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Michael Alkaraki
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Democracy Doctors
Alderman Byron Sigcho-Lopez
Intresections of Immigration, Palestine and civil rights in the City of Chicago with 25th Ward Alderman Byron Sigcho-Lopez who is currently running for Congress in Illinois' 4th District. This discussion was recorded in November of 2025 for a diffrent platform but is being published here instead with permission from all parties.
2026-02-10
27 min
Huskies in the Wild
Luke Hehemann, Erin O'Neill Mott & Mike Raspatello
Lots of stuff
2026-01-22
1h 29
Democracy Doctors
Sladjana Vuckovic
"Extra-curricular" advocacy as central to lawyering, first amendment/free speech issues, intersections of justice from Gaza to domestic civil right suppression, mitigating cognitive bias, principles of veganism and more.
2026-01-02
1h 29
Democracy Doctors
Amanda Garcia
Law & advocacy as a calling, immigration law practice in the context of weaponized immigration policy, ICE & militarization of communities, navigating clients through trauma & uncertainty, justifying philosophy degrees and more
2025-10-15
1h 05
Huskies in the Wild
Chris Walsh
Comedy, creativity, entrepreneurship, law practice, real estate tax appeals, sports, a bike in a tree and much more with the great Chris Walsh.
2025-09-19
1h 05
Democracy Doctors
Bruce Fein
The great American lawyer, philosopher and U.S. Dept. of Justice veteran Bruce Fein on civics, structural democracy, constitutional law, foreign policy, human nature and the roles of lawyers and citizens in maintaining liberty and equality in the face of consolidated power, corruption and tyranny.
2025-08-07
1h 04
Democracy Doctors
Jeff Tischauser, PhD
Jeff's work monitoring, documenting and exposing right wing ethnonationalist movements including in relation to the Trump administration and MAGA, broader discussion of nationalism and patriotism in the context of liberal pluralistic democracy, linguistics, semantics, word games, rhetorical branding and domestic democracy, civil rights and rule of law degradation against the backdrop and because of foreign conflict engagements and "forever wars."
2025-05-02
1h 55
Huskies in the Wild
Jordan Taggart
Tall tales, a new short film project, parenting revelations, transferrable skills/principles and the intersections and integration of creativity, art/music, public education/civics, social justice, entreprenuership, professionalism and more.
2025-04-15
57 min
Huskies in the Wild
Dave McDermott
Art, culture, dance, policy, politics, influence, education, growth, OPRF and more with former First Deputy Commissioner of the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events turned current Hubbard Street Dance Chicago Executive Director, Dave McDermott.
2025-02-28
1h 16
Huskies in the Wild
Anna Frostic
Kids, litigation, public policy, local and global leadership in animal advocacy through the Humane Society International, Washington D.C. life and OPRF roots.
2025-02-13
1h 20
Democracy Doctors
William Nissen
Naval and community service, criminal justice reform including death penalty abolition and elder parole, continuing education, international securites and futures regulation and litigation and more with retired big law partner William Nissen.
2025-02-05
48 min
Democracy Doctors
Michelle Carey
Service and leadership through the Judicial Evaluations Committee of The Chicago Bar Association, motivations for becoming a lawyer and dedication to rule of law, the role of the judiciary in democracy, reflections on the current state of the judiciary and democracy, the importance of civics and an educated public and the value of local engagement and action.
2025-01-30
59 min
Democracy Doctors
Bruce Fein
The legendary constitutional, international and human rights lawyer, fomer Justice Department Official, consultant, scholar, author and more on his recent lawsuit against the U.S. Secretary of State, Gaza v. Blinken, on behalf of Palestinians alleging violation of the U.S. Federal Leahy Law via weapons provision to Israel while Israel is engaged in gross human rights violations, the role of lawyers in society, the philosophical origins and dynamics of rule of law and democracy and beyond.
2025-01-11
1h 19
Democracy Doctors
John Heiderscheidt
Immigration and the intersections of economics, national security and criminal law, the threat of mass deportations, fear politics, the spirit/ideals of the U.S., practical and political challenges to consistent sound policy, potential solutions/reforms and much more with the multitalented and interdiscsiplinary attorney John Heiderscheidt.
2024-12-11
1h 16
Huskies in the Wild
Wes Hooker AKA WES RESTLESS
New music, "Change Your Game" with Chicago blues legend Mary Lane, the Jordan Years, Chicago to L.A. and back, countless acts and aestheics, continual creativity, balance and drive with multi-instrumentalist, producer, writer, performer, graphic desinger and more, WES RESTLESS aka Wes Hooker.
2024-11-20
57 min
Huskies in the Wild
Ricky "Rico" Baker
Professional musican, professional athlete, retired OPRF HS educator, true renaissance man and more, the great Ricky Baker on his/his band Rico's new record, "Life Love & Light," creativity, craftsmanship, inspiration, disclipine, drive, purpose and beyond.
2024-11-15
52 min
Huskies in the Wild
Mike Raspatello
Getting weird, entreprenuership, navigating technical difficulties and arguably the best Pelón Ray story ever, with soon-to-be HITW periodic show host/co-host Mike Raspatello.
2024-10-25
1h 04
Democracy Doctors
Chuck Wolf
Retired big law partner, University of Chicago law professor, recent Biden administration/Dept. of Labor appointee and renaissance man Chuck Wolf on the election, constitutional and structural design, foundations of democracy and more, for the inagural episode of Democracy Doctors.
2024-10-23
37 min
Huskies in the Wild
Jeff Tischauser, PhD
"Nazi hunting," hate networks, social justice, advocacy and politics through The Southern Poverty Law Center and beyond, anti-racism as an OPRF ethic, mass communication and social movements scholarship from theory to practice, and much more with Dr. Jeff Tischauser, PhD.
2024-10-15
55 min
Huskies in the Wild
Jim Elsener
A true writer's journey from serving the US Marine Corps in active duty during the Vietnam War, through a storied career in journalism with the greats including Royko & Vonnegut, finding your voice as a writer, branching out and bringing it home, with Jim Elsener.
2024-10-10
45 min
Huskies in the Wild
Erin O'Neill Mott
An adventure with Erin O'Neill Mott in humanities, policy, law, social sciences, education and more from RF to everywhere and back with kids
2024-10-03
53 min
Huskies in the Wild
Clent Lewis
Youth sports/activites, moral instruction/education, heady stuff, some basic facts and more with Clent Lewis.
2024-09-27
45 min
Democracy Doctors
Placekeeper - Show coming soon or eventually!
A real law & policy podcast with Mike Alk & friends
2024-09-26
00 min
Huskies in the Wild
Mike Phelan
The one & only Phe
2024-08-15
22 min
Huskies in the Wild
Ryan Farrell
To Oxford & back & more with the great & powerful Ryan Farrell
2024-06-28
28 min
Huskies in the Wild
Mike Carmody and Phil Carmody
Opportunity Knocks, Gala wrap, OPRF-SJC connections and more with Mike Carmody and Phil Carmody
2024-05-02
30 min
Huskies in the Wild
Chuck Wolf
Baseball, law, politics (including his recent appointment to the Biden Administration), teaching, family, world travel and more with the great Chuck Wolf!
2024-04-11
29 min
Huskies in the Wild
Intro - Huskies in the Wild
Coming Soon! Huskies in the Wild A local community podcast
2024-04-05
00 min