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Get a head start on your workday with the stories that matter most. Listen to our roundup of essential Chicago headlines and analysis from Crain’s reporters and host Amy Guth. Presented by Wintrust.

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    • 4.4 • 127 Ratings

Get a head start on your workday with the stories that matter most. Listen to our roundup of essential Chicago headlines and analysis from Crain’s reporters and host Amy Guth. Presented by Wintrust.

    05/13/24: Heightened tensions on Chicago campuses

    05/13/24: Heightened tensions on Chicago campuses

    Congress has called on Northwestern University President Michael Schill to testify amid calls for his ouster. Crain’s education reporter Brandon Dupré talks with host Amy Guth about the situations on Northwestern and other Chicago university campuses over the Israel-Hamas war.

    Plus: FAA oversight of United Airlines to be audited by watchdog; Ascension reports cybersecurity incident, possible data breach; investors testing the market with big suburban apartment listings; and one out of every 22 Chicago residents is now a millionaire.

    • 24 min
    05/09/24: A 'compact luxury' home experiment

    05/09/24: A 'compact luxury' home experiment

    Crain’s residential real estate reporter Dennis Rodkin talks with host Amy Guth about news from the local housing market, including a big idea behind a little house, how low mortgage rates factor into the job market and more.

    Plus: Legalizing video gambling in Chicago could come with a major hitch; claiming fraud, lender sues migrant shelter landlord; Rivian's first-quarter net loss widens to $1.45 billion; and Foxtrot assets to be sold at auction.

    • 49 min
    05/08/24: Seeking a $20 billion quantum-computing campus

    05/08/24: Seeking a $20 billion quantum-computing campus

    The state of Illinois is closing in on what it believes could be the biggest technology project in state history: a $20 billion quantum-computing campus. Crain's reporter John Pletz discusses with host Amy Guth.

    Plus: Congress calls on Northwestern University president to testify; UChicago Medicine residents overwhelmingly vote to form union; Boeing faces a new FAA probe — this time of Dreamliner production; and changes expected for the City Club.

    • 23 min
    05/07/24: Duly Health's financial outlook

    05/07/24: Duly Health's financial outlook

    Following layoffs and compensation cuts, Moody's downgraded Duly Health & Care for "deteriorating" performance. Crain's health care reporter Katherine Davis talks with host Amy Guth about the private-equity-backed physicians group's financial outlook.

    Plus: Airlines and City Hall reach agreement on O'Hare revamp, Illinois awards 35 new pot-shop licenses, offices near O'Hare with little vacancy hit the market and Endeavor Health posted $470 million surplus last year.

    • 26 min
    05/06/24: CTA takes another hit

    05/06/24: CTA takes another hit

    The embattled Chicago Transit Authority is taking another hit from Springfield, this time from a bill that would dramatically change the face of mass transit around the city and who controls it. Crain's political columnist Greg Hinz discusses the issue with host Amy Guth.

    Plus: A deal to restore peace at Northwestern is sparking more friction, mostly empty former Salesforce office property hits the market, owner of homeless shelter near Mag Mile files for bankruptcy amid foreclosure suit, and Rivian will add over 500 jobs in Normal to make its new SUV.

    • 25 min
    05/02/24: How Rockford became a housing hotbed

    05/02/24: How Rockford became a housing hotbed

    Small Midwestern cities dominated the latest list of hot home markets, with Rockford at the top. Crain’s residential real estate reporter Dennis Rodkin explains the phenomenon to host Amy Guth.

    Plus: The impact of rescheduling marijuana, Walgreens stock lashed, Loop office tower owner hit with $276 million foreclosure lawsuit and Jewish groups, including the Anti-Defamation League, call for President Schill's ouster at Northwestern.

    • 39 min

Customer Reviews

4.4 out of 5
127 Ratings

127 Ratings

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Solid

Overall solid informative show. Saying “like” too much and the up inflection at the end of sentences makes it a little tough to listen to sometimes but otherwise A-A+…

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Don’t bother

If you want an even-handed analysis of what’s going on in Chicago, don’t bother with this podcast. They can’t give a full analysis of the Shot Spotter software issue. Give me a break Amy!

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If you want to know what’s going on in Chicago on the business front then this is your show. Great host.

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