First Friday Club of Chicago Podcast
1) Angels We Have Heard on High: The Surprise Gift of Community Singing - Drs. Jonathan and Rev. Sandy Miller
Jon and Sandy Miller, founders of the Sounds Good Choir, which meets in multiple Chicagoland locations, have found that the message of hope through music can reach everyone, regardless of one's faith ...Show More
2) A Veteran's Day Check Up - Nancy Hughes Moyer
Nancy Hughes Moyer may not have the connections like Cardinal Gregory who presented on October 3rd. Instead, she has connections of a different kind. Nancy is in the trenches every day, in real time ....Show More
3) Cardinal Wilton Gregory - From Chicago's St. Carthage to the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City (with a few stops along the way!)
It all began when Wilton Daniel Gregory, a fifth grade student at St. Carthage grade school, informed his parish priest that he wanted to be a priest. Told by the priest that he was not even a Catholi...Show More
4) Sr. Helen Prejean - A Soul on Fire
Sr. Helen Prejean got into her ministry against the death penalty almost by accident in her early forties, with a decision to write to a prisoner on death row. She credits “Sneaky Jesus” for this idea...Show More
5) Hermene Hartman - Press Under Pressure: Can America's media still be a force for truth in this fractured time?
Press Under Pressure Traditional media faces adversity on all sides. Younger generations have turned to social media and podcasts, often one-sided, where misinformation can run wild. Everyone feels bo...Show More
6) Jennifer Parks - On the home front: Habitat for Humanity confronts Chicago’s housing crisis
On the home front: Habitat for Humanity confronts Chicago’s housing crisis Chicago's severe housing deficit is undermining our city's vitality. Join us as Jennifer Parks shares the history of Habitat...Show More
7) Jahmal Cole - Creating Ripples of Hope in Chicago
When Jahmal Cole began volunteering at the Cook County Jail in 2013, he quickly realized many of its youngest occupants had never once been out of their neighborhoods. This observation would prove to...Show More
8) Lester Munson - The Menace of Sports Gambling
Lester Munson - The Menace of Sports Gambling
9) Jack Shea: The Challenge of Christmas
Jack Shea: The Challenge of Christmas - Unwrapping Our Spiritual Gifts
10) Mary Ann Ahern & Carol Marin
Two of Chicago's most prominent journalists take us through the resulats of the election and what it means for our democracy.