In a tower by the river, there lived a man.

A soul.

There was a man who took a stand, with pen and paper in his hand.

Defeating foes in every ward with a pen more mighty than the sword.

No escape from his inkless soul, in a tower by the river.

Castle.

He pulls a knife, he pulls a gun, he sends one of yours to the hospital, he sends one of his to the morgue.

That's your pack away.

Welcome into another edition of the Chicago Way with John Kats.

And myself, Jeff Carlin, joining us this week is the great Tom Serifin, one of the preeminent

political minds in Chicago in Illinois. And some maybe even say the world.

Of course, of Serifin and associates in the crisis cast, which is a great podcast,

if you check it out, you like us, I bet you like them.

And of course, we are joined by John, who's in process of recovering,

at surely Ryan Ability Lab. And John, what do you got for us this week?

You know, just a few weeks ago, I was certain that the city was dying,

or at least in bad trouble, bad judo, bad form, bad everything.

And then what happened, I found out that I too was in bad form with bad judo.

And now I've ended up at the surely Ryan Ability Lab,

after heart surgery at the University of Chicago.

And guys, the city might be doing okay better than me, but you know, we're both in their fighting,

me and Chicago. We're still up on our feet. We're still fighting.

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