82 - DonerMen Food Truck

Meet Shawn Podgerski, co-owner of DonerMen Food Truck. In this episode, Shawn talks about the adventures of owning a food truck.

Find DonerMen on all sorts of social media at http://www.donermen.com/

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81 - Gene Ha

Meet Gene Ha (that's Golf Echo November Echo Hotel Alpha), four time Eisner award winning comic book artist and author of Mae. In this episode, Gene shares his story of becoming an artist, inspires us to become goo-goos and invites us to check out the Chicago Alternative Comics Expo.

And while Mae isn't available anywhere yet, we've got a signed copy for one very lucky winner. To be entered to win, e-mail yourchicagopodcast@gmail.com with the subject line "Ha!

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80 - Cards Against Humanity

Meet Max Temkin, co-creator of Cards Against Humanity. In this episode, Max gives us inside story of how this popular game for terrible people was born, shares some insight and inspiration into the Chicago political system and provides a rapid fire Chicago Secrets list that you might need to listen to three or four times to get everything.

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79 - LIVE: Mindy Segal at Taste of Chicago

Meet Mindy Segal, owner of Hot Chocolate, James Beard award winner and author of Cookie Love. In this episode, Mindy joins us live at the Food For Thought podcast tent at the Taste of Chicago to talk baking cookies, starting a restaurant and getting the police to actually come help you.

Special thanks to everyone who came to the show!

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78 - Your List: Bucket List

Congratulations! We've all just gotten our dream jobs in Sydney, Australia and we're leaving in a month. So what will you do before you go? In this episode, Stefania, Arden and their official pinch hitter guest, Mike, talk about what they would do in that scenario - from the must-see-one-more-time museums to that last slice of pizza.

What's on your Chicago Bucket List?

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77 - Learnapalooza

Meet Maggie Schutz, Executive Director of Learnaplooza, the festival where you get to choose your own adventure. In this episode, Maggie talks about bringing this incredible festival to life, shares a favorite park in the city and takes home a This Day In Chicago win.

There are two festivals right around the corner! Learn more at http://learnapaloozachi.com/

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76 - Plucky Rosenthal

Meet Alisa Rosenthal, also known as Plucky Rosenthal the Jewish star of stage and stage. In this episode, the vivacious Alisa tells the story of her vaudeville variety act, encourages Chicagoans to drive, walk, transit and live with compassion for others and invites us to check out the Picture of Dorian Gray at the Art Institute.

You can find Alisa at http://www.alisarosenthal.com.

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