Chicago comic Brian Babylon comes to LA and invites all his Chicago comedy pals that have moved to Cali. This will be a great show with a killer windy city line up.
Morning AMp (Weekdays 8-10AM CST): Tavis Smiley and Dr. Cornel West on "The Rich and the Rest of Us: A Poverty Manifesto"
Molly Adams and Brian Babylon spoke to the rabble-rousing duo Dr. Cornel West and Travis Smiley, hosts of the Smiley & West show from Public Radio International, about their new book: The Rich and the Rest of Us: A Poverty Manifesto. Dr. West and Mr. Smiley shared their thoughts on…
2011 was a surprisingly controversial year for the peaceful poet and Chicago icon Common. He was invited to read at the White House and was called a “thug” by conservative commentators based off of lyrics in one of his songs. Then, he had some public beef with the venerable Maya Angelou over his use of the n-word.
He spoke to Brian Babylon and Molly Adams about how 2012 should be a little less tense: his Common Ground Foundation which promotes literacy, health, and leadership with kids is kicking off it’s third year with a gala and fundraiser here in Chicago.
The Morning Amp @ Night!
Here is my set from the Comedy Central South Beach Comedy Festival. And… I look HIGH! #shit!
“One of the Most Powerful Songs Known to Man” According to Brian Babylon.
Who else besides Metallica can challenge your views on Euthanasia and rip your face off with a guitar solo in the same song? Brian Babylon and Molly Adams offered their thoughts on Metallica’s “One”.
In Cook County, the costs of catching a case | WBEZ
Here’s your daily serving of Prison Industrial Complex:
Cook County makes money on each call and not just a little money. Using the Freedom of Information Act I got a copy of the contract between the county and Securus Technologies, the company that operates the jail phone service. The contract requires Securus to pay 57.5 percent of the revenue from phone calls back to the county. Last year that netted the county government more than $3.6 million. In the last three years under this contract the county has pulled in about $12 million from inmates making calls out of the county jail, according to numbers supplied by the county. It’s like the ultimate command economy. The county locks up the inmate. In order to communicate with family and arrange their defense, the inmate has to use the phones. Cook County has given an exclusive contract to Securus, which sets the phone rates and prohibits any competition, and then the county gets more than half of the revenue generated.
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About
Brian Babylon is a Chicago-born comic and radio host. The self-proclaimed Prince of Bronzeville is a fixture in Chicago's rich comedy community. He has been making a name for himself outside of Chicago as well, placing in the finals of the New York Comedy Contest in 2009. He has performed in LA at the historic Comedy Store and Laugh Factory, and in the UK at Jongleurs comedy club in London. Currently, Brian hosts and produces The Morning AMP radio show on Vocalo 89.5FM, a sister station of Chicago Public Radio. He is also one of the newest additions to the popular NPR weekly news quiz show Wait Wait Don't Tell Me, contributes to BBC Radio and hosts The Moth Story Slam in Chicago.
