Podcast appearances and mentions of rachel ventura

In this episode, I travel to Joliet, Illinois, to sit down with Senator Rachel Ventura. We discuss her groundbreaking legislation that could end vehicle searches based solely on the smell of cannabis, a longstanding issue impacting cannabis consumers across Illinois. Senator Ventura shares the story behind the bill, the challenges with current laws, and how her advocacy intersects with criminal justice reform and environmental policy. Watch video version and read full show notes here: https://thecolememo.com/2025/03/21/e179/

In this episode of the News Brief, Senator Celina Villanueva advocates for increased wages for home care workers in Illinois, Senator Cristina Castro backs limitations on cellphone use in the classroom, and Senator Rachel Ventura looks to take steps to reform the juvenile justice system in the state.

In this edition of the News Brief, State Senators Laura Fine and Doris Turner introduce measures to support nursing parents and improve access to formula, Senator Ram Villivalam discusses progress toward a unified transit authority to address public transportation issues in northeastern Illinois, and Senator Rachel Ventura introduces a bill aiming to expand broadband services, closing the digital divide in underserved areas.

Senator Rachel Ventura joins the Sound of the State to recognize Earth Day 2024 and discuss her ongoing legislative efforts, including Senate Bill 2781 to create a grant for local governments to help mitigate the effects of climate change.

State Senators Rachel Ventura and Mike Porfirio join the Sound of the State to discuss Ventura's new CURE Act legislation that would help veterans and those afflicted with mental illnesses.

State Senator Laura Murphy's measure to ease burdens to access for Alzheimer's treatments recently passed out of committee. Learn more about that, plus news from State Senators Steve Stadelman, Laura Ellman, and Rachel Ventura, in this edition of the News Brief.

Catch up on legislation from Senator Natalie Toro benefiting renters in Illinois, efforts by Senator Michael Hastings to aid veterans in connecting with careers in state government, and a proposal to increase mental health treatment options from Senator Rachel Ventura in this edition of the News Brief.

I am joined by Rachel Ventura to discuss starting FrankieLynn Hot Dogs, the Cleveland food scene and our favorite social media community pages.

The striking screenwriters have clearly learned a thing or two from teachers unions. Ben riffs. State Senator Rachel Ventura describes the ups and downs of her rookie year in the senate. As she introduces one progressive bill after another. Most notably on cannabis criminal Justice. Will the War on Drugs ever end? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In this episode of the Sound of the State, State Senator Laura Ellman sits down with first-term State Senator Rachel Ventura for a New Member Monday conversation to get to know Senator Ventura and discuss plans for her first term in Springfield.

Looking in from the outside, it seems that chefs and food professionals have an uphill battle when it comes to relationships. Late nights, erratic schedules and stress don't make for the best foundation for marriage and family. But sometimes, with lots of perseverance, understanding and effort, things just work. I sat down with Chef Lloyd Foust, who just joined the team of Salt, to open Poppy in Larchmere, and his wife Rachel Ventura, the proud creator/owner of FrankieLynn Hot Dogs, to hear how they make it work. The couple met while working together at The Black Pig and now they're married with two sons. Over a couple of glasses of wine at Old Brooklyn haunt, Opal on Pearl, we find out what makes their marriage work. The truth is, all you need to do is sit with them for 15 minutes, and you know the answer. I hope you enjoy this "Valentine's Day Episode" as much I did when I made it. Thank you Chef Douglas Katz and Real Food Remedy for partnering on this episode.

BILL RUSSELL, GRASSROOTS ORGANIZING IN GA/NC, HEALTH CARE, MONEY OUT OF POLITICS, LOCAL WINNERS, ABORTION Green Grassroots Emergency Election Protection Zoom #104 opens with the legendary Bill Russell, the Greatest professional athlete/civil rights activistn all sports based on having won 11 NBA championships in 13 years, including the last two as the first African-American coach of a major professional team.  Russell did all this while serving as one of critically important pioneering activists of equal rights for all citizens.  He will be incredibly missed, as will NICHELLE NICHOLS, Star Trek's first African-American female, one of the great icons of our culture (&counter-culture). RAY MCCLENDON clarifies the on-going very much alive & well prosecution of Donald Trump in Fulton County, Georgia.  Ray further updates us on the escalating grassroots campaign in GA leading into the 2022 mid-terms. JOEL SEGAL connects that GA campaign to his work in NC…and then explains in great detail the considerable impact of the new Biden-Manchin bill, not yet passed, on our national health care system. RON LEONARD, RAY LUTZ and TATANKA BRICCA illuminate the huge leap forward this bill also offers to the solar industry which has been under terrible attack from the US fossil/nuke dinosaurs. GREG COLERIDGE of MOVE TO AMEND then covers his organization's spectacular work—along with SAM ROSENTHAL---to reverse the horrendous SCOTUS Citizens United decision allowing big corporate money to buy our elections.  Greg is followed by three great grassroots candidates supported by Progressive Democrats of America:   JASON CALL from WA, RACHEL VENTURA and JOHN LAESCH from IL. And we hear from DR. RUTH STRAUSS, WENDI LEDERMAN, DOROTHY REIK, DANNETT ABBOTT, JUSTIN LEBLANC and many more who fit the critical mass of moving ahead with American democracy. As a parting shot, we jump briefly into the world of psychedelics, reminding all our participants for future sessions to see:  FANTASTIC FUNGI & the 4-part HOW TO CHANGE YOUR MIND.  

Our special guest is Comic Judah Friedlander whose done countless specials for Netflix and Comedy Central. Judah played Frank Rossitano on the NBC sitcom 30 Rock and Toby Radloff in the film American Splendor Topics: Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson; Ted Cruz; Lindsey Graham; Bill Maher; Cats in Ukraine; Mo Brooks; Biden meets with world leaders; America takes in 75,000 Ukrainian refugees Guests With Time Stamps (0:48) David Does the News (46:28) "Ain't No Chairs" written by Professor Mike Steinel (48:30) Grace Jackson explains how the power dynamic between China and Russia effects Ukraine And America. Grace co-hosts the Literary Hangover podcast, and is an expert on China. (1:09:22) Professor Ben Burgis (his new book is "Canceling Comedians While The World Burns") Ben's latest piece in The Daily Beast is "Bill Maher Didn't Change. He's Always Been a Cringe Centrist. INTELLECTUALLY INCORRECT: The “Real Time” host's pivot toward the Intellectual Dark Web and vaxx-skepticism shouldn't be a surprise. This is who he is." (1:38:00) Emil Guillermo (host of the PETA Podcast, and columnist for The Asian American Legal Defense And Education Fund) Emil talks Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, the GOP's auditions for the next Trump, Cruz, Hawley, Cotton, and how their treatment of Jackson was pornographic. Also: The PETA podcast. PETA has saved nearly 800 cats and dogs from Ukraine. It's gone in with rescue teams. (2:01:00) The Herschenfelds: Dr. Philip Herschenfeld (Freudian psychoanalyst), and Ethan Herschenfeld (his new comedy special "Thug, Thug Jew" is streaming on YouTube) (2:33:20) Donald Trump, highlights from the big interview (2:34:00) Judah Friedlander (Comedian) Judah hosts live, pay-what-you-want stand-up shows every week. The shows are interactive, you can choose to have your camera & mic on so that you can participate in the show & see & hear other audience members in addition to seeing and hearing the performers For more information go to www.judahfriedlander.com (3:08:30) The Rev. Barry W. Lynn (Americans United for Separation of Church and State) covers this week's Judiciary Committee hearings (4:09:00) Joe In Norway makes Gnocchi (4:11:00) The Professors And Mary Anne: Professors Mary Anne Cummings, Ann Li, Jonathan Bick, Adnan Husain w/ Rachel Ventura (candidate for Pennsylvania State Senate IL-43) Read Professor Ann Li ⬇️ www.dailykos.com/user/annieli (5:16:00) Dave In PA and his trusty sidekick Chad take a piece of maple wood and create a bowl (5:20:00) Professor Harvey J. Kaye ("FDR on Democracy") and Alan Minsky (executive director of Progressive Democrats of America) (6:00:00) Liam McEneaney (Comedian and Producer)

Good Morning Aurora! Happy taco Tuesday! We are live with Rachel F. Ventura today, candidate for the 43rd Senate District today. News, coffee and a great conversation; to learn more about Rachel and what she stands for visit her website here: https://www.rachelfventura.com/ And now for the news: - Tomorrow the senior listening tour rolls on to it's next stop! Proudly sponsored by the City of Aurora's Senior & Disability Services Division, the tour will be at Fire Station 8, 3770 McCoy Drive in the conference room. Ward 10 Alderman Shweta Baid will be this evening's host! Face masks are required for attendance! - Kane County United presents the Aurora Affordable Housing Forum! This will be an online event, the flyer has been shared to our social media and contains QR codes to scan. This will take place November 7th at 2:30 pm. Registration is required, to do so click this link: https://kanecountyunited.org/housing/ - From noon to 4 pm on November the 21st our friends of Corinne's Kitchen will be at Brother Chimp Brewing in North Aurora getting their cook on! The Bears will play the Ravens that day and the game begins at noon. Come out for a great time; jambalaya bowls are $7 and pulled pork sandwiches will be $10! #supportlocal Another great interview to get our day started and keep the week going strong. We hope you all enjoyed the show this morning and were able to learn something from our wonderful guest. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to stay up to date on all our great content: https://www.youtube.com/c/GoodMorningAuroraPodcast The second largest city's first daily news podcast is here. Tune in everyday to our FB Live from 8 am to 9 am. Make sure to like and subscribe to stay updated on all things Aurora. Twitter: goodmorningaur1 Instagram: goodmorningaurorail Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6dVweK5Zc4uPVQQ0Fp1vEP... Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/.../good-morning.../id1513229463 Anchor: https://anchor.fm/goodmorningaurora #aurorail #positivevibes #positiveenergy #downtownaurora #kanecountyil #bataviail #genevail #stcharlesil #saintcharlesil #elginil #northaurorail #auroramedia #auroranews #goodmorning #goodmorningaurora #news #dailynews #subscribe #youtube #podcast #spotify #morningshow #morningnews #tuesday --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/goodmorningaurora/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/goodmorningaurora/support

Rachel is an elected Will County board member, business director for Legendary Games and Campaign Manager for Jon Lash. Rachel is a dedicated No stings Attached public servant for her constituents, she has been extremely vocal in her support of a variety of progressive issues including; Black Lives Matter, Immigration Reform, decriminalization of Cannabis, marriage equality, the green new deal and women's rights and many more. She will talk about her journey journey from Actuary to Military Spouse to Will County Board Member, to Congressional Democratic Candidate as well as cover her position across a variety of issues. You can support Rachel via her website, https://www.rachelfventura.com/ as well as follow her on social media using the following links: Twitter, Instagram, Facebook --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/juiceworththesqueeze/message

Democratic 11th Congressional District candidate Rachel Ventura joins us to talk her campaign. Ben reveals which Alderman expressed his concerns wth Mayor Lightfoot. And it's another "Rummana Rundown" with Sun-Times Editor Rummana Hussain

Rachel Ventura and Russ Cirincione speak with Francesca Fiorentini on The Conversation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Democratic 11th Congressional district Candidate Rachel Ventura swings by with a campaign update. Who will replace John Cullerton as our next Illinois Senate President? Who will replace John Cullerton as the next Illinois Senator? Chicago Reader writer Maya Dukmasova is back to talk Brandon Johnson vs Carlos Ramirez-Rosa's POTUS candidate debate LIVE at the Hideout February 4th

A big message was sent that WE DO NOT WANT A WAR WITH IRAN! On 1/5/20 at Dandelion Fountain Naperville, we listened to speakers and protested Trump’s hostile international actions. This was Rachel Ventura's speech. She is a candidate for the US House of Representatives in the 11th Congressional District. Email for campaign issues: hello@rachelfventura.com Campaign manager: John Laesch john@rachelfventura.com Facebook: facebook.com/electventura Website: electventura.com Twitter: twitter.com/electventura Instagram: instagram.com/electventura

A big message was sent that WE DO NOT WANT A WAR WITH IRAN! On 1/5/20 at Dandelion Fountain Naperville, we listened to speakers and protested Trump’s hostile international actions. Speakers were in this order: Imam Yusuf Rios, John Laesch former multi tour intelligence officer in the middle east, Walt Zlotow, peace activist and former chair of Milton Township Democratic Organization, US Congressman Bill Foster of the 11th Congressional District, Rachel Ventura candidate for US Congress in the 11th District, Anne Wick, Representative from Sean Casten’s office of the US 6th Congressional, Erica Bray Parker, delegate candidate for Elizabeth Warren for President, Maggie Wunderly, delegate candidate for Bernie Sanders for President, Christopher Espinoza, delegate candidate for Pete Buttigieg for President, Retired full Colonel Don Potoczny, retired 34 year veteran, deployed 3 times for combat. The event was cohosted by Lisle Township Democratic Organization, Naperville Township Democratic Organization, Winfield Township Democratic Organization, Indivisible Naperville and Stand On Every Corner. Utube video -

Meet democratic 11th congressional district Rachel Ventura. Learn about her campaign, her support for medicare for all and the green new deal.

Working Life Podcast - Episode 151: I would never have said it before today but it turns out health insurance companies aren't the most evil players in the healthcare industry. Don't freak out—health insurance companies are bad, and they are bankrupting millions of people, and the country. But it turns out even worse than the health insurers are some big mega private equity vultures who are gobbling up big pieces of medical services and socking millions of people with surprise medical bills—and I'm going to go in depth on this story, which is not being covered anywhere else, with Eileen Appelbaum, co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research and one of the great experts on private equity. Then, I'm kicking back into gear with regular segments with great progressives running for office. Today, I chat with Rachel Ventura who is running in the Democratic primary in Illinois' 11th Congressional district against a corporate Democrat who is awash in Wall Street and real estate dollars. --Jonathan Tasini

Working Life Podcast - Episode 151:I would never have said it before today but it turns out health insurance companies aren't the most evil players in the healthcare industry. Don't freak out—health insurance companies are bad, and they are bankrupting millions of people, and the country. But it turns out even worse than the health insurers are some big mega private equity vultures who are gobbling up big pieces of medical services and socking millions of people with surprise medical bills—and I'm going to go in depth on this story, which is not being covered anywhere else, with Eileen Appelbaum, co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research and one of the great experts on private equity. Then, I'm kicking back into gear with regular segments with great progressives running for office. Today, I chat with Rachel Ventura who is running in the Democratic primary in Illinois' 11th Congressional district against a corporate Democrat who is awash in Wall Street and real estate dollars.--Jonathan Tasini

Episode 151: I would never have said it before today but it turns out health insurance companies aren’t the most evil players in the healthcare industry. Don’t freak out—health insurance companies are bad, and they are bankrupting millions of people, and the country. But it turns out even worse than the health insurers are some big mega private equity vultures who are gobbling up big pieces of medical services and socking millions of people with surprise medical bills—and I’m going to go in depth on this story, which is not being covered anywhere else, with Eileen Appelbaum, co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research and one of the great experts on private equity. Support the podcast here: www.patreon.com/WorkingLifePodcast Then, I’m kicking back into gear with regular segments with great progressives running for office. Today, I chat with Rachel Ventura who is running in the Democratic primary in Illinois’ 11th Congressional district against a corporate Democrat who is awash in Wall Street and real estate dollars. Support the podcast here: www.patreon.com/WorkingLifePodcast -- Jonathan Tasini Follow me on Twitter @jonathantasini Sign up for The Working Life Podcast at: www.workinglife.org Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/jonathan.tasini.3

Hassan El-Tayyab explains Yemen. Dr. Arnon Degani explains Israel. Jacob Sager Weinstein explains Great Britain. Mark Breslin explains Scotland.  Howie Klein explains America. Congressional Candidate Rachel Ventura explains Illinois. The Rev. Barry W. Lynn explains separation of church and state.  Hassan El-Tayyab is Legislative Representative for Middle East Policy at Friends Committee on National Legislation. Dr. Arnon Degani is author of "The Decline and Fall of the Israeli Military Government, 1948-1966: A Case of Settler-Colonial Consolidation?" Howie Klein is founder of the Blue America PAC and writes Down With Tyranny. Rachel Ventura is running for congress in Illinois. Visit her at:  Jacob Sager Weinstein is a comedy writer and author. The Rev. Barry W. Lynn hosts Culture Shocks. Mark Breslin is the founder and president of Yuk Yuk's, the largest comedy chain in North America. Time Code: Hassan El-Tayyab (0:41.1) Dr. Arnon Degani (37:39.1) Howie Klein (1:18:01) Rachel Ventura (2:00:15) The Rev. Barry W. Lynn (2:29:04) Jacob Sager Weinstein (3:39:07) Mark Breslin (4:12:35)   

Status Coup's Jordan Chariton spoke with Rachel Ventura, a progressive congressional candidate in Illinois who previously worked in the private health insurance industry and is calling for Medicare For All, a Green New Deal, and other progressive policies. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/statuscoup/support

Rachel Ventura has been a part of Legendary Games for a considerable length of time and managed the business development. Bu that does that mean? With a successful Kickstarter on its way to publish Ultimate Kingdoms, a compilation of Ultimate books from the company’s catalogue, I wanted to talk to Rachel about the operation itself rather than just about the book. Unsurprisingly, she knows exactly what she is talking about and the interview is quite revealing! Hope you enjoy it as much as I did!

"Raised by a Democratic mother and socialistic father," Rachel Ventura is ready to advocate for democratic socialism in Will County, Illinois.

Legendary Games has been creating Pathfinder material for a while now and they do indeed know what they’re doing. Our very own Endzeitgeist has written numerous reviews of their products and more often than not he’s very complimentary, which is a good sing indeed! It seems that now they’re setting themselves up for something bigger and better than anything they’ve done before and for that they’re in Kickstarter. They have teamed up with Rogue Genius Games, Kobold Press and Dreamscarred Press to create an amazing looking compendium of books to expand on the Pathfinder Mythic rules. Three books, no less. I had the pleasure of interviewing Rachel Ventura and Jason Nelson and got to ask them a lot of questions about the project, their company, their future and a lot more. Hope you enjoy the show!