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The Lake Forest Podcast

The Lake Forest Podcast

著者： Pete Jansons
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 Get to know Lake Forest Illinois by listening to conversations with its Residents, Business Owners, and City Government. Pull up a stool and witness where parody meets entertainment. Believe What you will as there are no fact checkers on this show. If you like what we do you can always buy us a beer https://www.patreon.com/LakeForestPodcastPete Jansons 社会科学
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  • What He Saw at Boys State — And Why It Still Matters | Sen. Susan Garrett | Lake Forest Podcast

    What He Saw at Boys State — And Why It Still Matters | Sen. Susan Garrett | Lake Forest Podcast
    2026/05/02
    🎙️ Pete Jansons and Jeff Urso sit down with State Senator Susan Garrett to unpack what a District 67 board meeting revealed about culture, kids, and how communities respond when something feels off.🎓 Susan opens with a 1998 Boys State story about her son in a Carbondale dorm with two boys from downstate bullying a Black student from Chicago. The worst part, her son told her, was not having the tools to step in. That story still lands — connecting last week's meeting to this conversation.🏫 The bullying culture debate runs hot. Pete pushes parents-as-first-line. Jeff frames it through imbalance of power and the difference between how we teach boys to talk to boys vs. girls. Susan pitches a summit-style ad-hoc committee — bring teachers, parents, board, and students into one room and stop pretending the issue is going to fix itself. We disagree without making it a fight. That's the model.⚖️ Jeff walks through a hockey lawsuit primer where youth board members are being sued personally — a real chilling effect on civic participation. Susan and Pete unpack what board immunity does and doesn't cover.❤️ Jeff drops a leukemia survivor PSA: if it's rare or serious, go straight to a teaching hospital downtown. He shares using AI to read his own labs and refusing the usual shame dynamic with doctors. Pete adds his own genetics PSA — get your genes looked at, know your propensity to disease.🍕 Breaking local news: Piero D'Ascenzi has sold Ferentino's Pizzeria after 30+ years in Lake Forest. The buyer is the owner of Marco Roma. Jeff drops it as personal news — Piero is his sister's godfather.🎵 Today's album — "If Not You, Who? — The Other Guy Moved to Naples" — drops on Spotify alongside this episode:https://open.spotify.com/album/727RS9...📬 Newsletter — every FOIA document, every meeting clip, every weekly recap straight to your inbox:https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/s...⏰ TIMESTAMPS:🎬 0:00 Cold tease — Susan on the D67 parents🎙️ 0:44 Catching up — Mundelein, Teddy O'Brien, Dufferin's🏒 1:50 Hockey lawsuit primer (Episode 10 hook)👋 6:34 Susan joins🎯 7:13 Cold open — Buffett, the 95-5, and the mic always being open💬 9:06 Why we podcast (response to recent feedback)🎓 10:39 Boys State — Susan's son and the SIU University story🏫 13:38 Bullying culture, the board, and personal responsibility⚖️ 24:03 Board liability and lawsuits as a chilling effect💡 26:20 Susan's summit idea + Jeff's prevention framework🎉 30:44 Lake Forest 250th — Wayne Healy + the Freddy Jones Band🌧️ 35:31 Flooding, Deer Path, and infrastructure🎵 41:00 Suno, AI music, and the Stevie Wonder/Moog rabbit hole❤️ 47:19 Puck Cancer + Jeff's leukemia advice🧬 52:55 Pete's genetics PSA🍕 53:38 Breaking — Ferentino's Pizzeria sells after 30+ years👋 55:12 Sign-off🎙️ The Lake Forest Podcast drops every Saturday at 4:00 AM CT📩 Got a tip? pete@lakeforestpodcast.com📞 Press/Tips: 847-922-4776📺 Subscribe: 🔴 / @lakeforestpodcast🌐 lakeforestpodcast.com🎙️ Patreon: patreon.com/lakeforestpodcast#LakeForestPodcast #LakeForestIL #LakeBluffIL #60045 #LakeCounty#District67 #D67 #SusanGarrett #BoysState #SchoolBoard #LakeForestSchools#Bullying #Accountability #Transparency #SmallTownPolitics
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  • "That Trust Has Been Broken" — D67 Parents Speak Out After Attack | Lake Forest Podcast

    "That Trust Has Been Broken" — D67 Parents Speak Out After Attack | Lake Forest Podcast
    2026/04/25
    🎙️ Pete Jansons and Jeff Urso sit down with Philippe Melin, Chief Strategy Officer at Parents Care, to break down what happened at the April 21 District 67 board meeting — the one where Randy Creighton's testimony has pulled 380,000+ Facebook views and 582 shares this week.🏛️ A Lake Forest father walked up to the D67 microphone and said: "That trust has been broken." His sixth-grade son was attacked six-on-one at Deer Path Middle School. A $100 bounty. Three sixth-graders who stepped in and stopped it. An administration that said one of the attackers wouldn't be at school — and he was.🎙️ Philippe was in the room Tuesday night. We unpack the full evening — what Randy said, what teachers added, what Frank McCormick warned, and what Philippe is asking the board to do next.👩‍🏫 Teacher Courtney Payne didn't hold back: "The answers you are receiving as a board are not accurate. In fact, they are needs improvement." That line is the hook for today's morning Short drop.📣 Frank McCormick reminded the board: "What you tolerate, you promote." Forty years in the classroom. The man knows what he's saying.🎵 Today's album — "As If He Was Elected" — drops on Spotify alongside this episode:https://open.spotify.com/album/45iOkz...📣 Parents Care — file bullying reports and read the open letter:https://parentscare.org🍕 Hungry after the show? Grab a slice from Jeff's pizza place, Donati's:https://donatispizza.toast.site/⏰ TIMESTAMPS:📺 0:00 Cold open — "As if he was elected"🚗 0:23 Shields Township / speed hump update🎙️ 3:39 Philippe Melin joins (Parents Care)🔥 3:50 Randy Creighton's FULL testimony — the one going viral💪 9:08 The three sixth-graders who stepped in⚖️ 11:30 Why the district's initial response failed🪨 12:47 "Get Some Stones" callback to last week📣 15:47 Frank McCormick: "What you tolerate, you promote"🏫 19:16 Is there a CULTURE allowing this at D67?🎒 21:04 "My son can't bike to school because of bullying"⚠️ 27:05 Alleged vs. documented — the legal framing👩‍🏫 30:23 Teacher Courtney Payne: "The answers are not accurate"❓ 32:29 Does the superintendent need to go?🎯 34:15 What needs to change at D67📋 36:17 Philippe's FOUR recommendations to the board✋ 42:19 The clerk cutoff — "Is the audience done?"🤝 45:32 Mark Remus — is the board president doing his job?📞 49:21 Parents Care hotline for bullying reports💰 56:23 $31K per student, twice national average🎤 59:26 Final word: "The administrators need to be educated"🎙️ The Lake Forest Podcast drops every Saturday at 8:00 AM CT📬 Got a tip? pete@lakeforestpodcast.com📞 Press/Tips: 847-922-4776📺 Subscribe: 🔴 / @lakeforestpodcast🌐 lakeforestpodcast.com🎙️ Patreon: patreon.com/lakeforestpodcast#LakeForestPodcast #PeteJansons #JeffUrso #SkooWalker #PhilippeMelin #LakeForestIL #LakeBluffIL #60045 #LakeCounty#District67 #DeerPathMiddleSchool #D67 #ParentsCare #SchoolBoard #LakeForestSchools#Bullying #Accountability #Transparency #SmallTownPolitics
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  • They Packed the Room. Who Do You Believe? | Lake Forest Podcast

    They Packed the Room. Who Do You Believe? | Lake Forest Podcast
    2026/04/18

    🏛️ This week 40-50 people packed a Shields Township town hall and voted to strip the board of authority to sign a lease or buy property. Jeff Urso breaks down what actually happened — and why it matters for everyone in Lake Forest, Lake Bluff, Knollwood, and North Chicago.


    🔥 Plus — Pete's been getting messages about the fire department. We love our firefighters on this show — first responders have all the stones in the world. This isn't about them. It's about whether anyone will come on camera and stand behind what they're saying. Pete asked the question on air. Jeff pushes back. You decide.


    🗺️ AND — the City of Lake Forest just launched a brand new Crime Transparency Portal. Pete asks the obvious question: how do we get a crime map but still can't get a scoring sheet for a beach hot dog wagon?


    See the Lake Forest Crime Map here:

    https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/bcd8db896c4c4945b02bffaf05ce1bcf


    🎵 This episode inspired our album "Got the Stones" — Stream it now:

    https://open.spotify.com/album/46mRBGfHkz1J3uAF24nn9n?si=e60yeupvQfigycsCUmgE6A


    🎤 Lead single "Got the Stones" on Spotify:

    https://open.spotify.com/track/1oQOAAkAzV1rW10m34EqaL?si=00e6afab9ce747ad

    🔥 In this episode:

    🏛️ SHIELDS TOWNSHIP AMBUSH — 40 to 50 people pack the room, vote to strip the board of authority to sign a lease

    🎯 SOFT TARGET — Jeff Urso explains why they go after Shields instead of Lake Forest

    📝 LEASE EXPIRES — The two-year clock starts now, and nobody has authority to renew it

    🎙️ WHO DO YOU BELIEVE? — Pete's been getting messages about the fire department. Will anyone come on camera?

    🚑 STAFFING CRISIS — LFFD contracts with Lake Bluff, Knollwood, plus the Mavis box cover system

    🗺️ CRIME MAP LAUNCHES — Lake Forest finally shows the dots, still won't show the beach vendor scorecard

    🌭 HOT DOG WAGON — How do we get a crime map but still can't get a scoring sheet?

    🕊️ MARILYN LOUISE CRICHE — 99 years old, Sheridan, Deer Path, Gorton. Hell of a run.

    🏋️ GYM TALK — Jeff dropped 80 pounds, Pete asks about etiquette and spotting

    👋 WELCOME BACK — New viewer scripts recorded, got a tip? pete@lakeforestpodcast.com


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    ⏰ TIMESTAMPS:

    🏋️ 0:32 Jeff is back at the gym + weight loss journey

    📋 7:47 FOIA update + city attorney delay tactics

    🕊️ 10:37 In memoriam: Marilyn Louise Criche

    🎙️ 13:15 Who do you believe? Messages about the fire department

    🚒 18:55 LFFD staffing crisis, Lake Bluff ambulance contracts, Mavis box

    🗺️ 36:18 Lake Forest Crime Transparency Portal launches

    🌭 37:33 Why can we get a crime map but not the beach scorecard?

    🏛️ 47:05 Shields Township showdown — 40-50 people pack the room

    🎯 49:25 Jeff explains who's behind it and why

    📝 53:13 The lease expires in 2 years and now nobody can sign it

    👋 59:00 New viewer and returning viewer welcome

    🎙️ 1:00:11 Jeff and Skoo close it out


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    🎙️ The Lake Forest Podcast drops every Saturday at 4:00 AM CST

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    #LakeForestPodcast #LakeForestIL #LakeBluffIL #ShieldsTownship #GotTheStones #LakeCountyIL #60045 #FOIA #LocalGovernment #Transparency #SmallTownPolitics #TownshipMeeting #LakeForestNews #NorthShoreChicago #PeteJansons
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