WBEZ 91.5 Chicago

Whatever happened to the film version of The Devil in the White City?

Chicago Tribune journalist and WBEZ radio host Rick Kogan presents guests from Chicago’s literary community reading works by their favorite Chicago authors.

Life in the Windy City shaped the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright’s creative worldview, and even inspired some of his best-known work.  

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. came to Chicago in 1966, but Chicago's mayor made it known the activist wasn't welcome. So why did Richard J. Daley name a street after King just two years later?

On today's show: The week's news was dominated by big-time personalities...and their big-time public apologies. Laura Washington & Angela Caputo are our news guides. We'll also hear from author Christopher Paul Curtis and photographer Frank Burkhart. Plus, a look at the documentary, 'West of Memphis.'

On today's show: Political reporters Mary Ann Ahern and Rick Pearson react and reflect on gun-control politics past, present and future. Gov. Quinn reacts to President Obama's proposals. Plus a trip to Cicero and DePaul University's Athletic Director Jean Ponsetto stops by.

On today's show: How media covers, tracks and reports on crime in Chicago. Scott Smith and Ernest Wilkins unpack President Obama's gun-control proposals and the 'Curious City' gang and songbirds Jamie O’Reilly and Michael Smith stop by.