Rahm Emanuel

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3,780 appearances 13 recordings 11 series first heard Jan 2026 last heard 9 Jul

Rahm Emanuel’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Recordings per month over the last 12 months — 13 in all, peaking in Apr 2026 with 4.

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Because I take that seriously, and it's the longest-serving institution we've had in human history.

Family.

And it's the only way you learn how to do what's next is from two people in your life.

So I've been fortunate in my life.

Not only have I been elected by the people of the city of Chicago, either on the north side as congressman or as mayor.

The mayor of Chicago is the most powerful mayor position, both historically as well as constitutionally in the United States of America.

So no mayor has prior to what they did afterwards which was

You had schools, community colleges, parks, libraries, transportation, and housing all report to the mayor.

You appoint the boards and the person.

You had the two, the biggest airports, O'Hare, the biggest airports, and you also had Midway.

You had police, fire, all sanitation, streets and sand, everybody reports to the mayor.

You're also, as mayor, president of the city council, so you're the speaker of the house.

So you are literally...

It is an incredible, both historically as well as constitutionally, the most powerful.

Now, I take, this is why I ran, so 40,000 kids today have pre-K that never had it before.

Their parents know their children are gonna have a full day of education and another 40,000 plus have full day kindergarten that they never had.

We're the first city ever, others have followed.

I made a policy that if you got a B average in high school, community college was free.

Tuition, books, and transportation.

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