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Episode 616 - Chicago's Schlitz Tied Houses
Season 6 Episode 616
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What's the deal with those big Schlitz globes on the sides of buildings around the city? Have a listen and find out!
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3 years, 5 months ago
Episode 615 - One On Every Corner - Scofflaw with Chalonda White (Afro.Beer.Chick) and Nik White (Chicago Beer Pass)
Season 6 Episode 615
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One On Every Corner travels to Scofflaw, located on the southwest corner of Armitage and Kedzie. Joining me for this episode are Chal…
3 years, 5 months ago
Episode 614 - Carl Stieler, The Thrill-Seeking Thief
Season 6 Episode 614
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What do you do after you and some pals pull off a big robbery? Why, buy some planes, of course!
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3 years, 6 months ago
EXTRAS - Episode 612 - Country and Midwestern with author Mark Guarino
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Some EXTRAS from my conversation with Mark Guarino, author of "Country and Midwestern." If you haven't listened to the main episode y…
3 years, 6 months ago
Episode 613 - One On Every Corner: Sidetrack with Mike McMains
Season 6 Episode 613
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One On Every Corner looks at the history of Chicago bars and the neighborhoods that surround them.
This episode was recorded at Sidetr…
3 years, 6 months ago
Episode 612 - Country and Midwestern with author Mark Guarino
Season 6 Episode 612
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Author Mark Guarino's book "Country and Midwestern: Chicago in the History of Country and the Folk Revival" tells the untold story of…
3 years, 6 months ago
Episode 611 - Frances Glessner Lee, The Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death, and Crime Scene Investigation
Season 6 Episode 611
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She was born in Chicago into a wealthy family in the late 1800s and would go on to change the way forensic investigators do their job…
3 years, 7 months ago
Episode 610 - The Most Beautiful Places in Chicago with Geoffrey Baer
Season 6 Episode 610
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Geoffrey Baer is back to discuss his latest WTTW special "The Most Beautiful Places in Chicago."
WTTW Special - https://video.wttw.com…
3 years, 7 months ago
Episode 609 - Black Women's Worker Strikes of the 1930s with author Melissa A. Ford
Season 6 Episode 609
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In the late 1920s and early 1930s, the Communist Party in Chicago encouraged black women working in sweat shops to stand up for thems…
3 years, 8 months ago
Episode 608 - Sundown Towns of Chicago with Ernest Crim III
Season 6 Episode 608
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Many towns in the Chicago area were established to be all-white, keeping out Blacks, Asians, Jews, Native Americans, and others, allo…
3 years, 8 months ago