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The Crisis Cast

Sep 27, 2023

The topics of full disclosure and conflict of interest leaped center stage mid-month.  It was triggered by reporting from the Chicago Tribune and NPR. Their stories revealed some crisis communications assistance provided for then Speaker of the House Michael Madigan, five years ago.  The communications firm is SKDK,...


Sep 19, 2023

In this episode, we contemplate the unthinkable for Chicago sports fans.  What if we were a city with just one Major League Baseball team?  OUR team won't have it.

Lissa Druss and Thom Serafin get out our Crisis Cast "whiteboard" to brainstorm solutions and locations for a White Sox ballpark village.  Hint:  It isn't...


Sep 6, 2023

Time to get back to examining public trust in state government, through the reign of the former Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives, Michael Madigan.

In this episode, Lissa Druss and Thom Serafin bring Ray Long of the Chicago Tribune back to our chat room.  Ray spent nearly three weeks covering the perjury...