Against the Grain With Tio Hardiman and Raza Siddiqui

Against the Grain With Tio Hardiman and Raza Siddiqui

Building bridges by challenging stereotypes and breaking down barriers; Tio “Mr. Ceasefire '' Hardiman and Raza Siddiqui are combining forces and challenging listeners to speak their truth while hearing the truth of others. Lets work together!

Episodes

Explore the "streets" with Tio “ceasefire “Hardiman

March 15, 2020 • 58 mins
How have the streets of chicago changed? Frontline activist https://www.facebook.com/tio.m.hardiman/?eid=ARCT0ydWJIxl05g2cPEb4CK64VTzMc0qhFPZ-q_Pw0BOpB1pgLRGQtwocJ4hHSniVJd_ft1-8mDYEumP&fref=tag (Tio) “ceasefire “Hardiman gives his take. From the challenges of Chicago gun violence, to what he terms as the hustle of black death. Tio shares his perspective in this no holds barred interview. The former candidate for Illino...
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The changing face of Chicago Media Landscape.

March 15, 2020 • 74 mins
With new ownership gobbling up media outlets, and some closing down entirely what does the future of Local media look like? With CLTV, and Hoy newspaper closing down some local perspectives are undoubtedly lost. To help us make sense of how this affects all news consumers, specifically the hispanic subset Yesenia Alvarez former Radio personality with WCEV 1450AM, Former Writer and Latino Scoop and Former on-air personality and p...
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Fighting for workers rights

March 15, 2020 • 67 mins
Labor is a movement that is ever evolving, even in the city known for strong labor roots. We speak with Dr. Robert Bruno Director of the Labor Studies Program and Professor of Labor and Employment at the University of Illinois and Susan Hurley the Executive Director of Chicago Jobs with Justice about the current state of labor, and the challenges it faces. One of our most popular shows to date, we get two perspectives that allow ...
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Unemployment, reduced hours and furloughed Benefits Discussion Series: 1/4

April 2, 2020 • 62 mins
While the Coronavirus continues to effect the lives of Americans and Illinois enacts a Stay-At-Home order many worry about the health of their families and the economy. With record numbers of people filing for unemployment in an effort to help his members Raza started a townhall meeting between union members and Jeff Jacobson, speaking about filing timelines, how to deal with state systems crashing under the overload and how to dea...
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Unemployment Benefits Discussion Series: 4/4

April 2, 2020 • 52 mins
While the Coronavirus continues to effect the lives of Americans and Illinois enacts a Stay-At-Home order many worry about the health of their families and the economy. Attorney Jeff Jacobson who worked for the Illinois Department our employment security joins is to discuss what we need to know should we have to file. He also goes over what the order that only “essential workers” report to work translates to. We also talk about the...
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Unemployment rates are scary, portals are crashing, our expert navigates Series: 2/4

April 2, 2020 • 63 mins
While the Coronavirus continues to effect the lives of Americans and Illinois enacts a Stay-At-Home order many worry about the health of their families and the economy. Raza Siddiqui and Sara Sadat host part 2 of our unemployment series with Attorney https://www.facebook.com/jeff.jacobson.79?eid=ARCZELCe3GlTAhxcg3n8_4S1O0dOicaz9UnJb7ALLsWLV1FqMmbzCQ9bb6vifkWoBHScf-IaY3Weq42r (Jeff Jacobson) as he expands discussion and takes i...
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Unemployment Differing State Benefits Series stimulus bill discussion: 3/4

April 2, 2020 • 16 mins
While the Coronavirus continues to effect the lives of Americans and Illinois enacts a Stay-At-Home order many worry about the health of their families and the economy. Jeff discusses the stimulus bill, with emphasis on changes which will effect 1099 Members. The bill has not been signed at the time of this broadcast but a discussion of the bill is broken down. Raza Siddiqui hosts Attorney https://www.facebook.com/jeff.jacobson.7...
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Former Illinois Rod Blagojevich's Take on Presidential Elections

November 10, 2020 • 51 mins
Tio Hardiman and Raza Siddiqui speak with former https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/illinois?__eep__=6&source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG&__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARChRjtr1vMDsRRL62qV81IxsYhjy5dF5SlLbfBVpelUKk3f-URn8nopNR7AyUEn3YBzaOArrHs5j44ObI1scIzS_O4irBeq-1Yqwr2Tfz5Vzeb4-XPFHpXy0NmmRIlipx1BMiL65QbN3gkv3RMcqqLpUQ8_PbYWwvkHlO-qMbwG8UGiC0qxy-wcnMfEhTN9dn9oYmNDVjs5FfBvL0n-4ZkovUvvHrRtEtqdLpJYjt8pZ8QB5bsA5bjLzXf9rj-dgda...
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Raza and Tio take on the callers

November 10, 2020 • 51 mins
Building bridges by challenging stereotypes and breaking down barriers; Tio “Mr. Ceasefire '' Hardiman and Raza Siddiqui are combining forces and challenging listeners to speak their truth while hearing the truth of others. Lets work together! Support this podcast
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COVID-19 Vaccines with Ali Ahmed from Affinity Health and George Miller, President and CEO of Loretto Hospital - Chicago, IL.

December 17, 2020 • 103 mins
The first https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/vaccine?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZWRLHb9FSJMXkiCy7WMCnGgElmnTEz-F-xkIqn5rMaD4BWI54fa6qpSfGcQq15PWD5oRwahkiIPzx4IlkAjNd244-tbbQhbmnp9dDFg24eP7IK-3fHelf78Q5E0MQrAggCu6vtak90tkTHZYnAECqrSPQQwSEPHlFgtGWaCtYzZ6QLKEwD9STMoZAiKnRUOqyJoBnHInlvccg4662eCDPIG&__tn__=*NK-R (#Vaccine) has been approved by the FDA. What does this mean for our country and our city. How will it get into ...
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Against the Grain with Tio and Raza host John Catanzara of Chicago FOP

February 14, 2021 • 105 mins
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