Mar 11, 2024
Chicago Tribune investigative
reporter Ray Long makes a return visit to the Crisis Cast to prep
Lissa & Thom for the upcoming trial of former Illinois House
Speaker Mike Madigan.
During this episode we take a deeper
dive into the "minds" that surrounded Madigan, and his unparalleled
career in state government. Long also unpacks the recent sentencing
of former Madigan aide Tim Mapes, and lays out the remaining legal
timelines for former Speaker Madigan.
Ray Long is author of The House That Madigan Built: The Record Run of
Illinois' Velvet Hammer, and a two-time Pulitzer Prize
finalist.