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DNC's Coming, Walmart's Leaving, and Diar DeRozan Is Our MVP
April 14, 2023

Chicago and Illinois leaders secured the bid for Chicago to host the 2024 Democratic National Convention, Walmart announced it’s closing four locations across the city, and the Bulls have a little more life left in them! Host Jacoby Cochran breaks down th

Why Chicago's the Center of Sneaker Culture
April 13, 2023

The new movie “Air” tells the story behind Michael Jordan’s debut shoe, the Air Jordan 1, nearly 40 years ago. Its groundbreaking launch sparked a wave of innovations across shoe companies and squarely placed Chicago as a leader in sneakerhead culture. If

Chicago Gay Hockey League Says Pride Is More Than a Jersey
April 12, 2023

The Blackhawks’ final game of the season is tomorrow after the team failed to make the playoffs for the third season in a row. But across the NHL, one issue that’s come up, again and again, is how teams are and are not celebrating LGBTQ Pride Nights at ga

How Mayor-Elect Johnson Might Tackle Transit, Public Health, and the Environment
April 11, 2023

Even before mayor-elect Brandon Johnson is sworn in May 15, he’ll face questions about his plans for city departments and who will lead them. Media and voters focused a lot on policing and public schools during the campaign, but host Jacoby Cochran and le

Why Golden Gloves Is About More Than Boxing
April 10, 2023

It’s Golden Gloves week! The renowned amateur boxing tournament is celebrating 100 years, with championship matches starting Thursday. Host Jacoby Cochran talks with two former Golden Gloves champs, David Diaz and Jorge “George” Pacheco, about what it was

Young Voters Turn Out, Englewood Protests Save-A-Lot, and Who's the Best Podcast?
April 07, 2023

The next mayor of Chicago, Brandon Johnson, will be the first mayor from the West Side in 90 years when he is sworn in May 15th. But what will the next few transition weeks look like for the mayor-elect? To discuss, host Jacoby Cochran sits down with Pat

It’s Time to Landmark Chicago as Birthplace of House Music
April 06, 2023

House music was born in Chicago's Black and brown LGBTQ communities almost 50 years ago. Now preservationists and historians want to make Chicago’s status as the birthplace of house more official. They’ve proposed a plan to give The Warehouse landmark sta

Brandon Johnson is the New Mayor. So What’s Next?
April 05, 2023

The municipal election has felt very long. Because it has been very long. When none of the nine candidates received more than 51 percent of the vote on Feb. 28, there were two candidates left in Tuesday’s runoff. And one of those wasn’t Mayor Lori Lightfo

Rebranding Election Season, Northerly Island, and Carp to Copi
April 04, 2023

It’s election day! So by tonight, we may know who will be leading the country’s third-largest city as voters cast their ballots in the runoff elections for mayor and City Council. But between voter turnout, back-to-back (-to-back-to-back) trips to the pol

How Well Does ChatGPT Know Chicago?
April 03, 2023

Artificial intelligence is being talked about a lot right now, from fabricating pictures of the Pope, to creating original trippy paintings, to writing whole term papers. ChatGPT is an AI tool that, when prompted with questions or requests, responds with