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‘Friendship set to music’: Curious City goes square dancing on the South Side
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Square dance clubs used to be bumping on the weekends
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Is your local mall dying, thriving or evolving?
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What was Ford City Mall like in its heyday?
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What happened after a dangerous year inside Cook County Jail
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What is that supply tent outside of Cook County Jail?
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Apple slices are a nearly forgotten piece of Chicago pastry history
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Do pigs need rescuing?
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What happened to Chicago’s presidential pig?
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What’s the oldest book in circulation at the Chicago Public Library?
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School is in session, and we put the CPS butter cookie to the test
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School lunch used to pass the test
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What’s the history of Chinese gangs in Chicago?
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What a failed robbery from 1951 tells us about Chicago crime
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The other organizations empowering Chicago’s Chinatown
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What happened to Chinatown’s family associations?
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Is women’s pro softball here to stay?
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A league of Chicago’s Own: The other women’s pro league of the 1940s
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Car, bike, public transit: What’s the best way to get around town?
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Who thought traffic circles were a good idea? Do we need them?
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The curious case of the Swami Vivekananda Way street sign
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Chicago’s LGBTQ+ library is a space for people to ‘find themselves in the shelves’
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Where are the girls? A look at early lesbian nightlife in Chicago
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Yes, people really do win pledge drive giveaways at WBEZ
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Do people actually donate cars to public radio?
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There’s nature in Chicago. Go bathe in it.
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Are healthy Chicago trees getting the ax?
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‘Have you checked on your ancestors?’ This woman brings dignity to deceased Black Chicagoans
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Exploring the segregated past of Chicago cemeteries
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What happened to Chicago's Japanese community?
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Car towed? Listen to this on your way down to Chicago’s Central Auto Pound
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Lower Wacker Drive: A uniquely Chicago street
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Schools, Water Plants and City Hall: We search for Chicago’s nuclear fallout shelters
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Why does Chicago have a law prohibiting nuclear weapons?
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Even when nothing goes wrong, moving is trash
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‘Pure chaos’: Why did Chicagoans once move on the same day?
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The complicated statue of labor leader Samuel Gompers
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Maria Rodriguez: From fashion designer to restaurateur
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Like NYC and Paris, Chicago was a hub for fashion designers
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How sweet the sound: The history of Evanston folk coffeehouse Amazingrace
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‘An underground subculture’: How Chicago coffeehouses shaped the folk revival movement
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You May Also Like: Stories Without End
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Is extremist ideology still fringe?
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How much influence did white supremacist groups have on Chicago housing?
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What's up with the Chicago's feral cats?
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“Enemy Alien”: How Chicago photojournalist Jun Fujita avoided Japanese internment camps
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Restriction and sanctuary: A look at Chicago mayors’ wildly different approaches to immigrants
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The Life and Legacy of Alice Hamilton
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How does honoring the dead impact the environment?
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Why is there a cemetery at O’Hare Airport?
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How one Midwestern community avoids road salt all winter
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Could Chicago ever ditch the road salt?
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The First Black-Owned And Operated Airport Was In Robbins
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“It’s too complicated”: The state of cannabis record expungement in Illinois
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Illinois has made a lot of money from recreational pot. How’s that money used?
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There’s a delicate alchemy to overturning a wrongful conviction
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Why does it take so long to free an innocent person from prison?
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How Filipino food entrepreneurs’ “sense of community” help them thrive
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Is there a Filipino neighborhood in Chicago?
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Drama, scandal or scores: What takes a sports team down?
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What happens when your team keeps losing?
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What does it take to put together a traffic report?
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Why telling “the proper stories” is vital to understanding the Piasa
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Why is there a fire-breathing dragon in Illinois?
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Chicago history is full of consequential years
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What was Chicago’s most consequential year? It may not be what you think.
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Winter Weather Tips: From Extra Gloves To Hot Potatoes
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Who Are The Folks At The Christmas Tree Lot?
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Who’s Behind The CTA Holiday Train? Santa And The Elves!
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In Chicago, forget the cocktail; a beer and a shot will do
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Where did the Tom & Jerry cocktail come from?
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Beer, architecture and Lincoln Square: The lasting impact of German culture in Chicago
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Christkindlmarket’s Forgotten Year
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Why is there an aviary at O'Hare Airport?
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What happens to birds stuck inside the airport?
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‘Indigenous Chicago’ project shows the city has always been a Native place
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Without Native Americans, Would We Have Chicago As We Know It?
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Bodegas, ‘The Bear’ and why family business is the ‘backbone of the economy’
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What’s The Oldest Family Business in Chicago?
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‘So many connections:’ Chicago indicator species are trying to tell us something
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“It’s Not Easy Being Green”: The Decline Of Frogs In Chicago
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“Spooky and salacious:” Do we need to rethink prison tourism?
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Who Or What Haunts The Old Joliet Prison?
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What Does "Chicagoland" Mean, And Where Did It Come From?
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This Episode Is Garbage
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The Legacy Of Margaret Burroughs
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Cardinal Club Was Polish Rock 'N' Roll Heaven In Chicago
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What Was Schwinn's Legacy In Chicago?
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Not Their First "Roadeo"
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The Case Of The Chicago Mothman
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How Does Sound Travel In The City?
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Chicago Once Had An “Ugly Law”
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"Radium Girls" Had A Tragic Glow
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How Did Malört Become Chicago's Drink?
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What Lessons Were Learned From The '68 DNC In Chicago?
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Did Soccer Have A Golden Age In Chicago?
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What's Up With All The Fake Lakes?
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Why Are There So Many Irish Pubs In Chicago?
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Why Is The Only North American Baháʼí Temple In Wilmette?
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Reflecting On More Than 10 Years Of Curious City
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