Monday, January 28, 2013

26 - Chicago Elevated

Meet Margaret Hicks, owner of Chicago Elevated, a Chicago walking tour company . In this episode, Margaret talks about her unique tours (including the Disaster! tour voted best new city tour of 2012 by Chicago magazine), shares some fun facts and stories about the city, divulges the delights of Little Vietnam, and rips on the city's outdated talk radio lineup.



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Monday, January 14, 2013

25 - Dynasty Podcasts

Meet Jaime Black, Founder of Dynasty Podcasts, Chicago's original music and nightlife podcast network. In this episode, Jaime talks about starting and producing a long running podcast, shares with us his start in radio here in Chicago, exhorts the city to expand its nightlife options, directs us to the creepiest church in town and gets schooled in Chicago blizzard history.



If you're dying to know where the church is - you can thank Gumshoe Stefania for her fine internet detecting. First Zion Evangelical Church on 19th and Peoria. Pictures can be found here.

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