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John Oliver nails why Amazon’s HQ2 would be bad for Chicago
The Last Week Tonight host tells the world what Chicagoans have known for years: cities are wasting billions on corporate welfare in the name of “jobs, jobs, jobs.”
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Comedian Adam Conover is ruining democracy
TruTV host Adam Conover is debunking myths about politics during his Adam Ruins Everything Live tour.
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At least the Chicago Tribune didn’t call Olympian Corey Cogdell our own little Annie Oakley
But they didn’t pay the athlete her due when they ID’ed her on Twitter as merely the wife of a Chicago Bear.
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John Oliver takes aim at Tronc
Last Week Tonight hilariously skewers the former Tribune Publishing.
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New Year’s Eve events, John Oliver at Chicago Theatre, and more things to do this week
Alex Chilton Birthday Bash, the Moth StorySlam, and other happenings in Chicago from December 28-31
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Our ten favorite things on TV in 2014
We didn’t watch it all—but here’s the best of what we did watch.
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John Oliver would like to speak with you about a few things
John Oliver, briefly host of The Daily Show, is the perfect person to critique the insane world of American politics.
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What’s so funny about TBS Just for Laughs?
Highlights of the fourth annual Just for Laughs comedy fest
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Blagojevich Makes Surprise Appearance on Daily Show
Rod Blagojevich makes a surprise appearance on the Daily Show.
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Concerts of note: John Oliver, DJ Qbert
* John Oliver, Saturday, Lakeshore Theater. I already have a Critic’s Choice in the paper this week for the Daily Show star, but just wanted to add that The Department, his BBC radio series with Chris Addison (star of In the Loop) and Andy Zaltzman (who does “The Bugle,” a Times of London podcast with […]