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Back to SearchFROM THE ARCHIVES - School By Radio: The 1937 Polio Outbreak in Chicago
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Enjoy this episode originally posted in January 2021.
In 1937, 87 years before the current pandemic forced kids to find ways to learn …
2 years, 9 months ago
FROM THE ARCHIVES - Sans Souci Amusement Park and Frank Lloyd Wright's Midway Gardens
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Enjoy this story from July 2020.
Six years after the closing of the World's Fair of 1893, on 10 acres near the University of Chicago, …
2 years, 9 months ago
Episode 705 - Tragedy on the Tracks: Connecting Winnetka to Chicago
Season 7 Episode 705
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A series of tragedies prompted one Chicago suburb to change the way trains travel through their city. This is the story of Connecting…
2 years, 9 months ago
Episode 704 - Chicago's Deadly Stockyards Fire of 1910
Season 7 Episode 704
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Just days before Christmas in 1910, a fire broke out at the stockyards in Chicago that resulted in the highest loss of life of firefi…
2 years, 10 months ago
Episode 703 - Points North: Mayor Daley, a Japanese Prince, and 18 Bluegill
Season 7 Episode 703
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In October 1960, Prince Akihito of Japan visited Chicago for 21 hours. Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley presented the prince with a dip…
2 years, 10 months ago
FROM THE ARCHIVES - Captain Santa and the Christmas Tree Ship
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A holiday-themed episode from 2020.
In the late 1800s and early 1900s, a familiar sight near the river at Clark Street was the Rouse S…
2 years, 10 months ago
Episode 702 - The Most Beautiful Places in Chicago 2 with Geoffrey Baer
Season 7 Episode 702
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Geoffrey Baer is back on the podcast to discuss his latest program for WTTW - The Most Beautiful Places in Chicago 2.
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2 years, 11 months ago
FROM THE ARCHIVES - CTA Derailment of 1977, The
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With the recent crash of a Yellow Line L train into a snow removal machine (?), it seems like a good time to repost this episode.
In t…
2 years, 11 months ago
FROM THE ARCHIVES - The Teepee at Wrigley Field: Native American Protests in Chicago in the 1970s
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In May of 1970, those driving past Wrigley Field were greeted with an unusual sight – a Native American teepee, surrounded by smaller…
2 years, 11 months ago
Episode 701 - Chicago's Ghoulish Past, Part 3 - Women Who Poison
Season 7 Episode 701
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Women and poison. Chicago's history is thick with these killers.
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