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Hosted by Fox 32 Chicago · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 12 episodes
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A Four Star Podcast is a new series from FOX Chicago built on a simple idea: our city’s biggest challenges shouldn't just be endless points of debate—they’re problems with practical, attainable solutions. Named for the stars on our municipal flag, the show acts as a filter for the usual civic noise. We're moving past the "Chicago politics" headlines to focus on the actual quality of life issues that affect us every day. Whether it's the reliability of the CTA, the safety of our streets, the health of our business climate, or the reality of the housing market, we’re looking at the nuts and bolts of how this city really functions. Our goal is common-sense progress over political gridlock. By sitting down with technical experts, boots-on-the-ground advocates, and industry insiders—the voices you don’t always see in the local news cycle—we’re deconstructing the hurdles that keep Chicago from reaching its full potential. We aren’t just here to point out what’s broken; we’re talking t
Fox 32 Chicago hosts A Four Star Podcast (Chicago, but Better), a news show with 12 episodes published.
Larry Snelling is stepping down after nearly three years as Chicago Police Superintendent. In this episode of A Four Star Podcast with Grant Horne, former top cop Garry McCarthy looks back at Snelling’s tenure, what he g
Is the Chicago housing market finally cooling off, or is it just taking a summer break? And how will the city's controversial new Protecting Renters Ordinance actually impact the tenants it claims to help? Whether you're
Illinois’ $1.5 billion regulated cannabis market is easy to misunderstand. From the outside, it can look like a simple retail story. But behind the counter is a much bigger conversation about business, policy, taxes, com
When a neighborhood store closes, the argument usually starts fast. Activists blame corporate greed. Retailers point to theft. Residents are left with fewer places to buy groceries, fill prescriptions or pick up the basi
Why are American cities losing families at greater rates than any other demographic? According to Alicia Pederson, known online as the Courtyard Urbanist, the answer isn't a lack of desire for city living - it’s a catast
When the Mayor of a major American city responds to the flight of its largest taxpayers with a laughing “Bye,” it isn’t just a viral clip. It’s a mission statement. For decades, blue city politics was defined by moderate
Better transit. Safer streets. Smarter Chicago. This is A Four Star Podcast. In the premiere edition of A Four Star Podcast, we dive into the nuts and bolts of urban survival in a city that often feels like it's working
Why is it so hard to build housing in Chicago? David Lapidus of Abundant Housing Illinois joins A Four Star Podcast for a practical, ground-level conversation about the rules, politics and economics that shape what gets
Riley O’Neil’s death hit Chicago’s safe-streets community especially hard. He was not just a cyclist. He was a CDOT planner who worked on making streets safer before he was killed while biking in Bridgeport. In this epis
Lori Lightfoot stormed into City Hall with a historic mandate, a reformer’s promise, and a landslide victory that seemed to signal a new era in Chicago politics. Four years later, she became the first Chicago mayor in de
Chicago ended ShotSpotter. Then came the studies, the headlines, the political victory laps, and a much bigger question: What did the data actually prove? On this episode of FOX Chicago's A Four Star Podcast, Grant Horne
Former Chicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy says Chicago needs to stop calling them “teen takeovers.” To him, that language softens what is actually happening: mob actions. Criminal behavior. Disorder that can in
When a neighborhood store closes, the argument usually starts fast. Activists blame corporate greed. Retailers point to theft. Residents are left with fewer places to buy groceries, fill prescriptions or pick up the basi
Why are American cities losing families at greater rates than any other demographic? According to Alicia Pederson, known online as the Courtyard Urbanist, the answer isn't a lack of desire for city living - it’s a catast
When the Mayor of a major American city responds to the flight of its largest taxpayers with a laughing “Bye,” it isn’t just a viral clip. It’s a mission statement. For decades, blue city politics was defined by moderate
Better transit. Safer streets. Smarter Chicago. This is A Four Star Podcast. In the premiere edition of A Four Star Podcast, we dive into the nuts and bolts of urban survival in a city that often feels like it's working
Austin Berg
Executive Director · Illinois Policy Institute
1 appearance on this show
Philip Schwartz
@properties
1 appearance on this show
Tiffany Ingram
Cannabis Business Association of Illinois
1 appearance on this show
Robert Karr
Illinois Retail Merchants Association
1 appearance on this show
Alicia Pederson
Courtyard Urbanist
1 appearance on this show
John Greenfield
Streetsblog Chicago
1 appearance on this show
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A Four Star Podcast (Chicago, but Better) is hosted by Fox 32 Chicago. The show is categorised under news (commentary) and has published 12 episodes.
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