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A Mourning Veil and a Missing Address — After the Eastland
Season 4 Episode 152
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In this episode, I bring to a close my journey through Edna, His Wife by Pulitzer Prize–winning author Margaret Ayer Barnes, a novel …
2 months, 1 week ago
From Page to Stage: A Pulitzer Prize–Winning Author, an Actor, and the Eastland Disaster
Season 4 Episode 151
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A single newspaper review from 1938 turned this story on its head.
Digging through Chronicling America, I stumbled upon a mention of C…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
“Catastrophe on the Chicago River” - the Cermak Connection
Season 4 Episode 150
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In this episode, I finish reading “Catastrophe on the Chicago River,” a Czech-language article by Josef Mach Sr. from 1916. The piece…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Catastrophe on the Chicago River — Part 2: The Archive Finds Keep Coming
Season 4 Episode 149
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We journey deeper into "Catastrophe on the Chicago River," a century-old chronicle of the Eastland Disaster as seen through the eyes …
3 months ago
When Research Starts Talking Back
Season 4 Episode 148
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When Research Starts Talking Back
What happens when your research doesn’t just sit there quietly… but starts nudging you, whispering, …
3 months, 1 week ago
The Search Goes On — Coincidence. Clarity. Resolve.
Season 4 Episode 147
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A single number can shape how we remember—until new evidence asks us to look again. This episode takes you inside another year of res…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Pages, Faces, and Names Restored - A Czech Eastland Breakthrough
Season 4 Episode 146
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In this episode, we return to Chicago's Czech community and uncover something extraordinary: an original 1916 Czech-language publicat…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
One Family, Two Losses, and a Voice That Went On
Season 4 Episode 145
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A century-old trade journal shouldn’t be the most gripping thing you’ll hear about this week, but here we are: a 1915 issue of The Am…
3 months, 4 weeks ago
The River Remained in Her Bones: A Recovered Eastland Story
Season 4 Episode 144
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The River Remained in Her Bones: A Recovered Eastland Story
A single line in a 1922 obituary can change the shape of history. We foll…
4 months ago
A Hero at the Porthole: The Rabe Family’s Story
Season 4 Episode 143
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A forgotten headline. A crowded dock. A father who turns back to a capsized ship and pulls a family friend through a porthole. In th…
4 months, 1 week ago