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As the Chicago Tribune's South Asia bureau chief from 2004 to 2009, Kim Barker witnessed Afghanistan go from Bush’s “Forgotten War” to Obama’s “Good War.” Barker details the transitions in her book The Taliban Shuffle: Strange days in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Those in Chicago should be prepared for some changes to local radio in the coming months. Former Tribune Company executive Randy Michaels is part of a new group that is buying both WLUP and WKQX, also known as The Loop and Q101, respectively.

Finally! Here's the Ira Glass we all know from the office! Be warned, Ira uses some dirty language:Celebrities from around the world have been publicly shaming the Pulitzer committee (especially Thomas Friedman) by producing low quality videos and publicly sharing them on social media sites.

Two well-known Chicago radio stations are being sold to a controversial media tycoon.Classic rock station WLUP-FM (97.9), known as the Loop, and the long-time alternative staple WKQX-FM (101.1), known as Q101, will  be sold for more than $110 million in cash.

Luke Sienkowski is known to freaks, geeks and comedy fans as The Great Luke Ski. He mines the genre made famous by the likes of Weird Al Yankovic and Dr. Demento – parody songs. But his target audience is a bit narrower.

Founders of the Museum of Broadcast Communications hope a sneak preview of the new building Thursday will be the beginning of the end of the museum’s long saga, one that has almost outweighed the history of the artifacts within it.In 2003, after more than a decade at the Chicago Cultural Center, the

Saudi Arabia is the only country in the world that bars women from driving a car.  But a growing group of Facebook, YouTube and Twitter users is asking for that to change.