Chicago History Podcast
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Stories about the Greatest City in the World. Listen wherever you enjoy podcasts.
I finally started watching "The Last Frontier" on Apple TV, and I like to think Jason Clarke's character from the canceled-too-soon "Chicago Code" just moved to Alaska and started over. Delroy Lindo? Jennifer Beals? Christian Stolte? "Chicago Code" had it all.
youtu.be/XAO0b-kPSkM?...
youtu.be/XAO0b-kPSkM?...
The Chicago Code Trailer [correct-worlds-info.blogspot.com]
YouTube video by moon2u2006
youtu.be
December 5, 2025 at 1:37 AM
I finally started watching "The Last Frontier" on Apple TV, and I like to think Jason Clarke's character from the canceled-too-soon "Chicago Code" just moved to Alaska and started over. Delroy Lindo? Jennifer Beals? Christian Stolte? "Chicago Code" had it all.
youtu.be/XAO0b-kPSkM?...
youtu.be/XAO0b-kPSkM?...
"In Trump’s first term, Hegseth lobbied the president to grant clemency to Eddie Gallagher, a Navy SEAL who had stabbed and killed an injured 17-year-old Iraqi." What are we even doing here?
www.ms.now/opinion/pete...
www.ms.now/opinion/pete...
Opinion | Pete Hegseth always told us exactly who he was
Michael A. Cohen: The only thing surprising about this latest black eye for Hegseth’s tenure is that it took this long for such atrocities to happen.
www.ms.now
December 4, 2025 at 6:33 PM
"In Trump’s first term, Hegseth lobbied the president to grant clemency to Eddie Gallagher, a Navy SEAL who had stabbed and killed an injured 17-year-old Iraqi." What are we even doing here?
www.ms.now/opinion/pete...
www.ms.now/opinion/pete...
Cally me nutty, but it doesn't feel like we're making progress as a society. The word "progress" is likely a trigger word as well.
School officials have created a Microsoft Copilot prompt to review course descriptions with an eye toward avoiding “advocacy-oriented or prescriptive terms.”
Trigger words include decolonizing, justice oriented, and centering. https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/texas-state-ai-woke-courses/
Trigger words include decolonizing, justice oriented, and centering. https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/texas-state-ai-woke-courses/
To Root Out Wokeness in the Course Catalog, This Texas University Is Turning to AI
“The AI was upset with my use of the phrase ‘women's rights movement.’”
www.texasmonthly.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Cally me nutty, but it doesn't feel like we're making progress as a society. The word "progress" is likely a trigger word as well.
The problem with @robertloerzel.bsky.social doing this for Waits is I now want him to do this same for other notables like David Bowie, who in addition to performing as a musician here many times also spent a month playing the lead role in “The Elephant Man” at the Blackstone Theatre in 1980.
But wait — there's more! I took a deep dive into "The Chicago Stomping Grounds of Tom Waits" with this new blog post:
www.robertloerzel.com/2025/12/03/t...
www.robertloerzel.com/2025/12/03/t...
The Chicago Stomping Grounds of Tom Waits – ROBERT LOERZEL
www.robertloerzel.com
December 3, 2025 at 11:16 PM
The problem with @robertloerzel.bsky.social doing this for Waits is I now want him to do this same for other notables like David Bowie, who in addition to performing as a musician here many times also spent a month playing the lead role in “The Elephant Man” at the Blackstone Theatre in 1980.
Reposted by Chicago History Podcast
Hearing these guys talking about how they’re protecting women, worries the hell out of me…
RFK Jr: "Two weeks ago we ended, under your leadership, a twenty year war on women".
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
December 3, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Hearing these guys talking about how they’re protecting women, worries the hell out of me…
Reposted by Chicago History Podcast
Major media hate to say Trump “lied.” Here's a thread on what they say instead.
Trump is “inverting the facts” (NYT) …
Because he has a “complicated relationship with the truth” (NBC) …
With a “mix of bullish optimism and hyperbole” (Reuters) …
And is “a master of the art of exaggeration” (AP) …
1/🧵
Trump is “inverting the facts” (NYT) …
Because he has a “complicated relationship with the truth” (NBC) …
With a “mix of bullish optimism and hyperbole” (Reuters) …
And is “a master of the art of exaggeration” (AP) …
1/🧵
December 3, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Major media hate to say Trump “lied.” Here's a thread on what they say instead.
Trump is “inverting the facts” (NYT) …
Because he has a “complicated relationship with the truth” (NBC) …
With a “mix of bullish optimism and hyperbole” (Reuters) …
And is “a master of the art of exaggeration” (AP) …
1/🧵
Trump is “inverting the facts” (NYT) …
Because he has a “complicated relationship with the truth” (NBC) …
With a “mix of bullish optimism and hyperbole” (Reuters) …
And is “a master of the art of exaggeration” (AP) …
1/🧵
If there is one email I look forward to reading each day, it's Today in Chicago History from @chicagorumormill.bsky.social and the @chicagotribune.com. Outstanding.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/03/c...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/03/c...
Today in Chicago History: Pizzeria Uno opened in Old Town
Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Dec. 3, according to the Tribune’s archives.
www.chicagotribune.com
December 3, 2025 at 4:38 PM
If there is one email I look forward to reading each day, it's Today in Chicago History from @chicagorumormill.bsky.social and the @chicagotribune.com. Outstanding.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/03/c...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/03/c...
Make it so! Make it so! Make it so!
#davinejoyrandolph
#zoekravitz
#hulu
@deadline.com
deadline.com/2025/11/davi...
#davinejoyrandolph
#zoekravitz
#hulu
@deadline.com
deadline.com/2025/11/davi...
Da’Vine Joy Randolph Says She And Zoë Kravitz Talk About Continuing ‘High Fidelity’ “All The Time”
Da'Vine Joy Randolph says she and Zoë Kravitz discuss re-upping Hulu's 'High Fidelity' "all the time" despite the streamer's cancellation.
deadline.com
December 2, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Make it so! Make it so! Make it so!
#davinejoyrandolph
#zoekravitz
#hulu
@deadline.com
deadline.com/2025/11/davi...
#davinejoyrandolph
#zoekravitz
#hulu
@deadline.com
deadline.com/2025/11/davi...
Wow - I received a Cyber Monday email from the City of Chicago. Oh wait - it's just a parking ticket reminder. Grrrr.
December 1, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Wow - I received a Cyber Monday email from the City of Chicago. Oh wait - it's just a parking ticket reminder. Grrrr.
"Rob Miller paints a glorious, detailed landscape of how it feels to be transformed and elevated by music." - Neko Case
Ep. 817 - Chicago's Bloodshot Records with author Rob Miller
Listen here - bit.ly/4ruVuL0 or wherever you enjoy podcasts.
@illinoispress.bsky.social
Ep. 817 - Chicago's Bloodshot Records with author Rob Miller
Listen here - bit.ly/4ruVuL0 or wherever you enjoy podcasts.
@illinoispress.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 10:15 PM
"Rob Miller paints a glorious, detailed landscape of how it feels to be transformed and elevated by music." - Neko Case
Ep. 817 - Chicago's Bloodshot Records with author Rob Miller
Listen here - bit.ly/4ruVuL0 or wherever you enjoy podcasts.
@illinoispress.bsky.social
Ep. 817 - Chicago's Bloodshot Records with author Rob Miller
Listen here - bit.ly/4ruVuL0 or wherever you enjoy podcasts.
@illinoispress.bsky.social
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A spirited Mavis Staples cover of Tom Waits‘s “Chicago” gives @robertloerzel.bsky.social reason to muse on music, migration, and our city.
Maybe Things Will Be Better in Chicago
A spirited Mavis Staples cover of Tom Waits‘s “Chicago” gives us reason to muse on music, migration, and our city.
buff.ly
November 24, 2025 at 8:39 PM
A spirited Mavis Staples cover of Tom Waits‘s “Chicago” gives @robertloerzel.bsky.social reason to muse on music, migration, and our city.
In 1995, The Old 97's signed with Bloodshot Records, which released their album Wreck Your Life. This partnership helped launch the band into the burgeoning alt-country scene.
Ep. 817 - Chicago's Bloodshot Records with author Rob Miller
@millerscave.bsky.social
@officialold97s.bsky.social
Ep. 817 - Chicago's Bloodshot Records with author Rob Miller
@millerscave.bsky.social
@officialold97s.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 8:52 PM
In 1995, The Old 97's signed with Bloodshot Records, which released their album Wreck Your Life. This partnership helped launch the band into the burgeoning alt-country scene.
Ep. 817 - Chicago's Bloodshot Records with author Rob Miller
@millerscave.bsky.social
@officialold97s.bsky.social
Ep. 817 - Chicago's Bloodshot Records with author Rob Miller
@millerscave.bsky.social
@officialold97s.bsky.social
I still say "record store" but even WXRT's Johnny Mars just called it a "vinyl shop." Now I feel out of touch with the hip lingo.
November 23, 2025 at 5:15 PM
I still say "record store" but even WXRT's Johnny Mars just called it a "vinyl shop." Now I feel out of touch with the hip lingo.
"That Robbie Fulks is not in the top tier of the pantheon of great American songwriters is a crime." - Rob Miller, co-founder of Bloodshot Records.
Ep. 817 - Chicago's Bloodshot Records with author Rob Miller
Clipping - Chicago Tribune July 17, 1998
@millerscave.bsky.social
Ep. 817 - Chicago's Bloodshot Records with author Rob Miller
Clipping - Chicago Tribune July 17, 1998
@millerscave.bsky.social
November 23, 2025 at 2:49 PM
"That Robbie Fulks is not in the top tier of the pantheon of great American songwriters is a crime." - Rob Miller, co-founder of Bloodshot Records.
Ep. 817 - Chicago's Bloodshot Records with author Rob Miller
Clipping - Chicago Tribune July 17, 1998
@millerscave.bsky.social
Ep. 817 - Chicago's Bloodshot Records with author Rob Miller
Clipping - Chicago Tribune July 17, 1998
@millerscave.bsky.social
Author Rob Miller and I discuss his new book "The Hours Are Long, But the Pay Is Low: A Curious Life in Independent Music" on the latest episode.
Listen here - bit.ly/4ruVuL0 or wherever you enjoy podcasts.
@millerscave.bsky.social
@illinoispress.bsky.social
Listen here - bit.ly/4ruVuL0 or wherever you enjoy podcasts.
@millerscave.bsky.social
@illinoispress.bsky.social
November 22, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Author Rob Miller and I discuss his new book "The Hours Are Long, But the Pay Is Low: A Curious Life in Independent Music" on the latest episode.
Listen here - bit.ly/4ruVuL0 or wherever you enjoy podcasts.
@millerscave.bsky.social
@illinoispress.bsky.social
Listen here - bit.ly/4ruVuL0 or wherever you enjoy podcasts.
@millerscave.bsky.social
@illinoispress.bsky.social
Who is this friendly looking chap and what does he have to do with tomorrow's new Chicago History Podcast episode?
November 21, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Who is this friendly looking chap and what does he have to do with tomorrow's new Chicago History Podcast episode?
The Devil Said Jump is a queer independent band based in Logan Square that plays folksy songs with a splash of country. Brighten your day by checking out their latest single:
open.spotify.com/album/5ASHFS...
open.spotify.com/album/5ASHFS...
Make Me Buy A Gun
open.spotify.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:55 PM
The Devil Said Jump is a queer independent band based in Logan Square that plays folksy songs with a splash of country. Brighten your day by checking out their latest single:
open.spotify.com/album/5ASHFS...
open.spotify.com/album/5ASHFS...
I've gotten numerous stock market notices about companies hitting their 52-week low today. Thanks, Biden.
November 17, 2025 at 7:12 PM
I've gotten numerous stock market notices about companies hitting their 52-week low today. Thanks, Biden.
Some pix from today's Brick of Chicago tour of Old Town. Brick Guy Will (unsurprisingly) shared a ton of area history about which I knew little.
November 15, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Some pix from today's Brick of Chicago tour of Old Town. Brick Guy Will (unsurprisingly) shared a ton of area history about which I knew little.
Love this.
The Beloit Public Library is offering a different way for people to pay off their library fines during the holiday season.
www.wmtv15news.com/2025/11/08/s...
www.wmtv15news.com/2025/11/08/s...
Season of giving: Beloit Public Library offers special deal to pay off fines
The Beloit Public Library is offering a different way for people to pay off their library fines during the holiday season.
www.wmtv15news.com
November 15, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Love this.
Then-Deputy Chief of Patrol Thomas J. Lyons pondered how to discourage muggers.
"We finally got a simple idea. Make the criminal fear that the lamb he's tackling can turn out to be a tiger.”
FROM THE ARCHIVES - Chicago's Mass Transit Decoy Squad of the 1970s plus EXTRAS
bit.ly/4nMysft
"We finally got a simple idea. Make the criminal fear that the lamb he's tackling can turn out to be a tiger.”
FROM THE ARCHIVES - Chicago's Mass Transit Decoy Squad of the 1970s plus EXTRAS
bit.ly/4nMysft
November 13, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Then-Deputy Chief of Patrol Thomas J. Lyons pondered how to discourage muggers.
"We finally got a simple idea. Make the criminal fear that the lamb he's tackling can turn out to be a tiger.”
FROM THE ARCHIVES - Chicago's Mass Transit Decoy Squad of the 1970s plus EXTRAS
bit.ly/4nMysft
"We finally got a simple idea. Make the criminal fear that the lamb he's tackling can turn out to be a tiger.”
FROM THE ARCHIVES - Chicago's Mass Transit Decoy Squad of the 1970s plus EXTRAS
bit.ly/4nMysft