Why the United Methodist Church is preparing to split, and a new book chronicles the history of Chicago’s famed theater scene
Curious City - What Happens To The Lincoln Park Zoo Animals In The Winter?
Do the animals go somewhere warm, like Florida? Does the zoo give them coats? We took a behind-the-scene tour of the zoo to find out.
Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - Friday News Roundup For Jan 3, 2020
Pot. Weed. Grass. Doobie. Mary Jane. Whatever you want to call it, marijuana is legal in Illinois. That’s the biggest story in a week of big stories we cover as we begin a new year on the Friday News Roundup.
Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - 2019 Homicide Numbers And Kids Chess Champions.
Homicides and shootings were down in Chicago in 2019 compared to recent years. We’ll get the numbers and the reasons behind them. Plus we’ll hear from a group of 8th grade girls from the city’s South Side are the state chess champs.
Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - The Best Reads Of 2019
Looking for something to read as the weather turns cold? Our panel of book experts and our listeners talk about the favorite things they read in 2019
Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - Why Chicago Is The Most Polish City In The U.S.
Historian Dominic Pacyga takes us inside his new book, American Warsaw: The Rise, Fall, and Rebirth of Polish Chicago
Curious City - Signs Of The Times: How Chicago Bars Got So Many Old Style Signs
We uncover the history and bask in the glow of a ubiquitous Chicago bar sign.
Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - Where Black America And Gothic Culture Come Together
Author Leila Taylor takes us into the dark heart of the American Gothic, analyzing the ways it relates to race in America in the twenty-first century.
Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - A 60-Year History Of Gentrification In Chicago And Beyond
Matthew Sherman talks with Natalie Moore about his new book “Newcomers: Gentrification and Its Discontents”, a history of gentrification in Chicago, San Francisco, and Brooklyn over the last 60 years.
Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - Chicago’s Segregation Perpetuated By Public And Private Policy
A new book by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor looks at how a mix of federal policy and private industry perpetuated the segregation lines in cities like Chicago