"I am an American, Chicago born—-Chicago, that somber city-—and go at things as I have taught myself, freestyle, and will make the record in my own way: first to knock, first admitted; sometimes...
Happy Jewish American Heritage Month! In this episode, we explore the rich and complex history of Jewish Chicago, from the 1850s to the present.
Topics include the following:
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In this second episode celebrating Chicago poets for National Poetry Month, Douglas Cowie and Adrienne Brown (University of Chicago) discuss the life and poetry of Pulitzer-Prize-winning poet Gw...
Tool maker, Stacker of Wheat,
Player with Railroads and the Nation's
Freight Handler;
Stormy, husky, brawling,
City of the Big Should...
Our Women's History Month Literature of Chicago episode features a classic novel about a Latina girl coming of age in Chicago by a Latina Chicagoan:The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
In the second of our two-episode series about Jane Addams, we continue telling the story of Hull House and Addams' impact on the development of the the city of Chicago. Addams was a keen advocat...
In the first of our two episodes on the life of Jane Addams, we learn about her formative years in a small farming village outside of Chicago, her education, and her relationship with her progre...
In this episode, Dominic Pacyga (Emeritus Professor of History, Columbia College Chicago) and Tobias Brinkmann (Malvin and Lea Bank Associate Professor of Jewish Studies and History, Penn State)...
In honor of Black History Month, Douglas Cowie and his guest, award-winning novelist Ryan Gattis, discuss a classic novel about Black Chicago, Richard Wright's Native Son.
Published in...
February is African-American History Month, and we celebrate the occasion with an episode about Black Chicago with award-winning scholar Dr. Mary Pattillo, Harold Washington Professor of Sociolo...