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673 - How one organization is transforming Englewood’s vacant lots

673 - How one organization is transforming Englewood’s vacant lots

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673 - How one organization is transforming Englewood’s vacant lots

Thu, 04 Dec 2025
672 - Want to buy the vacant lot next door? It might take awhile

Wed, 03 Dec 2025
671 - Does your iguana need x-rays? A local exotic animal hospital can help

Thu, 20 Nov 2025
670 - A monkey on the loose: Odd animal sightings in Chicago

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669 - Beyond the settlement: Helping Chicago’s many survivors of police torture

Thu, 13 Nov 2025
668 - What impact do big payouts have on survivors of police torture and misconduct?

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667 - Two-and-a-half minutes: Pilot John Ginley’s dance with disaster

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665 - A Curious City Halloween: Scary stories from spooked Chicagoans

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664 - Gone and nearly forgotten: Lincoln Park’s High Bridge

Wed, 29 Oct 2025
663 - The unsung legacy of Margaret Burroughs: ‘We called her mama’

Thu, 23 Oct 2025
662 - Chicago is a jazz city, but where are the jazz radio stations?

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661 - How a group of volunteers saved a rare Illinois wildflower

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660 - What’s that dead zone in the 19th Ward?

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659 - The tale of the two-flat

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658 - ‘Women adrift’: How single women lived independently in early Chicago

Wed, 01 Oct 2025
657 - ‘Friendship set to music’: Curious City goes square dancing on the South Side

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656 - Square dance clubs used to be bumping on the weekends

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655 - Is your local mall dying, thriving or evolving?

Thu, 18 Sep 2025
654 - What was Ford City Mall like in its heyday?

Wed, 17 Sep 2025
653 - What happened after a dangerous year inside Cook County Jail

Thu, 11 Sep 2025
652 - What is that supply tent outside of Cook County Jail?

Wed, 10 Sep 2025
651 - Apple slices are a nearly forgotten piece of Chicago pastry history

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650 - Do pigs need rescuing?

Thu, 28 Aug 2025
649 - What happened to Chicago’s presidential pig?

Wed, 27 Aug 2025
648 - What’s the oldest book in circulation at the Chicago Public Library?

Wed, 20 Aug 2025
647 - School is in session, and we put the CPS butter cookie to the test

Thu, 14 Aug 2025
646 - School lunch used to pass the test

Wed, 13 Aug 2025
645 - What’s the history of Chinese gangs in Chicago?

Thu, 07 Aug 2025
644 - What a failed robbery from 1951 tells us about Chicago crime

Wed, 06 Aug 2025
643 - The other organizations empowering Chicago’s Chinatown

Thu, 31 Jul 2025
642 - What happened to Chinatown’s family associations?

Wed, 30 Jul 2025
641 - Is women’s pro softball here to stay?

Thu, 24 Jul 2025
640 - A league of Chicago’s Own: The other women’s pro league of the 1940s

Wed, 23 Jul 2025
639 - Car, bike, public transit: What’s the best way to get around town?

Thu, 17 Jul 2025
638 - Who thought traffic circles were a good idea? Do we need them?

Wed, 16 Jul 2025
637 - The curious case of the Swami Vivekananda Way street sign

Wed, 02 Jul 2025
636 - Chicago’s LGBTQ+ library is a space for people to ‘find themselves in the shelves’

Thu, 26 Jun 2025
635 - Where are the girls? A look at early lesbian nightlife in Chicago

Wed, 25 Jun 2025
634 - Yes, people really do win pledge drive giveaways at WBEZ

Thu, 19 Jun 2025
633 - Do people actually donate cars to public radio?

Wed, 18 Jun 2025
632 - There’s nature in Chicago. Go bathe in it.

Thu, 12 Jun 2025
631 - Are healthy Chicago trees getting the ax?

Wed, 11 Jun 2025
630 - ‘Have you checked on your ancestors?’ This woman brings dignity to deceased Black Chicagoans

Thu, 05 Jun 2025
629 - Exploring the segregated past of Chicago cemeteries

Wed, 04 Jun 2025
628 - What happened to Chicago's Japanese community?

Wed, 28 May 2025
627 - Car towed? Listen to this on your way down to Chicago’s Central Auto Pound

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625 - Schools, Water Plants and City Hall: We search for Chicago’s nuclear fallout shelters

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624 - Why does Chicago have a law prohibiting nuclear weapons?

Wed, 14 May 2025

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