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Back to SearchEpisode 39 - We're Launching A TV Show!
Episode 39
Block Club Chicago is partnering with Weigel Broadcasting to launch a TV show on WCIU! Host Brandon Pope joins Jon Hansen to discuss the project, and…
4 years, 4 months ago
Bonus Pod Swap! Week in Review with City Cast Chicago
Host - Jacoby Cochran
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Block Club Chicago is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit news organization de…
4 years, 5 months ago
Fighting Food Insecurity One Home Delivery At A Time
Episode 38
Host - Jon Hansen
Dion Dawson, founder of Dion's Chicago Dream, is expanding access to free, fresh food from Englewood directly to your door.
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4 years, 5 months ago
Episode 37 - How J.P. Graziano Became The Gucci of Giardiniera
Episode 37
Jim Graziano shut down his family’s generations-old wholesale business and started selling sandwiches, beef kits, giardiniera and designer T-shirts. …
4 years, 5 months ago
Episode 36 - The Most Chicago Thing That's Ever Happened To You
Episode 36
Host - Jon Hansen
Guest - Mike Vanderbilt @mikevanderbilt
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Block Club Chicago is a 501(c…
4 years, 6 months ago
Episode 35 - The Ladies Of Virtue
Episode 35
Over ten years ago, Jamila Trimuel got 6 girls together to mentor them and help them become successful. Now, Ladies of Virtue works with hundreds of …
4 years, 6 months ago
A Grocery Store Love Story
Episode 34
A family that closed its restaurant last year due to the pandemic recently opened a grocery store in Lincoln Square. The couple met 20 years ago as …
4 years, 6 months ago
Episode 33 - One of the Nation’s Best Young Chess Players Is a Lane Tech Freshman
Episode 33
Avi Kaplan recently placed second at a national youth chess tournament and is closing in on a 2,200 master score. "Even though I have a lot of trophi…
4 years, 6 months ago
The Chicago Couple On A Culinary Journey Through Every Neighborhood
Episode 32
Each episode of "77 Flavors of Chicago" takes Lakeview couple Sara Faddah and Dario Durham to one of the city's neighborhoods, where they grab a bite…
4 years, 7 months ago
Episode 31 - The Stories We Loved In 2021 (Part 2)
Episode 31
More of Block Club Chicago reporters' favorite stories of 2021! Also, host Jon Hansen shares one of his favorite interviews.
Host - Jon Hansen
Reporte…
4 years, 7 months ago