Podcast Episodes

Roe v. Wade Impact, Chi Casino is Really Coming, and the WNBA Champs are Back!

Earlier this week, a leaked draft opinion from the Supreme Court’s conservative majority signaled the end of Roe v. Wade. Even as Illinois has streng…

3 years, 10 months ago

Modern Gospel Was Born on the South Side. Here’s Its Story.

Gospel music has roots in southern spirituals during slavery and migrated north during the Great Migration in the early 1900s. Chicago has staked its…

3 years, 10 months ago

Chi Abortion Rights Activists: ‘We Told You This was Going to Happen’

Reproductive rights activists in Chicago are kicking into high gear after a draft majority opinion from the U.S. Supreme Court was leaked this week. …

3 years, 10 months ago

From Naperville to Nepal: Lucy Westlake is Climbing Mount Everest

Lucy Westlake isn’t walking at graduation this spring with her class at Naperville North High School. That’s because the 18 year old is preparing to …

3 years, 11 months ago

Everything You Need to Know About Voting in Chi

Early voting in Illinois’ primaries begins in just a few weeks. After getting a new voter registration card in the mail, a City Cast listener reached…

3 years, 11 months ago

Gas Cards Are Coming, Another Metal Shredder, and Big Union Wins!

This week, the Chicago Reader and its former co-owner ended a month-long stalemate that threatened the future of the beloved alt-weekly. Len Goodman,…

3 years, 11 months ago

CPS School Ratings Are Going Away. What Will Replace Them?

This week, five of Chicago’s selective enrollment high schools ranked among the county’s top 100 high schools, according to U.S. News and World Repor…

3 years, 11 months ago

In Chicago, Nature is Closer Than You Think

When you live in a big city like Chicago, it can be really easy to forget just how much nature is available to us. Cook County has more than 70,000 a…

3 years, 11 months ago

From UIC to Starbucks, Unions are Having a Moment

**UPDATE**

The Graduate Employees' Organization tweeted late Monday night that the strike was suspended. The podcast is updated to include that news.

S…

3 years, 11 months ago

Ald. Nicole Lee Aims to Chart New Course for 11th Ward

A month ago, Nicole Lee was appointed by Mayor Lori Lightfoot to finish the term of former 11th Ward Ald. Patrick Daley Thompson, following his convi…

3 years, 11 months ago