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Blogger Julie Vassilatos and community organizer Leesa Albert join us to discuss food deserts, school closings and much more. We'll also check in with the same-sex marriage fight in Springfield, hear from author Michael Hainey and discover a service that helps Chicago students in trouble.

Elysabeth Alfano, creator of Fear No Art, and blogger Jenina Nunez join us to sift through the day's stories, including a look at how violence effects Chicago's culture. We'll learn how the upcoming sequester might impact Illinois and we'll meet the people behind a showcase of CPS talents, StudentsXpress.

Eric Zorn and Neil Steinberg unpack today's biggest stories, including the one year anniversary of Trayvon Martin's death and Chicago's poor Forbes ranking. We also talk with Bob Wolf about his new book, find about WWII's Ghost Army, and hear from musician Nick Tremulis.

Today we're broadcasting live from Brown Sugar Bakery in Greater Grand Crossing.

Today's show is traveling all over town; from Chicago's now-demolished amusement park Riverview with Curious City, over to Roberto Clemente High School, up north to Woodstock and even to jail. The journey continues tomorrow when the show packs up to do a live broadcast from Frances Cocktail Lounge.

Former Bear, current free agent Israel Idonije and Vocalo's Brian Babylon help us sort through the latest stories.

Food editor for Gapers Block Robyn Nisi and radio producer Emmanuel Garcia pull apart today's big stories, including celebrity chefs and the latest from Jesse Jackson Jr. We also discover prostitution, take a look ahead at sports with Kaufmann and Coffman and hear new tracks from Star & Micey.