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Curious City - How sweet the sound: The history of Evanston folk coffeehouse AmazinGrace

Folk music surged in popularity across America in the late 1950s through the ‘70s, including here in the Chicago area. Last episode, we looked at how a few area coffeehouses catered to many patrons in their teens and early twenties. These were alcohol-free spaces where people could listen to live music and hangout for hours. Curious City host Erin Allen looks at one of those beloved coffeeshops of the 1970s: AmazinGrace, which was born out of Vietnam War protests on the campus of Northwestern University and later moved to the heart of downtown Evanston. She was joined by a panel of AmazinGrace founders, performers and patrons at last year’s Evanston Folk Festival. WBEZ is a programming partner of the Evanston Folk Festival, which is taking place this year Sept. 6-7, 2025. A pre-sale is happening now through April 22. Enter the code EFFWBEZ to access the sale.
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Everything Everywhere Daily - Rare Earth Elements (Encore)

Modern society is completely dependent on a set of technologies that include computer chips, fiber optic cables, lasers, video screens, electric motors, and batteries. 


All of those things are dependent on a small category of chemicals called rare earth elements. 


Their importance in technology has made them a focal point of international trade and politics. 


Learn more about rare earth elements and how the world has become completely reliant on them, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.


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the memory palace - Episode 230: Helen Hulick Takes the Stand

Order The Memory Palace book now, dear listener. On Bookshop.org, on Amazon.com, on Barnes & Noble, or directly from Random House. Or order the audiobook at places like Libro.fm.

During mid-April, 2025, I'm doing a southern book tour, with stops in San Antonio, Houston, Gainesville, Montgomery, New Orleans, and Oxford. Find out more at www.thememorypalace.us/events.

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  • Hallway Rug and a bit of Watering Plants by Omni Gardens
  • Dripping Icicles from Lalo Schiffrin's great score to The Fox.
  • Girl Talk by the Howard Roberts Quartet
  • Jules et Therese from the score to Jules et Jim
  • Franz Waxman's main title theme to Woman of the Year
  • Your Love from the legend, Frankie Knuckles
  • Then we go back and forth between Joe Morello's Timeless and Lara Downes playing Leonard Bernstein's Big Stuff.
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The Indicator from Planet Money - Economic lessons learned from Investopedia (and Ferris Bueller)

The current economic upheaval has lots of us scrambling for our glossaries and history books.

Today on the show, the editor-in-chief of Investopedia walks us through three vocab terms — spanning topics from tariff history to market volatility — that are spiking on the website lately.

Related listening:
What can we learn from the year's most popular econ terms?
What's a moneyline bet anyway? (Apple / Spotify)
Why tariffs are SO back (Apple / Spotify)

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NPR's Book of the Day - A new cookbook by Darjeeling Express chef Asma Khan was inspired by seasonal cooking

Asma Khan grew up in India, where late summer means monsoon season. But it wasn't until she moved to England in the '90s that she learned how to cook. At 45, after earning a PhD in constitutional law, she opened Darjeeling Express. The London restaurant made her into a celebrity chef and an authority on Indian food. Now, Khan is out with a new cookbook called Monsoon, which celebrates a seasonal approach to cooking. In today's episode, Khan speaks with NPR's Asma Khalid about making a big career change in her 40s, her commitment to an all-women kitchen staff, and the meaning of modular cooking.

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Everything Everywhere Daily - The History of Wire

The modern world runs on metal wires. 


These thin metal strands literally circle the globe and are responsible for much of the world’s electrical power and communications. 


It is something so basic that most people never bother to stop and think about how wires are made. 


It turns out wire has been made for thousands of years, although its uses have changed dramatically. 


Learn more about wire, how it's made, and its many uses on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.



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NPR's Book of the Day - Rex Ogle’s ‘When We Ride’ is a novel-in-verse about a best friendship under pressure

Seventeen-year-old Benny is studying hard and working as a busboy, hoping to attend college. Meanwhile, his childhood best friend, Lawson, is on a different path, dealing drugs – and is always in need of a ride. Rex Ogle's When We Ride is a novel-in-verse about their relationship, which becomes strained as differences between the two young men come into focus. In today's episode, Ogle joins NPR's Ayesha Rascoe for a conversation about the book. They discuss friendship breakups, what we owe our oldest relationships and an unlikely high school romance between the author's own best friends.

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The Indicator from Planet Money - Did Trump enable insider trading?

On the morning of April 9, President Trump posted on Truth Social "THIS IS A GREAT TIME TO BUY!!! DJT." Around four hours later, he announced a pause on some new tariffs, causing a stock market spike. Now, Democrats are demanding an investigation into possible insider trading. But were Trump's posts actually insider trading?

Related episodes:
Morally questionable, economically efficient (Apple / Spotify)
An insider trader tells all

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