Curious City

581 - Without Native Americans, Would We Have Chicago As We Know It?

580 - Bodegas, ‘The Bear’ and why family business is the ‘backbone of the economy’

579 - What’s The Oldest Family Business in Chicago?

578 - ‘So many connections:’ Chicago indicator species are trying to tell us something

577 - “It’s Not Easy Being Green”: The Decline Of Frogs In Chicago

576 - “Spooky and salacious:” Do we need to rethink prison tourism?

575 - Who Or What Haunts The Old Joliet Prison?

574 - What Does "Chicagoland" Mean, And Where Did It Come From?

573 - This Episode Is Garbage

572 - The Legacy Of Margaret Burroughs

571 - Cardinal Club Was Polish Rock 'N' Roll Heaven In Chicago

570 - What Was Schwinn's Legacy In Chicago?

569 - Not Their First "Roadeo"

568 - The Case Of The Chicago Mothman

567 - How Does Sound Travel In The City?

566 - Chicago Once Had An “Ugly Law”

565 - "Radium Girls" Had A Tragic Glow

564 - How Did Malört Become Chicago's Drink?

563 - What Lessons Were Learned From The '68 DNC In Chicago?

562 - Did Soccer Have A Golden Age In Chicago?

561 - What's Up With All The Fake Lakes?

560 - Why Are There So Many Irish Pubs In Chicago?

559 - Why Is The Only North American Baháʼí Temple In Wilmette?

558 - Reflecting On More Than 10 Years Of Curious City

557 - What’s The Oldest Book In Circulation At The Chicago Public Library?

556 - The Underground Railroad Existed Throughout Illinois, Including In Chicago

555 - Did Dinosaurs Ever Live In Chicago?

554 - What Happened To Chicago’s Native American Neighborhood?

553 - Bachelor’s Grove Cemetery: History, Hauntings, and Preservation

552 - The Curious Case Of The Swami Vivekananda Way Street Sign

551 - Is This Your Card? A Brief History Of Chicago-style Magic

550 - The Mayor, The Prince, and the Gift That Invaded Japan’s Biggest Lake

549 - Who’s A Good Boy: A Look At Chicago’s Top Dog Breeds

548 - What's That Dead Zone In The 19th Ward?

547 - What Happened To The Crows?

546 - From Desegregation To Teen Angst: Inside CPS’s Selective Enrollment System

545 - Apple Slices: A Nostalgic Piece Of Chicago Pastry History

544 - Sign Stealing: A Petty Piece Of Chicago Political History

543 - Two For Women’s History Month

542 - The Windy Kitty: How Chicago Became A Haven For Feral Cats

541 - For Street Artist Joos, All The City's A Gallery

540 - Chicago's Key Role In The Creation Of Black History Month

539 - What Was The American Negro Exposition Of 1940?

538 - Chicago Is Where Black Cinema Took Root

537 - What’s The Impact Of Storefront Churches On A Community?

536 - Bumper-to-Bumper With Some Questions About Chicago Traffic

535 - What It’s Like To Drive A Snow Plow

534 - The Curious City Team Answers Five Wintery Questions

533 - The History Of The Walnut Room And Why It’s Not Nostalgic For Everyone

532 - Are News Boxes A Thing Of The Past?

531 - The First Black-Owned And Operated Airport Was In Robbins

530 - Who’s Behind The CTA Holiday Train? Santa And The Elves!

529 - How Did Indian Boundary Park Get Its Name?

528 - Two Tasty Treats For Thanksgiving Feasts

527 - Spare Rooms And Shared Spaces; Migrants Scramble To Find Housing Ahead Of Winter

526 - What Happened To Chicago’s Cuban Community?

525 - Bar Culture on the Big and Small Screen: Curious City Live from Goose Island Barrelhouse

524 - The Haunting Of East Pilsen

523 - How Can We Keep Chicago And Our Basements Above Water?

522 - What’s It Like To Be a Rail Operator?

521 - Putting on a Chicago race requires fees, permits and patience

520 - What’s the History of the Medinah Temple and Its Original Owners?

519 - Who Enforces the Rules at Dog Parks?

518 - The Fireside Bowl: An Unlikely Place For Punks Of All Ages

517 - This Episode Is Garbage

516 - Are the suburbs taking the “Little India” title away from Devon Avenue?

515 - Traveling Parties: A Queer Chicago Culture Of Partying As Resistance

514 - Soul Train: How Chicago birthed the “hippest trip in America”

513 - Is That A Lobster In The Chicago River?

512 - When And Why did The West Ridge Neighborhood Become Such An Orthodox Jewish Enclave?

511 - What Does "Chicagoland" Mean, And Where Did It Come From?

510 - Chicago’s Steak And Lemonade Combo, And Those Structures On The Lake

509 - The Whos And Whys Behind Chicago's So-Called Teen Takeovers

508 - Love It Or Hate It; Malört Is Chicago’s Drink

507 - Four Dances Invented in Chicago, Plus a Traditional One Chicagoans Keep Alive

506 - What Happens To Unidentified Or Unclaimed Bodies in Cook County?

505 - Chi-Town Is A Pie Town, But We Search Out The Best Single-Slice Pizza In The City

504 - Why Is The Only North American Baháʼí Temple In Wilmette?

503 - Chicago’s Infamous Dojo Wars Part 2: The Fall of Count Dante, the Deadliest Man Alive

502 - Chicago’s Infamous Dojo Wars, Part 1: The Rise of John Keehan, Karate Sensei

501 - Move Over Mayor. Adios Aldermen. Regular Citizens Can Propose Laws In Chicago And We’ll Tell You How

500 - From Venezuela to Chicago, One Migrant’s Story

499 - Beer and Bar Culture In Chicago: Curious City Live from Carol’s Pub

498 - Measuring a Man: The Complicated Stature of Labor Leader Samuel Gompers

497 - What is Swedish Egg Coffee?

496 - A Day In Marriage and Civil Union Court

495 - What's life like in Chicago-area trailer parks?

494 - From Killer Hawks To A TV Takeover: Historic Chicago Pranks

493 - When Disco Ruled Chicago’s Dance Scene

492 - Why Aren’t There Any Federal Indian Reservations In Illinois?

491 - Jerk Food Finds a Home in Chicago

490 - The Life and Legacy of Alice Hamilton

489 - Two Southside families trace their roots back to Chicago’s earliest days

488 - Honoring Black History in Chicago: The impact of Ida B. Wells on Politics and Cadillac Baby on the Blues

487 - Car Window Tinting Laws are Complicated (and hard to enforce)

486 - Police accountability and the power of Chicago’s mayor

485 - Is There A Way To Save Altgeld Gardens’ Memorial Wall?

484 - Why once migratory geese are now permanent Chicago residents

483 - The Avalon Regal Theater's Eclectic History And Troubled Future