Looped In: Chicago

In this episode of Courier Pigeon: a professor guides us through the top races for this years Illinois midterm elections and we learn more about the impact of workers rights.

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More information on our sources:

Stephen Maynard-Caliendo: Twitter & YouTube

Joe Bowen: Workers Rights Campaign, Insta, Twitter

Kathi Griffin: Twitter

Sources Used:

National Low Income Housing Coalition

ABC7 News

Towson University Study

Illinois Policy Organization

CBS News

Politico

Brennan Center for Justice

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Courier Pigeon is a new podcast from WBBM that will highlight trending topics in Chicagoland. If you have a topic you'd like us to cover, tweet at us: @WBBMPodcasts.

In the final installment of our Spooky Series we learn about some of Chicago's most famous haunted neighborhoods and attractions. We talk with Chicago historian Adam Selzer for some insight along with a paranormal team and someone who watches over a famous cemetery.

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More information on our sources:

Adam Selzer: Mysterious Chicago

Jensen Allen: Graceland Cemetery 

Sources Used:

Atlas Obscura 

CBS News

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Courier Pigeon is a new podcast from WBBM that will highlight trending topics in Chicagoland

In the first episode of our Spooky Series, we uncover the truths behind fear and how it's a very subjective experience from the minds of a sociologist and haunted house reviewer.

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More information on our sources:

Margee Kerr: Sociologist & Author 

Kris Zahrobsky: Haunted House Reviewer 

Sources Used:

Smithsonian Magazine

Haunted House Association   

REJournals

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Courier Pigeon is a new podcast from WBBM that will highlight trending topics in Chicagoland

While we take a week off, you can listen to one of Audacy's newest mini-series, "The Homestretch."

It’s the lead up to Nov. 8 midterm elections and stakes are higher than ever. The podcast is a political primer on important topics that you might have questions about, and our podcast team hits it out of the park so you're more than informed once you head to the polls.

The episode featured has guest economist Christopher Thornberg, founder of Beacon economics, on to explain why most of what we believe about inflation is probably wrong.

Make sure to subscribe to "The Homestretch" so you don't miss an episode.

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Courier Pigeon will be back next week as our new spooky selves with our haunted mini-series!

Courier Pigeon is taking this week off in order to transform into our spooky forms.

Our mini series for the rest of October examines the questions: why do we like to be scared? Are ghosts real? Why are so many places haunted? 

To help us investigate, we tap in experts like Chicago's own Adam Selzer, sociologist Dr. Margee Keer and more.

Make sure to check back next week Thursday for the first creepy episode!

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Courier Pigeon is a new podcast from WBBM that will highlight trending topics in Chicagoland

Want us to cover a topic you think needs more attention? Tweet at us @WBBMPodcasts and let us know! Keep up to date with us too over on Insta.

Like the podcast? Make sure to rate and subscribe on the Audacy app, ITunes and Spotify so you don’t miss an episode. 

More than ever, people are starting to put down their glasses and opting for non-alcoholic drink options. We pour out the reasons behind this phenomenon by talking with a suburban low-alcohol bar owner, a Chicago-based dry bar owner who crowdfunded her community space and a woman who's pulling back and evaluating her drinking habits.

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The bars mentioned in the episode can be found here:

Go Brewing (Naperville, IL; low & no-alcohol bar)

Bendicion Dry Bar (Chicago, Humboldt Park; dry bar & community space)

Sources Used:

Wired: “The End of Alcohol,” Block Club Chicago, BBC, FDA, Penn Museum, CDC, Atlas Obscura, Alimentarium, Drug Abuse Statistics, The Recovery Village, NIAA

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Courier Pigeon is a new podcast from WBBM that will highlight trending topics in Chicagoland

Want us to cover a topic you think needs more attention? Tweet at us @WBBMPodcasts and let us know! Keep up to date with us too over on Insta.

Like the podcast? Make sure to rate and subscribe on the Audacy app, ITunes and Spotify so you don’t miss an episode. 

On this week's Courier Pigeon we look back at the Chicago Tylenol Murders through the eyes of a former CBS 2 reporter who worked on the story in 1982 that claimed the lives of 7 people in the northwestern suburbs of Chicago. 

Sources Used:

CBS Chicago

AP News 

UIC School of Public Health 

PBS News Hour

Thank you to John "Bulldog" Drummond and WBBM morning anchor and reporter Mai Martinez (@MaiReports) for her reporting. 

We heard about universal income thanks to Andrew Yang, but what exactly is it and who's had success with that sort of program? This week on Courier Pigeon, we explore a current program in Chicago, how it's done outside of the country, plus one that proved successful on the west coast.

On this week's Courier Pigeon, we discuss the continuous water system issue in south suburban Dixmoor and the Village President talks with us about how they plan to move forward in the face of adversity.

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Courier Pigeon is a new podcast from WBBM that will highlight trending topics affecting Chicagoans and beyond.

Want us to cover a topic you think needs more attention? Tweet at us @WBBMPodcasts and let us know!

Sources Used:

CBS News

WBBM Newsradio

In this episode we unravel President Biden's new student loan debt forgiveness plan and how it will effect families in the short and long term. You'll hear from a current graduate student about the stressors of debt, a financial aid advisor informs us about how important it is to disseminate accurate information, and the President of the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators breaks down the history of student loans.

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Courier Pigeon is a new podcast from WBBM that will highlight trending topics affecting Chicagoans and beyond.

Want us to cover a topic you think needs more attention? Tweet at us @WBBMPodcasts and let us know!

Sources Used:

Buzzfeed

NASFAA

Student Loan Forgiveness Plan Fact Sheet