Curious City

520 Episodes

1. How A Department Store Became Part Of Chicago’s Christmas Traditions

   Published: 12/10/2020
2. The Radical Existence Of Lucy Parsons, The ‘Goddess Of Anarchy’

   Published: 12/3/2020
3. A Most Unusual School Year: Part II

   Published: 11/26/2020
4. A Most Unusual School Year: Part I

   Published: 11/19/2020
5. Where Does Your Poop Go?

   Published: 11/15/2020
6. What My Family’s Great Migration Story Reveals About Chicago Blues

   Published: 11/8/2020
7. What Chicago’s Architectural Clues Reveal About How We Lived

   Published: 11/1/2020
8. Chicago Residents Say Rats Are A Problem, So What Is The Solution?

   Published: 10/25/2020
9. What Was It Like To Dance At The Warehouse Club In Chicago?

   Published: 10/18/2020
10. Carl Sandburg’s Chicago

    Published: 10/11/2020
11. Here’s How Climate Change Is Impacting Lake Michigan

    Published: 10/4/2020
12. How Accountable Is The Mayor For Police Misconduct?

    Published: 9/26/2020
13. What We Do — And Don’t — Know About Chicago’s Lead Water Problem

    Published: 9/19/2020
14. What A Murder In My Family Reveals About Chicago’s Chinese Gangs

    Published: 9/13/2020
15. Why Did So Many Chicago Bars Disappear?

    Published: 9/6/2020
16. Displaced: When The Eisenhower Expressway Moved In, Who Was Forced Out?

    Published: 8/30/2020
17. Chicago’s Historic Japanese Neighborhood — And Why It Disappeared

    Published: 8/23/2020
18. The Chicago-Invented Delicacies That Help Define The City’s Food Scene

    Published: 8/16/2020
19. Was There A Burial Mound In Chicago Shaped Like A Lizard?

    Published: 8/9/2020
20. Sculpting History: Who Decides What Historical Markers Go Up In Chicago?

    Published: 8/2/2020