A former CPS student wishes kids learned more about Chicago’s rich music history. So here’s a CliffsNotes music guide. Happy listening!
Curious City - Your Guide To Chicago Music History’s Greatest Hits
A former CPS student wishes kids learned more about Chicago’s rich music history. So here’s a CliffsNotes music guide. Happy listening!
the memory palace - Episode 138: Sixty Starlings
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Music
Blink from Hiroshi Yoshimura
Which comes in and out of Bjolukor Tonlisterakoli Reykjanesbaejar's version of Sigur Ros' Hoppipolla.
Love Token by Elena Kats-Chernin, performed by Tamara Anna Cislowska
And Joanna Brouk playing Maggi's Flute - Lifting Off
Notes
There's
a ton out there about the sixty starlings, the most comprehensive comes
from Stephen Marche's book, How Shakespeare Changed Everything.I also found Kim Todd's [Tinkering with Eden,](http://%22Tinkering%20With%20Eden:%20A%20Natural%20History%20of%20Exotic%20Species%20in%20America) particularly useful.
Bay Curious - Know, Know, Know Your Boats, Drifting Through the Bay
The San Francisco Bay is full of boats, but do you know what most of them actually do?
San Antonio Storybook - Chapter 1: Morning Boom
San Antonio can be pretty quiet before it wakes up and before its streets fill with traffic. That’s what makes it so jarring when the silence of the morning is broken by the sound of a distant boom. In this chapter of the “San Antonio Storybook” we discover the story behind that boom as well as the people who are responsible for it.
Curious City - How Do You Find Out If Your Neighborhood Is Contaminated With Lead Pollution?
Northwest Indiana resident Beth Braun wants to know whether lead emissions from the nearby steel mill are landing in her backyard.
Curious City - How Do You Find Out If Your Neighborhood Is Contaminated With Lead Pollution?
Northwest Indiana resident Beth Braun wants to know whether lead emissions from the nearby steel mill are landing in her backyard.
Bay Curious - This Pricey San Francisco Cocktail Was a Gold Rush Knockout
This mysterious (and super-strong) cocktail cost $25 — and drove 19th century San Francisco wild. Why? It was probably the secret ingredient, that could get you jail time if you used it today.
The Boring Talks - #40 – Thank You (again)
James Ward says thank you for listening to series two and chooses the best numbers from each of the talks.
Presenter: James Ward Producer: Luke Doran
The Boring Talks - #39 – Doormats
Can a doormat actually increase the value of your property by £30k? Alex Baxevanis explains all in his study of the doormats from his block of flats.
Presenter: James Ward Contributor: Alex Baxevanis Producer: Luke Doran