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It's “That Guy… Who Was in That Thing” meets "WTF" but with people even less well known! Sure it's fun to interview the crazy famous and ask them about the difficult years, but that's been done. Memories are plastic - we're getting the real dirt from people still crawling through it. Laura Scruggs is the playwright and Jake Scruggs is the technical guy who listens to a lot of “This American Life” and thinks that qualifies him to interview people.

Aug 29, 2016

01:47 - How "Not In Our House" started with a social media post
05:05 - Town Hall discussion.
07:58 - What do we need/what is missing: support group/network, lawyer, shelters, stay at houses, volunteers to escort people to their cars, therapy, etc.
10:50 - Chicago Code of Conduct.
14:44 - Actions/demonstrations to help...


Aug 22, 2016

01:15 - When did David Fink know that he's an artist?
06:26 - The first story that David told.
10:40 - How did David Fink come to found Outspoken? http://www.sidetrackchicago.com/outspokenchicago/
16:49 - What David feels makes the best stories.
18:02 - David tells us a story.
26:29 - OUTspoken was chosen as a feature...


Aug 15, 2016

01:54 - When did Abigail and Jason know they wanted to do theatre?
14:19 - How Abigail and Jason re-connected
18:11 - The intervening years.
22:06 - Performink's first life and the reboot.
48:14 - How they decided to live in and convert a school bus http://ourwanderingfamily.com
1:04:09 - Bardy Bunch:


Aug 8, 2016

06:06 - Beginnings of Redmoon. http://www.redmoon.org
11:59 - Beginning of free children's art classes with Redmoon.
14:20 - The path of Redmoon after first five years.
19:34 - Building things at Redmoon.
24:11 - Jim left his Ph.D. program 25 years ago and is now writing his dissertation.
29:46 - Is Jim creating a...


Aug 1, 2016

02:01 - Genesis of "The Gogo Show"
04:40 - What is the Lincoln Loft?
09:34 - Anna and Mary Rose O'Connor both host and curate "The Gogo Show"
13:50 - How "The Gogo Show" got its name and favorite moments.
18:35 - Comedians to look out for: Sameena Mustafa with Simmer Brown, Kelsey Huff, Amy Sumpter, Rebecca O'Neill,...