{"id":1136,"date":"2026-08-12T12:55:14","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T20:55:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madefresh.net\/blog\/?p=1136"},"modified":"2026-09-10T11:00:25","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T19:00:25","slug":"taming-lyons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.madefresh.net\/blog\/?p=1136","title":{"rendered":"Taming Lyons"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<iframe allow=\"autoplay *; encrypted-media *; fullscreen *; clipboard-write\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"450\" style=\"width:100%;max-width:660px;overflow:hidden;border-radius:10px;\" sandbox=\"allow-forms allow-popups allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-storage-access-by-user-activation allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/taming-lyons\/id6797946136\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;ve never been prouder to contribute to an amazing story and podcast. Taming Lyons\u00a0tells the epic true story of Judy Petrucci, the tenacious Lyons Little League mom who risked her life and ran for mayor to help the Feds take down the Chicago mob in \u201cOperation Safebet,\u201d the most successful organized crime vice sting in U.S. history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>The series also traces Lyons\u2019 legacy of infamy to the present day as a new generation of residents confronts fresh political controversy surrounding Lyons\u2019 current mayor, who recently announced a run for U.S. Congress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Role: Consulting Producer<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve never been prouder to contribute to an amazing story and podcast. Taming Lyons\u00a0tells the epic true story of Judy Petrucci, the tenacious Lyons Little League mom who risked her life and ran for mayor to help the Feds take&hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.madefresh.net\/blog\/?p=1136\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_xspeed_no_cache":false,"_xspeed_expiry_hours":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,27,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-podcasts","category-taming-lyons","category-whats-new"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.madefresh.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1136","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.madefresh.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.madefresh.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.madefresh.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.madefresh.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1136"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.madefresh.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1136\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1141,"href":"http:\/\/www.madefresh.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1136\/revisions\/1141"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.madefresh.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.madefresh.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.madefresh.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}