121: Nader Issa

House of L podcast

Laurence W. Holmes

Sports, History

4.9 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 26 July 2020

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

Covering Chicago's education beat isn't easy. There's a lot to learn and politics to navigate. Nader Issa has done an incredible job taking on that challenge for the Sun-Times. We talked about the level of preparation it takes to do the job right. We also talked about his love for the sports teams in Chicago and how to better discuss issues of race in America. Our Sponsors: * Check out HelloFresh and use my code for a great deal: http://hellofresh.com Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/house-of-l-podcast/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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0:00.0	Thank you. Yo!
0:19.0	Welcome into the House of L Podcast Podcast, episode 121.
0:26.4	I am the L of the House of L Podcast.
0:30.7	I've been trying to get more print journalists on this on the podcast because I want to know what it's like to do what they do
0:38.8	Especially right now and I'm so excited to have Nader on the show.
0:45.0	This kid, I am blown away by his ability to tell stories,
0:53.6	I am blown away by his understanding of the world.
0:59.3	And when you consider how young he is,
1:01.6	no disrespect, N how young he is the fact that he has the
1:08.6	job that he has as the education reporter at the Sun-Times and seems to really understand what's happening
1:16.3	in the streets, what's happening in the schools.
1:19.1	And the reason that he was able to do that is that he kind of gave in to really doing the work and
1:25.1	reporting. So I'm glad that he had time to talk with me and he gave me an hour and
1:31.8	it's an hour of really, really good stuff.
1:34.6	We will get to that momentarily.
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