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George Hotz was the first person to hack an Apple iPhone.  Ever.  He was also the first to hack the Sony PlayStation 3 (PS3).  Apple let it slide.  Sony did not.But Hotz wasn’t merely “up to no good.”  The hacking community is made up of more than geeks wreaking havoc on cor

On Tuesday's Afternoon Shift we talk about two hometown heroes born and bred in Chicago. First we devote an hour to dissecting Derrick Rose's significance and what his injury will mean to the rest of the Bulls as they continue their playoff run.

Today on The 3@3, we bring two members of the Chicago City Council in to talk about the topics of the day.

Paul Kahan has been one of the top chefs in Chicago for years now. His dining empire covers a lot of ground from refined (Blackbird) to chic (avec) to indulgent (Publican) to opulent (The Violet Hour) to bare basics (Big Star). But Monday he'll have the chance to reach a new level, and win one of the highest honors in the food world.

Players fall to injuries all the time--especially, it would appear, in Chicago. In their most recent seasons, the Bears and the Blackhawks’ saw their cornerstone players, Jay Cutler and Jonathan Toews respectively, sidelined by injuries. But when Derrick Rose went down in the first game of the playoffs Saturday, it felt different: This was our guy; this was our year. This felt like a death.

Tyson joins Steve Edwards on Afternoon Shift to explore the economic future of space exploration and other universal themes found in a new collection of his commentaries, Space Chronicles: Facing the Ultimate Frontier.

Remember Rachel Dratch? If the answer is no, “Debbie Downer” might ring a bell. The comedian spent seven seasons with Saturday Night Live. She tells WBEZ about her new book Girl Walks into a Bar...Comedy Calamities, Dating Disasters, and a Midlife Miracle, and talks about how the roles she’s had access to since SNL have been limited.