Chicago History Podcast
From theater, music, sports, and architecture to true crime, disasters and the people behind it all, we discuss Chicago history and learn a little bit more about the greatest city in the world.
Recent Episodes
Epsiode 324 - Original Sears Tower, The
The Sears Tower (now WIllis Tower) was once the tallest building in the world and is easily the most recognizable building in Chi…
Episode 323 - "Love, Charlie" - The Charlie Trotter Documentary with …
Charlie Trotter was Chicago's culinary bad-boy, paving the way for the celebrity chefs like Anthony Bourdain and Gordon Ramsay. T…
Episode 322 - Great Chicago Fire, The - The Ogden Mansion, The Barrac…
On this Great Chicago Fire-themed episode we discuss one home not destroyed by the fire – the Ogden mansion – and learn little mo…
Episode 321 - Great Chicago Fire with author Kate Hannigan, The / Sto…
A two-in-one episode! First I talk with local author Kate Hannigan about her book The Great Chicago Fire: Rising From the Ashes ,…
Episode 320 - Chicago's Old Main Post Office
For many coming into the city from the west, the drive on the Eisenhower Expressway under that massive building at Van Buren is t…
Episode 319 - LaSalle Hotel Fire of 1946, The
When it was built, it was called the “largest, safest, and modern hotel west of New York City,” but when a fire broke out there o…
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