Stories by Jay Shefsky

Are you scared of being separated from your cellphone? You are “nomophobic” – one of 2018’s words of the year. Linguist Jason Riggle gives us the rundown of this year’s top terms.

Rabbi Seth Limmer joins us to discuss “Moral Resistance and Spiritual Authority: Our Jewish Obligation to Social Justice.”

A recent study shows two-thirds of millennials in the U.S. have not heard of Auschwitz. A priest and a holocaust survivor are trying to change that. 

The Grammy Award-winning rapper talked about his hometown of Chicago and much more in a meeting with President Donald Trump. “PBS NewsHour” White House correspondent Yamiche Alcindor has details on that and more.

From TV commercials to a legendary South Side art center, a new four-part series explores the creative movements, people and institutions of Chicago over the last 125 years.

The son of a prominent white supremacist becomes a leader in his father’s movement – and then rejects the cause. A new book tells the story.

There is one self-identified Republican in the growing field of candidates to be Chicago mayor. We hear his plans for the city.

Longtime Apple watcher and former Chicago Sun-Times columnist Andy Ihnatko weighs in on the tech giant’s newest offerings.

From issues of police and violence, to community development and education, an assessment of Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s legacy.

We bite into the science behind this summer’s blockbuster movie about the giant, prehistoric shark Megalodon with a Shedd Aquarium expert.

Ronald Kitchen met former Chicago Police Commander Jon Burge in 1988. He would go on to spend two decades in prison – including a dozen years on death row – before his exoneration in 2009.

The Chicago Tribune’s newly retired classical music critic looks back on four decades of listening. 

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy will retire July 31. Who will replace him? And how will they be selected?

Sports gambling gets a big boost from the U.S. Supreme Court. What that could that mean for Illinois. 

Eddie Arruza and guests discuss the difficulties Trump Tower has faced leasing space. With guests Heather Cherone, Natasha Korecki, Laura Washington and Chris Jones.

An Emanuel appointee jumps into the Chicago mayor’s race. Illinois lawmakers have less than three weeks to pass a budget. Will they? And Chicago’s Lincoln Towing may lose its license.

Paris Schutz and guests discuss the feud between the Daley family and Mayor Rahm Emanuel.

Tom Weinberg’s new book “Chasing the Lost City” details his 20-year search for an ancient abandoned city in the Honduran jungle.

Paris Schutz and guests discuss the newspaper rivalry between the Chicago Tribune and Chicago Sun-Times, and more.

A caravan of candidates vow to take on Mayor Rahm Emanuel. A push to regulate gun shops fails. Assessing the Bears first round draft pick. And what does the future hold for Chicago’s newspapers?

A refugee’s harrowing escape from war-torn Yemen is also a remarkable story of interfaith cooperation.  

Eddie Arruza and guests discuss whether there’s a newspaper war brewing in Chicago.

Cook County Clerk Dorothy Brown joins the race for mayor. A federal appeals court says the federal government may not withhold funding from so-called sanctuary cities. And the U.S. Supreme Court denies an appeal from Rod Blagojevich.

A new book by author and photographer Larry Broutman highlights headstones, monuments and memorials at more than 30 area cemeteries.

Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson tells us about a big new cash gift to fight crime, discusses police oversight and more.