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Back to SearchEpisode 404 - "Beyond Chicago From The Air" with Geoffrey Baer and Eddie Griffin
Season 4 Episode 404
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In November of 2020, Chicago’s WTTW debuted a new special called Chicago From The Air, narrated by Geoffrey Baer and produced by Eddi…
4 years, 11 months ago
Episode 403 - Jack Johnson and Café de Champion
Season 4 Episode 403
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Jack Johnson not only became the first Black American heavyweight championship boxer but who also lived (and loved) in Chicago and op…
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Episode 402 - Summerdale Police Scandal, The
Season 4 Episode 402
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2020 marked the 60th anniversary of one of the biggest stories of police misconduct Chicago had ever seen up until then, shocking res…
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Episode 401 - Sinking of the Lady Elgin, The
Season 4 Episode 401
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There are approximately 1,500 shipwrecks on the bottom of Lake Michigan. Of those lost, none resulted in as great a loss of life as t…
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Episode 325 - Ghoulish Chicago: The Tango Teacher Murder
Season 3 Episode 325
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They called me many things… “Monster,” “The Man Without A Soul,” “Hammer Man.”
My name is Henry Spencer and this is the story of the …
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Episode 324 - Original Sears Tower, The
Season 3 Episode 324
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The Sears Tower (now WIllis Tower) was once the tallest building in the world and is easily the most recognizable building in Chicago…
5 years ago
Episode 323 - "Love, Charlie" - The Charlie Trotter Documentary with director Rebecca Halpern
Season 3 Episode 323
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Charlie Trotter was Chicago's culinary bad-boy, paving the way for the celebrity chefs like Anthony Bourdain and Gordon Ramsay. Today…
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Episode 322 - Great Chicago Fire, The - The Ogden Mansion, The Barracks, and the Newberry Library
Season 3 Episode 322
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On this Great Chicago Fire-themed episode we discuss one home not destroyed by the fire – the Ogden mansion – and learn little more a…
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Episode 321 - Great Chicago Fire with author Kate Hannigan, The / Stories from the Great Chicago Fire
Season 3 Episode 321
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A two-in-one episode! First I talk with local author Kate Hannigan about her book The Great Chicago Fire: Rising From the Ashes, and …
5 years ago
Episode 320 - Chicago's Old Main Post Office
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For many coming into the city from the west, the drive on the Eisenhower Expressway under that massive building at Van Buren is truly…
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