184 [S3E31]: "Big Mike" Glab Makes Big Talk about Bloomington (and Chicagoland)

Today is a Work Session, an interview with a member of local media where we talk about the city and local issues of the day. Michael "Big Mike" Glab is a former reporter for the Chicago Reader who's covered every kind of news, hard and soft. After 50 years in the Windy City, he eventually found himself in Limestone Country, where he became the host of Big Talk, a half-hour interview show not unlike this one. Where this show's theme is local government, Big Talk focus more on creative Bloomington. Glab is a creative himself, who continues writing on his long-standing blog The Electron Pencil.

At any rate, Big Mike invited The 812 host Steve Volan to Big Talk last year; now it's time to return the favor. We talked about differences between here and Chicagoland, about Bloomigton's ambitions as a city, and about books — Glab also is a bookseller who works at the local institution known as the Book Corner and its late, lamented long-time owner, Margaret Taylor.