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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.
SHOW NOTES & EPISODES
History of Improv: It’s a Chicago Thing
In this episode Alyssa tells Hugh Yemen about Second City and its lasting impact on improv. SHOW NOTES: Chicago Tribune: More improvised exits at Second City in management shake-up Playbill:...
Madigan Testifies: Act Five Plot Twist
Anyone who watched Law and Order know it isn't a good idea to let a defendant take the stand; yet, that happened last week in the never-ending Mike Madigan corruption trial. Alyssa texted...
History of Improv: Viola Spolin
Alyssa is joined by Hugh Yemon to discuss the history of Improv and Theatre Games. SHOW NOTES: NYT: Viola Spolin, 88, a Teacher Who Inspired Improv Theater The Difference between Spolin...
Pasteurized Milk: It Worked
Alyssa and Pat journey to 1908 Chicago passed the first ordinance regarding Pasteurized milk. Then some drama ensued. History rhymes like a Dr. Suess book. SHOW NOTES: PASTEURIZED...
The Christmas Tree Ship: A Forest on the Water
Alyssa and Captain Scoot from the maritime podcast ShipWrekt go back to the early 1900’s when schooners lined the main branch of the Chicago River selling Christmas trees and boating fatalities were...
First Ward Ball: An Orgy
Are we living in the most debaucherous era? To figure it out Alyssa and Risen Lady Heathen travel back to early 1900’s Chicago to discuss a long forgotten degenerate tradition and pollical...
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