Morgan joins Alyssa to talk about Van der Rohe V Fansworth which is case of contract law.  Show Notes: Chicago Magazine: Remembering the Farnsworth House Feud WTTW: Mies van der Rohe Architectural Record: A Second Look at Edith Farnsworth and Her Mies van der Rohe–Designed Retreat Architect Magazine: The Farnsworth House on Trial New York Times: When Mies van der Rohe Went on Trial WBEZ: Who was the mystery woman behind one of the Chicago area’s modernist marvels? Tucker Carlson on Modern Architecture and Why it Sucks Mies van der Rohe: A Critical Biography, New and Revised Edition Oh Malort! Meis van der Rohe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

To celebrate NYE, Alyssa and John combined their knowledge of performing arts venue management and recorded an impromptu episode to discuss the dumpster fire that is the Kennedy Center.  These people are incompetent and seemingly hate the arts. Grenell Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode Alyssa tells Risen about Y2K Chicago Style.  This episode takes some surprising twists and turns and 2025 makes more sense. Support the show by subscribing, leaving a five-star review, telling all your friends and following on Twitter, BlueSky, Instagram.  Show Notes: Chicago Tribune: PRACTICAL ADVICE ON Y2K PREPAREDNESS CNN: Chicago, retailers pushing for Y2K readiness NPR: Y2K seems like a joke now, but in 1999 people were really freaking out AP: Nearly 20 years ago, doomsayers admitted they were wrong about Y2K Chicago Tribune: Y2K EXPO PREPARED TO PROVIDE FOR WORST WBEZ: The panic of New Year's Eve 1999 Chicago Tribune: CITY SAYS IT’S READY FOR A SMOOTH Y2K ROLLOVER Chicago Tribune: A HAPPY DAY: NO ONE GETS Y2KO’D Chicago Tribune: FOR MANY CHICAGOANS, COVERAGE OF Y2K IS A BIT TOO MUCH Chicago Tribune: Y2K NO CAUSE FOR PANIC Chicago Tribune: WITH Y2K, HOARDING LIKELY TO BE BIGGEST BUG Twin Cities Pioneer Press: Stockpilers prepare quietly for Y2K arrival Chicago Sun-Times: Year 2000 computer fears bring out survival instinct Chicago Sun-Times: Worriers are wasting time, money, one researcher says Chicago Sun-Times: Shortage of caviar threatens festivities Chicago Sun-Times: Buddy, can you spare an Official Barter Unit? Chicago Sun-Times: Bridges to next millennium will work here, city claims Chicago Sun-Times: Y2K brings back '50s-like fearsChicago Sun-Times: City defends Y2K progress - Report of delays `totally false,' computer chief says Chicago Sun-Times: Mayor getting tough on Y2K con artists Chicago Sun-Times: City may be first with Y2K con man law Chicago Sun-Times: Lack of interest bugs Y2K expo - `Survivalist' supplies shunned Chicago Sun-Times: Weaver says Ruby Ridge standoff could have continued Chicago Sun-Times: City `confident' about Y2K - $55 million, 3-yr. preparation all but done Chicago Sun-Times: Consumers say `ho-hum' to Y2K Chicago Sun-Times: Police asked to monitor extremist groups - FBI warns of Y2K violence Chicago Sun-Times: Grocers, retailers prepared for Y2K Chicago Sun-Times: Daley tries to nip Y2K fears - CTA won't let trains run near midnight Chicago Sun-Times: Daley rips Hillard's Y2K staff memo Chicago Sun-Times: Fire, theft top Y2K fears - Public's reaction also a big worry Chicago Sun-Times: Apocalypse delayed - Prophets retreat from predictions Chicago Sun-Times: Oh no! What will we worry about in 2000? Chicago Sun-Times: Survivalist's wallet ends up $15K lighter Chicago Sun-Times: Returning items may not be easy Chicago Sun-Times: Consumers likely are stuck with extra Y2K provisions Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alyssa and  Molly McAleer from Mother May I Sleep with Podcast  travel back to the late 1890's/ early 1900's to discuss Chicago's Bluebeard Johann Hoch, a bigamist and murder whose crimes would be too much for a Lifetime Movie plot.    Show Notes: Second City Sinners New York Times: JOHANN HOCH HANGED, PROTESTING INNOCENCE; Wife Murderer's Lawyers to Test Denial of Stay in Last Hour. PRISONER FORCED DELAY Refused to Leave Death Cell Until Full Time Allowed by Sentence Was Run. Digital Library of Chicago History: John Schmidt, aka Johann Otto Hoch thought to have killed over 50 women.American Heritage: The Lady-killer CBS: Chicago Hauntings: The Sinister Men Who Were Executed At The Old Cook County Jail Gallows, And Sightings At The River North Firehouse Now In Its Place Chicago Tribune: WIVES OF HOCK FOUND ALL OVER.: Four More Listed by the New York Police Make Total of 37 Deluded Widows. EAST ALSO HIS PARISH. Much Married Man May Be Put on Way to Chicago This Morning on Extradition. Several Months in Landing One. Gets Her $900 and Skips. Will Demand His Punishment. May Be Still Another. Hock Again Is Remanded. Hock Flirts in Courtroom. Chicago Tribune: THIS HOCK WIFE OF HIS OWN KIND.: Mrs. Ranken, His Spouse in 1895, Said to Have Too Many Husbands. POLICE SEE THE RECORDS. Documents Indicate Bigamist Was Married Twice in Seven Months. Justice Shows Hock Marriages. Matrimonial Agent Is Accuser. O'Neill Informed of Warrant. Chicago Tribune: HOCK GLORIES IN MARITAL RECORD.: Thinks It Is Great Joke to Be Suspected of Murder of Many Wives, and Has a Happy Time. "WIDOWS HARD TO KEEP." Man "Explains" Sudden Deaths, Says He Is "Affectionate," and Tells of His Career, Which Began Early. Mysterious Powder in His Room. "GOt to suffer for Deserters," Sweatbox to Calin Him Down. Connoisseur of German Widows. Married Only Twice, He Says. It Is a Great Joke with Him. Angered by Talk of Poison.. "Disappointed" in Last Widow. Widows Weak, Savs Hock. Sava Police Are "Away Off." Adventurer Since Immigration. Taking Way with Widows. Chicago Headquarters for Years. Marriage "Ads" His Bait. New Wives in Quick Succession. Hopes He Can Meet the Woman. Doen Not Deny This Wife. Likes to Marry Sisters. Another One He "Can't Place." Explains Death of One More. Admits the Last Wives. Woman Sees Hock Again. Tells of Hammond Marriage. Still Kind to Her Husband. Will Get Startling Evidence. Chicago Tribune: ROMANCE IN HOCK CASE.: BLUEBEARD CAUSES JEALOUS RIVAL TO WARN WIDOW. Romance in Story. Rival Suitor Suspicious. Suspicions Result in Arrest. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alyssa and Matt Drufke  from the comedy show Still Not Friday talk about 16 inch softball.   Show Notes: ABC-7: 'Chicago's game': 16-inch softball, created on Near South Side, celebrates 135th anniversary Encyclopedia of Chicago:Softball, 16-Inch Loop North News: The Home Front Chicago History Museum: Indoor Baseball in Chicago: Block Club Chicago: The Mangled History Of 16-Inch Softball Hands: Mallets, Swan Necks And Jersey Fingers Chicago Tribune: Five facts about 16-inch softball Chicago Reader: Searching for lovable losers? Sixteen-inch softball is the answer Chicago Reader: Sticks and stones will break your bones, and so will 16-inch softball Chicago Reader: Here’s the Pitch Block Club Chicago: After 10 Years On The Bench, Park District Revives Co-Ed 16-Inch Softball: ‘We Got To Bring The Game Back’ New York Times: Gloveless Players Hold on to Softball Dreams Block Club Chicago: Alderpeople Vs. Chicago Cops In 16-Inch Softball: ‘This Is The Best We’ve Gotten Along All Year Axios: Kegger softball is a real thing WGN: Jammed, broken, bent: Chicago’s own 16-inch softball comes with its own badge of honor Chicago Sun-Times: Elena Kagan played Chicago-style 16-inch softball at U of Chicago Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I am joined by Vanessa from Reel Relationships to talk about the first Motocycle (automobile) race in America which took place in Chicago. Show Notes: Smithsonian: Six Cars Raced to the Finish Line of the U.S.’s First Automobile Race—at Speeds of Seven Miles Per Hour SI: Days of Blunder: The First U.S. Car Race Was Won 125 Years Ago ... at 7 mph WGN: Second City Firsts NBC Chicago: From the first auto race to NASCAR street racing: Chicago's racing history NBC: Chicago hosted America's first auto race more than 100 years ago Library of Illinois: America's First Automobile Race Occured in Chicago, Illinois, in 1895. Chicago History Museum:H. H. Kohlsaat and the First Automotive Race in the US NASCAR: Before the Chicago Street Race, there was the race that started it all ABC-7: Aldermen meet with NASCAR over future of Chicago Street Race Chicago Tribune: Chicago made a bit of money on NASCAR race in 2024 New York Times: NASCAR’s weather-plagued Chicago debut: On the Xfinity decision and what to expect for Cup Block Club Chicago: Rain-Delayed NASCAR Chicago Street Race Wraps After Weather Cancels Morning Race And Concerts Fortune: ‘Life-threatening’ floods bring Nascar race through downtown Chicago to screeching halt Road & Track: NASCAR Needed Its Chicago Street Race to be a Success. Then Came the Flood. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alyssa and Captain Scoot from the maritime podcast ⁠ShipWrekt⁠ go back to the early 1900’s when schooners lined the main branch of the Chicago River selling Christmas trees and boating fatalities were the norm. Show Notes: ⁠National Archives: The Christmas Tree Ship⁠ ⁠ABC 7: US Coast Guard 'Christmas Ship' makes annual tree delivery at Chicago's Navy Pier⁠ ⁠Block Club Chicago: Chicago’s Christmas Ship Docks At Navy Pier With Over 1,200 Trees For Chicago Families⁠ ⁠Christmas Tree Ship History⁠ ⁠Wisconsin Shipwrecks: The Rouse Simmons⁠ ⁠Trailer for The Christmas Schooner⁠ ⁠National Marine Sanctuary“Captain Santa” and the story of the Christmas Tree Ship Foundation:⁠ ⁠The Historic Christmas Tree Ship: A True Story of Faith, Hope And Lov⁠e ⁠PBS Wisconsin: The Christmas Tree Ship⁠ ⁠Charles Hackley⁠ Episodes Mentioned: ⁠Oh Malort! Eastland Episode Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I am joined by Steven Ray Morris to talk about the Brown's Chicken Massacre.  Show Notes: Seattle Times: Browns Chicken Murders Changed Business Forever Chicago Tribune: Judge tosses bid for new hearing in Brown’s Chicken massacre Chicago Sun-Times: ‘Divine intervention’ helped solve Brown’s Chicken Massacre, investigator says NBC Chicago: Former Girlfriend of Murder Suspect Testifies New York Times: Illinois Mass Murderer Is Spared Execution How to Catch a Criminal: Taking a Bite out of Crime Something Big The True Story of the Brown's Chicken Massacre, A Decade-Long Manhunt, and the Trials That Followed Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A lot happened today including two important written findings. Show Notes: U.S. Magistrate Judge Gabriel A. Fuentes Judge Sarah Ellis Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The title pretty much explains it all. Show Notes: Chicago Sun-Times: Judge says he’ll order release of hundreds of people arrested under feds’ deportation blitz Chicago Tribune: Only 2.6% on list of 614 ‘Operation Midway Blitz’ arrestees had criminal histories, DOJ records show Chicago Tribune: Immigration agents have reportedly left Naval Station Great Lakes: ‘A sigh of relief’ Cummings Order Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alyssa tells her new friend Jess about 90's Daytime Talk Show Host Jenny Jones. Subscribe, leave a five-star review, tell your friends and follow on Twitter, BlueSky, InstagramShow Notes:Newsweek: ‘Trial by Media’ on Netflix: Where Is Jenny Jones Now and What Has She Said About the Murder of Scott Amedure?People: Body of EvidencePeople: True ConfessionChicago Tribune: DAZE OF TALKWashington Post: THE MILD-MANNERED TALK SHOWNewsweek: Making A Killing On Talk TvWashington Post: JENNY, ON THE SPOTWashington Post: 'Jenny Jones' Talk Show Expected to Be CanceledWomen's World: Jenny Jones Hasn’t Been on TV Since 2003, But She’s Still Kept BusyCBS: Jenny Jones Back, As Cookbook AuthorChicago Tribune: VIEWER-FRIENDLY FLUFF ON `JENNY JONES`New York Times: Confessions of a Daytime Television AddictChicago Tun-Times: Jones sued over failure to air Web site addressVice Media: Dark Side of the 90sIMDB: Trial by Media Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, Alyssa updates Pat about the Bear quest to get a new stadium.   Subscribe, leave a five-star review, tell your friends and follow on Twitter, BlueSky, Instagram Show Notes: Chicago Tribune: Lawmakers’ lack of action on new Bears lakefront stadium raises hopes in Arlington Heights Chicago Tribune: Kevin Warren presses ahead on Bears stadium pitch as Johnson, Pritzker stay quiet on the subject Chicago Tribune: Gov. J.B. Pritzker says it would be ‘near impossible’ to get Bears stadium deal done this fall Chicago Tribune: Chicago Bears to ask focus groups what they want in new stadium, but not where they want it Chicago Tribune: Chicago Bears CEO sticking to his game plan for Chicago lakefront stadium Chicago Tribune: Chicago Bears’ plan for new lakefront stadium draws opposition from coalition of community groups Chicago Tribune: Bears taking another look at old Reese Hospital site: Long, skinny stretch on South Side mulled for potential stadium Chicago Tribune: Bill to lure Chicago Bears to Indiana passes out of House committee Chicago Tribune: Arlington Heights mayoral candidates want to bring the Chicago Bears, but they say it has to benefit the village Chicago Tribune: Momentum for Chicago Bears stadium project may be shifting back toward Arlington Heights Chicago Tribune: Chicago Bears shifting their stadium focus to Arlington Heights Chicago Tribune: As Chicago Bears pivot to Arlington Heights, Mayor Brandon Johnson says ‘I’ve done my part’ Chicago Tribune: Public transit funding and pension reform, budget and Bears stadium are big issues in final week of legislative session Chicago Tribune: Chicago Bears’ stadium efforts run out of time in Springfield but suburban lawmaker says deal was close and talks will continue Chicago Tribune: Bears aim to unveil stadium plans this fall Bears Arlington Heights project to be financed by team, needs lawmakers’ approval for tax negotiations Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode Alyssa tells Hugh about the "State Street Mall."  He spends a lot of time, rightfully baffled. Subscribe, leave a five-star review, tell your friends and follow on Twitter, BlueSky, Instagram Show Notes:  Chicago Tribune: Flashback: The State Street Mall, billed as a car-free shopping mecca, started with high hopes but ended in failure and bus fumes Chicago Tribune: The failure of the State Street Mall Chicago Tribune: Stiltwalkers, a high-diving mule and other efforts to make State Street great again Governing: The Strange, Troubled History of Pedestrian Malls Chicago Sun-Times: Opinion of the The People Chicago Sun-Times: McDonough Opposes State Street Mall Day Chicago Sun-Times: New Plan's Face Lift for Chicago Chicago Sun-Times: Council Unit gets State Street Mall Plan Chicago Sun-Times: Daley Seen Pushing State Street Mall Chicago Sun-Times: Plan Commission Oks State Street Mall Chicago Sun-Times: Pick South Loop for College Chicago Sun-Times: Federal Aid? Chicago Sun-Times: Building Industry's Decline Expected to Last Two Years Chicago Sun-Times: Projects that Never Made It. Chicago Sun-Times: Cows Chicago Sun-Times: State Street Squeeze Chicago Sun-Times: An Enviable Track Record Chicago Sun-Times: State Street Breakdown Chicago Sun-Times: How Those Central City Projects are Coming Along Chicago Sun-Times: State St. Mall One Step Closer Chicago Sun-Times: Mayor OKs Mall revamp - Vows to help State St. business leaders Chicago Sun-Times: State St. Mall's new look may be skimpy Chicago Sun-Times: $30 million State Street Mall boostChicago Sun-Times: End of the road for State St. Mall - Daley calls it a `failure,' backs return to full use Chicago Sun-Times: A great street, but a bad mall - `Failure' spurs city to allow cars on State Chicago Sun-Times: Cars, Perhaps Trolley, To Replace State St. Mall Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alyssa tells David Baxter about  the personal life of acclaimed architect Mies van der Rohe.Subscribe, leave a five-star review, tell your friends and follow on Twitter, BlueSky, InstagramShow Notes:CNN: A famous architect’s iconic furniture line gets its first update in decadesFox News: TuckerMies van der Rohe: A Critical Biography, New and Revised EditionThe New Criterion: Is Modernism the Enemy of Mies Van Der Rohe?The Guardian: This article is more than 1 year old The Bauhaus Nazis: the collaborators – and worse – among the design iconsBarcelona® ChairMoMA: Ludwig Mies van der RoheWTTW: Arts & Entertainment Revisiting Farnsworth House, a Masterpiece of Modern ArchitectureNew York Times: Ludwig Mies van der Rohe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alyssa tells VanderpumpRobs about Chicago's No-Nothing mayor Levi Boone.   Socials:Twitter, BlueSky, Instagram Show Notes Illinois State Register: Election Results Rock Island Argus: No Money Then Inter Ocean: Obit Daily Illinois State Journal: Treason Smithsonian: How the 19th-Century Know Nothing Party Reshaped American Politics Abraham Lincoln Papers: Boone, Levi D. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A quick update on Illinois V Trump and other cases. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We are revisiting one of the earliest episodes exploring Chicago's first incidence of civil unrest.  Immigrants have been getting in done here. Chicago is known for what some call "rough and tumble politics". Alyssa talks with friend from college and former coworker John Zinn about Chicago's first incident of civil unrest. Socials:Twitter, BlueSky, Instagram Show Notes: Encyclopedia of Chicago: Lager Beer Riot Chicago Tribune: Chicago’s Lager Beer Riot proved immigrants’ power Chicago Brewseum Brewing Up Chicago Exhibition 1855 Lager Beer Riot Video Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, Alyssa gives updates on the rulings from the various cases in the Northern District of Illinois. It's cathartic. Socials:Twitter, BlueSky, Instagram Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A lot of stuff is happening in the Federal Courts regarding DHS/ICE/CBP so Alyssa decided to do an emergency update to give an overview of what is happening. If you have any questions please let her know. Today is a big day for weirdos like myself who obsess over the Northern District of Illinois. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alyssa is joined by Risen.  We talk about the first blimp which fell out of the sky. Socials:Twitter, BlueSky, Instagram Show Notes: Society For American Baseball Research:July 21, 1919: Horrified White Sox fans witness Wingfoot Express blimp disaster in Chicago NYT: 11 KILLED, 27 HURT IN BLAZING BLIMP'S FALL IN CHICAGO Chicago Sun-Times: This week in history: Goodyear blimp catches fire in Loop Wingfoot Air Express Chicagology: The Red July of 1919 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices