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The Chicago Way

Chicago Way w/John Kass: A health update and tribute to the best wife in the universe

The Chicago Way

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News & Politics, News, Columnist, Politics, Carlin, Plus, Wgn, Jeff, Tribune, John, Chicago, The, Kass, Radio, Way

4.81.1K Ratings

🗓️ 24 May 2024

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Chicago Way w/John Kass (05/24/24): John Kass has an update on his health and explains why Nikki Haley could cause him to become a ‘commie.’ Jeff Carlin explains the science behind beer temperatures and Kasso celebrates his wife Betty on the anniversary of their marriage with the story of being left gobsmacked the moment they […]

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Can a man survive a powerful thunderbolt that hits him right in the heart, right between the eyes. Yeah, I was there. 40 years ago when a young guy showed up

0:19.6

for a class in college. It was called the Psychology of Consciousness, but it was really just

0:27.4

a bull-class for a bull-t-t-t-a-treat. That's all he wanted. He was working full-time at his father's store.

0:35.0

He looked at his boots. He had boots on black steel-toed boots.

0:40.0

They're covered in sawdust as the class was gathering sitting in chairs and desks.

0:47.0

And he looked at the shoes and he was embarrassed, like, why didn't I polish my shoes at least and then she came in

0:56.8

black eyes black hair lovely body lovely body lovely care. Lovely body, lovely smile. And just like that, he was done. The story goes that Dr.

1:12.1

Dave was teaching this class, Psychology of Consciousness, and he wanted the students to meditate.

1:20.0

So he had them all line up in a circle and he told them,

1:25.0

now you will close your eyes and meditate.

1:28.0

I'm not going to tell you how to meditate, I'm not going to tell you what to do I just want you to do it and

1:35.8

don't ask any questions and 15 minutes later we'll talk about it and so he leered while the others had their eyes closed and

1:45.4

pretending to meditate. He stared at this girl and she opened her eyes and

1:50.8

stared back at him.

1:52.6

A Sicilian beauty, angry that he would dare stare at her.

1:57.6

I guess she would like it.

1:59.2

And she made funny faces like angry faces like don't stare at me. What are you doing you know like angry face like snarly face?

2:09.0

Anyway, so they eventually shut their eyes or somehow.

2:15.0

And the Dr. DaVay called the class to attention and said, okay, let's talk about our collective responses to meditation and the class began speaking one

2:27.1

after another. I was so connected to everyone said the first guy.

2:32.8

I felt like a student I felt like I was one with the class

2:37.3

one with the group

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