Curious City

520 Episodes

1. What Would You Do With A Million Dollars? Whether Participatory Budgeting Is Worth The Effort

   Published: 10/12/2017
2. So, Why Did It Take So Long For It To Be Mayor Jane Byrne's Turn?

   Published: 3/12/2017
3. Where Does Your Poop Go?

   Published: 26/11/2017
4. Little Fingers And Screechy Sounds: Why Do So Many Kids Learn To Play The Recorder?

   Published: 19/11/2017
5. Without Native Americans, Would We Have Chicago As We Know It?

   Published: 12/11/2017
6. Don't Believe The Height! Why Chicago Suburb Names Flat Out Lie About Their Elevation

   Published: 5/11/2017
7. Why Chicago's Chinatown Is Practically Invisible On Apartment Rental Sites

   Published: 29/10/2017
8. Cycling In Cemeteries? Why Some Chicago Graveyards Are Changing Their Rules About Bicycles

   Published: 22/10/2017
9. Which Natural Disasters Are Most Likely To Hit Chicago?

   Published: 15/10/2017
10. Do Chicago’s Arab And African-American Muslims Share Mosques? If Not, Why Not?

    Published: 8/10/2017
11. Forest Foresight: Who Created The Cook County Forest Preserves?

    Published: 1/10/2017
12. Who Came Up With The Iconic Chicago White Sox Look?

    Published: 24/09/2017
13. The Cha-Cha Slide And More: Which Dances Were Invented In Chicago?

    Published: 17/09/2017
14. Baring It All: Why Boys Swam Naked In Chicago High Schools

    Published: 10/09/2017
15. Chicago's Forgotten Civil War Prison Camp

    Published: 3/09/2017
16. Push Carts, Popsicles, And Patience: How To Be A Paletero In Chicago

    Published: 27/08/2017
17. City Of Big Agriculture: Here Are The Crops Chicago Was Once Famous For

    Published: 20/08/2017
18. What Happened To Chicago’s Japanese Neighborhood?

    Published: 13/08/2017
19. Chicago Bathhouses: A Century Of Sanitation, Sex And Sweat

    Published: 6/08/2017
20. Is Notoriously Segregated Chicago Becoming More Integrated?

    Published: 30/07/2017