Q&A – Anita Wilson – Gospel Music’s “Soul Sister”
byA native of East St. Louis, Illinois, Grammy-nominated singer Anita Wilson, fell in love with music as a child, listening to a mixture of…
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Reparations
byJoin your host Hermene Hartman as we talk about reparations. Reparations are talked about a lot but what does it mean? Reparations mean payment. In this case, payment was supplied to the descendants of Black Ame…
Chicago Casinos
byA new industry is embarking on Chicago. Casinos are entering. They will change the Chicago landscape. Money will flow. Top named entertainment will be…
Chicago Crime Solutions
byJoin your host Hermene Hartman as we talk about crime in Chicago. There are too many random and pointless murders happening in Chicago today. Today we are joined by three guests who have direct experience &…
Chicago House Museums
byJoin your host Hermene Hartman as we talk about the wonderful historic house museums that exist right here in Chicago. These homes that belonged to important activists, artists, politicians & industrialists…
Doctors On Covid
byJoin your host Hermene Hartman as we talk about Covid19 with four medical professionals. We ask the questions that are on many people’s minds but sometimes it seems so hard to get straight answers. How long will…
Cancel Culture
byWhat do Bill Cosby, The Ellen Show, Kevin Hart & Dave Chappelle have in common? Join your host Hermene Hartman as we discuss the strange and controversial phenomenon that is ‘cancel culture’. Today we’re joi…
Theatrical Musical – Paradise Square
byJoin your host Hermene Hartman as we cover a new Broadway production happening right here in Chicago! ‘Paradise Square’ is a live theatrical production that tells an exciting story of a notorious New York ne…
Rebranding The Brand – Fashion Fair and Black Opal
byJoin your host Hermene Hartman as we talk with two women who bought and rebranded two companies, Black Opal & Fashion Fair. These are makeup companies with a full line of products for people with dark skin t…
Lessons Learned from Muhammad Ali – The Champ
byLast week, I watched the four-part documentary on Muhammad Ali produced by Ken Burns. I was watching history that I had experienced in real-time,…
Q&A with Tim Russell Vice President at WTTW Launches Muhammad Ali Website
byTim Russell is the Vice President of Community Engagement and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at WTTW. He developed a website as a companion to…
Reparations Revisited
byReparations, that upsetting-to-many relative of affirmative action, has burst onto America’s front pages again, this time with a dateline right here in the Chicago…