Oh, Malort!
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Alyssa Dyksterhouse, Chicago tour guide, history lover and research extraordinaire, walks her friends through her favorite well-known and lesser-known moments in Chicago’s quirky past while exploring each story's parallels to current affairs.
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Mirage Tavern: The Sun-Times did a Journalism
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Jun 01, 2026 |
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Rewind: The DMB Incident
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May 25, 2026 |
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1972 Election Fraud: Signifying Nothing
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May 18, 2026 |
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The Riverwalk: Twists and Turns
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May 11, 2026 |
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Jean Crones: Souper Anarchist
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May 04, 2026 |
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Rewind: Haymarket: Things Ryhme
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May 01, 2026 |
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The Merle Reskin Theatre: Much Ado About Nothing
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Apr 27, 2026 |
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Ruth Hanna McCormick Part Two: History Rhymes
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Apr 20, 2026 |
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Ruth Hanna McCorkmick Part One: A Suffragette
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Apr 13, 2026 |
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Italo Balbo: Chicago's Fascist Fever Dream
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Apr 06, 2026 |
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Lois Weisberg: She Curated Chicago
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Mar 30, 2026 |
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George Ryan Part Two: Forrest Gump of Illinois
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Mar 23, 2026 |
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George Ryan Part One: He Walked so Blago could Run!
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Mar 16, 2026 |
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REWIND: St. Patrick's Day in Chicago: Epicenter of Nonsense
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Mar 09, 2026 |
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1960 Election Fraud: Hanky Panky Happened
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Mar 02, 2026 |
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The Band Chicago: Roller Rink Music
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Feb 23, 2026 |
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Dibs: Take Care of your Neighbors
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Feb 16, 2026 |
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John Kass: Indiana Blogger
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Feb 09, 2026 |
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Weather Underground: All Theatre
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Feb 02, 2026 |
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The Parking Meter Deal: Chicago Math
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Jan 26, 2026 |
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Summerdale Scandal: The Babbilng Burglar
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Jan 19, 2026 |
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Mr. Springer Goes to City Hall: Politcal Theatre
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Jan 12, 2026 |
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Van der Rohe V Farnsworth: Petty
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Jan 06, 2026 |
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What is happening at The Kennedy Center?
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Jan 01, 2026 |
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Y2K: Fear and Grifting in Chicago
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Dec 29, 2025 |
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Johann Hoch: Bigamist and Murderer
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Dec 22, 2025 |
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Sixteen Inch Softball: The Malort of Sports
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Dec 15, 2025 |
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The First Street Race: NASCAR was the Sequel
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Dec 08, 2025 |
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REWIND - The Christmas Tree Ship: A Forest on the Water
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Dec 01, 2025 |
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Brown's Chicken Massacre: DNA for the Win
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Nov 24, 2025 |
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Midway Blitz Updates: The Lie
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Nov 21, 2025 |
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An Update on Chicago Courts and Operation Midway Blitz
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Nov 18, 2025 |
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Jenny Jones: She is Tenacious
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Nov 17, 2025 |
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Soldier Field Update: Go
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Nov 10, 2025 |
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State Street Mall: It Wasn't Great
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Nov 03, 2025 |
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Mies van der Rohe: It was ALL about the Architecture
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Oct 27, 2025 |
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Levi Boone: A No-Nothing
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Oct 20, 2025 |
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Dirksenverse: Judges Judge
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Oct 19, 2025 |
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Rewind: 1855 Lager Beer Riots
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Oct 13, 2025 |
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The Dirksenverse: Who's Reliable?
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Oct 11, 2025 |
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The Dirksenverse: What is Happening in Chicago Courts?
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Oct 07, 2025 |
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Wingfoot Air Express: Why Chicago is not Blimpoplis
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Oct 06, 2025 |
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Edward and Stephania Andrews: A Cold Case
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Sep 29, 2025 |
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Edward Vrdolyak Part Two: A Clown
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Sep 22, 2025 |
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Edward Vrdolyak Part One: Corruption Junction
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Sep 15, 2025 |
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Bozo: The World's Greatest
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Sep 08, 2025 |
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Haymarket: Things Rhyme
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Sep 01, 2025 |
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Riverside Park: Don't Stand up on Roller Coasters
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Aug 25, 2025 |
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WhistleSTOP: A Citizen Action
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Aug 18, 2025 |
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First Night Game at Wrigley Part Two: Western Civilization DESTROYED
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Aug 11, 2025 |
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Rewind - The Dave Matthews Band Incident: An Inside Poop
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Aug 08, 2025 |
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First Night Game at Wrigley Part One: Epic
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Aug 04, 2025 |
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Carter Henry Harrison III: The People's Mayor
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Jul 28, 2025 |
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Rewind - The Eastland Disaster: Too bad they were Poor
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Jul 21, 2025 |
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Alderman Burt Natarus: He Didn't Go to Jail
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Jul 14, 2025 |
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Broadway In Chicago: Not Dead Yet!
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Jul 07, 2025 |
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New Illinois: Everything Old
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Jun 30, 2025 |
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Rewind: History of Pride in Chicago
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Jun 23, 2025 |
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Mike Madigan's Sentencing: He Lied
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Jun 16, 2025 |
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The Slick Boys: The Good Guys
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Jun 09, 2025 |
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Larry Hoover: Who and what now?
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Jun 02, 2025 |
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Spider Dan: All about the PR
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May 26, 2025 |
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The Berghoff: Weathering the Changes
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May 19, 2025 |
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Obama Presidential Center: Fact from Fiction
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May 12, 2025 |
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Abraham Bolden Part Two: The Conspiracy Continues
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May 05, 2025 |
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Abraham Bolden Part One: They are Going to Kill us All
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Apr 28, 2025 |
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Beer in Chicago: We are a Drinking City
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Apr 21, 2025 |
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James Caesar Petrillo: An Idiot
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Apr 14, 2025 |
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The Musical Chicago: We have lost the plot.
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Apr 07, 2025 |
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Zion, Illinois: *Almost* Paradise
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Mar 31, 2025 |
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Oak Park Nazi: Everyone thought they were Right.
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Mar 24, 2025 |
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St. Patrick's Day in Chicago: Epicenter of Nonsense
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Mar 17, 2025 |
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Daylight Saving Time: Dante's Third Ring
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Mar 10, 2025 |
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Fascism Frenzy
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Mar 03, 2025 |
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Jussie Smollett: The Never Ending Story
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Feb 24, 2025 |
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Madigan Trial Updates: And Scene
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Feb 17, 2025 |
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Madigan Trial Updates: Arts and Crafts
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Feb 10, 2025 |
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Fred Walcher and Dr. Emil Bronner: History Rhymes.
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Feb 03, 2025 |
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Fred Hampton Trial Part Two: A Saga
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Jan 27, 2025 |
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Fred Hampton Trial Part One: Weaponization of Government
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Jan 27, 2025 |
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History of Improv: It's a Chicago Thing
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Jan 20, 2025 |
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Madigan Testifies: Act Five Plot Twist
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Jan 13, 2025 |
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History of Improv: Viola Spolin
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Jan 06, 2025 |
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Pasteurized Milk: It Worked
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Dec 30, 2024 |
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The Christmas Tree Ship: A Forest on the Water
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Dec 23, 2024 |
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First Ward Ball: An Orgy
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Dec 16, 2024 |
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Madigan Trial Update: Solis Takes the Stand
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Dec 09, 2024 |
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Fred Hampton: Power to the People
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Dec 02, 2024 |
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Designing for Change: Chicago Protest Art of the 1960s–70s: Chicago History Museum
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Nov 25, 2024 |
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Grease: The OG Broadway Transfer
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Nov 18, 2024 |
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Peter Schivarelli: Chicago's Greatest Hits
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Nov 11, 2024 |
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Patrick Daley Thompson and others: Chicago Corruption Goes to SCOTUS
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Nov 04, 2024 |
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Candyman: Urban Myths
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Oct 28, 2024 |
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Madigan Trial Update: Act Five, Scene One
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Oct 21, 2024 |
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Steve Bartman: Scapegoating is a Chicago Tradition
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Oct 14, 2024 |
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Gay Moral Panic in Chicago: The Origin of a lot of Conspiracies
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Oct 07, 2024 |
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Block 37: One of the Most Famous Blocks In America
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Sep 30, 2024 |
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Sears, Roebuck and Company: They Were Not too Big to Fail
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Sep 23, 2024 |
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Royko! The Podcast Episode
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Sep 16, 2024 |
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Montgomery Ward: The OG Amazon
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Sep 09, 2024 |
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Dan Proft: Avail his Brilliance
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Sep 02, 2024 |
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The Chicago Seven: Everyone's Out of Order
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Aug 26, 2024 |
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DNC REWIND - Part Two: The Main Event
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Aug 19, 2024 |
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SECOND SHOT: 1968 DNC Part One: The Dress Rehearsal and the Previews
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Aug 12, 2024 |
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The Dave Matthews Band Incident: An Inside Poop
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Aug 05, 2024 |
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Mike Madigan Part Four: Dirty Tricks
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Jul 29, 2024 |
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Mike Madigan Part Three: Chicago Octopus Robot
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Jul 22, 2024 |
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Special Episode: Mob Lawyer Turned FBI Informant Bob Cooley Wrote a Letter
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Jul 17, 2024 |
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Mike Madigan Part Two: Political Dynasty
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Jul 15, 2024 |
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Mike Madigan Part One: The Luck of the Draw
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Jul 08, 2024 |
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Taste of Chicago: We LOVE America
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Jul 01, 2024 |
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Burke Sentencing: I guess.
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Jun 25, 2024 |
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KKK in Chikago: It's a Okay to Dox a Racist
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Jun 17, 2024 |
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The Mystery of Al Capone's Vaults: Richard J. Daley Rolled Over in his Grave!
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Jun 10, 2024 |
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Queer Pride in Chicago: Every Kick is a Boost
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Jun 03, 2024 |
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Wesley Willis: A Punk Icon
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May 27, 2024 |
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The Tamale Guy: Underground Superstar
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May 20, 2024 |
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The Dirksenverse: Operation GAMBAT
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May 13, 2024 |
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Grimes Sisters: Chicago's "Most" Famous Cold Case
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May 06, 2024 |
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Charlie Trotter: Gordon Ramsay before there was Gordon Ramsay
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Apr 29, 2024 |
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Soldier Field Update: Flabbergasting
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Apr 26, 2024 |
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Cabrini Part Three: The Architecture is Not the Problem
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Apr 22, 2024 |
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Cabrini Green Episode Two: Nothing says Easter like a Carnival.
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Apr 15, 2024 |
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Cabrini Green Episode One: Not Good Times
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Apr 08, 2024 |
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2003 Tragedies: E2 and the Porch Collapse
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Apr 01, 2024 |
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Soldier Field: More StadiumGate
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Mar 25, 2024 |
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Chicago's Minor League Megyn Kelly: Seduction Investigations
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Mar 18, 2024 |
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Betty Loren-Maltese: An Icon
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Mar 11, 2024 |
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Sox Park: Sell the Team Jerry.
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Mar 04, 2024 |
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Tom Freaking Skilling: The Star in the "Broadway of Weather."
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Feb 26, 2024 |
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Oscar DePriest: Chicago's First Black Alderman
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Feb 19, 2024 |
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St. Valentine's Massacre: Get Capone
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Feb 12, 2024 |
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The Dirksenverse: Operation Greylord: Suckers and Losers
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Feb 05, 2024 |
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1977 "l" Derailment: Red Historically Means Stop!
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Jan 29, 2024 |
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Disco Demolition: Holy Cow! or Burn Baby Burn.
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Jan 22, 2024 |
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Blizzard of 1979: Rage Against the Machine
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Jan 13, 2024 |
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Anton Cermak: Hope you can Stomach it.
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Jan 08, 2024 |
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Ed Burke: A Chicago Tragedy
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Dec 28, 2023 |
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Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer: A Chicago Creation
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Dec 22, 2023 |
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The Everleigh Sisters: Best Lil Whorehouse in the World.
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Dec 18, 2023 |
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Pay Bathrooms: It Only Cost a Dime
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Dec 11, 2023 |
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Ed Burke: Trial Takes
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Dec 04, 2023 |
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William Hale "Big Bill" Thompson: Illinois Most Corrupt Politician
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Nov 27, 2023 |
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The Reversal on the Chicago River: Sending it Downstream
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Nov 20, 2023 |
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Some Lighter Fare: Wrigley Chewing Gum
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Nov 13, 2023 |
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1919 Race Riots; Summer of Rage
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Nov 06, 2023 |
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Ed Burke Episode 5: An Indictment
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Oct 30, 2023 |
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Ed Burke Episode 4: You Can't Fight City Hall
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Oct 23, 2023 |
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Ed Burke Episode 3: Chicago Fraud, 1990's Style
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Oct 16, 2023 |
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Ed Burke Episode 2: The Council Wars
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Oct 09, 2023 |
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Ed Burke Episode 1: Pinball and Patronage.
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Oct 02, 2023 |
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Obama's 2004 Senate Election: Da Scandal!
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Sep 25, 2023 |
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Drunk Elephants: Or A Glimpse into Chicago Politicians
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Sep 18, 2023 |
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Some Lighter Fare: Twinkies
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Sep 11, 2023 |
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The Eastland Disaster: Too bad they were Poor.
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Sep 04, 2023 |
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Iroquois Fire: Escape Ladders Matter.
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Aug 28, 2023 |
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The Great Chicago Flood: Draining the Swamp
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Aug 21, 2023 |
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Some Lighter Fare: The Foods for Which Chicago is Known.
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Aug 14, 2023 |
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Second Shot: 1968 DNC Part One: The Dress Rehearsal and the Previews
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Aug 13, 2023 |
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1968 DNC Part Two: The Main Event
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Aug 07, 2023 |
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Streeter Shenanigans! The OG of Stolen Valor
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Jul 24, 2023 |
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Streeter Shenanigans! The OG Honeypot
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Jul 17, 2023 |
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Streeter Shenanigans! The OG of Documents Scandals
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Jul 10, 2023 |
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Streeter Shenanigans! The OG Militia Man
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Jul 03, 2023 |
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Streeter Shenanigans! The OG Seasteader
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Jun 26, 2023 |
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Meigs Field: Ground Control we Have a Problem.
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Jun 19, 2023 |
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Tylenol 4: There is Still an Uproar
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Jun 12, 2023 |
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Tylenol 3: Task Force Jubilee
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Jun 05, 2023 |
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Tylenol 2: Bozo Boogaloo
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May 29, 2023 |
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Tylenol 1: A Little Dose of a Weird
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May 22, 2023 |
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It's Okay to Punch a Nazi
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May 15, 2023 |
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(Don't) Let Them Drink Beer
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May 08, 2023 |
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May Day! May Day! We have a Mickey Finn.
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May 01, 2023 |
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Welcome to Oh, Malort!
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Apr 26, 2023 |