Spilling the Village Tea
Hosted by Robin Rutkowski and Jay Wadhwa · Robin Rutkowski
4.9from 9 ratings
- 71
- Episodes
- 66
- Transcribed
- 9
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2024
- First episode
About Spilling the Village Tea
Meet local public servants and candidates, get a mini civics lesson and learn a bit about the people outside of their public office. Covering Downers Grove, Dupage County and the surrounding districts, villages and townships.
- Publisher
- Robin Rutkowski
- Category
- government
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 21 Oct 2024
- Latest episode
- 22 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
66 of 71 episodes have a transcript.
22 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Dupage County Board Candidate District 5 – Chris Jacks
13 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Dupage County Board Candidate District 1 – Melissa Villanueva
13 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Dupage County Board Chair Candidate – Gary Grasso
Inside a recent episode
Dupage County Board Candidate District 5 – Chris Jacks
Published 22 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] And that is a big difference at county board. It is paid, which is good, but it's a big commitment because the meetings go two, three, four hours. You have committee meetings and subcommittee meetings. And it's a big time commitment. It is during the day. So you have to have an employer that's willing to let you do it. And I do. I worry that some people running for the board right now have that same commitment because I never see them go into the meetings or anything. So I question some of the people running for the board. really know what they're getting into and have that time to do it. I don't know. […]
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See plansWho has been a guest on Spilling the Village Tea
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- Chris Jacks
- Melissa Villanueva
- Gary Grasso
- Jesse Guiterrez
- Patricia Kladis Schiappa
Reach and audience
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.7 / 5
- 3 ratings
- Spotify
- 5.0 / 5
- 6 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 58 / 100
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- Quality
- 83
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 81
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Who hosts Spilling the Village Tea?
Robin Rutkowski and Jay Wadhwa host the show. Published by Robin Rutkowski.
How often do new episodes come out?
The show publishes weekly, based on its RSS feed.
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