This curated episode from WBEZ and Comedy Central’s South Side Stories explores why every Harold’s chicken tastes different.

Police records show that dibs disputes have led to everything from broken mirrors to life-threatening acts of retaliation.

It’s sung everywhere from summer camps to soccer games. We dig into the song’s contested origins, and how it became such a hit.

From raw celery to “milk toast,” we explore the biggest food fads of the era — and the restaurants that served them.

We explore a phenomenon called “cuffing” and the (short) lengths Chicagoans will go for love.

Back in the 1940s, Chicago school kids took local field trips that would be unthinkable today.

Chicago is geographically in the Midwest. But many people believe that being “Midwestern” is something else entirely.

From mail carriers to photographers, we asked people who spend a lot of time in the cold how they stay warm.

The common stereotype for Midwesterners is that we’re polite, friendly...and passive-aggressive. But is there any truth to that?

Do the animals go somewhere warm, like Florida? Does the zoo give them coats? We took a behind-the-scene tour of the zoo to find out.