A kid takes on the machine: the 13th Ward
01/29/19 • 13 min
Marty Quinn, close ally of Michael Madigan, has accrued a lot of power in the 13th ward, but Ben and Maya are more interested in what his 19-year-old challenger means for the machine politician.
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Chicago Reader's Back Room Deal is produced by Anne Elizabeth Moore.
Produced and edited by Andrea Klunder at The Creative Impostor Studios
Hosted by Ben Joravsky & Maya Dukmasova
Recorded and mixed by Edwin R. Ruiz, Mondo Machine
Special thanks to Lumpen Radio WLPN 105.5FM
Theme music by Jim R. S. Bjorklund, courtesy FreeSound.org
Marty Quinn, close ally of Michael Madigan, has accrued a lot of power in the 13th ward, but Ben and Maya are more interested in what his 19-year-old challenger means for the machine politician.
***
Chicago Reader's Back Room Deal is produced by Anne Elizabeth Moore.
Produced and edited by Andrea Klunder at The Creative Impostor Studios
Hosted by Ben Joravsky & Maya Dukmasova
Recorded and mixed by Edwin R. Ruiz, Mondo Machine
Special thanks to Lumpen Radio WLPN 105.5FM
Theme music by Jim R. S. Bjorklund, courtesy FreeSound.org
Previous Episode
Shotgun objections: the 20th Ward
Things get complicated in the ward set to tie for the most-aldermen-in-jail award, so Ben and Maya share their insights.
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Chicago Reader's Back Room Deal is produced by Anne Elizabeth Moore.
Produced and edited by Andrea Klunder at The Creative Impostor Studios
Hosted by Ben Joravsky & Maya Dukmasova
Recorded and mixed by Edwin R. Ruiz, Mondo Machine
Special thanks to Lumpen Radio WLPN 105.5FM
Theme music by Jim R. S. Bjorklund, courtesy FreeSound.org
Next Episode
The latest Fast Eddie: the 14th Ward
The indictment of the head of City Council's finance committee, who shook down a fast-food joint and kept a passel of guns in his office, offers plenty for Ben and Maya to consider.
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Chicago Reader's Back Room Deal is produced by Anne Elizabeth Moore.
Produced and edited by Andrea Klunder at The Creative Impostor Studios
Hosted by Ben Joravsky & Maya Dukmasova
Recorded and mixed by Edwin R. Ruiz, Mondo Machine
Special thanks to Lumpen Radio WLPN 105.5FM
Theme music by Jim R. S. Bjorklund, courtesy FreeSound.org
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