In a world before Zoom conferences, virtual meet-ups, and social media, getting together and connecting with other people took a lot of time, and traveling to other countries was pretty much a non-starter for any normal person. And when countries wanted to show off their shiny new inventions and of course make other countries jealous, how were they supposed to do that? Well, what if there was one, single, blowout event that brought together people from across the globe? That could be a good start - and 130 years ago, a certain windy city was the perfect place to do just that.

Ray teaches Rob about the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition, which was one of the biggest demonstrations of global ingenuity and culture in history; why frequent flyers can thank the exposition for saving them walking time; what "medicinal peanut paste" and "unfermented grape juice" are called today; how to out-Eiffel Eiffel; and how the idea of a World's Exposition is carried on in modern equivalents.

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TEAM

Ray Hebel

Robert W. Schneider

Mark Schroeder

Billy Recce

Daniel Schwartzberg

Gabe Crawford

Natalie DeSavia

WEBSITES

1893 World's Columbian Expo

BOOKS

The Devil in the White City

ARTICLES

Britannica

Chicago Architecture Center

Chicago Tribune

Chicagology

Everything, Everywhere

History Hit James Beard Foundation

Time

Travel Smart Woman

1893 World's Columbian Expo Info 

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