Sisters seek details about their grandfather’s Chicago baseball team, and his killing by a white police officer in 1925.
Curious City - Escape From Chicago: How Long Would It Take to Evacuate?
The city’s cagey on estimates, but suggests you bring your best walking shoes.
the memory palace - Episode 88 (Open Road)
The Memory Palace is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX.
Music
* Up top, looped, is the first bit of the great, Foreign Fields, by Kacy Hill. * Then we hear some of Sun Will Set, by Zoe Keating. * The song on the radio is Sonny Thompson’s Long Gone, as heard on the Mellow Blues album.
Notes * You can read all of the 1948 Green Book (and the rest of the Green Books) at the New York Public Library’s fantastic digital collection.
Curious City - Mixed Signals: Do Chicago’s Crosswalk Buttons Actually Work?
The city’s pushing pedestrian-friendly design, but it’s left one consideration at the curb.
Curious City - Why Chicago BYOBs Like Nobody’s Business
Combine gangster-era liquor laws with a twist of modern creativity, add a dash of laid-back spirit, and you’ve got a cocktail that makes Chicago the BYOB capital of the country.
Curious City - Why Chicago BYOBs Like Nobody’s Business
Combine gangster-era liquor laws with a twist of modern creativity, add a dash of laid-back spirit, and you’ve got a cocktail that makes Chicago the BYOB capital of the country.
the memory palace - From the Vault: A Special Mother’s Day Re-Run
The Memory Palace is a proud member of Radiotopia. In Toronto? Chicago? Milwaukee? Minneapolis? Come see a live Memory Palace show. For Mothers' Day, this episode is a re-mixed version of a story originally released as Episode 10, in 2009. Back with new episodes next time out. The two piano pieces that bookend the piece are by Max Richter from his “24 Postcards in Full Color” record. The one in the middle is “Maybelle” by Ida. It popped up on shuffle the other day and stunned me. I hadn’t heard it in years. It’s really lovely.
ABR's Poem of the Week - #17 – Ali Alizadeh reads ‘I ♥ (this) Life?’
In this episode of 'Poem of the Week' Ali Alizadeh reads 'I ♥ (this) Life?'. ABR Editor, Peter Rose, introduces Ali who then reads and discusses his poem.
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Curious City - Chicago’s Killer View: The Skyline’s Toll On Migratory Birds
Each migratory season leaves a flurry of birds dead at the feet of skyscrapers. But does that make a dent in the bird population?
Curious City - Chicago’s Killer View: The Skyline’s Toll On Migratory Birds
Each migratory season leaves a flurry of birds dead at the feet of skyscrapers. But does that make a dent in the bird population?