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The 78

Tom Barnas

Historically, Chicago is made up of 77 neighborhoods with their own stories to tell. Only separated by blocks, woven in the microcosm that gives Chicago its unique taste, its people are the epitome of true grit. Each neighborhood, held together with blood, sweat, and tears that are now traditions, giving us this amazing collection of stories from each neighborhood. That is true Chicago.Chicago's newest neighborhood is being developed right now. It's called 78. Chicago, as in the 78th Chicago neighborhood. There you have it, this site is dedicated to all the stories in the 78 neighborhoods.

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115 episodes

  1. Steve Wynn on Dream Syndicate’s Medicine Show: How a Lost Record Finally Came Home 23:52
  2. MARO Has Changed. Her Music Tells the Story 15:19
  3. Grandstand: Bridgeport’s Family-Owned Home for White Sox Fans 8:17
  4. Jon Lampley’s Next Act: From Stephen Colbert’s Final Show to a Soulful Solo Spotlight 15:44
  5. Dollywood NightFlight Expedition: Inside Tennessee’s Newest Family Adventure 11:28
  6. Tahaa Kahn: Finding the Funny in a Life Between Cultures 25:32
  7. Warren Haynes on Gov’t Mule, Life on the Road, and Why Live Music Still Matters 21:49
  8. Andy Gross: The Art of the Trick — From Racquetball to a Magician With A Billion Views 2:14
  9. The Sheet Show: Logan Square’s Paul Gees Five-Foot Pizza Flex Just Got Bigger 9:36
  10. Reading the Season: Inside Bridget’s Intuitive Guidance Process 1:35:13
  11. The Fields Studios: Inside Chicago's Largest Sound Stage 12:04
  12. Gordon Charles MacLean on Discipline, Collapse, and the Art of Waking Up 24:06
  13. How Bloodshot Records Founder Rob Miller Built an Indie Music Empire in Chicago 39:28
  14. The Sheet Show: Logan Square’s Paul Gees Five-Foot Pizza Flex Just Got Bigger 9:36
  15. Inside America’s Ballparks: The Hidden History of Class, Race, and Power in Major League Baseball 49:21
  16. Submerged Futures: Alison Ruttan’s “The Paradox of Inaction” Floods Hyde Park Art Center 8:03
  17. Grant DePorter’s Cancer Battle Fuels A Chicago-Style Comeback Through Gilda’s Club 21:39
  18. Ike Reilly and Shane Reilly Carve a Bruised, Beautiful Family Anthem on Blind and Surrounded 34:12
  19. Pop’s Italian Beef at 46: The South Side Institution That Built a Chicago Classic 13:38
  20. Straight Outta Skokie: Al Krockey’s Wild 1968 Journey Through Chicago’s Counterculture, Hustle, and Rock ‘n’ Roll 32:50
  21. Paul Natkin: The Chicago Lens That Captured Rock ‘n’ Roll Immortality 1:13:00
  22. Doorways of Chicago: A Photographer’s Intimate Journey Through the City’s Hidden Entrances 17:59
  23. How Night of the Living Dead Shaped a Life: Daniel Kraus on Trauma, Horror, and the Art of Survival 47:07
  24. Unlocking the Secrets of Chicago's Architectural Heritage: A Deep Dive into Residential Design 33:33
  25. Chicago’s Next Act: Inside Downstage Arts, Where Access Meets Ambition 22:17
  26. October Café Chicago: A Cozy Fall Escape Families Will Love All Year Long 9:53
  27. Belmont Tavern Reopens in Avondale: Inside Chicago’s Grittiest Cocktail Comeback 19:36
  28. Justin Townes Earle’s Chicago Legacy Lives On at Old Town School of Folk Music Tribute Night 30:10
  29. Easy Honey Talks ‘Plaid,’ DIY Chaos, and Indie Rock Alchemy Ahead of Chicago’s Schubas Show 22:17
  30. Drag Race Experience Chicago - An Immersive RuPaul’s Drag Race Turns Logan Square Into A Runway 11:04
  31. Free Pizza in Chicago With March Madness Giveaway at Tortorice’s | Pizza Boy Billy Goes Big 11:17
  32. How Night of the Living Dead Shaped a Life: Daniel Kraus on Trauma, Horror, and the Art of Survival 47:07
  33. David Davis: The Power Broker Who Helped Make Abraham Lincoln President 29:32
  34. Manny’s Deli Chicago Serves Up St. Patrick’s Day Corned Beef and Passover Traditions — A Taste of Two Celebrations 6:07
  35. Inside Chicago’s Strangest Little Variety Shop: Journey Through Ecclection’s Cabinet of Curiosities 17:09
  36. Behind-the-Scenes Tour, Free Illinois Resident Days, and Winter’s Most Immersive Family Experience 14:15
  37. Hotel Chocolat Turns National Hot Chocolate Day Into a Tasting Flight Worth Lingering Over 7:10
  38. Rock ’n’ Roll Revival, Million Dollar Quartet, and Turning a YouTube Moment Into a Vegas Stage 53:11
  39. Chicago, Off the Rails: How Train Lines Lead to Forests, Dunes, and the City’s Best-Kept Natural Secrets 31:34
  40. Still on the Air: Nick Digilio, Radio’s Last True Movie Believer 42:52
  41. Audrey Wilson and The Ever End: How a Chicago Writer Is Redefining Psychological Horror 23:32
  42. Chicago's First All-Women's Sports Bar 17:40
  43. Inside Adalina Prime: Fulton Market’s New Steakhouse Power Move 6:15
  44. Riding the Electric Sleigh: How One Chicago Photographer Turned the Holiday Train Into a Five-Year Love Letter to the City 10:21
  45. Smash Studios and The Music Building Launch Chicago’s New Premier Music Hub in the West Loop 17:10
  46. John Mulaney, Pilot Project, and the Rise of Years: How a Midwestern NA Beer Is Rewriting Drinking Culture 19:03
  47. The T-Shirt Deli Turns Custom Apparel Into a Chicago Institution 9:07
  48. Lingering Inland: How Midwest Stories, Memory, and Place Shape the American Soul 34:33
  49. Billy Branch Rewrites the Story of Chicago Blues With The Blues Is My Biography 35:29
  50. Galloping Ghost Arcade: Doc Mack’s Mission to Resurrect the Soul of Gaming 13:15