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This is Love

The Weatherman

This is Love

Vox Media Podcast Network

Personal Journals, Society & Culture

4.89.4K Ratings

🗓️ 10 May 2023

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

“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

Support for this show comes from Krakan.

0:03.0

Krypto is like the financial system, but different.

0:07.0

It doesn't care where you come from, what you look like, your credit score,

0:11.0

or your outrageous food delivery habits.

0:13.7

crypto is finance for everyone everywhere all the time.

0:18.4

Krakhan, see what crypto can be.

0:21.3

Don't invest unless you're prepared to lose all the money you invest.

0:25.0

This is a high-risk investment and you should not expect to be protected if something goes wrong. Phoebe, I'll tell you, so that John Coleman used to say that Chicago is Broadway for

0:38.2

Weatherman and I remember I remember that characterization and I thought you know that's true we've got everything

0:45.2

here except hurricanes we've got lake effect we've got cold air from Canada hot air from

0:50.9

the southern states and so we have the full panoply of weather

0:57.3

phenomena around here nature rolls out all of its goods.

1:02.0

Tom Skilling has been called the undisputed king of Chicago Weather.

1:07.0

Well, I mean, I think people trust it.

1:10.0

Is the institution of like Chicago?

1:12.0

Tom Skilling. I'm just kidding. institution of like Chicago.

1:12.6

Tom Skilly.

1:13.6

I'm just getting skilling.

1:14.9

I'm a good judge of character and he seemed like a like a swell sweet guy.

1:21.6

He's been a meteorologist on WGM in Chicago for the past 45 years.

1:27.0

In 2008, Chicago magazine wrote about The Cult of Tom.

1:32.0

Last year, his name even popped up on The Bear,

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