to exper...
2018-07-1000 minChicago Public Square NewscastsCTA Damen Station plans revealed / Bike-sharing deflation / Plastic straws suckedThe CTAâs hyping its next new L station, but the cityâs bike-sharing biz is suffering a setback. And Starbucks is swearing off plastic straws.This is your Chicago Public Square Newscast. Listen here, or on Amazonâs Alexa-powered speakers*, iTunes or your favorite podcast player.Enjoying these newscasts? Keep them coming by joining The Legion of Chicago Public Squarians. * Even if you donât have an Alexa smart speaker, you can turn iOS and Android phones into Alexa devices for freeâa low-impact way to experiment with the technology
2018-07-0900 minChicago Public Square NewscastsTrump finally speaks up / A journalist's voicemail / Annapolis aidChicago Public Square will take off the week of July 2. Be here again July 9. Meanwhile: Updates on Facebook and Twitter.The president says something at last about the massacre in Annapolis, a journalist shares his hateful voicemail, and how you can help the survivors and families of the victims of the Capital Gazette shooting.This is your Chicago Public Square Newscast.Listen here, or on Amazonâs Alexa-powered speakers*, iTunes or your favorite podcast player.Enjoying these newscasts? Keep them coming by joining The Legion of Chicago Public Sq...
2018-07-0600 minChicago Public Square NewscastsSCOTUS shocker / City Council dodge / A real twisterA Supreme Court shocker. A City Council dodge. And, yes, a real tornado.This is your Chicago Public Square Newscast.Listen here, or on Amazonâs Alexa-powered speakers*, iTunes or your favorite podcast player.Enjoying these newscasts? Keep them coming by joining The Legion of Chicago Public Squarians.* Even if you donât have an Alexa smart speaker, you can turn iOS and Android phones into Alexa devices for freeâa low-impact way to experiment with the technology.
2018-06-2700 minChicago Public Square NewscastsTrump's victory / 'Meet me at Wells & Wells'? / Toys R Us' endPresident Trumpâs big Supreme Court win, Chicago aldermenâs street-renaming compromise, and Toys R Usâ final death knell.This is your Chicago Public Square Newscast.Listen here, or on Amazonâs Alexa-powered speakers*, iTunes or your favorite podcast player.Enjoying these newscasts? Keep them coming by joining The Legion of Chicago Public Squarians.* Even if you donât have an Alexa smart speaker, you can turn iOS and Android phones into Alexa devices for freeâa low-impact way to experiment with the technology.
2018-06-2600 minChicago Public Square NewscastsProtest could shut I-94 / Alderman passes up papal audience / Prof tells journalists: Snub the presidentPhoto: Daniel X. O'NeilFather Pfleger pflans a pfrotest, an alderman snubs the pope and a journalism prof encourages reporters to snub the president.This is your Chicago Public Square Newscast.Listen here, or on Amazonâs Alexa-powered speakers*, iTunes or your favorite podcast player.Enjoying these newscasts? Keep them coming by joining The Legion of Chicago Public Squarians.* Even if you donât have an Alexa smart speaker, you can turn iOS and Android phones into Alexa devices for freeâa low-impact way to experiment with the technology.
2018-06-2600 minChicago Public Square NewscastsEmanuel's changed tune / Chicago's immigrant kids / Navy's ominous plansKaren Lewis is signing off, and Mayor Emanuel seems sad. Dick Durbin visits detained kids. The Navy makes immigrant detention plans. And Square readers click on a story bigtime.This is your Chicago Public Square Newscast.Listen here, or on Amazonâs Alexa-powered speakers*, iTunes or your favorite podcast player.Enjoying these newscasts? Keep them coming by joining The Legion of Chicago Public Squarians.* Even if you donât have an Alexa smart speaker, you can turn iOS and Android phones into Alexa devices for freeâa low-impact way to experi...
2018-06-2500 minChicago Public Square NewscastsCue sad trombone / Sales tax holiday ends / Record wetnessCue the sad trombone for Corey Lewandowski. And for sales-tax breaks. And for dry weather in Chicago. Check out the latest Chicago Public Square Newscast. Listen here, or on Amazonâs Alexa-powered speakers*, iTunes or your favorite podcast player.Enjoying these newscasts? Keep them coming by joining The Legion of Chicago Public Squarians. * Even if you donât have an Alexa smart speaker, you can turn iOS and Android phones into Alexa devices for freeâa low-impact way to experiment with the technology.
2018-06-2100 minChicago Public Square NewscastsA tearful plea / Chicago cops sued / Happy birthday, Divvy(As the regular Chicago Public Square news update takes a break today, check out the latest Square Newscast. Follow Square on Facebook and Twitter. And be here Thursday.)A tearful plea in Congress. Chicago Police sued. And happy birthday, Divvy. This is your Chicago Public Square Newscast.Listen here, or on Amazonâs Alexa-powered speakers*, iTunes or your favorite podcast player.Enjoying these newscasts? Keep them coming by joining The Legion of Chicago Public Squarians. * Even if you donât have an Alexa smart speaker, you can turn iOS...
2018-06-2000 minChicago Public Square NewscastsTrump digs in / Best CEOs for women / R.I.P., TroncTeam Trump is digging in on immigration. Big changes atop newspaper companies. And wanna work at a company good for women? Check out the latest Chicago Public Square Newscast. Listen here, or on Amazonâs Alexa-powered speakers*, iTunes or your favorite podcast player.Enjoying these newscasts? Keep them coming by joining The Legion of Chicago Public Squarians. * Even if you donât have an Alexa smart speaker, you can turn iOS and Android phones into Alexa devices for freeâa low-impact way to experiment with the technology.
2018-06-1800 minChicago Public Square NewscastsWe're sinking / Comcast vs. Disney / The Chief, againUh, we're sinking.This is your Chicago Public Square Newscast.Listen here, or on Amazonâs Alexa-powered speakers*, iTunes or your favorite podcast player.Enjoying these newscasts? Keep them coming by joining The Legion of Chicago Public Squarians. * Even if you donât have an Alexa smart speaker, you can turn iOS and Android phones into Alexa devices for freeâa low-impact way to experiment with the technology.
2018-06-1300 minChicago Public Square NewscastsVoting rights setback / Chicago gang census / Live long and prosper ⌠but maybe not hereThe losing side sees a Supreme Court ruling as a critical blow to voter turnout.This is your Chicago Public Square Newscast.Listen here, or on Amazonâs Alexa-powered speakers*, iTunes or your favorite podcast player.Enjoying these newscasts? Keep them coming by joining The Legion of Chicago Public Squarians. * Even if you donât have an Alexa smart speaker, you can turn iOS and Android phones into Alexa devices for freeâa low-impact way to experiment with the technology.
2018-06-1100 minChicago Public Square NewscastsSun-Times prognosis / Bourdain's death / Women in chargeHow much longer does the Chicago Sun-Times have?This is your Chicago Public Square Newscast.Listen here, or on Amazonâs Alexa-powered speakers*, iTunes or your favorite podcast player.[Correction: The following player has been updated to point to the right audio file.]Enjoying these newscasts? Keep them coming by joining The Legion of Chicago Public Squarians. * Even if you donât have an Alexa smart speaker, you can turn iOS and Android phones into Alexa devices for freeâa low-impact way to experiment with the technology.
2018-06-1000 minChicago Public Square NewscastsFacebook's new oops / Rahm limits? / Conservative powers Another oops from Facebook.This is your Chicago Public Square Newscast.Listen here, or on Amazonâs Alexa-powered speakers*, iTunes or your favorite podcast player. Enjoying these newscasts? Keep them coming by joining The Legion of Chicago Public Squarians. * Even if you donât have an Alexa smart speaker, you can turn iOS and Android phones into Alexa devices for freeâa low-impact way to experiment with the technology.
2018-06-0700 minChicago Public Square Newscasts#HimToo / Schools abuse hotline / Amazon Go comingIllinois Democratsâ #MeToo problems just donât quit.This is your Chicago Public Square Newscast.Listen here, or on Amazonâs Alexa-powered speakers*, iTunes or your favorite podcast player. Enjoying these newscasts? Keep them coming by joining The Legion of Chicago Public Squarians. * Even if you donât have an Alexa smart speaker, you can turn iOS and Android phones into Alexa devices for freeâa low-impact way to experiment with the technology.
2018-06-0600 minChicago Public Square NewscastsBaker's break / Underwater Chicago / iPhone speedup The Supreme Courtâs 7-2 ruling in favor of the Colorado baker who refused to bake a cake for a gay coupleâs wedding isnât a decisive victory for those on his side.This is your Chicago Public Square Newscast.Listen here, or on Amazonâs Alexa-powered speakers*, iTunes or your favorite podcast player.Enjoying these newscasts? Keep them coming by joining The Legion of Chicago Public Squarians.* Even if you donât have an Alexa smart speaker, you can turn iOS and Android phones into Alexa devices for freeâa...
2018-06-0400 minChicago Public Square NewscastsSamantha Bee's sorry / Another one bites the Dems / Sears closings The outrage arms race keeps escalating. Submitted for your consideration: Samantha Bee.This is your Chicago Public Square Newscast.Listen here, or on Amazonâs Alexa-powered speakers*, iTunes or your favorite podcast player.Enjoying these newscasts? Keep them coming by joining The Legion of Chicago Public Squarians.* Even if you donât have an Alexa smart speaker, you can turn iOS and Android phones into Alexa devices for freeâa low-impact way to try the technology.
2018-05-3100 minChicago Public Square PodcastsFood Network star Jeff Mauro talks about that time a guy in the audience diedSomething different for the Chicago Public Square Newscast (and Podcast) series this time: A visit with Food Network star and Chicago native Jeff Mauro.
He joined the Wednesday Journal Conversations series May 15, 2018, to talk about his life and timesâincluding that time he was performing improv comedy and a ticketholder died.
And stick around to hear in detail about Mauroâs bathing habits. (Photo: Carmen Rivera.)
Listen here, on your favorite podcast player, via Spotify, YouTube and Pandora, on Amazonâs Alexa-powered speakers* or on iTunes (say âHey, Siri! Play Chicago Public Square Pod...
2018-05-1800 minCharlie Meyerson interviewsFood Network star Jeff Mauro talks about that time a guy in the audience died
2018-05-1858 minCharlie Meyerson interviewsAnna Quindlen, talking out loud in 1993
Approaching Motherâs Day 1993, Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Anna Quindlenâwho shaped a generationâs approach to parenthoodâstopped by the WNUA-FM studios in Chicago to promote her then-new book, Thinking Out Loud.
Check out this audioârecorded May 5, 1993âto learn why she objected to the name of a Chicago Tribune newspaper section.
Listen to my interview with Anna Quindlenâon the web, iTunes or your favorite podcast player.
(Book jacket cover photo: Joyce Ravid,)
2018-05-0500 minCharlie Meyerson interviewsTrumpâs precursor? An interview with Pat Buchanan in 1998In many ways, two-time presidential candidate Patrick Buchananâformer adviser to three Republican presidents (Nixon, Ford and Reagan)âset the stage for Donald Trumpâs ascendance.
When Buchanan made 2016âs âPolitico 50,â the magazine pronounced Trump âPat Buchanan with better timing.â
How similar are they? Hereâs the unheard-since-broadcast audio of my interview with Buchanan, aired on this date in 1998. What similaritiesâand differencesâdo you hear?
Listen on the web, iTunes or your favorite podcast player.
(Photo: Bbsrock.)
2018-05-0300 minCharlie Meyerson interviewsFrom 1998: The man who REALLY saved Apple
In 1998, Appleâs now-widely-forgotten CEO, Gil Amelio, sat down with me to discuss his relatively brief time atop what was then a struggling companyâthe subject of his book On the Firing Line: My 500 Days at Apple.
As youâll hearâand as Engadget noted in 2014âAmelio proved remarkably âaccurate ⌠regarding how Apple could get its groove back.â
In at least one wayâhis decision to bring Apple founder Steve Jobs back to the companyâAmelio may truly be the man who saved Apple.
Twenty years to the week after this interview airedâApril 26, 1998âyou be the judge.
2018-04-2800 minCharlie Meyerson interviewsNational Lampoon's origins, recalled by founding publisher Matty Simmons in 1987Netflixâs comedic biography of National Lampoon co-founder Douglas Kenney, A Futile and Stupid Gesture, sent me back to my conversation decades ago with one of the storyâs key figures, who shared his recollection of developments that made their way into the movie.
If you enjoyed A Futile and Stupid Gesture, youâll get a kick out of this unedited April 30, 1987, interview with the Lampoonâs founding publisher, Matty Simmons.
Enjoy this? Get more on iTunes or via RSS feed.
2018-01-2800 minCharlie Meyerson interviewsIn 1998, a look to the future of working womenFrom the perspective of the Womenâs March and #MeToo era of 2018, a 20-year-old book that set out to examine âworking women and the transformation of American lifeâ offers insight into trends decades in the making.
Hereâs my 1998 interview with author Sally Helgesen, who, over the course of three years, put a microscope to women in the Chicago suburb of Napervilleâand found dramatic changes, which she documented in her book Everyday Revolutionaries.
One excerpt, as she discussed two-career families:
Helgesen: âMany of the women said to me ⌠âMy husband is tremendously hel...
2018-01-2500 minCharlie Meyerson interviewsHow the Fantastic Four radio series disappointed Stan Lee in 19751975: I was just beginning my radio career at college station WPGU-FM, hosting an investigative mini-documentary radio series, Probe.
What would be more natural to âinvestigateâ than my passion for comic booksâwith what became the first of several interviews over my career with Marvel Comics impresario Stan Lee?
Presented here far more for the value of Leeâs remarksâincluding his disappointment in the then-new Fantastic Four radio series and his enthusiasm for Howard the Duckâthan for my own stuffy and waaaay-underdeveloped on-air presence: Stan Lee on WPGU Radioâs Probe.
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2017-12-2800 minCharlie Meyerson interviewsThe time I interviewed âChickenmanâ creator Dick Orkin in 1976
Radio production, comedy and advertising visionary Dick Orkinâs death Sunday sent me back into the archivesâwaaaay back in the archivesâto my days learning radio at my college station, WPGU. (Image: 2016 Radio Ink cover.)
Aired Feb. 2, 1976, hereâs my journalist-in-training report from the time I interviewed Dick Orkin, a man whose creation of the hilarious serial Chickenman led me to loveâand seek a career inâradio.
2017-12-2600 minCharlie Meyerson interviewsDavid Simonâbefore The Wire in 1997
Twenty years ago, journalist David Simon, author of the book that inspired the TV show Homicideâand later the creator of HBOâs acclaimed The Wire, among many othersâjoined me for a discussion of the then-new book heâd co-authored, The Corner: A Year in the Life of an Inner-City Neighborhood.Â
Simonâs time spent on an urban corner in Baltimore had persuaded him then that the war on drugs was a failureâthat the concept of âlockinâ âem upâ was a losing battle that served only to further isolate neighborhoods where the vast majority of residents are victim...
2017-11-3000 minCharlie Meyerson interviews'Wait Wait ⌠Don't Tell Me!' host Peter Sagal tells his not-favorite things
2017-11-2758 minChicago Public Square PodcastsâWait Wait ⌠Donât Tell Me!â host Peter Sagal tells his not-favorite thingsLet Peter Sagal, host of NPRâs incredibly successful Wait Wait ⌠Donât Tell Me!, tell you this:
He hates the showâs name.
He also hates the place where he creates that show.
Youâll learn why as you listen to a podcast of my onstage interview with Sagalâpart of the Wednesday Journal Conversations seriesâin which he talks about the show, his career, the Constitution under Donald Trump, the challenge sexual harassment poses to comedy writing, the differences between announcers Bill Kurtis and Carl Kasell, and much more ⌠including Sagalâs affectio...
2017-11-2700 min2017-09-1058 minChicago Public Square PodcastsDavid Axelrod: From Oak Park to the White House
When President Obamaâs former chief strategistânow University of Chicago Institute of Politics founder and CNN senior political commentatorâDavid Axelrod agreed to return to his old suburban neighborhood to kick off the Wednesday Journal newspaperâs series of public conversations at Dominican University, I was honored by the request to moderate the session with my long-ago neighbor and teammate at Chicagoâs WXRT-FM.
It was an enlightening andâby the account of Axelrodâs fans in the audienceâtherapeutic evening.
Hear for yourself in this podcast, recorded Sept. 6, 2017. Or listen on your favorite podcast p...
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The Deerfield Public Library Podcast7: Charlie Meyerson, proprietor of ChicagoPublicSquare.com & longtime Chicago-area "bringer of news"Charlie Meyerson, proprietor of ChicagoPublicSquare.com, a free email news roundup. We talk "fake news" and the state of the media today. Charlie visited us in June as a panelist on our program The Real Story Behind Fake News, you can watch it here. Library News: a new resource for our patrons in the market for a car: Auto Finance Resource. With this resource you can get the inside information on low rates for car loans that car dealers get. Staff Picks segment: I take over for this month, recommending the new novel by Percival...
2017-07-1731 minCharlie Meyerson interviewsIf your school kills your student newspaperâor youâre laid offâyou can keep going. Cheap.[Headline revised July 15, 2020, to include âor youâre laid off.â Because, well, you know.]
If you were asked to lecture 600 high school journalists and their teachers on the state of journalism, what would you tell them? When the Northern Illinois Scholastic Press Association (NISPA) invited me to deliver the keynote address at its annual conference, we agreed to title the talk âJournalism on a (Really Cheap) Shoestring.â
But the underlying message was more subversive:Â If your school kills your student newspaper, you can continue the mission on your own. Cheap.
You can see the pres...
2017-04-2600 minCharlie Meyerson interviewsMarvel Comics creator Stan Lee in 2017: âNerdism is the highest state of mankindâ
(Updated on the occasion of Stan Lee's death, Nov. 12, 2018.)
Hereâs Stan Lee, the man who created or co-created the core Marvel Comics universe, sitting down during C2E2 at age 94 for what his staff said was his last Chicago comics convention appearance. As youâll hear, he had energy and enthusiasm to betray his age.
His interviewers: Adrian F.E. and Paola Alejandra. Recorded at C2E2 Chicago, April 21, 2017. (Photo from that day: @Malcchiato on Twitter.)
More: My interview with Stan Lee in 1998 and my first interview with him in 1975.
2017-04-2300 minCharlie Meyerson interviewsThe gang that used to rule cyberspace: A 1993 interviewAs digital lawlessness holds center stage in the national political drama, doesnât this seem like a good time to revisit the first generation of internet outlaws?
So letâs set the WABAC machine for Feb. 5, 1995, original airdate for my interview with Michelle Slatalla and Joshua Quittner â authors of the seminal hacking story Masters of Deception: The Gang That Ruled Cyberspace.
(Quittner, by the way, also holds the historic distinction of being the person who first bought the domain McDonalds.com. What he demanded from McDonaldâs Corp. in exchange for giving it up is a tale he...
2017-01-1400 minCharlie Meyerson interviewsStan Lee interviewed in 1998 (raw audio)Itâs a tradition on the birthday of Marvel Comicsâ fearless leader, Stan Lee, for me to revisit one of my favorite encounters with him: A 1998 sitdown at the Wizard World pop-culture convention in Rosemont, Ill.This time, though, something different: Raw, unedited (stereo; heâs in the right channel, Iâm in the left) audio of the session we recordedâfollowed by the sound of one of my Merry Marvel Marching Society membership perks, a record featuring Stan and many of the old Marvel Bullpen team.
As youâll hear by comparing the session below to the finished product, not...
2016-12-2800 minCharlie Meyerson interviewsJune Foray and Bill Scott, the voices behind 'Rocky and Bullwinkle'âin 1983Nov. 19, 1959, brought the debut of one of the greatest cartoon shows of all time: Rocky and His Friends.Bill Scott, Bullwinkle, June Foray(Credit: beyondthemarquee.com).Click for audio.Later known as The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show and The Bullwinkle Show, it had everything a little kid could want: A protagonist who could fly (Rocket J. Squirrel), a sidekick who was funny (Bullwinkle J. Moose) and parental approvalâbecause it was layered with cultural and political humor a lot of us would only come to understand much later. (Wait: Thereâs an opera called Boris Gudunov? Real...
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