The Ben Joravsky Show
Hosted by Ben Joravsky · Ben Joravsky
4.7from 172 ratings
- 2,599
- Episodes
- 746
- Transcribed
- 172
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2019
- First episode
About The Ben Joravsky Show
Chicago journalist Ben Joravsky starts each show by riffing on the news of the day with his celebrated humor, insight, and honesty. Then he talks politics with activists, elected officials, journalists and all sorts of political know-it-alls. We talk Chicago, Illinois, national (lots of national), international and lefty politics. Find The Ben Joravsky Show wherever you download podcasts.
- Publisher
- Ben Joravsky
- Category
- news
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 25 Feb 2019
- Latest episode
- 8 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
746 of 2,599 episodes have a transcript.
8 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Maya Dukmasova—Wise Judges Wanted
7 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Mick Dumke--Obama Goes To Michigan
5 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
David Faris—Is That Wave Blue?
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Maya Dukmasova—Wise Judges Wanted
Published 8 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] But I'd say that like the skill set and the personal personality qualities required of a. Good domestic relations judge are like very narrow and rare in people in general. Like. Yeah, it's it's it's definitely not a job anyone could do. All right, then let's talk about the people who want this job. And you raise this question in passing. Why would anybody want this job? And so having followed these judges and these judicial candidates for all these years now, Maya, what conclusions have you reached about why people want to be judges? Why they want to sit in a domestic court like this, domestic relation court, and have to make a decision that would be so impactful with a very relatively limited amount of understanding, as you pointed out, you You know what I mean? […]
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- Maya Dukmasova
- Mick Dumke
- David Faris
- Ishan Daya
- Jimmy Rothschild
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.7 / 5
- 134 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.7 / 5
- 38 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 68 / 100
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- Quality
- 98
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 96
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