What Happens To The Colorful Plants Along The Mag Mile In The Winter?
One listener wants to know the fate of all the bright and beautiful plants along the Mag Mile that disappear during the winter.
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Skip Delivery Apps — And Other Tips For Supporting Local Businesses
One listener wants to know how to help struggling businesses. We put together a list of ideas with the help of industry experts.
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Listen — 12:57How To Order Like A Pro From Chicago’s Thai Restaurants
Top chef Arun Sampathavivat tells you what to get and how to eat it — hint: no chopsticks.
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Listen — 14:00Did All Chicagoans Support The Civil War?
The story of Irish-American draft resisters, African-Americans who defied the odds to fight, and women who found ways to support the war.
Listen — 16:23Why The 1992 Loop Flood Is The Most Chicago Story Ever
How clout, corruption, and construction without permits led to half the Loop being evacuated.
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Listen — 13:08Here Are The Winners Of Curious City’s 2020 Haiku Contest
Curious City received 255 submissions for the contest. Here’s who you chose as the winner.
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Listen — 23:17A Different Perspective On Curious City’s Story About The Walnut Room
Listener Joyce Miller Bean shares her family’s experience of racism and discrimination when visiting Marshall Field’s in the ‘50s and ‘60s.
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Listen — 14:33What’s Up With All The Geese In Chicago?
Maybe you find them annoying or maybe not, but one thing is certain: Chicago’s got a lot of them. So we’re taking on your geese questions.
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Listen — 11:07How A Department Store Became Part Of Chicago’s Christmas Traditions
From the Walnut Room restaurant to its window displays, Marshall Field’s figured out how to draw in the crowds during the holiday.
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Listen — 14:40The Radical Existence Of Lucy Parsons, The ‘Goddess Of Anarchy’
She was known for her fiery rhetoric and anarchist beliefs, but labor activist Lucy Parsons wasn’t exactly who she claimed to be.
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