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Episode Archive
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The 2024 Democratic Convention in Chicago
In this special episode, Andrew Sola and his guests discuss the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
Topics include the similarities and differences between the 1968 DNC and t...
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Literature of Chicago #8: Nelson Algren's The Man with the Golden Arm (1949)
In this episode, Dr. Douglas Cowie and his guest, documentary filmmaker Mark Blottner, discuss another great Chicago novel, The Man with the Golden Arm by Nelson Algren. Published in 1949, it te...
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The Democratic National Convention: Chicago 1968
The Democratic National Convention in Chicago 1968 was one of the most important political events in the twentieth century.
It was preceded by a number of earth-shaking crises, includi...
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The Sound of Chicago #3: Exploring the Legacy of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians
In the third and final episode of this mini-series celebrating the unique sound of avant-garde music in Chicago, our hosts turn to the still-living legacy and influence of the AACM on global mus...
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The Sound of Chicago #2: Anthony Braxton and Kahil El'Zabar
In our second episode about the avant-garde music scene in Chicago, we turn to two legends-Anthony Braxton and Kahil El'Zabar.
Hosts Douglas Cowie and Kara Rusch discuss the concept of B...
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The Sound of Chicago #1: Great Black Music
In this first of three episodes about Chicago avant-garde music, Dr. Douglas Cowie and DJ Kara "Slim" Rusch introduce you to the two key organizations that shaped the scene: the Association for ...
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Organized Crime in Chicago: A Short History
Chicago is always associated with the Mafia boss Al Capone. But what is the real history of organized crime in the city? When did it begin? What social and economic forces helped it grow? And ...
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Meatpacking in Chicago and Upton Sinclair's The Jungle (1906)
No industry shaped Chicago more decisively than the meatpacking industry, and no book exposed the rapacious, exploitative and vicious character of the meatpacking industry more than Upton Sincla...
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Chicago: The Midwest's Queer Metropolis
Happy Pride Month!
We celebrate with an episode about Queer Chicago featuring two historians of Queer History, Owen Keehnen and Timothy Stewart-Winter.
Topics include the follo...
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Literature of Chicago #7: Studs Terkel, Historian of the People
In our third episode celebrating Jewish American History Month for the ChicagoHamburg30 Sister-City Anniversary podcast, we turn to the career of Studs Terkel. Studs was the child of Russian Je...