City Cast Chicago
Chicago’s daily news podcast, fresh every weekday at 6 a.m. Host Jacoby Cochran brings you timely conversations with news and culture makers; activists and artists; bus drivers and students; those who love and hate this place—all in 15 minutes a day. It’s a smart and delightful new way to connect with the city we share. Learn more and subscribe to our morning newsletter at citycast.fm/chicago.
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Comedian Abby McEnany Says Chicago Improv Saved...
Abby McEnany has been on Chicago’s improv scene for more than 20 years but is new to the TV world.
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Should Chicago End Its Contract with ShotSpotter?
ShotSpotter is a technology that’s meant to detect the sound of gunfire and deploy police to that location.
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A Community Fridge in Englewood Was Just the Be...
Last year, Dion Dawson’s friend asked him what he wanted to do to help his Englewood community. Now, Dion’s Chicago Dream is running a community fridge that the organization keeps full of fresh produce and delivers groceries to families from Maywood to Evanston.
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Mask Mandate(ish) Is Back, Bulls Could Be Good ...
Journalists Justin Kaufmann and Monica Eng break down the week’s news with Lead Producer Carrie Shepherd.
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How to Move a 1000-Ton Historic Building
When historic preservationists heard the building could be demolished, they fought it. The compromise was to move the building 30 feet.
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Teens Take Back the Block’s Story
Too many young people in Chicago see stories about their neighborhoods on the news that don’t reflect the neighborhood THEY know.
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A Therapist’s Take on This Mental Health Moment
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Cubs Fans Are Mad As Hell After Huge Trade
Cubs fans had a rough weekend.
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Baseball Champs, Botched Raids, and Bring Back ...
The CDC had advised that masks be worn indoors again, especially in states that are seeing COVID cases surge again.
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Sailing, Judo and 3-on-3: Chi Olympics Update
It has been a week since the 2021 Summer Olympics kicked off in Tokyo, Japan.
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How Weird Will Pandemic Lollapalooza Be?
Chicago is bracing for nearly a half a million people to flood Grant Park for Lollapalooza.
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A New Generation’s Chinatown Reboot
This weekend, the Chinatown Summer Fair is back after taking a year off because of the pandemic.
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How to Get Help As Eviction Protections End
After several extensions of the state’s eviction moratorium, Illinois Governor JB Pritzker issued an executive order last Friday that allows eviction filings to begin this week.
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Cop Oversight, Love for the Bucks, and Wait, Lo...
City Council passed a civilian police oversight ordinance that assuages some activists’ calls for more accountability, but ultimately, Mayor Lori Lightfoot still retains a lot of power.
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How To Cover A Cursed Olympics
This summer’s Olympics are the fourth for Chicago Tribune reporter Stacy St. Clair.
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Former Lifeguards Say Beaches Were A Culture of...
Back in April, WBEZ reporter Dan Mihalopoulos reported that that the Chicago Park District was looking into allegations by former lifeguards who say they experienced “criminal sexual assault and aggravated criminal sexual abuse” while working at city beaches and pools.
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Bringing Life Back to the Loop
For most Chicagoans, the Loop is just where the office is (or used to be) or a place to take your family when they’re in town.
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The Real Estate Market Has Been in Overdrive. B...
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Scottie Pippen, Candace Parker, and Some Non-Ba...
A former Chicago Public Schools principal has been accused of stealing of $200,000 from the school to pay her mortgage, which garnered a little bit of, “Yeah, what else is new in Chicago?”
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Discovering Chicago One Restaurant at a Time
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Chicago's Complicated Path Out of COVID
With the return of festivals, the reopening of restaurants, and a pause on travel restrictions, the last couple months have felt more like normal in Chicago.
15 min
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It’s Not Just the Coasts. The Climate Crisis is...
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What Happens When a Kid Jacks a Car?
There were about 1,430 carjackings in Chicago in 2020, more than double the previous year’s total.
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Biden's Visit (Yawn), Lake Michigan Woes, and T...
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Let's Talk About the 4-Day Work Week
Achieving a “work-life balance” has always been hard, but the pandemic blurred those worlds even more.
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