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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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Episodi

197 episodi

  1. Chicago Slang: What does it mean to be a Jagoff? 1:27:13
  2. Chicago Nickames: The Second City and others 1:16:46
  3. The Fugatives who Partied with Ken Paxton: The Chicago Connection 1:16:09
  4. Leo Burnett: The Warm Sell 53:15
  5. Tylenol Murders, Mike Madigan, and Samuel Insull Oh My: A Potpouri 1:03:09
  6. The Front Page: A 1920's Broadway Genre 1:02:53
  7. "The Birth of the Pill" at Timeline Theatre 1:08:05
  8. Jesse White: An Illinois Institution 1:25:49
  9. 1910 Garment Strike: Girls get it Done 1:05:59
  10. Hugh Hefner: Ethical Perv? 2:27:16
  11. Felony Review: A Reading Session 2:40:12
  12. Rewind: The Band Chicago: Roller Rink Music 1:40:51
  13. Samuel Insull: Monopoly Man and Broadway Producer 59:58
  14. The Picasso: It Revolutionized Public Art 1:00:19
  15. Tom Cullerton: Pensions, Pensions, Pensions 1:38:57
  16. Rewind: The Eastland Disaster 53:50
  17. REWIND: Some Lighter Fare: The Foods for Which Chicago is Known 1:02:21
  18. August Becker: Days of Yore True Crime 47:47
  19. Chicago River Swim: Lake Michigan is a Better Option; OR Think of the Drowning Children 1:05:25
  20. Janes: An Autonomous Name 1:24:20
  21. Rewind: Obama Presidential Center 1:01:36
  22. Rewind: The Time The Chicago Tribune Created a Gay Moral Panic 1:38:57
  23. Rewind: History of Gay Pride in Chicago 1:01:43
  24. Mirage Tavern: The Sun-Times did a Journalism 1:43:33
  25. Rewind: The DMB Incident 1:30:41
  26. 1972 Election Fraud: Signifying Nothing 39:39
  27. The Riverwalk: Twists and Turns 1:11:00
  28. Jean Crones: Souper Anarchist 1:22:15
  29. Rewind: Haymarket: Things Ryhme 2:08:07
  30. The Merle Reskin Theatre: Much Ado About Nothing 1:01:37
  31. Ruth Hanna McCormick Part Two: History Rhymes 1:13:06
  32. Ruth Hanna McCorkmick Part One: A Suffragette 47:50
  33. Italo Balbo: Chicago's Fascist Fever Dream 1:03:16
  34. Lois Weisberg: She Curated Chicago 1:07:27
  35. George Ryan Part Two: Forrest Gump of Illinois 1:37:38
  36. George Ryan Part One: He Walked so Blago could Run! 59:04
  37. REWIND: St. Patrick's Day in Chicago: Epicenter of Nonsense 59:55
  38. 1960 Election Fraud: Hanky Panky Happened 55:11
  39. The Band Chicago: Roller Rink Music 1:37:13
  40. Dibs: Take Care of your Neighbors 1:15:49
  41. John Kass: Indiana Blogger 1:27:04
  42. Weather Underground: All Theatre 1:23:01
  43. The Parking Meter Deal: Chicago Math 1:11:50
  44. Summerdale Scandal: The Babbilng Burglar 57:36
  45. Mr. Springer Goes to City Hall: Politcal Theatre 1:10:37
  46. Van der Rohe V Farnsworth: Petty 1:59:41
  47. What is happening at The Kennedy Center? 59:18
  48. Y2K: Fear and Grifting in Chicago 1:08:04
  49. Johann Hoch: Bigamist and Murderer 1:53:14
  50. Sixteen Inch Softball: The Malort of Sports 1:20:34