Chicago Justice Podcast

About Chicago Justice Podcast

The Chicago Justice Podcast challenges the stories we're told about crime, public safety, and justice. Instead of accepting headlines, political talking points, or conventional wisdom at face value, we dig deeper to uncover what the data, research, and lived experiences actually reveal. Each episode features candid conversations with journalists, researchers, advocates, policymakers, and people working to transform the justice system from within. Together, we examine the policies, institutions, and power structures that shape who is criminalized, who is protected, and who is left behind. From policing and police accountability to gun violence, surveillance, incarceration, public records, government transparency, and criminal justice reform, we explore the complex issues driving today's debates about safety and justice. Some conversations are uncomfortable. Others are infuriating. All of them are necessary. Grounded in evidence, accountability, and a commitment to challenging dominant narratives, The Chicago Justice Podcast goes beyond sound bites to expose how systems really work and whose interests they serve. If you're ready to question assumptions, confront hard truths, and explore what real justice and public safety could look like, this podcast is for you.

Publisher

Tracy Siska

Category

business · news · news

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

5 Apr 2020

Latest episode

12 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

147 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   12 Oct 2026

   Rooting White Supremacists Out of the Chicago Police

   Send us Fan Mail Chicago police officers showed up on leaked membership lists of extremist groups like the Oath Keepers. City leaders promised action and delivered slaps on the wrist. Now, after more than a year of work, the Chicago City Council has passed an ordinance that empowers the Chicago Police Department and the police accountability system to investigate officers' ties to white supremacist organizations and remove active participants. We talk with the ordinance's chief sponsor,...

2. 

   5 Oct 2026

   Weaponizing Crime Data: Jeff Asher on Facts vs. Fear

   Send us Fan Mail Crime is falling in cities across America—so why does the public conversation sound like the opposite? Crime analyst Jeff Asher, co-founder of AH Datalytics and host of The Jeff-alytics Podcast, joins us to unpack how crime data is being misused, misread, and weaponized. Social media, misinformation, and rising partisanship have turned crime statistics into political ammunition. When leaders deny data that challenges their views and exploit single violent incidents for politi...

3. 

   28 Sept 2026

   Blacked Out: The Montgomery County Traffic Stop Cover-Up

   Send us Fan Mail A stop for a missed turn signal and a dim license plate light should have been routine. Instead, it ended in an arrest on charges that don't hold up, and then in a fight over records that officials won't release. This week, Emmy Award-winning KPRC 2 journalist Jaewon Jung joins us to break down a traffic stop earlier this year in Montgomery County, Texas, and what happened after the video became public. Jung requested the deputy's personnel file and the sheriff's office's tra...

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