In The Loop is interviewing candidates for Chicago mayor, and inviting listeners to join the conversation and ask their own questions. 

First mayoral candidate at the mic: Illinois State Comptroller Susana Mendoza.

Plus: a scientist from Argonne National Laboratory shares how and why we’ve been seeing extreme weather events in the region, like severe storms, dangerous heat, and lots and lots of tornadoes. 

GUESTS: Susana Mendoza, Chicago mayoral candidate and Illinois’ state comptroller 

Scott Collis, atmospheric scientist, Argonne National Laboratory

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