Ray Hanania on Politics, Media & Life
69 episodes - English - Latest episode: 7 days ago - ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsRay Hanania is an award-winning former Chicago City Hall reporter & columnist writing from the frontlines of Chicago's rough & tumble politics. Hanania writes a syndicated column on politics, media, and a wide range of topics including seniors and humor. He also writes and host a radio show on Middle East issues for the prestigious Arab News Newspaper at ArabNews.com/rayradioshow. You can subscribe to his 4-Times Weekly Syndicated columns by visiting https://RayHanania.com
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04-18-24 S3E12 The Iran attack on Israel; Kennedy family abandon's RFK Jr; Donald Trump on trial
April 18, 2024 22:08 - 42 minutes - 39 MB04-18-24 S3E12 The Iran attac on Israel and Reagan's strategic defense initiative; Kennedy Family abandon's RFK Jr, and Donald Trump on trial A Two Guys on Politics podcast Hosts Bill Lipinski and Ray Hanania discuss “Two Guys on Politics” Podcast presents a Reagan Democrat Perspectives from Chicagoland’s Southwest Side and the Midwest. Lipinski and Hanania explore the continued deterioration of the role of the United States as a leader of the Free World as conflict expands and escalates i...
04-11-24 S3E11: the OJ SImpson judicial flaw; non-citizens voting; and seniors pushed to gamble
April 11, 2024 16:46 - 24 minutes - 22.5 MB04-11-24 S3E11 Two Guys on Politics: the OJ SImpson judicial flaw; non-citizens voting, and seniors turning to gambling when government doesn't do enough for them “Two Guys on Politics” Podcast presents a Reagan Democrat Perspectives from Chicagoland’s Southwest Side and the Midwest. Hosts Bill Lipinski and Ray Hanania discuss: 1 - OJ Simpson finally gets justice, and the "OJ Simpson flaw" in our American justice system 2 - Voting by non-citizens on local elections in some states; courts s...
04-04-24 S3E10 WSJ poll Trump leads Biden; Israel losing US public support; RFK & No Label updates
April 04, 2024 21:47 - 34 minutes - 31.3 MB04-04-24 S3E10 Two Guys on Politics: WSJ poll shows Trump leading Biden; Israel losing American public support, RFK & No Label Updates. Is RFK addressing the right issues? A "TWO GUYS ON POLITICS" podcast for the "Ray Hanania on Politics" podcast series Hosts Bill Lipinski and Ray Hanania discuss a recent poll by the Wall Street Journal showing Trump leading Biden in the presidential race. Does that mean that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. can sweep away the anti-Biden and anti-Trump supporters? Or...
03-29-24 S3E9 VIDEO Joe Lieberman, the neverending elections counts, Kennedy's vice president, and Council Wars II
March 29, 2024 16:11 - 37 minutes - 34.6 MB03-29-24 S3E9 Joe Lieberman, the neverending elections counts, Kennedy's vice president, and Council Wars II This is a TWO GUYS ON POLITICS podcast (merged with RAY HANANIA ON POLITICS podcast. Two Guys on Politics: Lipinski and Hanania discuss thew passing of Senator Joseph Lieberman; the fact that nearly two weeks since the March 19 Democratic Primary, the critical race for Cook County States Attorney is still undecided; and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announces his VP Choice Nicole Shanahan; ...
03-07-24 Super Tuesday Trump Nikki Haley & anti-Biden protest, 3rd Party Robert F. Kennedy Jr
March 08, 2024 04:36 - 30 minutes - 27.8 MB03-07-24 S3E8 Super Tuesday results with Trump Nikki Haley and anti-Biden protest, 3rd Party Candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr and the effort to keep Trump off the ballot "Ray Hanania on Politics podcast" "Two Guys on Politics": Lipinski and Hanania discuss the Super Tuesday election results, the negative role the mainstream news media is playing int he election strengthening Trump, assertions that many of the voters supporting Nikki Haley were Democrat who crossover votes, and discuss the e...
02-29-24 S3E7 Biden, Trump #AbandonBiden Arabs in Michigan election, the No Labels Party & Robert F. Kennedy Jr's candidacy
February 29, 2024 22:47 - 30 minutes - 28 MB02-29-24 S3E7 Biden, Trump #AbandonBiden Arabs in Michigan election, the No Labels Party & Robert F. Kennedy Jr's candidacy Two Guys on Politics: Lipinski and Hanania discuss the Michigan elections and the results involving President Joe Biden, former President Donald Trump, GOP challenger Nikki Halley, and the impact of the #AbandonBiden campaign of anti-Biden protests in the Arab and Muslim community. Will the anti-Biden Arab/Muslim protest vote prevent Biden from winning the November 5,...
02 28 24 Osama SIblani Publisher of Arab American News on Gaza and the anti Biden campaign
February 28, 2024 22:05 - 27 minutes - 25.2 MB02 28 24 Osama SIblani Publisher of Arab American News on Gaza and the anti Biden campaign Arab American News Newspaper publisher explains the depths of concerns of Arab Americans towards President Joe Biden and his inaction and failure to prevent Israel from continuing its genocide against Palestinians int he Gaza Strip. On Tuesday Feb. 27, 2024, Arab, Muslims and allies in the African American and Asian communities voted "uncommitted" in the Michigan Democratic Primary as a protest again...
02-15-24 Interview with Radio Host Mohammed Faheem S6E3
February 16, 2024 00:16 - 32 minutes - 29.5 MB02-15-24 Interview with Radio Host Mohammed Faheem S6E3 Ray Hanania on Politics for Feb. 15, 2024 interviews Mohammed Faheem, the cohost of The Lightning Strike Radio SHow on WCPT 820 AM Progressive Talk Radio. Faheem co-hosts the show with former 45th Ward Ald. John Arena and the two discuss a wide range of issues including politics. Hanania and Faheem discuss the challenges that Arab Christians and Muslims, Muslims and people of color including Indians and Pakistanis and others face in ...
01 30 24 Mahnoor Ahmad candidate for the 6th District on bias in 6th District S6E2
January 31, 2024 00:56 - 17 minutes - 15.6 MB01 30 24 Mahnoor Ahmad candidate for the 6th District on bias in 6th District S6E2 By Ray Hanania Mahnoor Ahmad, who is running for the 6th Congressional District candidate seat in the March 19, 2024 Democratic Primary Election, has been the targeted of bias and attacks from members of the Illinois Democratic Party.Democrats, fearing that incumbent Congressman Sean Casten will loose to her int he primary election, have been banning her from participating in Democratic candidate forums. A...
01-30-24 Washington Post attack on Women in Saudi Arabia is political hypocrisy S6E1
January 30, 2024 22:24 - 12 minutes - 22.4 MB01-30-24 Washington Post attack on Women in Saudi Arabia is political hypocrisy S6E1 By Ray Hanania S6E1 Jan. 30, 2024 Tennis stars Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova co-wrote an Op-Ed for the Washington Post, one of America'smost influential and hypocritical newspapers in the country. The Washington Post is not the same fiercely independent newspaper of the 1970s Watergate years, but rather is today a biased partisan political platform that slams the Arab World, denigrates Arabs and Mu...
12-01-23 Israeli carnage in Gaza wipes out family of American NGO professional
December 01, 2023 16:03 - 46 minutes - 85.2 MB12-01-23 Israeli carnage in Gaza wipes out family of American NGO professional By Ray Hanania Chicago -- All 14-year-old Siwar Almadhoun wanted to do was play basketball while her nine-year-old brother, Omar, dreamed of one day playing soccer. But the dreams of the two young children were violently shattered in the early morning on Friday, November 24 while they slept when Israeli forces dropped massive bombs on their home in Beit Lahia in the Gaza Strip. Also killed in the indiscriminat...
Ray Hanania interviews Amer Zahr on Israel carnage in Gaza and Arab American response
November 10, 2023 14:18 - 59 minutes - 110 MB11-10-23 S5E4 Ray Hanania Interviews Amer Zahr on Israel propaganda and the war on Gaza won Radio Baladi in Detroit Radio Baladi Friday Nov. 10, 2023 with Ray Hanania WNZK AM 690 Good morning everyone ... it is Friday Nov. 10, 2023 and I am Ray Hanania here at Radio Baladi on WNZK AM 690 Radio I host the program on the 2nd Friday of every month ... Today we're going to take your calls at 248-557-3300 and talk with our guest Palestinian American standup comedian and lecturer Amer Zahr a...
When it comes to helping Arabs, call me Arab, not MENA, 3-18-23, S5E3
March 18, 2023 19:18 - 24 minutes - 44.6 MBWhen it comes to helping Arabs, call me Arab, not MENA, 3-18-23, S5E3 March 18, 2023 S5 E3 Ray Hanania gives an impassioned argument on why the MENA (Middle East and North Africa) category will undermine the effort to provide equal rights to Arab Americans. State Rep. Cyril Nichols introduced a law in 2022 that would recognize Arabs as an MBE (Minority Business Enterprise category) when it comes to received preferential treatment in the award of 25-30 percent of the state's $100 billion i...
02-23-23 Former Orland Park Asst Village Manager analyzes misguided referendum to eliminate Managerial form of government
February 23, 2023 21:06 - 27 minutes - 52.1 MBFormer Orland Park Asst Village Manager analyzes misguided referendum to eliminate Managerial form of government Video of former Orland Park assistant village manager discusses the referendum to eliminate the village managerial form of government proposed by controversial Mayor Keith Pekau. In a political move, Pekau introduced an ordinance to replace the managerial form of government at a meeting on Monday Feb. 20, 43 days before the citizens could vote on the referendum. The ordinance out...
Arab Radio Ray Hanania on humanitarian obstacles for earthquake victims in Syria & Turkey 2-10-23
February 10, 2023 14:42 - 59 minutes - 53.9 MBArab Radio Ray Hanania on humanitarian obstacles for earthquake victims in Syria & Turkey Guests Dr. Zaher Sahloul the founder and president of Med Global at MedGlobal.org which provides relief to victims of tragedy throughout the World and the middle East former Syrian National Council member Dr. Mouayad Chozlan who is in Syria and is calling us from the disaster zone discusses the real obstaces i getting humanitarian aid to victims of the erathquake in Syria and Turkey. It's not the US em...
State Rep. Cyril Nichols on Arab Radio on Arab Americans and Arab MBE status 12-09-22
December 09, 2022 14:41 - 1 hour - 55 MBRadio Baladi Friday December 9, 2022 with Guest Host Ray Hanania WNZK AM 690 State Rep. Cyril Nichols, Democrat from the 32nd District, will join me on Arab American Radio Friday Morning in Detroit at 8 AM Detroit time (7 am Chicago) to discuss the need for Arab Americans and African Americans to work more closely together. He'll also talk about his legislation to grant Arab Americans in Illinois Minority Business Enterprises status to give them access to 30 percent of the state's $40 billi...
The worsening economic conditions in Jordan, and the Oak Lawn arrest of an Arab teenager with a gun and drugs
August 06, 2022 23:10 - 59 minutes - 54.4 MBRadio Baladi Friday August 5, 2022 with Guest Host Ray Hanania WNZK AM 690 The worsening economic conditions in Jordan, and the Oak Lawn arrest of an Arab teenager with a gun and drugs It's Friday August 5, 2022 and I'm your guest host Ray Hanania live this morning on WNZK AM 690 radio broadcasting live in Dearborn, Michigan ...... We are also live streaming at facebook.com/USArabRadio This morning we'll talk about the worsening economic conditions in Jordan, and the Oak Lawn arrest of a...
Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan, & Biden's recent surge of bill passages, S4 E2, 08-04-22 Thursday
August 05, 2022 13:24 - 28 minutes - 26.2 MBTwo Guys on Politics: discuss Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan, & Biden's recent surge of bill passages S4 E2, 08-04-22 Thursday In a live broadcast on Facebook, former Congressman Bill Lipinski and former Chicago City Hall reporter Ray Hanania, and producer Brian Broeking, discuss Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan, & Biden's recent surge of bill passages. “Two Guys on Politics” Podcast presents a Reagan Democrat Perspectives from Chicagoland’s Southwest Side and the Midwest. ...
Liz Gorman vs Sean Morrison in the 17th Cook County District June 28, 2022
June 06, 2022 16:40 - 20 minutes - 37.3 MBLiz Gorman vs Sean Morrison in the 17th Cook County District June 28, 2022 Season 4, Episode 1 Ray Hanania on Politics The heated battle between former Cook County Commissioner and tax fighter Liz Gorman and beleaguered incumbent Sean Morrison in the 17th District is a battle to save the Republican Party in Cook County. Gorman has a proven record fighting for the rights of taxpayers while in his first full term Morrison has done little for the taxpayers. Instead, Morrison has partnered wit...
Interview with columnist Russ Stewart on Cook County politics S3E9
October 20, 2021 20:21 - 40 minutes - 74 MBInterview with columnist Russ Stewart on Cook County politics Season 3 Episode 9, Oct. 20, 2021 Ray Hanania interviews Russ Stewart who has been covering Chicagoland and Cook County Politics for more than 48 years writing for the Nadig newspaper in the Northwest Side of Chicago. In this podcast, Stewart talks with Hanania about the Cook County Democratic Organization slating that took place this past week and focuses on two key races, challenges to County Assessor Fritz Kaegi and to Cook C...
Two Columns: Congress cares more about Israel than the American People: the war against Christopher Columbus S3E8
October 13, 2021 20:42 - 18 minutes - 34.4 MBTwo Columns: Congress cares more about Israel than the American People: the war against Christopher Columbus Season 3, Episode 8, October 13, 2021 Columnist and author Ray Hanania looks at two issues. The first is the battle to pass a $3.5 billion budget to address the needs of the American infrastructure and the social welfare needs of the American people. That bill has been bogged down in bitter internal Democratic and partisan Republican versus Democrat debate. But as it became clear th...
Ald. Lopez says Mayor Lightfoot's failures empower street gangs S3E7
August 17, 2021 19:39 - 18 minutes - 33.5 MBAlderman Lopez says Mayor Lightfoot's failures empower street gangs Special Column/Podcast Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2021 Season 3, Episode 7 15th Ward Alderman Raymond Lopez in an interview this week told me that Mayor Lori Lightfoot has not only failed to confront street gangs but has empowered them with her rhetoric and failed policies. Coupled with States Attorney Kim Foxx's failed policies, street gangs are emboldened and the Chicago Police have been weakened. Ald. Lopez said that must chang...
Ald. Lopez says Mayor Lightfoot's failures empower street gangs
August 17, 2021 19:39 - 18 minutes - 33.5 MBAlderman Lopez says Mayor Lightfoot's failures empower street gangs Special Column/Podcast Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2021 Season 3, Episode 9 15th Ward Alderman Raymond Lopez in an interview this week told me that Mayor Lori Lightfoot has not only failed to confront street gangs but has empowered them with her rhetoric and failed policies. Coupled with States Attorney Kim Foxx's failed policies, street gangs are emboldened and the Chicago Police have been weakened. Ald. Lopez said that must chang...
How Jackie Mason missed an opportunity to promote peace
August 09, 2021 03:05 - 22 minutes - 42.2 MBJackie Mason and how he missed the punchline of his life July 26, 2021 Season 3, Episode 5 (Retaped as Episode 8 -- 8-8-21) Ray Hanania looks back at his fight with Jewish Comedian Jackie Mason when Hanania was booked to perform at Zanies Comedy Club in August 2002, nearly one year after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. Hanania explains how he turned to comedy as means of helping Americans to better understand Arabs, Palestinians and Muslims and talks about his background. He also...
How Jackie Mason missed an opportunity to promote peace S3E6
August 09, 2021 03:05 - 22 minutes - 42.2 MBJackie Mason and how he missed the punchline of his life July 26, 2021 Season 3, Episode 6 Ray Hanania looks back at his fight with Jewish Comedian Jackie Mason when Hanania was booked to perform at Zanies Comedy Club in August 2002, nearly one year after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. Hanania explains how he turned to comedy as means of helping Americans to better understand Arabs, Palestinians and Muslims and talks about his background. He also discusses how humor is a fundamen...
Support our Police, fight for the Blue Line in Mount Prospect S3E5
August 09, 2021 02:19 - 10 minutes - 18.8 MBSupport our Police, fight for the Blue Line in Mount Prospect Season 3, Episode 5 Two Chicago Police officers were attacked by thugs who they pulled over during a routine traffic stop in West Englewood near 63rd and Bell Avenue on Saturday, August 7 at around 9 PM. One of the officers, Ella French, 29, was killed. The other was hospitalized. Had this been reversed with two minorities shot by police, there would be riots and protests and calls to defund the police. But instead the activist...
Support our Police, fight for the Blue Line in Mount Prospect
August 09, 2021 02:19 - 10 minutes - 18.8 MBSupport our Police, fight for the Blue Line in Mount Prospect Season 3, Episode 7 Two Chicago Police officers were attacked by thugs who they pulled over during a routine traffic stop in West Englewood near 63rd and Bell Avenue on Saturday, August 7 at around 9 PM. One of the officers, Ella French, 29, was killed. The other was hospitalized. Had this been reversed with two minorities shot by police, there would be riots and protests and calls to defund the police. But instead the activist...
We need to get tough with the criminals, not worry about their rights
August 05, 2021 23:21 - 9 minutes - 17.7 MBWe need to get tough with the criminals, not worry about their rights Season 3, Episode 7 Recently on a Frontier Airline Flight from Philadelphia to Miami, a passenger who may have been drinking too much got physical and violent against the flight attendants. He allegedly groped two female flight attendants grabbing their breasts and then punched a male flight attendant in the face when that flight attendant urged him to settle down. During the flight, the unruly violent passenger was res...
The hypocrisy of the Capitol Riot hearings by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi
July 29, 2021 21:52 - 12 minutes - 23.4 MBThe hypocrisy of the Capitol Riot hearings by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Season 3, Episode 6 The protests that turned violent on January 6, 2021 have been turned into a political weapon that is being used to bludgeon critics of the Democratic Party and President Joe Biden. The advocates of the House Select Committee hearings on the so-called riots or the "insurrection" as the Jan. 6 protests are being described by the Democrats and the biased mainstream news media, assert falsely that crit...
The hypocrisy of the Capitol Riot hearings by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi S3E4
July 29, 2021 21:52 - 12 minutes - 23.4 MBThe hypocrisy of the Capitol Riot hearings by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Season 3, Episode 4 The protests that turned violent on January 6, 2021 have been turned into a political weapon that is being used to bludgeon critics of the Democratic Party and President Joe Biden. The advocates of the House Select Committee hearings on the so-called riots or the "insurrection" as the Jan. 6 protests are being described by the Democrats and the biased mainstream news media, assert falsely that crit...
Jackie Mason and how he missed the punchline of his life July 26, 2021
July 26, 2021 19:07 - 22 minutes - 41.7 MBJackie Mason and how he missed the punchline of his life July 26, 2021 Season 3, Episode 5 Ray Hanania looks back at his fight with Jewish Comedian Jackie Mason when Hanania was booked to perform at Zanies Comedy Club in August 2002, nearly one year after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. Hanania explains how he turned to comedy as means of helping Americans to better understand Arabs, Palestinians and Muslims and talks about his background. He also discusses how humor is a fundamen...
Stop politicizing coronavirus
July 26, 2021 18:49 - 9 minutes - 4.39 MBWe need to end the political polarization of coronavirus and come up with a way to strengthen American and protect seniors and everyday families to get this country back on its financial feet. We need to crackdown on price gouging and find a better way to protect us from the virus. Season 3, Episode 4 July 20, 2021 The coronavirus is being politicized and we need to stop it.
The Crisis at the US Postal Service is bringing this country to its knees 7-09-21
July 09, 2021 13:39 - 11 minutes - 26.7 MBThe Crisis at the US Postal Service is bringing this country to its knees 7-09-21 Season 3, Episode 3 Opinion Columnist Ray Hanania takes on the topic that so few members of the U.S. Senate, the U.S. Congress and the Biden White House don't want to address, the failure of the US Post Office to do its work, in this episode of Ray Hanania on Politics, July 9, 2021. Hanania talks about what he has learned from talking to some of the few USPS employees who are still working who complain that ...
The Crisis at the US Postal Service is bringing this country to its knees S3E3
July 09, 2021 13:39 - 11 minutes - 26.7 MBThe Crisis at the US Postal Service is bringing this country to its knees 7-09-21 Season 3, Episode 3 Opinion Columnist Ray Hanania takes on the topic that so few members of the U.S. Senate, the U.S. Congress and the Biden White House don't want to address, the failure of the US Post Office to do its work, in this episode of Ray Hanania on Politics, July 9, 2021. Hanania talks about what he has learned from talking to some of the few USPS employees who are still working who complain that ...
04-23-21 Election for Secretary of State & past races in Orland Park & Palos Township S3E2
April 25, 2021 14:24 - 10 minutes - 19.9 MBThe election for Secretary of State: Past races in Orland Park and Palos Township Ray Hanania on Politics April 23, 2021: Season 3, Episode 2 Award winning Political Opinion Columnist and Radio Talk Show Host Ray Hanania looks at the upcoming election battle for Illinois Secretary of State and the recent hotly contested battles in Orland Park and Palos Township in this latest podcast episode. Alexi Giannoulias, the former Illinois State Treasurer, is leading the field of candidates hopi...
04-23-21 Election for Secretary of State & past races in Orland Park & Palos Township
April 25, 2021 14:24 - 10 minutes - 19.9 MBThe election for Secretary of State: Past races in Orland Park and Palos Township Ray Hanania on Politics April 23, 2021: Season 3, Episode 2 Award winning Political Opinion Columnist and Radio Talk Show Host Ray Hanania looks at the upcoming election battle for Illinois Secretary of State and the recent hotly contested battles in Orland Park and Palos Township in this latest podcast episode. Alexi Giannoulias, the former Illinois State Treasurer, is leading the field of candidates hopi...
01-07-21 Media hypocrisy on the DC protestors vs the BLM protestors S3E1
January 07, 2021 17:38 - 12 minutes - 23.4 MB01-07-21 Media hypocrisy on the DC protestors vs the BLM protestors Season 3, Episode 1 Ray Hanania on Politics. Award winning veteran political columnist and former Chicago City Hall Reporter Ray Hanania analysis the real problem with the DC Protests, the hypocrisy of the mainstream American news media. Hanania argues that the media treated the singled day of protests by pro-Trump activists in Washington D.C. differently from the two month long protests of Black Lives Matter (BLM) activi...
01-07-21 Media hypocrisy on the DC protestors vs the BLM protestors
January 07, 2021 17:38 - 12 minutes - 23.4 MB01-07-21 Media hypocrisy on the DC protestors vs the BLM protestors Season 3, Episode 1 Ray Hanania on Politics. Award winning veteran political columnist and former Chicago City Hall Reporter Ray Hanania analysis the real problem with the DC Protests, the hypocrisy of the mainstream American news media. Hanania argues that the media treated the singled day of protests by pro-Trump activists in Washington D.C. differently from the two month long protests of Black Lives Matter (BLM) activi...
Analysis of the 2nd Trump-Biden Debate 10-22-20
October 24, 2020 17:03 - 58 minutes - 107 MBAnalysis of the 2nd Trump-Biden Debate 10-22-20 S2 E9 Season 2, Episode 9 Who won the 2nd Debate, President Donald Trump or former Vice President Joe Biden "The Ray Hanania Show" sponsored by the Arab News Newspaper on US Arab Radio Network broadcast live in a special edition report on the Arab News Facebook page at www.Facebook.com/TheArabNews. The Panel discussion features experts: Ed Gabriel, the former U.S. Ambassador to Morocco, activist with the American Task Force on Lebanon, and...
Factors in the Trump-Biden election battle for President
October 15, 2020 22:14 - 17 minutes - 33.5 MBFactors in the Trump-Biden election battle for President Oct. 15, 2020 Season 2, Episode 8 Award winning Chicagoland political writer and former Chicago City Hall reporter and columnist addresses the facts that drive regional politics and elections in Chicagoland and the United States in this mainstream podcast, “Ray Hanania on Politics.” In this episode, Ray Hanania speaks to the factors that have shifted in the battle for president between Donald Trump and Joe Biden, and he offers a ca...
Assault on John Kass and the hypocrisy of the Left
July 29, 2020 19:43 - 12 minutes - 24.1 MBThe assault of John Kass and the hypocrisy of the Left July 29, 2020, Season 2, Episode 7 I did not know that George Soros, the billionaire who uses his money to influence American politics from the left, is Jewish. Apparently, accusing George Soros of manipulating politics is "anti-Semitic" according to the far left which is attacking Columnist John Kass whose column is being moved under the guise of a reformatting of the newspaper from its Page 2 prominence to deep inside the paper with...
Three weeks of the Corona Virus Stay at Home order and I'm already climbing walls, S2 Ep6
April 27, 2020 14:26 - 6 minutes - 13 MBThree weeks of the Corona Virus Stay at Home order and I'm already climbing walls S2 Ep6 April 27, 2020 The Coronavirus COVID-19 Pandemic has put a lot of pressures on relationships. News reports show that domestic violence is increasing as are tensions in homes between husbands and wives who normally have great relationships. Op-Ed Columnist talks about his experiences in this column that ran in the Southwest News Newspaper Group (The Regional, The Des Plaines Valley News, the Reporter, ...
Audio of the April 6 Orland Park Village Board meeting that appeared to be destroyed
April 09, 2020 14:55 - 6 minutes - 12.1 MBAudio of the April 6 Orland Park Village Board meeting that appeared to be edited S2 Ep5 Thursday April 9, 2020 (UPDATE -- The Village of Orland Park has restored the files since the column, podcast and FOIA were published and they claimed the file was not edited or deleted or replaced by the village.) On Monday, April 6, 2020, the Orland Park Village Board held a Committee of the Whole meeting that began at 6:30 pm to review a proposal by Trustee Dan Calandriello urging the village admin...
The politics of viruses Trump vs Obama, March 15, 2020, S2 E4
March 15, 2020 15:44 - 6 minutes - 12.8 MBThe politics of viruses Trump vs Obama March 15, 2020, Season 2 Episode 4 Syndicated political columnist Ray Hanania examines the political hypocrisy and partisan manner in which the news media is reporting not he Coronavirus or COVID-19 virus and how they are treating President Trump differently from how they treated President Obama. Although President Trump responded to the Coronavirus faster than President Obama responded to the Swine Flu (H1N1) virus, the media is slamming Trump not b...
Sarah Gad's compelling story, running for Congress 1st Illinois DIstrict March 17, 2020
February 14, 2020 15:04 - 49 minutes - 92.4 MBCompelling story on Sarah Gad - convicted of prescription drug use - who is running for Congress in the 1st Dist. Mar. 17, 2020 Special Edition of The Arab street Radio/Ray Hanania on Politics podcast and radio show. Feb. 14, 2020, broadcast on WNZK AM 690 live radio in Detroit. Sarah Gad is running in the 1st District against Bobby Rush, who has the worst absenteeism rate of any of the 435 members of congress She has this compelling story of how she was hit by a DUI in 2011, seriously in...
02-13-20 Kim "The Fixx" Foxx, Jussie Smollett and the March 17 Democratic Primary
February 13, 2020 12:14 - 19 minutes - 37 MBKim "The Fixx" Foxx, Jussie Smollett and the March 17 Democratic Primary Seasons 2 Episode 2, February 13, 2020 Ray Hanania on Politics looks closely at the abuse of power by Cook County States Attorney Kim Foxx, or "Kim The Fixx Foxx," & her decision to drop charges against Jussie Smollett, the mediocre TV actor who lied about being the victim of a racist homophobic attack in January 2019 to bolster his sagging public image. Foxx didn't "mishandle" the Smollett case. She intentionally han...
State Dept official details expanded Sanctions against Iran S2E1
January 11, 2020 14:30 - 15 minutes - 29.1 MBState Dept official details expanded Sanctions against Iran S2E1 Season 2, Episode 1 President Trump’s Senior Policy Advisor and Special Representative for Iran Brian Hook offered details Friday on the expanded sanctions on Iran announced by the White House that target eight senior Iranian leaders as well as Iran’s metals industry which he said is funding Iran’s foreign policies. The sanctions were announced earlier by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin b...
Norwegian Dawn cruise vacation 12-20-19 S1 Ep22
December 20, 2019 18:24 - 14 minutes - 6.89 MBAn off-the-beat look at the Norwegian Dawn cruise to Costa Maya, Mexico, Belize, Routan, Honduras and Cozumel, Mexico.the ND is a smaller ship, half the size of the Norwegian Epic, which boasts 4,400 passengers. The Dawn was about 2,800 ... I’m giving you ballpark figures. I hope you enjoy this break from my usual politics and political focus.
Chicago Police Chief Eddie Johnson let the people down
December 03, 2019 23:24 - 15 minutes - 29.8 MBChicago Police Chief Eddie Johnson let the people down Season 1 Episode 21, Dec. 3, 2019 The "Ray Hanania on Politics" podcast Eddie Johnson was fired Monday (Dec. 2, 2019) by Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot. Lightfoot said Johnson misled her, and also misled the people of Chicago. I give Lightfoot credit for doing the right thing because Eddie Johnson did mislead the people of Chicagoland, setting a poor example that goes against everything that we expect from someone who serves to protect ...
The racism of Michelle Obama and White Flight
October 31, 2019 16:47 - 12 minutes - 22.9 MBThe racism of Michelle Obama and White Flight Oct. 31, 2019. Season 1, Episode 20 Former First Lady Michelle Obama addressed the issue of White Flight recently during remarks at the 3rd annual Obama Foundation Summit in which she castigated White People for the phenomena of White Flight. But the reality is that African Americans were just as responsible for the White Flight that took place in Chicago in 1969. I lived in the community, South Shore Valley, also called Calumet Heights during...