• Meet Your Alderman

  • By: UC3P
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Meet Your Alderman

By: UC3P
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  • Politics, in one sense, is what happens when policy objectives meet reality. Hosts Sarah Scott and Eric Geber explore how local policies are debated and implemented right here in Chicago. Each episode of "Meet Your Alderman" introduces listeners to a different alderman from the city's 50 wards and covers policies like education, economic development, policing, and housing. Meet Your Alderman is brought to you by the University of Chicago Public Policy Podcasts (UC3P).
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Episodes
  • Episode 17: Alderperson Jessie Fuentes, 26th Ward

    Episode 17: Alderperson Jessie Fuentes, 26th Ward
    May 13 2024
    We welcome 26th Ward alderperson Jessie Fuentes to the podcast. We talk to her about her prior community engagement work, her policy priorities in Council, and great places to visit the 26th Ward.

    You can find your alderman at this link.

    Follow us on Twitter/X @TweetUrAlderman.
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    23 mins
  • Episode 16: Alderman Leni Manaa-Hoppenworth, 48th Ward

    Episode 16: Alderman Leni Manaa-Hoppenworth, 48th Ward
    Mar 18 2024
    We welcome 48th ward alderperson Leni Manaa-Hoppenworth to the podcast to kick off the new season. We talk to her about her first year at City Hall and her policy priorities for this session.

    You can find your alderman here: https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/depts/mayor/iframe/lookup_ward_and_alderman.html
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    26 mins
  • Meet Your Government, Part 5: City Council with Kristina Matysik and Eric Geber

    Meet Your Government, Part 5: City Council with Kristina Matysik and Eric Geber
    Apr 19 2023
    On the final episode of our Meet Your Government Miniseries, Hannah Bernick interviews 2nd-year MPP student Kristina Matysik and our co-host Eric Geber about Chicago's City Council: how it operates vs. how it was intended to operate, and how it stacks up against other cities.

    Special thanks to Eric and Kristina's teammates: Jayson Cayanan, Meredith Gavin, Colin Maloney, and Julian Varo.
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    24 mins
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