Chicagoland Podcast
1) Harris Community Action Fellows - MSBARC
In this episode, we will hear from the HCA Fellows team who partnered with MSBARC (Mid-South Business Association and Resource Center). This team completed an asset-based economic landscape analysis i...Show More
2) Harris Community Action Fellows - Sunshine Enterprises
In this episode, we will hear from one of the HCA Fellows teams who partnered with Sunshine Enterprises. This team developed a logic model for SE's Community Business Academy (CBA), which is a twelve-...Show More
3) Harris Community Action Fellows - NORML
In this episode, we will hear from the HCA Fellows team who partnered with Chicago NORML (National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws). This team completed an organizational strategic plan ...Show More
4) The Role of Media in Civil Rights Protests: Dr. Omar Wasow
Trigger Warning: this episode contains graphic descriptions of police and racial violence.Recent Harris graduate and former president of Black Action in Public Policy Studies Alexis Pearson chats with...Show More
5) Impact Investment in Chicago: Dr. William Towns
For today's episode, Steve Crano chats with Dr. William Towns, the Executive Director of Benefit Chicago, and an Adjunct Lecturer of Social Impact at Northwestern's Kellogg School of Management. This ...Show More
6) Public Health and Equity in Chicago: Dr. Allison Arwady
In this episode of Chicagoland, Steve Crano and Kyra Sturgill interview Dr. Allison Arwady, Commissioner of the Chicago Department of Public Health. This interview was recorded in the fall of 2019, mo...Show More
7) State of Transportation in Chicagoland: A Conversation With Jacky Grimshaw
Jacky Grimshaw, Vice President, Government Affairs of the Center for Neighborhood Technology ("CNT"), discusses the state of transportation in Chicagoland, including the implications of the city's imp...Show More
State of Transportation in Chicagoland: A Conversation With Jacky Grimshaw
37:43 | May 12th, 2020
8) Jahmal Cole
Steve talks with activist, author, and entrepreneur Jahmal Cole about his organization My Block, My Hood, My City, and growing up in Chicago.Podcast Production Credit: Kyra Sturgill and Steve Crano pr...Show More
9) Cathy Cohen and David Knight
Produced and Edited by Kyra Sturgill and Steve Crano University of Chicago Political Science professor, Cathy Cohen, and her doctoral student, David Knight, discuss their recent survey project “Race a...Show More
10) Vincent Lane
This week, Steve Crano and Kyra Sturgill sat down for an interview with Vincent Lane, former director of the Chicago Housing Authority. Lane’s tenure as chairman led up to the demolition of Chicago’s ...Show More