Curious City

569 Episodes

1. The Heart Of The City: Finding Chicago’s Geographic Center

   Published: 7/18/2016
2. Hidden in Plain Sight: Inside Downtown Chicago's Windowless, Doorless Buildings

   Published: 7/10/2016
3. Getting to the Bottom of Lake Michigan's Legendary 'Shark Attack'

   Published: 7/1/2016
4. Stories Behind CTA ‘L’ Lines’ Strange Curves, Dips and Twists

   Published: 6/13/2016
5. What Killed The Cook County Fair?

   Published: 6/6/2016
6. The Killing Of Fred Goree: A White Cop, A Buick And Segregation In The Age Of Negro League Baseball

   Published: 5/30/2016
7. Escape From Chicago: How Long Would It Take to Evacuate?

   Published: 5/23/2016
8. Mixed Signals: Do Chicago's Crosswalk Buttons Actually Work?

   Published: 5/16/2016
9. Why Chicago BYOBs Like Nobody’s Business

   Published: 5/9/2016
10. Chicago’s Killer View: The Skyline’s Toll On Migratory Birds

    Published: 5/2/2016
11. Chicago’s Tornado-Proof Delusion

    Published: 4/25/2016
12. Illinois Has No Budget, So Where Do State Tax Dollars Go, Anyway?

    Published: 4/11/2016
13. Little Eddie's Field Trip: The Union Stock Yards Through the Eyes of an Eighth Grader

    Published: 3/28/2016
14. Not in Your Front Yard: Why ‘For Sale’ Signs are Banned in Oak Park

    Published: 3/21/2016
15. Have We Hit Peak Mattress? Why Chicago Has So Many Mattress Stores

    Published: 3/14/2016
16. Chicago Architects: Why the City’s New Buildings Don’t Look Like Its Classics

    Published: 3/7/2016
17. Icebreakers of the Chicago River: How bubblers, boats and brawn keep the city safe each winter

    Published: 2/12/2016
18. What Happened to Chicago's Rifle Ranges?

    Published: 2/5/2016
19. That Time Chicago Sent a Trainload of Snow to Florida

    Published: 1/15/2016
20. The Fall of Chicago's 'Porkopolis' and the Rise of Niche Meat

    Published: 12/23/2015