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The Crisis Cast

Dec 22, 2023

As the Crisis Cast closes out our fourth season, we enter the winter solstice with an abundance of light.  During this episode Lissa & Thom welcome Father Richard Fragomeni, who shares T.S. Eliot's final poem on Christmas.  The Cultivation of Christmas Trees is a poem that challenges the reader to rediscover the wonder...


Dec 13, 2023

We are in the midst of a crisis that sends one in seven Chicago children to bed hungry.  It's called post-pandemic poverty.  The problem is absolutely global and national, too.  In the U.S. since 2020, eight million people have fallen into poverty.

The Crisis Cast went searching for hope, and action.  Lissa Druss and...


Nov 30, 2023

Dagmar Braun Celeste was born in Nazi-occupied Austria, she authored her own Bachelor’s degree in Women’s Studies, which led her to collaborative human rights work with both Rosalyn Carter and Mother Theresa.  Dagmar eventually made her home in Ohio, and fed her passion for politics as the state's First Lady.

In...


Nov 22, 2023

This year at Thanksgiving, we are grateful for the dedication of those compelled to change the lives of young people. Dr. Tasha Green Cruzat is leading solutions to our youth mental health crisis. Among the most staggering statistics is 30% of female students nationally reported seriously considering attempting suicide...


Nov 15, 2023

Many of the television newsroom characters have moved on, but there are fresh eyes and ears still holding truth to power.  One of them is Emmy Award-winning reporter Ben Bradley of WGN.

During this episode, Lissa Druss and Thom Serafin get Ben's take on the shifting tides of news gathering and consumption. Plus, we'll...