CBA Record May-June 2023

listeners download the show monthly. We have listeners throughout Chicago and the suburbs and across the United States and abroad. The show is most popu lar with 28-34-year-olds, who comprise nearly 50% of the show’s audience. Our more seasoned members are also listen ing. We have 41% more listens by those in 55-64 age range than the average pod cast audience. We have been extremely fortunate to have interviewed a distinguished array of guests who have helped us tackle some of the most compelling topics facing our community today. Our most memorable episodes have included interviews with Amanda Knox and her Italian defense team; a behind-the-scenes look at the Jussie Smollett case with prosecutor Dan Webb; a recent interview with Gretchen Carlson and former Congresswoman Cheri Boustos; and the show’s most pop ular episode to date detailing the prosecu tion of John Wayne Gacy with recently deceased retired judge and former pros ecutor William (“Bill”) Kunkle. We have also released pivotal episodes on the War in Ukraine, the 4th of July mass shooting

in Highland Park, the Dobbs v. Women’s Health Organization Supreme Court case, and George Floyd’s murder. These epi sodes featured lawyers directly involved in those matters who provided in-depth insights well beyond what can be learned from our fast-paced news cycle. With this, our podcast has become an invalu able archive of Chicago’s diverse and sto ried legal history for future generations. When the show was just a mere idea, and Jonathan and I were muddling our way through figuring out which micro phones to use, we had no idea what the show would become, the incredible array of guests we would be able to feature, or that we would amass a loyal listenership that would keep us going for one year, much less five. Yet here we are, still on this journey, with no end in sight. Acknowledgments I would like to specifically acknowledge and thank the show’s founding host, Jonathan Amarilio, who has put count less hours of time into researching and preparing for each episode so the CBA can produce a top-quality to show for our

members and listeners each month. He has also become a great friend throughout the process of working together on the show. (As a side note, friendship is one of the most valuable benefits of collaboration through bar work.) Thank you also to the show’s other talented hosts, Trisha Rich and Maggie Mendenhall Casey, who have brought valuable perspective, knowledge, and humor to the show as we’ve contin ued to gain our stride. Finally, thank you to the CBA members who have volun teered their time with the show, as co hosts and guests, and to those who have listened to and become our loyal audience over the past five years. Where to Listen If you have not done so yet, find us at legaltalknetwork.com/podcasts/chicago bar/ and/or subscribe to the podcast and download episodes on Apple Podcast, Spotify, Stitcher, and Google Podcast. Please also consider rating and reviewing the show on your preferred platform and send us your feedback and ideas for future shows at podcast@chicagobar.org.

More Praise for @theBar "I had more fun talking about the laws and ethics of cacao supply chains and eating craft chocolate with Jon and Trisha on the CBA's awesome @thebar podcast than I had in five years of practicing law! Just kidding: I had twice as much fun! Happy five years of excellent podcasting to all involved and keep eating chocolate!" — Valerie Beck, Founder, Chocolate Uplift (guest on The Chocolate Covered Edition) “Our discussion with Amanda Knox has always stuck with me, not only because of the details she shared with us about her ordeal, but because of the insights and wisdom she somehow managed to gain from the nightmare of being wrongly accused of murder in a foreign country, smeared in the global media, and convicted of a horrendous crime she did not commit. Of all our many impressive guests, she struck me as one of the most extraordinary.” — Jonathan Amarilio (host on An Interview with Amanda Knox: Beyond Did She or Didn’t She Edition) “The @theBar podcast visit was a highlight of my book’s publication. Trish and Jon made the experience easy, with well-prepared interviewers. Doing the facts-from-fiction piece at the end was so much fun. Boom to five years and many more great episodes! A treasure for the CBA!” — Daniel Cotter, Howard & Howard and author of “The Chief Justices,” (guest on The Chief Justices Edition)

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