East Chicago
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Sep 13, 2026
Glenn ThomasHOST
And this comes from the Jasper San Filippo collection.
Glenn ThomasHOST
in East Chicago.
Glenn ThomasHOST
I've been there probably five or six times, and I always make it a point to hear the Wurlitzer 180 organ.
Glenn ThomasHOST
Art Reblitz did most of the arranging.
Bill McColganSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
At center, a former Northwestern star, number 55, Ray Watecka, 6'1", 225 pounds, 29 years old.
Bill McColganSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
In his sixth year, he's from East Chicago, Indiana.
Bill McColganSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
The right guard, a boy who played his college football under Red Blake at West Point, number 62, Bob Meshack, 6'2", 240 pounds, 25 years old.
Bill McColganSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
He's in his first year in the National Football League.
JimmyHOST
45 years later, that's still the official story.
JimmyHOST
The dead man's name was Jay Given, and in East Chicago, Indiana, he was about as close to untouchable as a private citizen could get.
JimmyHOST
He was 51 years old, a municipal attorney with a reputation for wielding influence better than anyone in the county.
JimmyHOST
People had taken to calling him the city's midnight mayor, the man who ran things after the lights went out and the official mayor went home.
JimmyHOST
East Chicago was a blue-collar steel town, and it was a place where the local political machine touched almost everything.
JimmyHOST
For two decades, Given was one of the engines of that political machine.
JimmyHOST
He raised money and brokered alliances, and more often than not he decided which candidates rose and which ones got buried, figuratively at least.
JimmyHOST
a man who understood elections cold and who knew exactly which skeletons were in which closets.
Katarina SzulcHOST
... or am I wrong?
KennyGUEST
'Cause if you look at, like, the, those three cities, like Gary, Hammond, and East Chicago, um, those three cities all kinda had, like, the same thing, where there was mills and, and the...
KennyGUEST
I don't know, I guess, like, the, kinda part of that Rust Belt.
KennyGUEST
But it seems like Gary suffered the most from when all those industries kinda went away or diminished, um, dra- dramatically, I guess, you know? Um, but Gary seems to...
Zach RugerHOST
Charlie Cleveland coming in.
Zach RugerHOST
Actually grew up in East Chicago, Indiana.
Zach RugerHOST
He's on a four-fight winning streak.
Zach RugerHOST
Reps demolition fight team.
Glenn ThomasHOST
Uh, this is almost his favorite organ.
Glenn ThomasHOST
Uh, I've been to, uh, the, uh, Jasper Sanfilippo's park in East Chicago quite a few times.
Glenn ThomasHOST
And every time I go there, I love to hear the 180 band organ.
Glenn ThomasHOST
This is one of three band organs, one of three 180.
Gringo FantasticoHOST
You know what I mean?
Jason HiltonHOST
How far away is Hammond from, like, Chicago proper?
Gringo FantasticoHOST
It's not very far.
Gringo FantasticoHOST
It's like maybe 20, 30 minutes.
Gringo FantasticoHOST
Okay,
Jason HiltonHOST
because it would have killed me if it turned out, oh, yeah, we moved from Chicago.
Jason HiltonHOST
It's going to be a three-hour drive from where our fans are.
Gringo FantasticoHOST
No, it's literally like 30 minutes.
Will IppenHOST
I don't know if that's true, but...
Chuck MertzHOST
All I know is East Chicago just went through the same thing that Flint went through with the, the-
Will IppenHOST
Yeah, with the water
Chuck MertzHOST
... with their contamination of their water.
Will IppenHOST
Mm-hmm
Chuck MertzHOST
...
Chuck MertzHOST
in East Chicago because it will release toxins." Now, just a little bit down the way, here's Gary, Indiana.
Chuck MertzHOST
This whole area's been-
Jim PoeslHOST
Here we have one in Nebraska, Hastings Groundwater Contamination, Valsicol Chemical Corporation in Illinois.
Jim PoeslHOST
And Marshall, Illinois and EPA is proposing to leave part of the following states, Fort Riley in Kansas, Tippecanoe Sanitary Relief Landfill in Lafayette, Indiana, and U.S. Smelter and Lead Refining in East Chicago, Indiana.
Jim PoeslHOST
So, boom.
Jim PoeslHOST
In May 2026, that was recent, as part of his commitment to accelerating and completing Superfund cleanup work, the Trump EPA launched the Superfund Solutions Initiative.
Ian DunlapHOST
Yeah, we'll definitely take care of us, uh, no, no, no matter what anyone say.
Ian DunlapHOST
And the surrounding areas, East Chicago, Hammond, Portage.
Ian DunlapHOST
Hey, too, 'cause some of y'all are getting on there, "Well, you don't know." I'm from where I'm talking about, for the record.
Ian DunlapHOST
So Portage, Hammond, Chesterton, Laker, the Four Seasons.
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