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Motive

4: No Justice in Politics

Motive

WBEZ Chicago

Society & Culture

4.72.3K Ratings

🗓️ 18 April 2022

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

A man goes into prison with a 7 year sentence. But ends up getting 97 more years. How does that happen? And what do small town politics have to do with it?

Transcript

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0:00.0

That feeling when you're living life,

0:01.8

getting up every day,

0:02.6

adulting in the windy city,

0:04.2

you live here,

0:05.0

but you don't always know how to tap in for real.

0:07.3

It's weird, right?

0:08.3

That's why we created the rundown podcast

0:10.7

from WB Easy Chicago.

0:12.3

I'm the host, Erin Allen.

0:13.7

In bite-sized episodes every weekday,

0:15.8

I'll meet you at the intersection of curiosity and fomo.

0:19.0

In the morning, staying the loop with local news,

0:21.3

and three afternoons a week here,

0:22.9

the stories and conversations

0:24.3

that shape this big little city we call home.

0:26.6

Listen to the rundown,

0:27.6

wherever you get your podcasts.

0:30.4

A quick warning before we start.

0:32.1

This episode includes graphic descriptions of self-harm.

0:49.3

Most anybody who grew up in Livingston County

0:51.3

has some connection to the prison.

0:52.9

You can hear the, there's a big horn that sounds

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