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Back to SearchEpisode 722 - Chicago's Forgotten Towns, Neighborhoods, and Names
Season 7 Episode 722
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Have you ever been to Grossdale? Praha? Maybe Swedetown? How about Gregg's Milk Station? I’m sure you’ve been to Hardscrabble, right?…
2 years ago
FROM THE ARCHIVES - The Great Chicago Fire - Ogden Mansion, The Barracks, and Newberry Library
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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…
2 years ago
Episode 721 - The Black Sox Scandal of 1919 with WTTW's Eddie Griffin
Season 7 Episode 721
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WTTW's Eddie Griffin is back to discuss one of Chicago's darkest sports stories - the Black Sox Scandal of 1919.
The new season of Chi…
2 years, 1 month ago
Episode 720 - Malört: A Truly Chicago Booze with author Josh Noel
Season 7 Episode 720
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Anthony Bourdain tasted the wormwood-infused liquor Malört for his TV show “The Layover” and said, “its brash nature" created “a poss…
2 years, 1 month ago
Episode 719 - Mike Royko: The Toughest Man in Chicago with writer / actor Mitchell Bisschop
Season 7 Episode 719
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This episode's guest is Mitchell Bisschop, who wrote and stars in the play "Royko: The Toughest Man in Chicago," which runs Sept. 5-2…
2 years, 1 month ago
Episode 718 - Dr. Edward Holmes and the Illinois Eye and Ear Infirmary with Connie Fairbanks
Season 7 Episode 718
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He arrived in Chicago from Boston in the mid-1800s and set up an Eye and Ear Infirmary to help those in need. Hear the story of Dr. E…
2 years, 2 months ago
FROM THE ARCHIVES - Mysterious Death of Montgomery Ward Thorne, The
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He was born with a silver spoon in his mouth, but when this Chicago-born department store heir died mysteriously at the age of 20, th…
2 years, 2 months ago
Episode 717 - Chicago's Little Saigon with author Erica Allen-Kim
Season 7 Episode 717
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Chinese entrepreneurs in the 1970s as well as refugees from Vietnam and Cambodia transformed an area on the city’s north side by open…
2 years, 2 months ago
FROM THE ARCHIVES - Navy Pier
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Planning to visit Navy Pier this summer? Here is the history of one of the most popular tourist destinations not only in Chicago but …
2 years, 2 months ago
FROM THE ARCHIVES - Earle T. Cook and the Airplane Bombing
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For you fans of true crime stories, here's an episode from January 2021.
He was a manager at a Coca-Cola bottling plant, married, with…
2 years, 3 months ago