Curious City
WBEZ Chicago
Radio: WBEZ 91.5 FM
Categories: Arts
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681 - ‘Weather is cool’: Weird Chicago weather, from northern lights to water spoutsThu, 15 Jan 2026
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680 - When is it no longer ‘cooler by the lake’?Wed, 14 Jan 2026
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679 - ‘It felt like a secret’: Remembering Chicago’s Berlin nightclubThu, 08 Jan 2026
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678 - What’s the story behind Berlin nightclub’s huge mural?Wed, 07 Jan 2026
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677 - Krampus is coming: The Christmas demon’s Chicago connectionThu, 18 Dec 2025
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676 - “A Christmas Carol”: An amateur actor’s journey into a Chicago holiday traditionWed, 17 Dec 2025
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675 - The first Black-owned airport in the U.S. was in Robbins, IllinoisThu, 11 Dec 2025
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674 - A museum, a mayor and a road: How Lake Shore Drive became a runway ... intentionallyWed, 10 Dec 2025
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673 - How one organization is transforming Englewood’s vacant lotsThu, 04 Dec 2025
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672 - Want to buy the vacant lot next door? It might take awhileWed, 03 Dec 2025
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671 - Does your iguana need x-rays? A local exotic animal hospital can helpThu, 20 Nov 2025
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670 - A monkey on the loose: Odd animal sightings in ChicagoWed, 19 Nov 2025
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669 - Beyond the settlement: Helping Chicago’s many survivors of police tortureThu, 13 Nov 2025
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668 - What impact do big payouts have on survivors of police torture and misconduct?Wed, 12 Nov 2025
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667 - Two-and-a-half minutes: Pilot John Ginley’s dance with disasterThu, 06 Nov 2025
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666 - ‘Mayday, mayday, mayday’: How many planes have landed on Lake Shore Drive?Wed, 05 Nov 2025
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665 - A Curious City Halloween: Scary stories from spooked ChicagoansThu, 30 Oct 2025
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664 - Gone and nearly forgotten: Lincoln Park’s High BridgeWed, 29 Oct 2025
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663 - The unsung legacy of Margaret Burroughs: ‘We called her mama’Thu, 23 Oct 2025
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662 - Chicago is a jazz city, but where are the jazz radio stations?Wed, 22 Oct 2025
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661 - How a group of volunteers saved a rare Illinois wildflowerWed, 15 Oct 2025
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660 - What’s that dead zone in the 19th Ward?Wed, 08 Oct 2025
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659 - The tale of the two-flatThu, 02 Oct 2025
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658 - ‘Women adrift’: How single women lived independently in early ChicagoWed, 01 Oct 2025
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657 - ‘Friendship set to music’: Curious City goes square dancing on the South SideThu, 25 Sep 2025
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656 - Square dance clubs used to be bumping on the weekendsWed, 24 Sep 2025
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655 - Is your local mall dying, thriving or evolving?Thu, 18 Sep 2025
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654 - What was Ford City Mall like in its heyday?Wed, 17 Sep 2025
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653 - What happened after a dangerous year inside Cook County JailThu, 11 Sep 2025
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652 - What is that supply tent outside of Cook County Jail?Wed, 10 Sep 2025
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651 - Apple slices are a nearly forgotten piece of Chicago pastry historyWed, 03 Sep 2025
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650 - Do pigs need rescuing?Thu, 28 Aug 2025
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649 - What happened to Chicago’s presidential pig?Wed, 27 Aug 2025
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648 - What’s the oldest book in circulation at the Chicago Public Library?Wed, 20 Aug 2025
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647 - School is in session, and we put the CPS butter cookie to the testThu, 14 Aug 2025
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646 - School lunch used to pass the testWed, 13 Aug 2025
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645 - What’s the history of Chinese gangs in Chicago?Thu, 07 Aug 2025
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644 - What a failed robbery from 1951 tells us about Chicago crimeWed, 06 Aug 2025
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643 - The other organizations empowering Chicago’s ChinatownThu, 31 Jul 2025
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642 - What happened to Chinatown’s family associations?Wed, 30 Jul 2025
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641 - Is women’s pro softball here to stay?Thu, 24 Jul 2025
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640 - A league of Chicago’s Own: The other women’s pro league of the 1940sWed, 23 Jul 2025
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639 - Car, bike, public transit: What’s the best way to get around town?Thu, 17 Jul 2025
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638 - Who thought traffic circles were a good idea? Do we need them?Wed, 16 Jul 2025
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637 - The curious case of the Swami Vivekananda Way street signWed, 02 Jul 2025
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636 - Chicago’s LGBTQ+ library is a space for people to ‘find themselves in the shelves’Thu, 26 Jun 2025
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635 - Where are the girls? A look at early lesbian nightlife in ChicagoWed, 25 Jun 2025
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634 - Yes, people really do win pledge drive giveaways at WBEZThu, 19 Jun 2025
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633 - Do people actually donate cars to public radio?Wed, 18 Jun 2025
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632 - There’s nature in Chicago. Go bathe in it.Thu, 12 Jun 2025
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