Podcast Episodes
Back to Search
Go ahead… let Sugar Hole puppets serve you ice cream
A walk-up soft-serve ice cream window on Chicago’s North Side is attracting long lines of customers. And that’s primarily due to one unique quirk. …
1 year, 7 months ago
Social justice activists have long faced a predicament
If they protest peacefully, the media often ignore them. There can be a lot of news coverage if they’re militant or violent But that attention …
1 year, 7 months ago
Abortion took center stage during the DNC. But here’s why access could be in jeopardy.
Talk of abortion seemed to be everywhere during the Democratic National Convention in Chicago last week. Illinois was celebrated for welcoming tho…
1 year, 7 months ago
For one suburban teen, the path to elite jazz stages started with seventh grade band
This summer, three student jazz musicians from Illinois won a big audition to play in a national band. Hailed as musical diplomats, the group jus…
1 year, 7 months ago
How to keep your students – and yourself – safe during a heatwave
Chicago is in the midst of its biggest heatwave of the year – tomorrow (TUES) we could see heat indices as high as 110 degrees. And it comes right…
1 year, 7 months ago
Here are the sounds of the DNC
Chicago played host to the Democratic National Convention this week. It had been nearly 30 years since the DNC last came to town. It was a week f…
1 year, 7 months ago
The concerts of the DNC
The Democratic National Convention brought more than just politicians and party bigwigs into town this week. The event and all those afterparties…
1 year, 7 months ago
Four things to watch as CPS classes begin
Today is the first day of a new Chicago Public School year — and it promises to be a doozy. After a period of relative calm, CPS faces some rough …
1 year, 7 months ago
How Chicago handled the 2024 DNC
Another Chicago Democratic National Convention is in the bag. Delegates, journalists, and demonstrators from around the world are heading back hom…
1 year, 7 months ago
Rest up, Chicago. Illinois politicians want to bring the DNC back in 2028.
Well some Illinois politicians are already looking to the NEXT DNC. They say Chicago should do it all over again in four years — and host the next…
1 year, 7 months ago