<p>Mike Stephen discusses the potential impact of food assistance cuts on Illinois grocery stores with <a href= "https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/as-illinoisans-lose-federal-food-assistance-independent-grocers-face-debt-store-closure/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Capitol News Illinois</a> reporting intern Jenna Schweikert, learns how the local organization <a href="https://www.timelessgifts.org/" target= "_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Timeless Gifts</a> brings music education to youth from founder Joan Collaso, and discovers the secret history of local blues guitarist <a href= "https://chicagoreader.com/category/music/the-secret-history-of-chicago-music/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Luther "Guitar Junior" Johnson</a>.</p>

OTL #1,023: The history of Chicagoland through bricks, The South Side speaks out against a microelectronics park

Outside the Loop RADIO is Chicago's Almost Above-Ground Audio Magazine. Founded as a podcast in September 2006 and picked up for broadcast by Chicago Sound Alliance WLUW 88.7-FM in March 2007, "OTL" now airs on Chicago's Very Own 50,000-watt heritage powerhouse station WGN Radio 720-AM.

Storyteller and urbanologist Mike Stephen hosts this weekly program featuring fun segments and interviews with local newsmakers, artists, musicians, and others doing cool stuff around the greater Chicago area. The show covers topics stories that don't always get mainstream media attention... and it's all presented with a strong and independent Chicago slant.

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