CAN TV Program Archive

    ADAPT of Chicago

    January 31, 2017
    Illinois Single-Payer Coalition’s Dr. Anne Scheetz discusses single-payer healthcare, and what that would look like in Illinois. This program was produced by Adapt of Chicago Productions, a CAN TV Community Partner.

    ADAPT of Chicago

    January 10, 2017
    Joel Margolis interviews Ruby Hawkins Bradford about her life and paintings. This program was produced by Adapt of Chicago Productions, a CAN TV Community Partner.

    Chicago Newsroom

    January 5, 2017
    Ken Davis discusses the current and future status of Chicago‚Äôs news media in this conversation with the Reader‚Äôs News Editor Robin Amer, City Bureau co-founder Darryl Holliday and Justin Kaufmann, host of WGN Radio‚Äôs evening program The Download. They discuss the pervasive influence of Facebook and Google as the principle disseminators of news, and the… View Article

    ADAPT of Chicago

    January 5, 2017
    Rob Rotman interviews writer and disability-rights activist Mike Ervin about his life and creative work. This program was produced by Adapt of Chicago Productions, a CAN TV Community Partner.

    Chicago Newsroom

    December 20, 2016
    Ken Davis is joined by Nicole Robinson from the Greater Chicago Food Depository. She explains that her agency provides 160,000 meals a day throughout Cook County, but even that doesn‚Äôt meet the demand. About 812,000 people in the County are food insecure, she says. In fact, in Cook County, there are communities where more than… View Article

    Chicago Newsroom

    December 15, 2016
    Ken Davis is joined by WBEZ‚Äôs Tony Arnold and Dave McKinney from Reuters, both deeply experienced Springfield reporters, to assess the Illinois political situation at year‚Äôs end. And it isn‚Äôt pretty. A borrowing program to pay vendors will cost billions in financing fees. The partisan deadlock between the Governor and legislative leaders wasn‚Äôt resolved by… View Article

    Chicago Newsroom

    December 8, 2016
    Ken Davis is joined by writer/critic and journalist Lee Bey and The Defender author Ethan Michaeli to discuss the impact a Ben Carson stewardship over HUD will have in Chicago. They talk about their fears stemming from Carson’s stated belief that poverty is more of a choice than anything else, and that poverty can be… View Article