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The important, emotional, inspiring stories affecting Chicagoans.

The Block Club Chicago Podcast Block Club Chicago

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    • 4.8 • 127 Ratings

The important, emotional, inspiring stories affecting Chicagoans.

    Why The City May Start Clearing Snow Covered Sidewalks

    Why The City May Start Clearing Snow Covered Sidewalks

    After years of unanswered 311 complaints and fines ignored, the city is considering a pilot program to clear sidewalks. For inspiration, Chicago can look to Toronto, Syracuse where the cities do the plowing.

    • 16 min
    The Big Change At CPS That Nobody Is Talking About

    The Big Change At CPS That Nobody Is Talking About

    Chicago Public Schools plans to do away with a decade-old system in which school funding was largely based on student enrollment. Instead, starting next year, each school will get a set number of staff and additional funding based on need.

    • 19 min
    What The Heck Is Happening In The State's Attorney Race?

    What The Heck Is Happening In The State's Attorney Race?

    It's been nearly a week since Election Day, and we still don't know who won the Democratic State's Attorney primary. In the meantime, some incorrect information disseminated from the Chicago Board of Elections caused confusion and calls of election fraud. Block Club's Quinn Myers with the latest on the race, and Max Bever -- the CBOE official who made the mistake -- joins the podcast.

    • 21 min
    What Secrets Does A Museum Have In The Basement?

    What Secrets Does A Museum Have In The Basement?

    We get a behind the scenes tour of the archives of the Museum of Science and Industry, with curator Dr. Voula Saridakis, and find out what exactly her job is and how she ended up working at MSI.

    • 18 min
    The Life, Death, And Rebirth Of Chicago's Famous Rosenwald Apartments

    The Life, Death, And Rebirth Of Chicago's Famous Rosenwald Apartments

    Nothing is the same at the apartment building where Mary Buford raised her family. The once-neglected courtyards on the side of the building are flush with grass and a rainbow of florals. In her first visit back in decades, Buford was quietly impressed at what has become of the complex.

    She’ll be the first to tell you that living in the former Michigan Boulevard Garden Apartments was one of the high points of her life, and she is forever indebted to the chosen family of neighbors who saw her and her children through weddings, funerals and all of those moments in between.

    But that was a lifetime ago.

    • 19 min
    What Went Down On Election Night

    What Went Down On Election Night

    The Democratic Primary for Cook County State's Attorney is close, 'Bring Chicago Home' is done, and Quinn Myers reports live from an uber between campaign headquarters to break it all down. Oh, and barely anyone voted - Max Bever from the Board of Elections explains!

    • 12 min

Customer Reviews

4.8 out of 5
127 Ratings

127 Ratings

Ricky Tenderkiss ,

I miss the old image

Excellent local coverage, often with a positive community angle: essential, and very enjoyable. But — and I’m not sure what to call the image attached to a podcast: its placard? billboard? thumbnail? illustration? “cover?” — I miss the old image which came attached to this download: it had the air of a colorful community mural, the kind of thing local artists pretty up a neighborhood with! The new big blocky B against a black background is … kinda dull, by contrast. I get that maybe you’re going for a more “serious” look? But no one needs that. Reporting is where you get your gravitas from, so let us keep our joyous and colorful community mural!

[Edit: I dunno why, but my review appeared under a single star — but I’ve given you FIVE stars!! so I’m editing this to try and correct that. 2023.11.14.18.41]

MyFavoriteNicknameWasTaken ,

Disappointingly boring

As a lifelong Chicagoan, I was excited to filter this podcast. Some of the stores are covered in a very poor fashion. The interviews are generic, even have inaccurate information. they unfortunately disproportionately cover street crime like the rest of Chicago media. Block Club Chicago articles are typically pretty good. This needs a revamp

Robert G. Brown ,

Awesome Podcast

This Is Something What The Community Needs Right About Now

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