20 - Atomic Music Group

Meet Matt Mentele, agent for Atomic Music Group. In this episode, sit back, close your eyes and enjoy Matt's soothing radio voice as he talks about the (sometimes) rock and roll life of an agent, the city with the greatest music community (hint: we live in it), the very serious problem of douchebaggery over running your favorite bars and dance parties in Chicago. 

Matt was this close to convincing us to do high school yearbook poses with him...

Check out some of Matt's upcoming shows:

Nov. 2-My Gold Mask-Metro
Nov. 3-Rosie Flores-Old Town School of Folk Music
Nov. 13-Tim Easton and The Spring Standards-Schubas
Nov. 24-Ha Ha Tonka and Lydia Loveless-Subterranean
Dec. 28-Ezra Furman-Hideout

Want to get to know Matt or hire him for a voiceover project? Find him on twitter at @mentele

Want to get to know us? E-mail yourchicagopodcast@gmail.com or call our Google voicemail at 773-234-5573.
Think you'd be a great guest on the show? Let us know!

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Meet Stefania and Arden, your favorite podcast hosts! In this episode, we have no guest so we hang out and talk Fall (Autumn?) in Chicago and share a laundry list of fun things happening around the city during this fantastic season. And don't worry - Listen Up Chicago, Chicago Secrets and This Day In Chicago still make an appearance.

Stefania's handlebar mustache pumpkin

 Arden's pumpkin with Japanese on it

Send us your pumpkin pictures or the things you think make Fall Fall. Write to us at yourchicagopodcast@gmail.com or call our Google voicemail 773-234-5573

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18 - Kelsie Huff

Meet Kelsie Huff, stand up comedian, storyteller and all around swell gal . In this episode, Kelsie makes us laugh 'til our sides hurt while talking about teaching, producing and performing stand up in the city of Chicago and how she is helping to shape the Chicago comedy scene.

Kelsie was jealous of our Your Chicago t-shirts,
so she got creative with her very special YC fridge magnet

We also discuss the grocery store gem, Harvestime, calling the cops on your neighbors, the Chicago Seven and yes...Arden's teenage appearance on This American Life. We're waiting for you to return the favor, Ira Glass, and come on our show.

Find everything that Kelsie is up to at www.kelsiehuff.com

Want to share a Chicago secret? Want to lodge a complaint on Listen Up Chicago? Write to us at yourchicagopodcast@gmail.com or call 773-234-5573

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17 - Street Festivals

Meet Justine Rowland, Festival and Special Events Manager with Criterion Productions. In this episode, Justine takes us behind the scenes of Chicago's street fests and also chats with us about Hot Doug's (we bow to you), the Lake Shore Drive song, Saki and why bike helmets rule.

Non-creepy people can follow Justine at @justiner

 

And special thanks to Andrew Ferris for creating our fantastic Your Chicago theme song.

For your great service to our podcast, we, the fair ladies of Your Chicago, do hereby dub thee an honorary Chicagoan. 

Creepy and non-creepy alike are invited to contact us at yourchicagopodcast@gmail.com or call our Google voicemail at 773-234-5573. You may also follow us on Facebook or Twitter (@your_chicago.)

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16 - Old Town School of Folk Music

Meet Mary Peterson, instructor at the Old Town School of Folk Music. In this episode, Mary shows up right on time to talk about the nation's largest independent community arts school, the Chicago Municiple Device

 (now that you've seen it, you won't be able to stop seeing it) and "No lights! In Wrigley Field"

Check your grammar! On that one.

All non-weirdos can reach Mary at mpeterson@oldtownschool.org

Share your comments, questions, ideas, complaints with Your Chicago! 773-234-5573 or yourchicagopodcast@gmail.com 

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15 - ManBQue

Meet Jesse Valenciana, Founder and President of ManBQue. In this episode, Stefania returns to Your Chicago as the new co-host and Jesse talks about building the grilling lifestyle brand, road etiquette, ghost hunting in Marshall Field's son's house, Atotonilco, pizza, Taste of Chicago and sideboob.

Do you like Taste of Chicago? E-mail us at yourchicagopodcast@gmail.com and explain yourself.

What's that? Is Arden sporting an awesome Your Chicago t-shirt?
Why yes, yes she is.
Too bad she's not sporting makeup.

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14 - Alpha Phi International

Meet Stefania, Manager of Leadership and Training Initiatives for the Alpha Phi headquarters in Evanston. What does a sorority headquarters do, you ask? Well in this episode Stefania braves an hour in the heatwave without AC to tell us all about the business of Greek Letter Organizations. She also lays in to the recent change to the Chicago Library museum passes, calls out lame Chicago tourists that won't leave the Goldcoast and shares The Drawing Room and Watershed - two downtown bars that actually don't suck.

Check out Alpha Phi at www.alphaphi.org and befriend Stefania on Twitter at @stefaniarudd.

Share you comments, questions, ideas, complaints with Your Chicago! 773-234-5573, yourchicagopodcast@gmail.com and NOW Twitter -@your_chicago. Will Scott become the official Your Chicago tweeter? You'll have to follow us to find out...

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