Windy City Historians
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Episode 30 – The Front Page
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“I find it to be [an] incredibly compelling, and entertaining and enlightening podcast.” — Rick Kogan, newspaper man, radio personality, & noted author
“I just finished listening to the first three episodes of Windy City Historians. Great stuff. Congrats!” — Ethan Michaeli, author of The Defender: How the Legendary Black Newspaper Changed America
“I don’t think I thanked you guys for your wonderful podcast on the canoe adventure. It was a fun listen. Honored to be part of the Windy City Historians podcast.” — Paul Meincke, Veteran Reporter, ABC 7 Eyewitness News
Latest Episodes
Episode 19 – The Third Star – Part I
In 1893, Chicago is host to one of the most recognized and internationally famous world fairs, which honors the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus arriving in America. Granted it...
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Episode 18 – The Year 1893
For most historians if you mention Chicago and the year 1893, they will immediately think of the World’s Colombian Exposition. However, there was much more going on in Chicago...
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Episode 17 – The Haymarket
Why is May Day a holiday celebrated all over the world, but not in the United States? The answer is piece of Chicago history pointing to the events...
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Episode 16: The Second Star – The Fire
There is one story well-known throughout the world about the Windy City and a cow kicking over a lantern that set the Great Chicago Fire in motion. The fact...
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Episode 15: The Stockyards
In the Spring of 2020, one of the first cracks in the American economy with Covid-19 was the closing of several meatpacking plants in the United States. The nature...
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Episode 14: A Brewing City
Chicago has a long history of brewing and distilling; of taverns, pubs, and saloons; of alcohol distribution and consumption so we hope you will soak up this episode on...
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Episode 13: Early Chicago
In this episode of our “Laying the Foundation” series of the Windy City Historians we explore an often ignored and long forgotten era and complete our interview with Dr....
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Special Episode: Don’t Sneeze, Cough or Spit!
The contagion began suddenly in the northern suburbs of Chicago and floated south toward the city like an invisible cloud. Soon restaurants, saloons, and theaters were closed and the...
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Episode 12: The First Star – part two
Fort Dearborn at the beginning of the War of 1812 . . . is it a Battle or a Massacre? How should we, in the twenty-first century, talk about...
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Episode 11: The First Star
Did you realize each of the four stars on the Chicago Flag represent important dates in Chicago history? The two blue stripes on the flag have a special meaning...
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Episode 10: The First Murder
Founded in 1803, Chicago’s Fort Dearborn is the western most outpost on the frontier, and by 1812 still the most isolated fort in Indian Country. The garrison and few...
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Episode 9: The First Scandal
Early settlement of Chicago begins, Fort Dearborn is established at this outpost in Indian Country and it gets entangled in Chicago's first scandal.
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