Episode 65: The Weatherman

This is Love

Vox Media Podcast Network

Personal Journals, Society & Culture

4.8 • 9.4K Ratings

🗓️ 10 May 2023

⏱️ 33 minutes

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“He loves the clouds, the wind, the sky. He wants you to love them too.” Meteorologist Tom Skilling has been forecasting on TV in Chicago for the past 45 years, and has been called the “undisputed king of Chicago weather.” Say hello on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Follow the show and review us on Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2BmMZr5 We also make Criminal and Phoebe Reads a Mystery. Artwork by Julienne Alexander. Episode transcripts are posted on our website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Phoebe, I'll tell you so, John Coleman used to say that Chicago is Broadway for Weatherman.
0:09.4	And I remember that characterization and I thought, you know, that's true.
0:14.1	We've got everything here except hurricanes.
0:16.9	We've got lake effect.
0:18.5	We've got cold air from Canada, hot air from the southern states.
0:22.9	And so we have the full panoply of weather phenomena around here.
0:28.8	Nature rolls out all of its goods.
0:33.4	Tom Skilling has been called the Undisputed King of Chicago Weather.
0:37.5	Well, I mean, I think people trust him.
0:39.7	Is it an institution of like Chicago?
0:42.2	Tom Skilling and just getting skilling.
0:44.8	I'm a good judge of character.
0:47.2	And he's seen like a like a swill sweet guy.
0:51.7	He's been a meteorologist on WGN in Chicago for the past 45 years.
0:57.4	In 2008, Chicago magazine wrote about the cult of Tom.
1:02.4	Last year, his name even popped up on the bear.
1:05.6	The TV show about a Chicago restaurant.
1:07.9	There's VIP on 21.
1:09.5	It's Tom Skilling.
1:10.5	So I'm going to dessert.
1:11.8	I grew up in Chicago.
1:13.8	He was the weather forecaster we watched in my house, too.
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