Chicagoist Podcast 1/15 - Esquire's Scott Raab Talks Blagojevich

By Karl Klockars in News on Jan 15, 2010 5:00PM

The Chicagoist Podcast Series makes its triumphant return to 2010! And we're doing so with an extensive, in-depth conversation with the author of this week's explosive profile of our unesteemed former governor. Maybe you've heard of it? What better way to start one's weekend than with a riveting conversation about the story that's dominated the news all week, with the man who brought it to you?

Author Scott Raab spent a few days getting deep inside the Rod Blagojevich camp and brought us this profile of Blago's world, showing us the father, the family man, the friend, the politician, the boxer, and the frightened, angry man.

What was the real context behind Blago's "blacker than Obama" statement? What about all the other c-bombs and accusations being thrown around? What was Raab's reaction to the "I'm so stupid" press conference when the piece was released? And as a writer, what does someone coming into such a media-saturated situation do to get past that protective wall that Blago has up pretty much permanently?

To listen, just click play! Esquire's Scott Raab

Take a good 40 minutes or so out of your Friday afternoon by subscribing to our RSS feed via the reader of your choice (and we'd love to meet the one person using AppleTV) - you weren't doing anything this afternoon anyways. Or download it through iTunes for free and enjoy it on your commute home. Thanks for listening!