Podcast Episodes

Rethinking Country Music Spaces

This week marks the 100 year anniversary of the first radio broadcast of National Barn Dance in Chicago. That's a variety show that predates the Gran…

2 years, 2 months ago

NYC Rapper MIKE Is Mastering The Pen

MIKE is on tour performing his latest album “Pinball,” produced in collaboration with Tony Seltzer. You can catch him at Metro next week.

The 25-year…

2 years, 2 months ago

WBEZ’s Weekly News Recap: April 19, 2024

Producer: Andrea Guthmann

Editor: Meha Ahmad

Mixer: Brenda Ruiz

2 years, 2 months ago

Tips On Reducing Your Food Waste

Producer: Lynnea Domienik

Editor: Meha Ahmad

Mixer: Brenda Ruiz

2 years, 2 months ago

America’s Top Librarian: ‘We’re Fighting For Our Lives’

Producer: Brenda Ruiz

Editor: Meha Ahmad

Mixer: Brenda Ruiz

2 years, 2 months ago

Chicago’s Role In Shaping The Country Music Genre

The first episode of the variety show Barn Dance aired on WLS on April 19, 1924. An event honoring this anniversary imagines what an episode of the s…

2 years, 2 months ago

Chicago Top Watchdog Wants To Know How City Could Improve Your Life

Producer: Meha Ahmad

Editor: Meha Ahmad

Mixer: Brenda Ruiz

2 years, 2 months ago

Addressing Inequities In Black Maternal Health

Producer: Micah Yason

Editor: Meha Ahmad

Mixer: Brenda Ruiz

2 years, 2 months ago

How Black Chicago Has Swayed American Culture

Chicago is more than just the place where Arionne Nettles grew up, she writes, it’s in her DNA. In her debut book, We Are The Culture: Black Chicago’…

2 years, 2 months ago

Chicago’s Newly Elected Local School Councils Face Unique Challenges

Producer: Jules Yaeger

Editor: Meha Ahmad

Mixer: Brenda Ruiz

2 years, 2 months ago