On this week’s episode, we talk about podcasts past and present, including our good friend Tim Corrimal’s show and the now-defunct Sportsball podcast, which leads to a discussion about hockey, the current sad state of Chicago sports … and the possibility that the Bears might become our neighbors?
And that leads to an even longer digression about the successes and failures of our local teams, from the White Sox threatening to leave Chicago for St. Petersburg in the late 1980s (and the political shenanigans that kept them here), to the down years of the 1960s and ’70s (with a few near misses along the way, including the Blackhawks’ appearance in the 1971 Stanley Cup Final), to the thirty year span from 1986 to 2016 when we won twelve championships across the four major sports with five separate teams: the Bears in 1986, the Bulls in 1991, ’92, ’93, ’96, ’97, and ’98, the White Sox in 2005, the Blackhawks in 2010, ’13, and ’15, and the Cubs in 2016.
Meanwhile, on a more serious note, we also talk about New York singer/songwriter/legend Jesse Malin, who recently suffered a rare form of stroke that left him paralyzed from the waist down. Jesse’s a huge supporter of the Clash (somebody’s favorite band), and he’s done a lot work raising money for other musicians and folks in the hospitality industry impacted by the pandemic. Now is the opportunity help him: if you can, please donate to the Sweet Relief Fund for Jesse, here.
So, please enjoy this week’s episode, feel free to share your thoughts in the comments, and, as always, support the rights of LGBTQIA people everywhere! And if you’re new here, you can also follow our Twitter account, @itsotetPodcast.
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