ABOUT THIS PODCAST 🔗
Alyssa Dyksterhouse, Chicago tour guide, history lover and research extraordinaire, walks her friends through her favorite well-known and lesser-known moments in Chicago’s quirky past while exploring each story's parallels to current affairs.
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English
United States
198 episodes
since April 26, 2023
episodic
LATEST EPISODE 🔗
In this episode Pam and Alyssa discuss the Spike Lee Movie Chi-Raq and Chicago's official response. Show Notes:Washington Post: Chicago alderman refuses permit for block party celebrating Spike Lee’s movie ‘Chiraq’ because he dislikes the film’s titleChicagoist: Aldermen Pressure Spike …
PREVIOUS EPISODES 🔗
Alyssa and John Zinn discuss Chicago specific slang.Check out Adirondack Chair CircleListen to:DibsTamale GuyShow Notes:Time Out: 36 Chicago slang words that only real Chicagoans knowDNAinfo: The Word 'Jagoff' Finally Makes Oxford English DictionaryChicago Tribune: ‘The Chicago way’ (and othe…
We talk about Chicago Nicknames Show Notes:`Reader's Digest: The Surprising Reason Why Chicago Is Called the “Windy City”Chicagology: Origin of the “Windy City”Pequods Pizza: Why Is Chicago Called the Windy City?WTTW: Revisiting the Biting Articles That Branded Chicago the "Second City"WTTW: …
Alyssa tels Vanessa all about these shady dudes who were recently shown in a videoringinf in the New Yea with Ken Paxton.
Show Notes:
Block Club Chicago: The Flashy Fugitives: Ex-Loretto Leader And Pal Accused Of Stealing Millions Are Living Large In DubaiChicago Sun-Times: Loretto Hospital's…
Alyssa and Risen discuss her new kitty then Leo Burnett ad agency.Show Notes:LeoBurnett.ComCreative Hall of Fame: Leo BurnettWTTW: Ten Advertising Campaigns That Were Born in Chicago
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Alyssa updates John on the news about The Tylenol Murders and Mike Madigan then tells him about the time Samuel Insull took over The Studebaker Theatre to appease his wife.
Show Notes: News Nation: Tylenol murders linked to newly solved Idaho cyanide deathABC 7 Chicago: Cross-count…
Alyssa is joined by David Baxter to discuss a play called "The Front Page" written by two reporters who covered Cook County Courts in the 1920's adding to the genre of crime reporter to Broadway Playwright. We discuss the real life inspirations. Show Notes:New York Times…
This episode is different. Alyssa is talks to Maren Robinson resident dramaturg at TimeLine Theatre Company about the Chicago connections to The Pill. Show Notes:TimeLine TheatreChicago Reader: The Birth of the Pill blends fact and fancyHistory Channel: FDA app…
Alyssa tells Vanessa from Reel Relationships about Illinois Institution beloved former Secretary of State Jesse White.
Show Notes:Chicago Tribune: IT WAS WRIGLEY, NOT SOME GOAT, WHO CURSED CUBSJesse White Tumbling TeamChicago Tribune: Jesse WhiteNew York Times: Once Told t…
In honor of Labor Day, sitting in the epicenter of the labor movement Alyssa tells Pat Westmacott about the 1910 Garment Workers Strike and the long lasting implications it has in America.
Show Notes:
National Park Services: Women of the 1910 Chicago Garment Workers' Strike
Hist…
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