Oh, Malort!

By Solid Listen

Alyssa Dyksterhouse, Chicago tour guide, history lover and research extraordinaire, walks her friends through her favorite well-known and lesser-known moments in Chicago’s quirky past while explo... more

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The podcast currently has 187 episodes available.

Oh, Malort! episodes:

August 24, 2026 Felony Review: A Reading Session
Alyssa tells Morgan about a book with a major error. while playing Oh Malort! Bingo
Show Notes:
WTTW: Chicago Man Acquitted of Murder-for-Hire Charge in Plot Allegedly Targeting Border Patrol Chief Greg Bovino
Felony Review: Tales of True Crime and Corruption in Chicago
WTTW: Eileen O’Neill Burke is ‘Not Related to THAT Burke’ — But He Backed Her Appellate Court Bid

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2h 41min
August 17, 2026Rewind: The Band Chicago: Roller Rink Music
Alyssa tells ⁠Matt Drufke⁠ from ⁠Still Not Friday Comedy⁠ about the band Chicago. We both learned a lot. Come for the subject and stay for the digressions.
Support the show by subscribing, leaving a five-star review, telling all your friends and following on ⁠Twitter⁠, ⁠BlueSky⁠, ⁠Instagram⁠.
Show Notes:
⁠Rock & Roll Hall of Fame⁠

⁠Chicago The Band⁠

⁠DNA Info: Daughter's Film Tells Story of the 'Chicago' Guitarist You Don't Remember⁠

⁠CBS Chicago: Robert Lamm, Founding Member Of Chicago, Looks Back On Band's History Ahead Of Rock Hall Of Fame Induction⁠

⁠Washington Post: Why did CNN air a documentary about the band Chicago produced by band members?⁠

⁠Chicago Tribune: Chicago Gives Daley a Jersey⁠

⁠Idaho Free Press: Mayor Daley Praises Chicago⁠

⁠The Virginian Pilot: Original Chicago member, still rockin' after 50 years, doesn't mince words⁠

⁠Variety⁠

⁠History of Chicago (Band) Now More Than Ever Documentary⁠

⁠VH1 Behind the Music⁠

⁠Chicago: The Terry Kath Experience⁠

⁠Chicago: The Last Band on Stage

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1h 41min
August 10, 2026Samuel Insull: Monopoly Man and Broadway Producer
Alyssa tells Vanessa from Reel Relationships about Samuel Insull. This episode ranges from monopolies to "Citizen Kane."
Show Notes:
Chicago Tribune: THE RISE AND FALL OF SAMUEL INSULL

New York Times: THE INSULL UTILITY EMPIRE: ITS AMAZING RISE AND FALL; The Steps by Which the Chicago Magnate Built Up His Great Holding Companies and the Shocks That Destroyed Them

American Heritage: The Fall of Samuel Insull

PBS: Samuel Insull

New York Times: SAMUEL INSULL

Time: POWER: Death of an Era

WBEZ: Guilty or innocent? The saga of Samuel Insull

New York Times: Before There Was Enron, There Was Insull

Time:Business: Mr. Insull Speaks

New City: Fine Arts Building Interlude: Footnote in the Footlights, Samuel Insull and Gladys Wallis

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1h
August 03, 2026 The Picasso: It Revolutionized Public Art
We talk about "The Picasso" and public art.

Show Notes:
The Art Newspaper: From the archive | the story behind the ‘controversial’ Picasso sculpture that became a symbol of Chicago
Chicago Public Library: 1967 August 15--Picasso Statue Unveiled In Civic Center Plaza
SOM
WTTW: A "Colossal Booboo": The Incredible Story of the Chicago PicassoArchitectural Digest: Pablo Picasso's Chicago Sculpture Celebrates 50th Anniversary
Chicago Sun-Times: Human Bean? Mysterious group says there's a grown man living inside Cloud Gate, aka 'the Bean'
Modern Dog Magazine: Picasso’s Dogs

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1h 1min
July 27, 2026Tom Cullerton: Pensions, Pensions, Pensions
Alyssa tells Morgan about a disreputable Illinois politician. Come for the corruption and the Legionnaires' disease stay for the shocking reveal.
Show Notes:
Capitol News Illinois: Former Sen. Tom Cullerton pleads guilty to embezzlement

Chicago Tribune: Former Teamsters boss John Coli Sr. sentenced to 19 months in federal prison in extortion case

Ballotpedia: Tom Cullerton

Indictment

Plea Agreement

WTTW: Tom Cullerton

NPR Illinois: A former Illinois State Senator convicted in corruption scheme gets a new job — state lobbyist

Chicago Sun-Times: Ex-state senator who did prison time over job that required ‘little to no work’ finds work on the outside — as a state lobbyist

Capitol News Illinois: Sen. Tom Cullerton replaced as Labor Committee chair

AP News: Sen. Thomas Cullerton quits, to plead guilty to embezzlement

CBS Chicago: Former Illinois state Sen. Tom Cullerton sentenced to one year in prison in ghost-payrolling scheme

WBEZ: Illinois State Senator Thomas Cullerton Indicted In Embezzlement Scheme

Chicago Tribune: Here’s what we know about Illinois state Sen. Tom Cullerton, who was indicted Friday

ABC-7: Chicago judge believes he contracted Legionnaires' disease from Dirksen federal building water

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1h 39min
July 24, 2026 Rewind: The Eastland Disaster

Today marks the 121 aniverasry of the Eastland Disaster which was a maritime tragedy worse than the Titanic.

SHOW NOTES:
⁠⁠Coast Guard⁠⁠
⁠⁠Smithsonian: The Eastland Disaster Killed More Passengers Than the Titanic and the Lusitania. Why Has It Been Forgotten?⁠⁠
⁠⁠Curbed: Demolition of the former Harpo Studios building closes a chapter of Chicago history⁠⁠
⁠⁠History.Com: Hundreds Drown in Eastland Distaster⁠⁠
⁠⁠Chicago Law Bulletin: 100 years later, the jury convenes in Eastland Disaster⁠⁠
⁠⁠Eastland: An Original Musical Watch Party Montage⁠⁠
⁠⁠WTTW Eastland Disaster⁠

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54min
July 20, 2026 REWIND: Some Lighter Fare: The Foods for Which Chicago is Known
Alyssa's wrist hurts and she needs to rest. She thought we could use some fun so she tells John Zinn about the history of Chicago's most famous foods and beverage.

That's right we talk Hot Dogs, Pizza, Italian Beef, and Malort.

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Show Notes:
Eater: Anthony Bourdain’s Most Memorable Chicago Quotes
The Wiener Circle Twitter
Video: Ed Sheeran works at The Wiener Circle
Jeppsons'Malort Twitter
Chicago Dog
Thrillist: A History of the Esteemed Chicago-Style Hot Dog
Block Club Chicago: A Short History Of Chicago-Style Hot Dogs (And Why We Love Them So Much)
NY Eater: The Chicago Dog Floodgates Have Opened
The Chicago-style hot dog: ‘A masterpiece’
The Reader: Why is there no ketchup on a properly made hot dog?
NBC Chicago: Vienna Beef to reopen former Bucktown factory with restaurant, headquarters, retailers and more

Italian Beef:
NPR: How Chicago came to love the Italian beef sandwich
LA Times: This Chicagoan explains why true Italian beef is so hard for other cities to get right
NPR: How Chicago came to love the Italian beef sandwich
Chicago Tribune: Three generations of beef
Chicago Reader: Who invented Italian beef, and why can't you get it outside of Chicago?
NBC Chicago: The New York Times posted an Italian Beef recipe, and it's caused an uproar among Chicagoans

Pizza:
BBC: The deep rooted history of Chicago’s deep-dish pizza
BBC: The deep rooted history of Chicago’s deep-dish pizza
Chicago Tribune: Family’s stuffed-pizza dynasty began with a fight
Pizanos' History
Chicago Tribune: WHO INVENTED DEEP DISH?

Malort:
Thrillist: 19 Things You Didn't Know About Jeppson’s Malört
Food & Wine: Chicago's Malört Liqueur Is Both Off-Putting and Excellent
Chicagi Tribune: After 30 years, Malort is home. Production of the bitter liqueur returned to Chicago this week.
Chicago Sun-Times: What drink asks 'are you man enough?'
Chicago Sun-Times: Malört’s unlikely rise from a joke to Chicago’s drink
WBEZ: The unlikely rise of Malört as Chicago’s drink

Socials:
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Oh Malort! Twitter
Alyssa's IG
Oh Malort! IG
Oh Malort! TikTok

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1h 3min
July 13, 2026August Becker: Days of Yore True Crime
Risen and I talk about true crime.
Show Notes:
Second City Sinners

Murder by Gaslight: Becker Tells All

New Yok Time: AUGUST BECKER FOUND GUILTY.; The Chicago Stock Yards Butcher to Die for Wife Murder.

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48min
July 06, 2026Chicago River Swim: Lake Michigan is a Better Option; OR Think of the Drowning Children
Alyssa tells John the history of swimming the Chicago River.
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Show Notes:
Chicago Magazine: EPA Wants the Chicago River Clean Enough to Swim In

WTTW: Chicago River Cleanup

NBC5: EPA Orders Chicago, Calumet Rivers Cleaned

2011 EPA Order

CBS: Feds: Make Chicago River Clean Enough To Swim In

Chicago Tribune: U.S. demands Chicago River cleanup

WTTW: Preckwinkle, Other Officials to Jump In Chicago River

WTTW: An ‘Open Swim’ in the Chicago River is in the Works for September

WTTW: City Denies Permit for Chicago River Swim, Citing ‘Significant Safety Concerns’

WTTW: Chicago River Swim Will Move to Lake Michigan as Organizers Aim to Build Momentum for 2025 River Event

Inside Climate News: ‘A Really Monumental Day’ for Chicago River: Clean Enough for Hundreds to Swim In

Inside Climate News: In the Once Heavily Polluted Chicago River, More Fish, a Giant Snapping Turtle and an Upcoming Swim

Outside Magazine: The Rise of Urban Swimming in the US

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1h 6min
June 29, 2026Janes: An Autonomous Name
We talk about an underground abortion community.
Show Notes:
The Story of Jane: The Legendary Underground Feminist Abortion Service

HBO

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1h 25min

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How many episodes does Oh, Malort! have?

The podcast currently has 187 episodes available.

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