Just barely missed the July deadline, but here’s a new chapter! In today’s episode:
- Sean does another Facebook bullet-pointed list
- Chicago myth-busting
- “Dear Ruby,” a tribute to the writings of Italo Calvino and to a source of frustration for some people in Sean’s line of work
Bibliography:
- It’s a Podcast, Charlie Brown
- Forward March by Carey Anne Farrell
- In the St. Nick of Time by William Pepper
- The Straight Dope column on the “Windy City” nickname
- “From the Windy City,” Cleveland Gazette, September 19, 1885
- “CHICAGO’S RECORD. Crimes of a Day in the Windy City,” Cincinnati Enquirer, September 11, 1882
- The Straight DopeWhy is there no ketchup on a properly made hot dog? – “” – August 30, 1991
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