Was there ever a Nazi neighborhood in Chicago? In this special Curious City mini-documentary and online presentation (complete with archival photos and video), we tell the story of how an infamous neo-Nazi group settled in the Marquette Park neighborhood and used it as a home base to gain attention and promote its political agenda. The story of the group’s rise and fall on Chicago’s Southwest Side raises questions about the extent of free speech and how mainstream racism in any neighborhood can encourage hate groups.
Bay Curious - What Makes San Francisco Sourdough Unique?
Reported by Julia Scott. Bay Curious is Olivia Allen-Price, Vinnee Tong, Paul Lancour, Suzie Racho, Jessica Placzek, Penny Nelson and Julia McEvoy.
Theme music by Pat Mesiti-Miller.
Ask us a question at BayCurious.org.
Follow Olivia Allen-Price on Twitter @oallenprice.
Curious City - How A Rat Balloon From Suburban Chicago Became A Union Mascot
Scabby the Rat is now common on picket lines around the world, but the balloon started in Chicago’s historically blue-collar suburbs.
the memory palace - Episode 108, Met Residency #5: Temple
Nate DiMeo is the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Artist in Residence for 2016/2017. He is producing ten pieces inspired by the collection and by the museum itself. This is the fifth episode of that residency.
This residency is made possible by the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Chester Dale Fund.
This episode is written and produced and stuff by Nate DiMeo with engineering assistance from Elyssa Dudley and research Assistance from Andrea Milne. Its Executive Producer is Limor Tomer, General Manager Live Arts, The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
The Art Discussed * The Temple of Dendur.
Music * As Much as Possible by Bing & Ruth. * Parcel by Melanie Velarde. * Field Hymn by Syrinx. * Wawa by the Ocean by Mary Lattimore. * Turning 16 and Trading Flags by Ben Sollee.
Bay Curious - Why Do Giants Fans Hate the Wave? Oakland Started It.
Reported by Olivia Allen-Price and Adam Grossberg. Bay Curious is Olivia Allen-Price, Vinnee Tong, Paul Lancour, Jessica Placzek, Suzie Racho, Penny Nelson, Ethan Lindsey and Julia McEvoy. Our 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 - Safer, Faster, Smarter? The Road Ahead For Illinois’ High-Tech Highway
Officials say the Jane Addams Tollway will soon be faster, safer and smarter. But will it deliver?
Bay Curious - These Colorful Dots Are For Your Health
They look like a work of abstract art, but these colorful dots on Bay Area streets have a big purpose.
Reported by Jessica Placzek. Bay Curious is Olivia Allen-Price, Vinnee Tong, Paul Lancour, Suzie Racho, Penny Nelson, Jessica Placzek, Julia McEvoy, Ethan Lindsey and Holly Kernan. Theme music by Pat Mesiti-Miller.
Ask us a question at BayCurious.org. Follow Olivia Allen-Price on Twitter @oallenprice.
Curious City - First Responder: Why Do Fire Trucks Often Arrive Before Ambulances For Medical Emergencies?
Medical calls outnumber fire calls 20 to one in Chicago. So why does the city own so many more fire trucks than ambulances?
Curious City - First Responder: Why Do Fire Trucks Often Arrive Before Ambulances For Medical Emergencies?
Medical calls outnumber fire calls 20 to one in Chicago. So why does the city own so many more fire trucks than ambulances?
the memory palace - Episode 107 (Roots and Branches and Wind-Borne Seeds)
The Memory Palace is a proud member of Radiotopia, from PRX, a curated network of extraordinary, story-driven shows.
Music
- We open with Mary Lattimore's Jimmy V. I love Mary Lattimore.
- We hit Hatian guitarist Frantz Casseus' Lullaby from 1954 a few times.
- We hear Drifting, by Matthew Robert Cooper.
- And A Fool Persists by Infinite Body.
- The two piano things are Open Window - For Piano by Yuichiro Fujimoto, and Pale by Akira Kosemura.
- We also hear Gareth Dickson's Friday Night Fever for a bit.
Notes
- I learned about Ynes while flipping idly through the 1974 edition of Notable American Women: A Biographical Dictionary (volume II, G-O, incidentally), "prepared under the Auspices of Radcliffe College," as it says on the frontispiece.
- By far the most comprehensive thing I read was biography for young readers called Ynes Mexia: Botanist and Adventurer by Durlynn Anema.