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In this episode Alyssa is joined by David Baxter to discuss the history of Pride in Chicago.   Show Notes: Chicago Magazine: A Brief History of Chicago’s Pride Parade WTTW: How Chicago’s Pride Parade Grew from a Small March to a Big Event Out & Proud in Chicago Windy City Times: From a March to a Parade: Chicago's Pride History NPR: Gloria Gaynor: 'I Will Survive' Is 'The Core Of My Purpose' Pink Triangles Rising 10 Historic LGBTQ Moments in Chicago Curbed: 10 Historic LGBTQ Sites to Vistit National Park Service: Chicago: Queer Histories at the Crossroads of America Business Insider: I toured LGBTQ-friendly neighborhoods in 3 cities during Pride Month and found they all honor LGBTQ people in unique ways NBC Chicago: 9 Things to Know About Pride Parade NBC Chicago: New route, timing and more: What to know about the 2024 Chicago Pride Parade David Baxter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Morgan and I discuss the Mirage Tavane.  Show notes: Time: Barroom Sting Chicago Sun-Times : Part 1 Chicago Sun-Times: 40 years later, reporters remember how they bought a bar to expose corruption The Newspaper that bought a Bar Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Happy Memorial Day which marks the beginning of boating season.  So we decided to revisit this infamous event.  Show Notes: Chicago Tribune: Band’s driver denies drenching boat Chicago Sun-Times: Tour boat hit with raw sewage // 2 large buses on bridge blamed for discharge that sent 5 to hospital Chicago Sun-Times: Complaint links rock band to dumped sewage // Dave Matthews Band denies involvement in tour boat defilement Chicago Sun-Times: Daley: Go tough on Dave Matthews driver // Mayor still likes group despite alleged sewage dumping Chicago Sun-Times: Band's attitude reeks Chicago Sun-Times: Bus' waste dumping leads alderman to call for crackdown Chicago Sun-Times: Matthews Band in harmony with clean-river efforts // $100,000 gift to begin 'healing process' after bus dumps sewage Chicago Sun-Times: Boat tour guest sues Matthews band Chicago Sun-Times: Dave Matthews driver to face criminal charges Chicago Sun-Times: Matthews band driver charged in river dumping // Band faces $70,000 suit for summer's Kinzie bridge incident Chicago Sun-Times: Tour boat owners sue Dave Matthews Band Chicago Sun-Times: Bus driver pleads guilty to dumping raw sewage // Dave Matthews Band cuts ties to employee who sloshed boaters Chicago Sun-Times: Matthews band dumps cash into settlement Chicago Sun-Times: $200,000 apology ends waste-dumping suit // Dave Matthews Band also donated to Park District, river group Chicago Sun-Times: Dave Matthews 'couldn't be more sorry' for bus-dumping Chicago Sun-Times: Nevada family, Matthews Band settle suit over dumped waste Chicago Sun-Times: City's surveillance cameras are making Chicago safer Case Text: Mercury Skyline Yacht Charters v. the Dave Matthews Band Block Club Chicago: Dave Matthews Tour Bus Dumped 800 Pounds Of Poop On People Taking A Chicago River Cruise 19 Years Ago TodayMercury Lawsuit Fox 32 Chicago: Dave Matthews Band tour bus feces incident remembered 19 years later with plaque dedication Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alyssa tells John about voter fraud in the 1972 Chicago Primary. Which you never heard about because it didn't matter but it does involve a Pulitzer.  Also, Alyssa got a cat and sprained her wrist this week so the show notes are only the articles referenced in the episode.  Show Notes: Chicago Tribune: Tribune expose wins a Pulitzer: Chicago vote fraud disclosures earn top local reporting award Pulitzer Prize won by Tribune Time: The Inside Man Time: The Hanrahan Indictment New York Times: Defeat of Hanrahan for Prosecutor Is a Stunning Blow to Daley's Organization Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alyssa tells Hugh about visions for the Riverwalk.  Socials: BlueSky, Instagram Show Notes: Chicago Sun-Times: Gondolas to give city a touch of Venice Chicago Reader: Do we really need the Great Chicago Fire Festival? HuffPo: Chicago Riverwalk Expansion: Rahm Emanuel Has Big Plans For River Walk (PHOTOS) Ross Barney Architects: Chicago Riverwalk Loop North News: Building the Chicago Riverwalk – photos and key dates Choose Chicago: Chicago Riverwalk Chicago Tribune: DALEY ENVISIONS RIVERWALK PROJECT Chicago Sun-Times: New riverfront era charted - Daley guidelines call for trees, cafes, night life - even waterfall Chicago Sun-Times: City, suburbs go for the green - Landscaping back in vogue, thanks to laws, sales pressure Chicago Sun-Times: Greening of the city - a vision in bloom - Series: - LOST HORIZONS Chicago Sun-Times: Catch-and-Release Derby Coming Soon Chicago Sun-Times: Council Panel Endorses Water Taxi Proposal Chicago Sun-Times: City floats riverwalk plan - Path would link Loop area, Chinatown Chicago Sun-Times: Riverwalk could lead to new stadium Chicago Sun-Times: Daley unveils plan for riverwalk cafes Chicago Sun-Times: City's cafe experiment a commuter bellyache Chicago Sun-Times: River `jewel' planned - Kennedys seek huge complex Chicago Sun-Times: Trump making no small plans here - World's tallest building may stand by river Chicago Sun-Times: Daley lauds Trump plan - Other reviews less positive, and some question viability Chicago Sun-Times: Revised Trump tower picks up civic support Chicago Sun-Times: Chicago riverbank walkway remains just an idea // City Hall unable to find right developer, will re-launch search Chicago Sun-Times: WHAT EVER'S GOING TO HAPPEN WITH Chicago Sun-Times: Riverwalk moving at a crawl: Temporary cafes, farmers market to open this summer Chicago Sun-Times: First step for city riverwalk: City hopes to open no-frills path in June, with plans for improvements Chicago Sun-Times: Why San Francisco looks to Chicago: The City by the Bay finds inspiration in our beauty and vitality Chicago Sun-Times: Riverwalk is reborn - City touts new restaurants, floats hopes for future Chicago Sun-Times: Bridging riverwalk gaps - City to spend $10 Mil. on walkways beneath Michigan and Wabash, connect path for 'second lakefront' Chicago Sun-Times: $100 million loan for riverfront Chicago Sun-Times: The Rahmwalk? Emanuel strengthens case to have Riverwalk named after him City of Chicago: Site History My San Antonio: Chicago official calls San Antonio River Walk 'cheap and crappy-looking' Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices