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  • What’s The Deal With Illinois’ Traffic Death Highway Signs?

    Not one, but four of you curious citizens asked us for the story behind the signs on the highway that show the current number of traffic deaths in Illinois. We get into the history of these signs …

    April 9, 2013 read more
  • The best rock double bills to ever grace Chicago stages

    When curious citizen Patrick Gallagher found himself wondering about the best double bills ever hosted on our local concert stages, like many a stumped Chicagoan before him, he turned to us. And we …

    April 3, 2013 read more
  • Would legalizing marijuana hit gangs’ pocket-books?

    Siva Iyer asked us a loaded question about the economics of the drug trade. Got any leads for us to consider? 

    Mar 29, 2013 read more
  • Our look into Dunning’s dark past

    Mike Dotson from Chicago’s Wicker Park neighborhood is curious to know: “What’s the history behind Cook County’s former Dunning Insane Asylum and the people buried near there?” Freelance writer and …

    Mar 27, 2013 read more
  • Span of a (South Shore) block

    Marya Lucas asked what’s behind quality-of-life differences from one Chicago block to another. There’s no tip-toeing around the city’s social divisions. They’re plain to see, but the reasons aren’t …

    Mar 26, 2013 read more
  • Curious City TV!

    Channel surfers can now swim in the pool of curiosity by catching our vids on WYCC PBS Chicago’s In the Loop. That’s every Thursday at 7 p.m. on channel 20.

    Mar 22, 2013 read more
  • Reporter’s Notebook: Is the U of C’s Stagg Field radioactive?

    We’re looking into Mark Eifert’s question about Stagg Field’s history as the location of the first sustained nuclear chain reaction. Got any glowing insight on this?

    Mar 22, 2013 read more
  • What defines a diner?

    Investigating diners for Curious City, but what defines a diner?

    Mar 21, 2013 read more
  • Chicago before settlement

    Listener Jeremy Cox asked what our landscape looked like before the days of expressways, skyscrapers, manicured lawns and discarded Cheetos bags. We deliver the greatest hits (think real Chicago …

    Mar 5, 2013 read more
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  • When you could ride the ‘L’ to your grave

    If you’re used to riding the ‘L’ for work or fun, don’t get unnerved about our Curious Citizen’s question about posthumous public transit. 

    Feb 22, 2013 read more
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