Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchWill CPS Save Charter Network? Plus, Cellphone Ban and Lems Wins Again
In October, the Acero Charter School network sent shockwaves through their school communities when they announced they would be shutting down seven L…
1 year, 5 months ago
Your Guide to March 2025 in Chicago
Chicago’s birthday is coming up, spring is around the corner, and the city’s preparing to dye the river green — welcome to March in Chicago. Host Jac…
1 year, 5 months ago
Where To Find Chicago’s Best Paczki
Are Chicago’s bakeries up to scratch when it comes to making Paczki? That’s what we wanted to find out, so last year we met up with journalist Joanna…
1 year, 5 months ago
How Has Chicago Spent COVID Money? Plus, Pritzker's Budget and More Restaurant Weeks
Governor J.B. Pritzker has proposed a $55.2 billion state budget that includes no major tax increases. Executive producer Simone Alicea and host Jaco…
1 year, 5 months ago
Has the Chicago School Board Drama Finally Settled?
Chicago’s new partially elected school board has its second full meeting on Thursday. While the new members are still settling in, the board has big …
1 year, 5 months ago
Federal Workers Protest Firings, Pressure Mounts on Walgreens, and Supporting Black Bookstores
Earlier this week at Federal Plaza, over a hundred people protested the Trump administration’s sudden mass firing of thousands of federal workers. Th…
1 year, 5 months ago
How to Survive: Lessons from 1960s Chicago
Attacks on civil rights, economic anxiety, war abroad — the same things that worry Chicagoans today were also on people’s minds in the 1960s. That’s …
1 year, 5 months ago
Are Chicago’s Best New Bars Really Worth It?
Chicago Magazine recently put out a list of best new bars, and it included a Parisian-inspired bar in West Town, a spooky, horror-themed bar in Bridg…
1 year, 5 months ago
Our Essential Rules to Living in Chicago
If you love Chicago as much as we do, then you know there are some things Chicagoans are just supposed to know. We’re revisiting our conversation fro…
1 year, 5 months ago
Madigan’s Split Verdict, Heartland Shuttering Clinics, and Cowboy Carter Tickets
Earlier this week, former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, once the most influential politician in the state, was found guilty of bribery, con…
1 year, 5 months ago