This week, Paul Lisnek goes behind the curtain with two great theater companies trying to keep their own during this very tough time. First, Paul is  joined by the Black Ensemble Theatre‘s CEO and Founder Jackie Taylor and the Producing Managing Director Daryl Brooks. Listen in while Jackie and Daryl talk about their mission these past […]

Paul Lisnek Behind the Curtain

TOPIC: The Black Ensemble Theatre and The Highland Park Players are finding new ways to bring entertainment to your homes in 2021!

This week, Paul Lisnek goes behind the curtain talking about three different topics. To kick off the conversation, Paul is joined by financial expert Terry Savage who discusses the newest $600 stimulus check as of 2020 and how you can be getting the money you deserve if you haven’t yet. Then, we switch gears to […]

TOPIC: Terry Savage wants to make sure you get ALL of your stimulus money, an internationally recognized philanthropist encourages you to give back in 2021 and some Zoom call etiquette

This week, Paul Lisnek goes behind the curtain with U.S. Representative Sean Casten (IL-6) and WTTW’s Paris Schutz. Listen in as Paul and Representative Casten talk about Joe Biden’s new presidency and what is on Casten’s agenda in the new session. Also, Representative Casten discloses “…regardless of what party you are in, I don’t think […]

TOPIC: Joe Biden’s presidency, news of 2020 and what’s to come in 2021

This week, Paul Lisnek goes behind the curtain with an eclectic blend of professionals to talk about Chicago politics from 2020. To kick off the conversation, Paul is joined with Illinois State Senator Kim Lightford to discuss in depth about the story of the botched police raid at the home of Anjanette Young. Senator Lightford […]

TOPIC: Chicago politics from different perspectives – Senator Kim Lightford, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi, Journalist Clarence Page, Cook County Board Commissioner Bridget Gainer, & Representative Marie Newman

This week, Paul goes behind the curtain with several of Illinois Congressman. To kick off the conversation, Paul is joined with Congressman Mike Quigley of Illinois’s 5th congressional district to discuss in depth about President Trumps veto for the National Defense Act. Then, Congressman Brad Schneider who represents for Illinois’s 10th congressional district joins Paul […]

TOPIC: The Congressman Conversation: Talking a look at Washington and all that has been going on in this country in 2020

This week, Paul goes behind the curtain with actor/writer Matthew-Lee Erlbach. Known for his great writing on Netflix’s “We are the Champions,” and Masters of Sex as well as the playwright of The Doppelganger (played at Steppenwolf), Erlbach is one of those at the helm of Be An Arts Hero. The effort is focused on […]

TOPIC: Actors and the Arts take a tough hit in the pandemic and bond together to do something about it, led by Chicago native Matthew-Lee Erlbach

This week, Paul goes behind the curtain with an inside look at the Steppenwolf Theatre. They refuse to be stopped by this horrendous pandemic so you will learn about the upcoming virtual season you can enjoy from the comfort of your own home, AND learn about their ongoing plans to expand their theater in a […]

TOPIC: A jewel of Chicago’s theater crown: Steppenwolf Theatre and the nationally respected Broadway in Chicago discuss theater in a pandemic; and fighting the battle against Alzheimer’s Disease

This week, Paul goes Behind the curtain with a look at the research and work done by Morris Animal Foundation. The organization funds research into a variety of illnesses and conditions related to dogs and cats and but also other animals of the wild. If you didn’t know this organization existed, then you will learn […]

TOPIC: Helping animals of the world and seeing them up close

This week, Paul goes behind the curtain with Chasten Buttigieg, husband of “Mayor Pete” Buttigieg, former mayor of South Bend Indiana who took the national scene by storm in the 2020 Presidential election… But Chasten was a farm boy never imagined himself entering the political scene as a gay man and being part of changing […]

TOPIC: Mayor Pete’s husband Chasten Buttigieg speaks out on his life

This week, Paul goes behind the curtain to take a strategic look at the election and its impact. What does government look like under a President Biden? What can we expect from President Trump before and after the election? How does Biden accomplish anything with a republican controlled Senate? And lots more explored with democratic […]

Topic: The election is behind us, so where do we go from here?

This week, Paul goes behind the curtain with award winning author, columnist, filmmaker and biographer, Jonathan Alter to discuss his latest book: “His Very Best: Jimmy Carter, A Life.” The definitive biography to date of our 39th President. From the humblest of beginnings to entering the national stage just 5 months after becoming Governor of Georgia, Carter’s […]

TOPIC: President Jimmy Carter: A full life you may not know much about – An interview with author Jonathan Alter

This week, Paul goes behind the Curtain with a look back at the HIV/AIDS crisis through the eyes of a physician who was there at the outset and continues to be there for patients today. “Plague Years: A Doctor’s Journey through the AIDS Crisis” by Dr. Ross Slotten is a personal and insider’s view of a disease […]

TOPIC: Living through the AIDS crisis with physician Dr. Ross Slotten

This week, Paul goes behind the curtain with Former Illinois Governor George Ryan to discuss his new book: “Until I Could be Sure: How I stopped the Death Penalty in Illinois.” The former governor signed the order putting a moratorium on the death penalty in the state, a highly unpopular move for a Republican Governor […]

TOPIC: Former Governor George Ryan on IL Death Penalty and his Own time in Prison

Paul goes behind the curtain with attorney and well-known legal analyst and commentator (for MSNBC) Jill Wine-Banks to discuss her autobiographical and historical reflections on Watergate and President Richard Nixon. Jill also shares the challenges of her personal life including the discrimination she faced as a woman in “a man’s world,” and therefore, it is […]

TOPIC: Attorney and Legal Commentator Jill Wine-Banks Discusses her new book “The Watergate Girl: My Flight for Truth and Justice Against a Criminal President”

This week, Paul goes behind the curtain with the cast and screenwriter of “Foster Boy.” The story of a young man, Jamal Randolph (played by Shane Paul McGhie) who is moved within a privately run for-profit system from foster home to foster home. We come to learn about the abuse he faces through his youthful […]

TOPIC: “FOSTER BOY’ a new film uncovers the Problems Deep within the Foster System stars a Legendary Cast

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