Genealogist Nicka Sewell-Smith joins me to discuss her connections to Chicago and "The Women Who Built Chicago" bus tour, launched for Women's History Month in partnership with Ancestry, which highlights overlooked women's contributions....

Jun Fujita was a pioneering Japanese-born photographer who made his way to Chicago to become widely regarded as the first Japanese American photojournalist. Hear more about Fujita's life in Chicago from Graham Harrison Lee, Fujita's great-nephe...

An unbearable loss pushes one man past the breaking point, ending in murder. Listener discretion is advised.Want to help support the show? Buy me a coffee! Buy more than one and get a personalized video thank you.

Here's a FROM THE ARCHIVES episode originally released on Feb 18, 2023.Many towns in the Chicago area were established to be all-white, keeping out Blacks, Asians, Jews, Native Americans, and others, allowing minorities to work in those ...

Chicago’s cold weather can be brutal, and it has been for more than 150 years since it started being tracked. Here are ten of Chicago's coldest days.Show your love of this podcast for the cost of a coffee: