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Notes from Chicago

Ashley Phillips

Notes from Chicago is a love letter to the greatest city on the planet. Every week join host and longtime Chicago resident Ashley Phillips as she talks with artists, entrepreneurs, scientists, tastemakers and more about their relationship with the city on the make.

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50 episodes

  1. What Should Chicago Look Like in 2036? Past Guests Answer: Celebrating 50 Episodes of Chicago Stories 39:11
  2. The Best Burgers in Chicago with Food Critic Maggie Hennessy 45:31
  3. Third Spaces, Food-Shaped Candles & Clouds: Chicago Artist and Shop Owner Jean Cate 37:07
  4. Rabbi Lizzi Heydemann on Founding Mishkan Chicago and Building a Radically Inclusive Jewish Community 42:19
  5. Salons, Convenings & Community in Chicago with Jane Beachy of Illinois Humanities 41:48
  6. 220,000 Visitors and Counting: Inside Chicago's West Side Conservatory 35:48
  7. Developing Chicago's Next Leaders with Mark Payne, Public Allies Chicago 32:49
  8. The South Side, ICE Resistance & House Music: A Chicago Love Letter 16:26
  9. What Chicago Gave Me: Stories of Arrival, Belonging & Reinvention 14:56
  10. The Weight of It: What Chicago's Artists Carry to Create 23:20
  11. A Mystery Death, a Book Deal, and How Lemonhead Candy Got Its Name 18:59
  12. 121 Years of the Chicago Defender with Publisher Dyanna Knight Lewis 18:53
  13. 35+ Years of Chosen Few DJs & Chicago House Music with Tony Hatchett 31:00
  14. Queer Spaces, Bud Billiken, and Chicago Home Movies with Isis Ferguson and Alyssa Gregory 40:03
  15. How Chicago's Doorways Tell the City's Hidden History with Ronnie Frey 31:37
  16. Lawndale Stories with Johnny Jones 35:30
  17. A Chicago Food Legend: From Check, Please! to The Dining Table with David Manilow 33:55
  18. The Future of The Hideout with Teri O’Brien 23:31
  19. How to Create Joy with Vending Machines with Steph Krim 37:47
  20. How Lincoln Park Zoo Is Helping Save Wildlife Worldwide with Lisa Faust 25:15
  21. Chicago Spring Survival Guide with Tanisha Blakely 26:25
  22. Inside Second City: How Comedy Legends Are Made with Jen Ellison 39:21
  23. How to Fix Chicago’s Housing & Transit Problems with Nina Idemudia 32:11
  24. From the Bulls to the WNBA, Becoming the StitchGawd with Emma McKee 37:41
  25. Beyond the Bike Lane: Real Stories from Chicagoans Who Bike with Viktor Köves 36:15
  26. How Picking Up Trash Became an Unexpected Community Movement with Penny Gibbons 30:41
  27. From Senegal to the South Side, Building Red Clay Dance Company with Vershawn Sanders-Ward 38:46
  28. Two Years Inside the Salt Shed's Transformation with Sandra Steinbrecher 35:26
  29. Queer Visibility Through Art with Andy Bellomo 35:13
  30. Running Every Street in Chicago with Joabe Barbosa 32:40
  31. A Dance Legend: Inside Hubbard Street Dance with Linda-Denise Fisher-Harrell 23:54
  32. Reframing the West Side of Chicago with Kenn Cook Jr. 35:15
  33. 77 Neighborhoods, 77 Months: A Listening Tour for Chicago’s Future with Jahmal Cole 27:34
  34. Why Chicago Primary Elections Matter with Stephanie Skora 37:17
  35. The Man Behind Chicago’s Most Famous Cheesecake with Marc Schulman 43:29
  36. How to Fight Segregation in Chicago with Tonika Lewis Johnson 51:37
  37. What We Love (and Hate) About Chicago with Tanisha Blakely 58:55
  38. The Art of Fine Dining in Chicago with Nicolai Mlodinow and Shreena Amin 45:45
  39. The Joy of Skating with Myesha McCaskill 14:06
  40. 48 Half Marathons to Help the Hungry with Chris Smith 28:53
  41. The Fight for Immigrant Rights in Chicago with Dr. Mimi Guiracocha 35:16
  42. Chicago's Taxi Wars of the 1920s with Anne Morrissy 38:04
  43. The Sweet Side of Chicago with John Conversa 33:46
  44. Community Over Fear 13:56
  45. The Earlybirds Who Changed Nightlife 39:19
  46. A Literary Movement: Read & Run Chicago 35:00
  47. Ep. 4: Filming Chicago with David Leonard 28:44
  48. Ep. 3: Abstract Artistry with Caroline Kent 29:18
  49. Ep. 2: Chicago Tech Famous Person with Harper Reed 29:50
  50. Ep. 1: Salty Lemonade with Benno Nelson 25:15