Podcast: Infomagical Challenge
Michen tried the Informagical Challenge from Note To Self, a podcast produced by WNYC Studios, about reducing the information overload the American society faces every day. She listened to one, ten-minute podcast for five days and trying each challenge presented. Listen now to hear what she thought about each challenge.
Video: Breaking Down To Build Back Up
From an early age, Loyola professor Matt Bodett knew he would be an artist, even skipping high school classes just to draw all day. Art was his escape then. It later would become his salvation when a mental disorder led to a breakdown that turned his world inside out and had him questioning his very existence.
Video: Chicago's Homelessness Stretches From The Streets To Jail
Of the more than 80,000 people homeless on the streets of Chicago, most are either mentally ill, people of color or military veterans, and worried advocates are warning that recent cuts in services are putting nearly all of them at further risk.