October 2009 might go down in history as the month when some of the city’s residents and elected officials dreams were slashed. But even if we got last place in the Olympic bid, the news out of the Chicago area—good and bad—kept us in the spotlight. The events of October We brought together a group of esteemed journalists to dissect the headlines.

Music Button: Saxon Shore, “Sustained Combustion”, from the CD It Doesn’t Matter, (Broken Factory)

Panel:
Neil Steinberg—Columnist, Chicago Sun-Times
Kyra Kyles—Reporter, RedEye
Gabriel Spitzer—Science Reporter, WBEZ