The Weekly Podcast: DM founder’s son nears 120-hour club, behind-the-scenes of Portrait of a Ward

Welcome to this week’s edition of The Weekly, The Daily Northwestern’s weekly news podcast. Here, you will find the week’s biggest stories all in one place.

In this week’s episode, you will hear from reporter Erica Snow on a heartwarming story about a Dance Marathon legend and his son and from reporter Garrett Jochnau on another legend — a man who ran seven marathons on seven continents in seven days.

You will also hear from Cenkeshia Johnson about a new cafe that will work to serve homeless and hungry populations as well as a feature on Frank Waln, a Sicangu Lakota hip hop artist, producer and performer.

Stay tuned for a behind-the-scenes look into the new Portrait of a Ward series with City Editor Marissa Page.

Holly He, Bria Kalpen, Jerry Lee, Corey Mueller, Daniel Ruswick and Fallon Schlossman contributed to this podcast.