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Back to SearchEXTRAS - Episode 205 - Our Lady of the Angels Fire / Tragedy
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Here are some extras from episode 205 of the podcast. As always, be sure to listen to the full-length episode before enjoying this.
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EXTRAS - Episode 109 - Blues Brothers, The - 40th Anniversary
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More from the vault - here are some extras that didn't make the cut of episode 109 about The Blues Brothers for the 40th anniversary…
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EXTRAS - Episode 212 - School By Radio: The 1937 Polio Outbreak in Chicago
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BONUS MATERIAL! Here are a few more things from Episode 212 - School By Radio: The 1937 Polio Outbreak in Chicago that were not inclu…
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EXTRAS - Episode 108 - Wanda Stopa, The Brainiest Murderess EXTRAS
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BONUS EPISODE! Here are some extras for episode 108, including a connection to Ernest Hemingway. As always with bonus material, have …
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EXTRAS - Episode 225 - 1980 - Chicago's Summer of Entertainment
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BONUS EPISODE - Here are some stories from episode 225 that didn't make the final cut. Please listen to episode 225 first if you have…
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Episode 225 - 1980 - Chicago's Summer of Entertainment
Season 2 Episode 225
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In the summer of 1980, two new large entertainment venues, one indoor and one outdoor, opened in the Chicago area at which those seek…
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EXTRAS - Episode 224 - Cicero Race Riots of 1951, The
Season 2 Episode 224
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BONUS EPISODE! The response to episode 224 about the Cicero Race Riots of 1951 has been so strong I decided to record a few extra sto…
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Episode 224 - Cicero Race Riots of 1951, The (with special guest Shermann "Dilla" Thomas, the Urban Historian)
Season 2 Episode 224
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It is a suburb on the outskirts of Chicago with ties to Al Capone, manufacturing, and in the 1950’s was the site of three days of cha…
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Episode 223 - Killing of Chicago Mayor Anton Cermak, The
Season 2 Episode 223
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He came from humble beginnings and worked his way up to become mayor of the greatest city in the world before the bullet from a madma…
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Episode 222 - Jane Addams and Hull House
Season 2 Episode 222
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She grew up in a small town in Illinois in the late 1800s and became known worldwide as an activist, reformer, and winner of a Nobel …
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