Info

Hitting Left

Mike gets together each week, often with special guests in studio and from around the country, to discuss current topics involving politics, education and social justice "from the Left side of the plate." The topics covered may be local, national or international but always with a Chicago sensibility and perspective.
RSS Feed
Hitting Left
2024
December
November
October
September
August
July
June
May
April
March
February
January


2023
December
November
October
September
August
June
May
April
March
February
January


2022
December
November
October
September
August
July


2020
June
May
April
March
February
January


2019
December
November
October
September
August
July
June
May
April
March
February
January


2018
December
November
October
September
August
July
June
May
April
March
February
January


2017
December
November
October
September
August
July
June
May
April
March
February


All Episodes
Archives
Now displaying: March, 2019
Mar 29, 2019

Chicago Inspector General Joe Ferguson joins us for a lively hour of history and speculation about Chicago. On Tuesday we will elect a new mayor who takes office the end of May. Joe has been IG for a decade and we discuss the culture of corruption, the systems that facilitate the corruption and how to change it.

Mar 22, 2019

Flint Taylor is with us to discuss his new book, The Torture Machine. Racism and Police Violence in Chicago.

Mar 15, 2019

We are joined in studio by Jamie Kalven of the Invisible Institute. Kalven broke the story of the Laquan McDondald killing by Chicago Police Officer Jason Van Dyke. 

Mar 8, 2019

Jane Saks of Project& joins us to talk about art, politics and democracy.

Mar 1, 2019

Curtis Black is a long-time opinion writer and reporter for the highly regarded Chicago Reporter. In his previous visit to Hitting Left we talked police torture, forced confessions and false convictions involving the CPD. Today we talk about Tuesday's Chicago municipal elections.

1