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**Chicago Reader’s Back Room Deal**

Back by popular demand: The Back Room Deal features radio personality and longtime Reader political writer Ben Joravsky arguing local Chicago politics with Reader senior writer Maya Dukmasova. With sharp wit and stinging analysis, Joravsky and Dukmasova cut through the smokey haze of the elections to offer you a glimpse of the 2020 Chicago-area Illinois primary races—local and Cook County-level and, of course, U.S. presidential. Will these historic elections be determined in back-room deals, like so many in Chicago’s past? Let Ben and Maya talk you through it.

Latest Episodes:

The ignored wards: runoffs in the 15th, 16th, and 21st Mar 28, 2019

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A clear line in the sand: the 30th Ward Mar 27, 2019

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Machine hangover: the 25th Ward Mar 26, 2019

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Three votes short of victory: the Sixth Ward Mar 25, 2019

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Old friends and new enemies: aldermanic runoffs at Season One wards Mar 23, 2019

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A black woman will lead Chicago: the mayoral runoff Mar 22, 2019

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No one is running: the 42nd Ward Feb 12, 2019

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The race in the ward that economically drives the entire city of Chicago is totally uncontested, and Ben and Maya look at why.

http://www.chicagoreader.com

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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

Not even trying to pretend: the 46th Ward Feb 11, 2019

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Ben and Maya look at the fight between low-income housing and neighborhood amenities in rapidly changing Uptown.

http://www.chicagoreader.com

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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

What can we expect from our elected officials: the 22nd Ward Feb 09, 2019

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Departing progressive alderman Rick Munoz faces personal trouble in advance of the election, placing successor Michael Rodriguez's race in jeopardy, in staunchly independent Little Village.

http://www.chicagoreader.com

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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

Ties to Kanye West and Michelle Obama: the Fifth Ward Feb 08, 2019

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The future site of the Obama Presidential Center and the home of the University of Chicago also encompasses parts of lower-income South Shore, which Ben and Maya think makes for a fascinating aldermanic race.

http://www.chicagoreader.com

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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