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Are we living in the most debaucherous era? To figure it out Alyssa and Risen Lady Heathen travel back to early 1900’s Chicago to discuss a long forgotten degenerate tradition and pollical fundraiser known as the “First Ward Ball” AKA “the orgy.” Think “Eyes Wide Shut” meets “The Purge."
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Show Notes:
Chicagology: The First Ward Ball
Chicago Tribune: DECEMBER 15, 1908
Chicago Politics Ward By Ward
The Gangs of Chicago: An Informal History of the Chicago Underworld
Mayors, Madams, and Madmen
Sin in the Second City: Madams, Ministers, Playboys, and the Battle for America's Soul
Chicago Magazine: The $12 Million Minute and Chicago’s Historic War on New Year’s Eve
Encyclopedia of Chicago:Era of "Hinky Dink" and "Bathhouse John" :
Episodes Referenced:
Oh Malort: Drunk Elephants: Or A Glimpse into Chicago Politicians
Oh Malort: The Everleigh Sisters: Best Lil Whorehouse in the World.
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Alyssa updates John about the insanity that was Danny Solis' testimony. Words cannot express the plot twists.
This is a stand alone episode in the saga that is USA V. Michael Madigan.
Learn about briefcases of cash in China, prostitutes, pot, and more.
Corruption Guest Stars Include:
(In no particular order)
Operation Greylord, Roberto Caldero, Juan Gaytan, Martin Sandoval, Luis Arroyo, Chicago's Former Main Post Office, Dan Burke, Patty Solis Doyle, Brian Hynes, Ed Burke, Lunch Pale Pete, and Hillary Clinton
Show Notes:
Chicago Tribune: City aids Solis brother’s firm
Chicago Sun-Times: Political operative Roberto Caldero sentenced to nearly 5 years for bribery scheme
Chicago Tribune: ‘Sir, you’ve been with prostitutes right?: FBI mole Daniel Solis on hot seat in Madigan corruption trial
Chicago Tribune: Out-of-the-blue request from Madigan sparked new direction in corruption probe, ex-Ald. Solis testifies
WBEZ: Timeline: Key moments in the Michael Madigan federal corruption trial
Chicago Sun-Times: Jurors hear Madigan ally McClain puzzling over political squabble hobbling Chinatown project: ‘There’s something fishy here’
Chicago Sun-Times: USA v. Michael Madigan (All Articles)
Chicago Tribune: Ex-Ald. Daniel Solis, a historic FBI mole, exits stage alone after testimony in Madigan corruption trial
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In this episode we talk about Fred Hampton who is perhaps the most important Civil Rights Activist you have never learned about in school.
Show Notes:
History Channel: The 1969 Raid That Killed Black Panther Leader Fred Hampton
Biography: Fred Hampton
Chicago Tribune: In 1969, charismatic Black Panthers leader Fred Hampton was killed in a hail of gunfire. 50 years later, the fight against police brutality continue
Southside Weekly: Fifty Years of Fred Hampton’s Rainbow Coalition
Chicago Reader: The Neutralization of Fred Hampton
BuzzFeed: You Can't Kill A Revolution: The FBI's Assassination Of Fred Hampton Proves America's Obsession With Dismantling Black Leaders
Chicago Sun-Times: Teach the real legacy of Fred Hampton and the Black Panthers to inspire our youth
New York Times: Chicago Journal; Seeking New Harmony, But Finding a Racial Rift
Chicago Tribune: SOME HAVE 2ND THOUGHTS ON MAKING PANTHER`S DAY
Chicago Tribune: Fred Hampton Way?
Chicago Magazine: How Fred Hampton Gave Way to Obama
Vox: Why the US government murdered Fred Hampton
The Murder of Fred Hampton
The Assassination of Fred Hampton: How the FBI and the Chicago Police Murdered a Black Panther
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Two geeky gals discuss an exhibit at the Chicago History Museum with some fun digressions.
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Alyssa is joined by David Baxter (Thank You Five, Friends of the Countess, The Twelve Months of Christmas) to discuss the history of Grease.
NWI Times: Grease has deep, dark Chica routes
Telegraph: Grease at 50: ‘The Pink Ladies? They’d kill you if you looked at them wrong’
Chicago Tribune: Bring back our own, original R-rated 'Grease'
Yahoo: Everything you didn't know about 'Grease,' from the $171 stage version to the original name of the T-Birds
WTTW: Grease Premiere at Kingston Mines
Chicago Tribune: ‘Grease’ gets its grit back
Chicago Reader: The Original Pink Ladies
Time Out: Writer/composer Jim Jacobs shares his favorite Chicago memories
The Independent: Donna Mills
Playbill: Restored and Raunchy, The Original Grease Begins Performances in Chicago, Where It All Began
Chicago Tribune: The original ‘Grease’ was born in Chicago, wild, funny and new in 1971
The Independent: INTERVIEW / Did you get very far? Aha, aha . . .: Jim Jacobs was happy writing ads and taking bribes. Until Grease. Tell me more, tell me more, pleads Sabine Durrant
Chicago Reader: Exactly how bad are the bad kids of The Original Grease?
Chicago Tribune: `GREASE’ IS HIS WORD
NYT: Think 'Grease' Is the Word? A Lawsuit Says It's 'Piracy'
A Theater of Our Own: A History and a Memoir of 1,001 Nights in Chicago
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I am joined by The Pat Whelan from BestEveningEver! to discuss Peter Schivarelli best known as the manager for the band Chicago and owner of now defunct hot dog stand Demon Dogs; however there is so much more. His story involves Streets and Sanitation, No-Show jobs, the Blizzard of 1977, dead bodies, and lawsuits. It is so Chicago it hurts!
We also have some fun digressions.
I laughed until I cried.
Show Notes:
Chicago Sun-Times: 43rd Ward aide under fire // TV catches sanitation chief doing errands on city tim
Chicago Tribune: SCHIVARELLI TO RETIRE AMID JOB CONTROVERSY
Chicago Reader: Schivarelli’s Beef
Chicago Tribune: CTA carryout order: Demon Dogs to go
SCHIVARELLI v. CHICAGO TRANSIT AUTHORITY (2005)
SCHIVARELLI v. CBS INC WBBM (2002)
Chicago Tribune: EX-SNOW CHIEF SHOOTS INTRUDER
Chicagoist: The Bill Comes Due For Demon Dogs
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In this episode, Alyssa gets Morgan Stringer's takes on three upcoming Chicago lawsuits: Thompson V United States, The Hoover Case, and Hubbard Inn.
Directly related discussions include: a dead banker found in the master bedroom of a client, Demon Dogs, the band Chicago, Streets and Sanitation, SCOTUS, Real Housewives (SLC and OC), and Coffeezilla.
It is a wild ride.
SHOW NOTES:
Chicago Tribune: 11th Ward hopeful labors to grow the Daley legacy
Chicago Sun-Times: At crooked Bridgeport bank, executive blew the whistle, but no one did a thing
Chicago Sun-Times: Dead CEO of failed Bridgeport bank in the spotlight as embezzlement trial begins
Chicago Sun-Times: Ex-boyfriend of daughter of failed Chicago bank executive guilty in death of her fiancee in San Diego
Chicago Sun-Times: Why did Bridgeport bank president kill himself in customer’s Park Ridge home?
Eater: Hubbard Inn’s TikTok Lawsuit Won’t Stop as Judge Denies Motion to DismissChicago Tribune:
Chicago Tribune: CHANNEL 2 SUED OVER AD CAMPAIGN
FOX 32: Judge allows Hubbard Inn’s defamation lawsuit to proceed amid viral TikTok claims
Chicago Sun-Times: Patrick Daley Thompson on prison life: ‘It was horrible, absolutely horrible’
WBEZ: U.S. Supreme Court to hear appeal of Patrick Daley Thompson, heir to Chicago political dynasty
Chicago Sun-Times: Ald. Patrick Daley Thompson guilty on all counts
NBC: Hubbard Inn sues woman for defamation after viral TikTok
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In this episode Alyssa tells Ben Panko about the 1992 and 2021 versions of the movie Candyman and the urban legends which surround it.
Show Notes:
Chicago Tribune: Cabrini-Green and a horror film that captured the fears of public housing
Vox: How a tragic unsolved murder and a public housing crisis led to Candyman
Chicago Reader: How a story about the horrors of housing projects became part of a horror movie
Chicago Reader: They Came in Through the Bathroom Mirror
Horror News Network: Cabrini-Green: The True Horror of ‘Candyman’
AIC: Horrorella Talks Tolstoy, Beethoven and Candyman with Writer-Director Bernard Rose!
Chicago Tribune: BLACK SLASHER `CANDYMAN` DRAWS FIRE OVER `RACIST` DEPICTIONS
WTTW: Why ‘Candyman’ Continues to Hook Audiences Nearly 30 Years LaterVulture: Candyman Is a Soulless, Didactic Reimagining
Chicago Magazine: The Return of Candyman
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Alyssa updates John Zinn about the Madigan trial which organically invokes William Shakespeare, Steven Sondheim, and David Axelrod and others.
Stay for the Putin comparison.
Show Notes:
Chicago Sun-Times: David Axelrod deliberates on the case against Michael Madigan
Chicago Sun-Times: The case against Mike Madigan, laid out in explosive court documents
Chicago Sun-Times:Madigan judge has experience with Shakespeare, Michael Jordan — and law used to target ex-House speaker
Chicago Sun-Times: Woman whose sexual harassment claims rocked Springfield may be one of first witnesses in Madigan trial
Chicago Sun-Times: Mike Madigan, once Illinois' most influential powerbroker, now faces federal corruption trial
G. Robert Blakey
Chicago Tribune: Our Culture of Corruption
Chicago Sun-Times: The politics of picking a Madigan jury: Prospects asked how they view 'politicians for life'
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Alyssa is joined by Molly McAleer from Mother May I Sleep With Podcast and Trend Lightly to discuss "The Steve Bartman Incident" and some parallels to the 1986 Red Sox.
In case you don't know, on October 14th, 2003 during the NLCS the Cubs imploded and for years one man was blamed.
Show Notes:
MLB YouTube: The Steve Bartman Incident
Sports Illustrated: What happened to Steve Bartman?
NYT: Steve Bartman Remains Invisible, 10 Years Later
NPR: Cubs Fans Try To Make Up For Sending Another Cubs Fan Death Threats In 2003
Bleacher Report: Chicago Cubs: 10 Things That Would've Changed If There Was No Bartman Incident
The Guardian: This article is more than 7 years old Steve Bartman, America's most infamous fan, receives Cubs redemption
ESPN: A convenient scapegoat
HuffPo: Steve Bartman Incident: 10 Years Ago Monday, The World Met This Poor Guy
Reuters: Winning helps Chicago Cubs fans forgive Bartman 12 years later
NYT: Cubs Survive a Bartman Moment and Are Headed to the Playoffs
The Guardian: The forgotten story of (but not by Chicago Cubs fans) … Steve Bartman
Fox Sports: Fan dressed as Steve Bartman at a Cubs-Marlins game
Business Insider: Even Bernie Mac's Career Went Downhill After The Steve Bartman Incident
MLB: The 'Curse of the Bambino,' explained
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In this episode I tell Jeff Tischauser from Southern Poverty Law Center about the time the Chicago Tribune created a LGBTQA Moral Panic in the 1970's and how it is alive and well in 2024.
We had some audio issues with this episode and are taking step to insure they never happen again but thought it is too good not to release and recording would not have had the same impact.
Show Notes:
Senate Hearing
NYT: Chicago Jury to Probe Pornography and Prostitution Involving Boys
Chicago Sun-Times: A Gay Rates Police
Chicago Sun-Times: Council Panel Announces Porno-Zones Ordinance
Chicago Sun-Times: Burke Goes to Conference
Chicago Sun-Times: Runaway Witness
Chicago Sun-Times: Results of the Probe
CST: Pillars of the Community
Sexual exploitation of children: a report to the Illinois General Assembly
Chicago Reader: On June 14, 1977 Chicago had its first big gay-rights protest
Windy City Times: HISTORY Every kick is a boost
NYT: Dr. Judianne Densen-Gerber Is Dead at 68; Founded Odyssey House Group Drug Program
Chicago Tribune: Reagan used her, the country hated her. Decades later, the Welfare Queen of Chicago refuses to go away
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In this episode I am joined by Captain Scoot and we discuss Block 37 which was nothing better than a land grab which inspired a book and a BBC Documentary.
Show Notes:
Chicago Magazine: A Brief History of Block 37
Chicago Tribune: A look at Block 37’s troubled past
Chicago Magazine: The Block 37 Superstation: Chicago's Money Pit
Chicago Tribune: Block 37 represents a painful missed opportunity
Reddit
Chicago Tribune: Block 37 developer sentenced to 3 years in federal prison for fraud
NBC Chicago: Block 37: Show Me the Money (Again)
NYT: Trying to Break the Jinx of Chicago’s Block 37
NBC Chicago: After Long, Long Wait, Block 37 Is Open
Chicago Reader: Mr. Big Spender
Chicago Magazine: What Rahm Leaves Behind
How Chicago’s controversial TIF program took over a third of the city
NYT: COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE; Chicago's Block 37 Finally Becomes a Contender
Here's the Deal: The Making and Breaking of a Great American City
WTTW: The Boss and the Bulldozer
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In this episode we discuss Sears, Roebuck and Company.
Show Notes:
WTTW: The Rise and Fall of the Mail Order Giants (Article)
WTTW: The Rise and Fall of the Mail Order Giants (Video)
Smithsonian: The Rise and Fall of Sears
CNN: Sears’ extraordinary history: A timeline
History Channel: Sears
Chicago Tribune: Sears timeline: Rise, fall and restructuring of a Chicago icon over 130 years
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This is not an episode about the history of Mike Royko. Instead, Alyssa is joined by writer and actor Mitchell Bisschop to discuss his one-man show Royko: The Toughest Man in Chicago and the journalist's contribution to the city.
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Alyssa is joined by Risen Lady Heathen to discuss innovator Aaron Montgomery Ward and his contribution to retail and the Chicago Lakefront.
Other Topics:
The Fire
American Girl
Hobbies and crafts during COVID
Timezones
Chicago School of Economics
Layaway
Pots and pans in the dishwasher
Film cameras
Why I started this podcast
Show Notes:
Chicago History Museum: Montgomery Ward’s First Catalog
WTTW: Sites Where Wards and Sears Became Giants
WTTW: The Rise and Fall of the Mail Order Giants (Article)
WTTW: The Rise and Fall of the Mail Order Giants (Video)
Wards.com
Encyclopedia of Chicago History: Ward (Montgomery) & Co.
Chicago Tribune: Edward Keegan: With stadium plans, the Bears are proposing a barely veiled takeover of the lakefront
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I am joined by Vanessa to talk about Dan Proft. A man who hates Chicago.
Digressions include:
Veggie Tales
Disqualifying resume items for Chicago pols
Why is Chicago so Corrupt?
What Russel Brand has been up to since he divorced Katy Perry
Vanessa Googles Dan Proft’s hair in real time.
Show Notes:
Chicago Sun-Times: Through Liberty Principles PAC, Dan Proft spreads millions to GOP
Chicago Magazine: Would Dan Proft Really Run for Governor Again?
The Daily Harold: GOP gets WIND of Dan Proft’s new job
Picayune Sentinel Extra: Dan Proft sinks to a new low
Chicago Tribune: Cicero spokesman’s firm gets pacts to boost town, schools
Chicago Reader: If your community news is slanted, Dan Proft may be to blame
Dan Proft Discusses Crime in Chicago with Tucker Carlson on FOX News
Dan Proft Discusses Brandon Johnson with Tucker Carlson
Dan Proft is Idiot
Fox 32: Darren Bailey, critic of 'hellhole' Chicago, moves into city
Salem Radio
Block Club Chicago: ‘Deceptive’ Chicago City Wire Hitting Mailboxes Looks Like A Newspaper. But It’s Really A Conservative Campaign Mailer
Capital Fax: Campaign Ads
ballotpedia: Jeanne Ives
RayLo on Fox News during the DNC
Chicago Sun-Times: The Score’s Shane Riordan, Danny Parkins, Matt Spiegel apologize for on-air behavior
Jordan's Ex Wife
WBEZ: A Lake County judge orders a chain of websites to remove voters’ personal information
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This week Mo Sting from Hot Dockets and I discuss the trial of the Chicago Seven. So much laughter.
Show Notes:
Conspiracy in the Streets The Extraordinary Trial of the Chicago Seven
The Chicago Conspiracy Trial
Time: ‘Violence Was Inevitable’: How 7 Key Players Remember the Chaos of 1968’s Democratic National Convention Protests
Chicago History Museum:The Chicago 7 Trial
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Chicago will host the 2024 DNC convention but is is worth exploring the most tear-gassed convention in 1968.
The parallels are amazing.
History rhymes.
SHOW NOTES:
Bill Kurtis remembers the 1968 Democratic National Convention
Part 1: 'The Whole World's Watching: 20 Years Later,' A 1988 CBS 2 Documentar
Part 2: 'The Whole World's Watching: 20 Years Later,' A 1988 CBS 2 Documentary
Part 3: 'The Whole World's Watching: 20 Years Later,' A 1988 CBS 2 Documentary
Part 4: 'The Whole World's Watching: 20 Years Later,' A 1988 CBS 2 Documentary
Part 5: 'The Whole World's Watching: 20 Years Later,' A 1988 CBS 2 Documentary
ABC7: Days of Rage
Boss
The Guardian: The Whole World is Watching
Politico: Looking Back and the 1968 DNC
Chicago Sun Times: Royko on Daley during the DNC
The LBJ Call
Dan Rather gets Punched
ProPublica:Protests and Blaming the Media. Sound Familiar? That Was During the ’68 Democratic National Convention.
ProPublilca: Looking at the Archives from the Time of the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago and Seeing Familiar Themes
Chicago Sun Times: Royko on Daley during the DNC
Washington Post: ‘A party that had lost its mind’: In 1968, Democrats held one of history’s most disastrous conventions
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This episode was released last summer but next week Chicago will host the DNC and given how crazy the last month has been it might be good to explore what happen then. This is a two part episode to belly up to bar and get ready.
The Whole Word in Watching.
Original Summary:
Chicago will host the 2024 DNC convention but is is worth exploring the most tear-gassed convention in 1968.
The parallels are amazing.
History rhymes.
Overview of The Walker Report
Boss
ABC7: Days of Rage
Washington Post: ‘A party that had lost its mind’: In 1968, Democrats held one of history’s most disastrous conventions
ProPublilca: Looking at the Archives from the Time of the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago and Seeing Familiar Themes
Chicago Sun Times: Royko on Daley during the DNC
Bob Dylan: With God on Our Side
ProPublica: Protests and Blaming the Media. Sound Familiar? That Was During the ’68 Democratic National Convention.
WTTW: When the Democratic Party Was Torn Apart
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Twenty-years ago a driver working the the Dave Mathews Band dropped 800lbs of poop which landed on a boat full of people enjoying an architecture tour. Alyssa tells Molly McAleer and Captain Scoot all the details.
Show Notes:
Chicago Tribune: Band’s driver denies drenching boat
Chicago Sun-Times: Tour boat hit with raw sewage // 2 large buses on bridge blamed for discharge that sent 5 to hospital
Chicago Sum-Times: Complaint links rock band to dumped sewage // Dave Matthews Band denies involvement in tour boat defilement
Chicago Sun-Times: Daley: Go tough on Dave Matthews driver // Mayor still likes group despite alleged sewage dumping
Chicago Sun-Times: Band's attitude reeks
Chicago Sun-Times: Bus' waste dumping leads alderman to call for crackdown
Chicago Sun-Times: Matthews Band in harmony with clean-river efforts // $100,000 gift to begin 'healing process' after bus dumps sewage
Chicago Sun-Times: Boat tour guest sues Matthews band
Chicago Sun-Times: Dave Matthews driver to face criminal charges
Chicago Sun-Times: Matthews band driver charged in river dumping // Band faces $70,000 suit for summer's Kinzie bridge incident
Chicago Sun-Times: Tour boat owners sue Dave Matthews Band
Chicago Sun-Times: Bus driver pleads guilty to dumping raw sewage // Dave Matthews Band cuts ties to employee who sloshed boaters
Chicago Sun-Times: Matthews band dumps cash into settlement
Chicago Sun-Times: $200,000 apology ends waste-dumping suit // Dave Matthews Band also donated to Park District, river group
Chicago Sun-Times: Dave Matthews 'couldn't be more sorry' for bus-dumping
Chicago Sun-Times: Nevada family, Matthews Band settle suit over dumped waste
Chicago Sun-Times: City's surveillance cameras are making Chicago safer
Case Text: Mercury Skyline Yacht Charters v. the Dave Matthews Band
Block Club Chicago: Dave Matthews Tour Bus Dumped 800 Pounds Of Poop On People Taking A Chicago River Cruise 19 Years Ago Today
Mercury Lawsuit
Fox 32 Chicago: Dave Matthews Band tour bus feces incident remembered 19 years later with plaque dedication
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