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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
First Night Game at Wrigley: Epic
I am joined by Vanessa from Reel Relationships to talk and the history leading up to the first Cubs Night Game. It is not as simple as turning on the lights. Show Notes: Chicago Sun-Times: 100...
Carter Henry Harrison III: The People’s Mayor
After enlisting the assistance of Chat GPT to attempt to write a script--which was a fail-- Alyssa is joined by David Baxter to talk about Mayor Carter Henry Harrison III. Show Notes: Chicago...
Alderman Burt Natarus: He Didn’t Go to Jail
In this episode, Alyssa tells Pat about a man once dubbed "Chicago's Crazy Uncle." Show Notes: Chicago Reader: The Professional Chicago Tribune: Missing Natarus, his dwindling breed Chicago...
Broadway In Chicago: Not Dead Yet!
Alyssa and John Zinn bust out their coconuts and gallop down memory lane while discussing the history of Broadway In Chicago. SHOW NOTES: BROADWAY IN CHICAGO? WELL, NOT EXACTLY`Whorehouse'...
New Illinois: Everything Old
Alyssa tells Planko about Illinois Separation. Show Notes: New City: Postcard from Forgottonia: The land that time chose not to remember Chicago Tribune: Meet the people working to kick Chicago...
Rewind: History of Pride in Chicago
In this episode Alyssa is joined by David Baxter to discuss the history of Pride in Chicago. Show Notes: Chicago Magazine: A Brief History of Chicago’s Pride Parade WTTW: How Chicago’s Pride...
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