47 - Chicago Red Eye

Meet Jessica Galliart, Social Media Manager for the Red Eye. In this episode, Jessica talks about juggling Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Google+, even Jelly for the Red Eye, shares the amazingly simple yet shockingly unknown Lollapalooza el trick and explains purse etiquette on the CTA.

Find Jessica @jessicagalliart, @redeyechicago and @mistakesweremade_

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46 - Jason Chin

Meet Jason Chin, author, director, writer, performer, teacher, coach, blogger, king of the twitters, bon vivant and veteran of the improv wars. In this episode, Jason shares stories and insights from his place at the forefront of the Chicago comedy scene for the last two decades, gave us the depressing stats for the privatization of Chicago's meter and public transit system, points out that cabbies should probably be required to know where they're going in order to drive a cab and shares the secret menu item at Salt and Pepper Diner.

You can find Jason on Twitter and Wordpress

If you want to hear Arden geek out about Doctor Who on the Queue the Day podcast, you can go here

We've also got our New Years resolution in full swing! In 2014, we're going to give the venerable Tom Skilling a shout out at the end of every show until he agrees to come on and chat with us. Shouldn't be too hard...right?

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45 - 2 Year Anniversary and 2013 Look Back

Can you believe it? It's already time for our anniversary/end of the year episode! Per the Your Chicago tradition, we celebrate by looking back at the good, the bad and the ugly from the last year. The Podcasting Gods, clearly jealous of our success, chose to test us with technical difficulties but we prevailed...however, you may notice some strange pops and volume changes throughout the episode.

Past guest Robert Bacon's rebuttle to Jon Stewart

 

Potential holiday gift: Michael Jordon's house

 

Thanks to everyone who has made us a part of Your Chicago. We're so excited to start our 3rd year and bring you more of the city you know and love.

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44 - Adam Selzer

Meet Adam Selzer, ghost tour guide and, in his spare time, author, podcaster and honorary Scooby Doo gang member. In the episode, Adam talks about his work investigating Chicago's dearly departed, shares an 1893 World's Fair gem that most people don't know about and brings back a Listen Up favorite.

For more information about Adam and his many projects, books, podcasts and the like, visit www.adamselzer.com

Interesting fact: the photo we took with Adam disappeared. Coincidence or angry spirit? Clearly the latter.

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42 - Chicago Secrets: Museum Edition

That's right - it's time for a special Chicago Secrets: Museum Edition episode of Your Chicago. In this episode, we introduce you to some of the city's awesome, but lesser known museums. Get ready to fill your pockets with interesting Chicago facts and fun things to do with your family, your significant other or your lovely, beautiful self.

International Museum of Surgical Science

Smith Museum of Stained Glass Windows

National Museum of Mexican Art (make a day of it and go to the Creepy Christ church!)

McCormick Bridgehouse and Chicago River Museum

Museum of Broadcast Communications

Money Museum

Busy Beaver Button Museum

American Toby Jug Museum


Did you hit up any of these places? We command you to tweet/e-mail photos to us!

And just because we talked about it...

Did you know such cuteness was possible?

Co-workers by day, Scooby gang by night

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41 - Chicago Music

 

Meet Jane Baxter Miller, Bumpus and Jennifer Hall - three names from the Chicago music scene that that you're going to love (if you don't already!). That's right, in this episode, we shake up our format by bringing you songs from some of the people who make Chicago go.

What to know what you heard? Of course you do!

 

Jane Baxter Miller:

River of Ghosts

Harm Among the Willows

Sweet Jesus

 

Bumpus:

Already Mine

Keep Standing Up

 

Jennifer Hall:

Green and Blue
When We Were Good

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40 - 47th Ward

Meet Ameya Pawar, Alderman of the 47th ward. Yes, we've been talking about it since episode 1 and it took us nearly two years, but in this exciting episode we finally fulfill a podcast long dream when Alderman Pawar joins us to talk about just what an Alderman does and tells us all about his work in this important city office.

 

 

 

Learn more about Alderman Pawar at http://chicago47.org/ or go here to figure out who your Alderman is!

Here's the Diner Grill Slinger certificate (at least according to the internet):

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