Here’s why you shouldn’t take that "sand between your toes" experience for granted!
Curious City - How Chicago Beaches Get and Keep That Nice Fine Sand
Here’s why you shouldn’t take that "sand between your toes" experience for granted!
the memory palace - Episode 112 (The Taking of Tom Sawyer’s Island)
The Memory Palace is a proud member of Radiotopia, from PRX, a curated network of extraordinary, story-driven shows.
Music
- Max Och's Ain't Nobody High Raga.
- Frog's Eyes by Evan Ziporyn
- Cooped up at Home with a Fever and a Tape Loop, by Lullatone
- Medieval Waters, from Carter Burwell's score to In Bruges.
- Frost Trees, from Lalo Schifrin's score to The Fox
Notes
- By far my favorite and the most thorough examination of the Pow Wow I came across was actually Disney Historian Todd James Pierce's three (!) part series about the incident on his podcast Disney History Institute.
Curious City - Chicago’s Best Stargazing Spots
Chicago's notorious light pollution hides the stars, but here's where you have a fighting chance to peek at the heavens.
Curious City - Chicago’s Best Stargazing Spots
Chicago's notorious light pollution hides the stars, but here's where you have a fighting chance to peek at the heavens.
Bay Curious - Why the ‘O’ in San Francisco’s Airport Code, SFO?
Why the "O" in SFO? And why is one of Chicago's airports coded ORD? And IAD for Dulles?
Reported by Jessica Placzek. Bay Curious is Olivia Allen-Price, Vinnee Tong, Paul Lancour, Suzie Racho, 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.
ATXplained - What The Heck Are Those Blue Panels Along The Lamar Underpass?
When you’re driving down Lamar Boulevard between Lady Bird Lake and Fifth Street, do you ever look at the walls of the underpass beneath the train bridge? Do you look at those blank blue signs on the walls of the underpass and wonder: What the heck are those things?
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Curious City - Welcome Back, Otters: Could The River Otter Call Chicago’s Loop Home?
Forty years ago, it would have been nearly impossible to find an otter in Illinois, never mind Chicago. Today, could they be here to stay?
Curious City - Welcome Back, Otters: Could The River Otter Call Chicago’s Loop Home?
Forty years ago, it would have been nearly impossible to find an otter in Illinois, never mind Chicago. Today, could they be here to stay?
Bay Curious - Living Without a Home in San Francisco: 3 stories and 4 questions
Since Bay Curious first answered your questions on homelessness in 2017, the cost of living has continued to rise in the Bay Area and with it, the number of people living without a home.
In the nine county Bay Area, just over 34,000 people are experiencing homelessness, according to point-in-time counts conducted in January by most counties
In at least five of the nine counties, the recent count revealed an increase in the number of homeless people from the last time the count was done in 2017.
In this episode, we explore four common questions about homelessness with Audrey Cooper, editor in chief of The San Francisco Chronicle and Kevin Fagan, a reporter with The San Francisco Chronicle who has covered homelessness for more than two decades.
More resources:
* 89 answers to your questions from The San Francisco Chronicle
* One Day, One City, No Relief: 24 hours inside San Francisco’s Homeless Crisis
* Homelessness in SF is Complex. Here Are Answers to the Most Common Questions
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