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 …
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 …
Siva Iyer asked us a loaded question about the economics of the drug trade. Got any leads for us to consider?
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 …
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 …
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.
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?
Investigating diners for Curious City, but what defines a diner?
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 …
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.
