Most aldermen almost always vote with the mayor, but that's starting to change.
Bay Curious - Are Plastic Bag Bans Actually Helping the Environment?
California became the first state to ban single-use plastic bags in November. A middle-schooler from Sacramento wants to know if the ban actually helps the environment.
Curious City - City Of Big Potholes: Is Asphalt The Best Choice For Chicago’s Streets?
In the past decade the city paid out nearly $3 million drivers whose cars were damaged by poor road conditions. Is asphalt to blame?
the memory palace - Episode 109 (The Year Hank Greenberg Hit 58 Home Runs)
Music, Footnotes & Ephemera
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Music
- We start out with some of Pound for Pound from The Bad Plus
- Go to Waltz by Mother Falcon
- Into the Light by Marisa Anderson
- With Everything that Breathes by Greg Haines
- Day One Four by F.S. Blum and Nils Frahm
- Andrew Cyrille, Jimmy Lyons, and Jeanne Lee do Nuba
- And then Davis S. Ware does Mikuro’s Blues, which I’ve loved for a long time.
Bay Curious - Can’t Get That Camping Spot? It Could Be Bots
Some people are using bots to get campsites at state and national parks. Is it legal? Is it fair?
Credits: Jessica Placzek, Olivia Allen-Price, Paul Lancour, Vinnee Tong, Julia McEvoy
ATXplained - Were There Convicts On Convict Hill?
In 1881, the first Texas Capitol building burned to the ground, and leaders set about building a new one. They wanted to use local materials, including limestone from a quarry in Oatmanville – the area now known as Oak Hill – so they built a 6-mile railroad line from Oatmanville to the Capitol site. Then they needed workers.
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Curious City - Boystown: How Chicago Got Its Gay Neighborhood
Political activism and businesses helped shape the city's gay neighborhood, but there's a debate about its future.
Bay Curious - It’s-It! The San Francisco Treat That Sparked a Cult Following
San Franciscans have been having a love-affair with this ice cream treat since 1928.
Reported by Alyssa Kapnik Samuel and Seth Samuel. Bay Curious is Olivia Allen-Price, Vinnee Tong, Paul Lancour, Penny Nelson, Suzie Racho and Julia McEvoy. Our managing editor is Ethan Lindsey. Vice President for News is Holly Kernan. Theme music by Pat Mesiti-Miller.
Ask us a question at BayCurious.org.
Follow Olivia Allen-Price on Twitter @oallenprice.
Curious City - Curious City: What Happens To Food On Cancelled Flights?
When a flight gets cancelled, it's not only travel plans that get trashed.
Bay Curious - Who’s Behind the Colorful Lights at San Francisco City Hall?
It used to take hours or days to change the lights at city hall lights. Now it's done with a few clicks.
Reported by Jessica Placzek. Produced and edited by Olivia Allen-Price, Vinnee Tong, Paul Lancour and Julia McEvoy. Theme music by Pat Mesiti-Miller.
Ask us a question at BayCurious.org.
Follow Olivia Allen-Price on Twitter @oallenprice.