City Cast Chicago
Chicago’s daily news podcast, fresh every weekday morning. 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. City Cast Chicago is a smart and delightful new way to connect with the city we share. Learn more and subscribe to our newsletter at chicago.citycast.fm.
Named Best Podcast by Chicago Reader 2022
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The Maps That Will Change Illinois Politics
This week, we got a peek at proposed legislative district maps. Plus, a look at other issues being debated in Springfield.
14 min
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Chicago Photographer Captures ‘Joyful Revolution’
Photographer Vashon Jordan, Jr. has collected images from last summer in his book “Chicago Protests: A Joyful Revolution.”
13 min
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The Restaurant’s Short-Staffed (So Be Nice)
Restaurants in Chicago are operating again at full capacity, and after losing hundreds of thousands of hospitality workers during the pandemic, they need workers back.
10 min
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‘Racial Battle Fatigue,” A Year After George Floyd
It’s been a year since George Floyd died at the hands of a Minneapolis police officer, yet some activists are understandably hesitant about calling today an “anniversary.”
11 min
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The TikTok Couple Getting ‘Black People Outside’
Chevon Linear and Kameron Stanton are the couple behind the popular TikTok @black.people.outside.
12 min
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Meet the Raptivist Shaking Up Chicago
When Bella BAHHS speaks, host Jacoby Cochran listens.
14 min
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How to Clear Old Pot Convictions
9 min
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Chi Festivals Are Back. Is That a Good Thing?
12 min
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Little Museums That Show Off Chicago’s Many Cul...
12 min
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A Cautious Return to Normal on 53rd Street
11 min
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The Fight to Stay A Two-Newspaper Town
12 min
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Why Kids Can’t Just “Shake Off” Depression
13 min
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Giving Birth While Black in Chicago
10 min
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A Love Letter to Our Pandemic Refuge: The Parks
12 min
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The Legacy of Helmut Jahn's Thompson Center
11 min
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A Tour of Pill Hill and a Teacher Surprise
13 min
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First Year, Worst Year? Becoming a Teacher in a...
14 min
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A First for Asian American History in Illinois
11 min
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Another CPS Chief Resigns. Why?
12 min
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How Should Journalists Cover Police Shootings?
11 min
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Indoor Dining is Back: How’s That Going?
15 min
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Why Our Political Maps Matter
8 min
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Could This Be the Year for the Chicago Sky?
11 min
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How the Pandemic Changed Live Theater in Chicago
10 min
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Chicago Has Most Lead Pipes of Any City
13 min