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The Crisis Cast

Jan 25, 2021

The timing of this conversation was impeccable. Former U.S. Senator Carol Moseley Braun spoke to Lissa & Thom, the morning after the Presidential Inauguration of Joseph R. Biden.  She not only shared the striking details of being among the invited guests, but also described the surrealistic mood in Washington, D.C. just...


Jan 18, 2021

We begin this special MLK Day episode of The Crisis Cast with Dr. King's voice solidifying the Montgomery bus boycott in December of 1955.

Then we eavesdrop on a historic day in January of 2021.  You'll hear the words of Emanuel Chris Welch as he becomes the first Black Speaker of the Illinois House of...


Jan 13, 2021

In this episode of The Crisis Cast, we welcome two correspondents that rocked Springfield during the turbulent 1970s. Bob Keickhefer and John Camper join Lissa Druss and Thom Serafin in the chat room to map the line from Illinois' Speaker of the House, Mike Madigan to the last great battle for the Speakership...