Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchShotSpotter’s Future, Ballot Measures Explained, and Most Romantic Spots
The city’s contract with gunshot detection tech SoundThinking (aka ShotSpotter) is up at the end of the week. Will Mayor Brandon Johnson keep his cam…
2 years, 5 months ago
How to Avoid Getting Ripped Off in Chicago
The Chicago Sun-Times recently launched their new Money Desk to help Chicagoans stay on the lookout for junk fees, sketchy utility offerings, and oth…
2 years, 5 months ago
Children’s Hospital Outage, Dollar Store Dilemmas, and Sox Stadium Mockups
For over a week, Lurie Children’s Hospital has been without critical phone, email, and other communications networks as they deal with a cyberattack.…
2 years, 5 months ago
When Chicago Commercials Ruled the Ad World
Let’s be honest: Super Bowl Sunday is only partly about football. A lot of us are watching it just for the commercials. In the advertising world, it’…
2 years, 6 months ago
How to Find Chicago's Best Paczki
Mardi Gras is on Tuesday, but many Chicagoans know the holiday as Paczki Day. That’s because Chicago once had the largest Polish population outside o…
2 years, 6 months ago
Train Fare Troubles, Key Election Dates, and Chicago Matchmaking Tips
The Ventra app ran into some issues due to updates and changes to Metra’s fare structure, including reducing the number of fare zones and the end of …
2 years, 6 months ago
What Do Local School Councils Even Do?
Thursday is the deadline to apply to run for your local school council. The councils help drive big decisions across Chicago’s schools like approving…
2 years, 6 months ago
City Council Calls for Gaza Cease-Fire, $11B for Education, and Birthday Wishes
After weeks of back and forth in City Council and months of street protests, Chicago became the largest city in the country to pass a resolution call…
2 years, 6 months ago
Your Guide to February in Chicago
Black History Month, Valentine’s Day, Mardis Gras, Lunar New Year — It may be the shortest month of the year, but there’s still plenty to do in Chica…
2 years, 6 months ago
What Happened to Englewood’s Restaurants?
For the last four years, the Englewood neighborhood has been without a full-service sit-down restaurant. Why? Partly because of the pandemic, but the…
2 years, 6 months ago