Curious City
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551 - Is This Your Card? A Brief History Of Chicago-style MagicThu, 02 May 2024
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550 - The Mayor, The Prince, and the Gift That Invaded Japan’s Biggest LakeThu, 25 Apr 2024
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549 - Who’s A Good Boy: A Look At Chicago’s Top Dog BreedsThu, 18 Apr 2024
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548 - What's That Dead Zone In The 19th Ward?Thu, 11 Apr 2024
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547 - What Happened To The Crows?Thu, 04 Apr 2024
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546 - From Desegregation To Teen Angst: Inside CPS’s Selective Enrollment SystemThu, 28 Mar 2024
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545 - Apple Slices: A Nostalgic Piece Of Chicago Pastry HistoryThu, 21 Mar 2024
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544 - Sign Stealing: A Petty Piece Of Chicago Political HistoryThu, 14 Mar 2024
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543 - Two For Women’s History MonthThu, 07 Mar 2024
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542 - The Windy Kitty: How Chicago Became A Haven For Feral CatsThu, 29 Feb 2024
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541 - For Street Artist Joos, All The City's A GalleryThu, 22 Feb 2024
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540 - Chicago's Key Role In The Creation Of Black History MonthThu, 15 Feb 2024
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539 - What Was The American Negro Exposition Of 1940?Thu, 08 Feb 2024
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538 - Chicago Is Where Black Cinema Took RootThu, 01 Feb 2024
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537 - What’s The Impact Of Storefront Churches On A Community?Thu, 25 Jan 2024
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536 - Bumper-to-Bumper With Some Questions About Chicago TrafficThu, 18 Jan 2024
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535 - What It’s Like To Drive A Snow PlowThu, 11 Jan 2024
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534 - The Curious City Team Answers Five Wintery QuestionsThu, 04 Jan 2024
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533 - The History Of The Walnut Room And Why It’s Not Nostalgic For EveryoneThu, 28 Dec 2023
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532 - Are News Boxes A Thing Of The Past?Thu, 21 Dec 2023
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531 - The First Black-Owned And Operated Airport Was In RobbinsThu, 14 Dec 2023
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530 - Who’s Behind The CTA Holiday Train? Santa And The Elves!Thu, 07 Dec 2023
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529 - How Did Indian Boundary Park Get Its Name?Thu, 30 Nov 2023
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528 - Two Tasty Treats For Thanksgiving FeastsThu, 23 Nov 2023
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527 - Spare Rooms And Shared Spaces; Migrants Scramble To Find Housing Ahead Of WinterThu, 16 Nov 2023
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526 - What Happened To Chicago’s Cuban Community?Thu, 09 Nov 2023
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525 - Bar Culture on the Big and Small Screen: Curious City Live from Goose Island BarrelhouseThu, 02 Nov 2023
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524 - The Haunting Of East PilsenThu, 26 Oct 2023
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523 - How Can We Keep Chicago And Our Basements Above Water?Thu, 19 Oct 2023
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522 - What’s It Like To Be a Rail Operator?Thu, 12 Oct 2023
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521 - Putting on a Chicago race requires fees, permits and patienceThu, 05 Oct 2023
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520 - What’s the History of the Medinah Temple and Its Original Owners?Thu, 28 Sep 2023
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519 - Who Enforces the Rules at Dog Parks?Thu, 21 Sep 2023
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518 - The Fireside Bowl: An Unlikely Place For Punks Of All AgesThu, 14 Sep 2023
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517 - This Episode Is GarbageThu, 07 Sep 2023
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516 - Are the suburbs taking the “Little India” title away from Devon Avenue?Thu, 31 Aug 2023
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515 - Traveling Parties: A Queer Chicago Culture Of Partying As ResistanceThu, 24 Aug 2023
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514 - Soul Train: How Chicago birthed the “hippest trip in America”Thu, 17 Aug 2023
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513 - Is That A Lobster In The Chicago River?Thu, 10 Aug 2023
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512 - When And Why did The West Ridge Neighborhood Become Such An Orthodox Jewish Enclave?Thu, 03 Aug 2023
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511 - What Does "Chicagoland" Mean, And Where Did It Come From?Thu, 27 Jul 2023
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510 - Chicago’s Steak And Lemonade Combo, And Those Structures On The LakeWed, 19 Jul 2023
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509 - The Whos And Whys Behind Chicago's So-Called Teen TakeoversThu, 13 Jul 2023
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508 - Love It Or Hate It; Malört Is Chicago’s DrinkThu, 06 Jul 2023
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507 - Four Dances Invented in Chicago, Plus a Traditional One Chicagoans Keep AliveThu, 29 Jun 2023
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506 - What Happens To Unidentified Or Unclaimed Bodies in Cook County?Thu, 22 Jun 2023
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505 - Chi-Town Is A Pie Town, But We Search Out The Best Single-Slice Pizza In The CityThu, 15 Jun 2023
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504 - Why Is The Only North American Baháʼí Temple In Wilmette?Thu, 08 Jun 2023
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503 - Chicago’s Infamous Dojo Wars Part 2: The Fall of Count Dante, the Deadliest Man AliveThu, 01 Jun 2023
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502 - Chicago’s Infamous Dojo Wars, Part 1: The Rise of John Keehan, Karate SenseiThu, 25 May 2023
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