OTL #887: Humanity united by hope, Myths about Illinois’ population debunked, The Secret History of The Rooks

<p>Mike Stephen discusses shared humanity with <a href= "https://www.svaj.org/rabbi" target="_blank" rel= "noreferrer noopener">Rabbi Ari Hart</a> of the Skokie Valley Agudath Jacob Synagogue, learns about <a href= "https://illinoisepi.files.wordpress.com/2023/10/ilepi-pmcr-decade-of-illinois-migration-patterns-final.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">a new study that debunks myths about Illinois’ population</a> from Frank Manzo of the <a href="https://illinoisepi.org/" target="_blank" rel= "noreferrer noopener">Illinois Economic Policy Institute</a>, and discovers the Secret History of the 1960s local garage-rockers <a href= "https://chicagoreader.com/music/the-secret-history-of-chicago-music/the-rooks-cut-a-hall-of-fame-garage-rock-single-but-broke-up-in-obscurity/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" data-rich-text-format-boundary="true">The Rooks</a>.</p>