
About this podcast
Ask questions, vote and discover answers about Chicago, the region and its people. From WBEZ.
665 episodes · arts
Curious City
About this podcast
Ask questions, vote and discover answers about Chicago, the region and its people. From WBEZ.
Latest episodeDid Chicago invent the rage room? A look inside “the Frustration Room”
Recent episodes
- How did a native Chicago plant disappear forever?2 Sept · 18 min
- Why is the island in Washington Park behind a locked gate?26 Aug · 16 min
- School lunch used to ace the test19 Aug · 19 min
- Shipwrecks, mussels and sponges: Chicago is a scuba diving destination12 Aug · 22 min
- Chicago has many block club signs. What are block clubs and what do they do?5 Aug · 18 min
- “Like getting paid to party”: The life of cover bands on the Chicago festival circuit29 Jul · 21 min
- Is that a lobster in the Chicago River?22 Jul · 15 min
- ‘Give while you live’: Who is Museum of Science and Industry founder Julius Rosenwald?15 Jul · 17 min
- A good lake, not a Great Lake8 Jul · 21 min
- Why does Chicago have so little love for the ‘Watchdog’ of the lakefront?1 Jul · 26 min