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Alyssa is joined by Vanessa from Reel Relationship Podcast to discuss The St. Valentine's Day Massacre. Which has more layers and elements than either expected.

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Show Notes:

Chicago Magazine: The St. Valentine's Day Massacre and Al Capone—Excerpt from Get Capone

WTTW: ST. VALENTINE’S DAY MASSACRE

FBI: The Vault

PBS: History Detectives: At. Valentines Day Murder

Chicago Tonight: St. Valentine's Day Massacre

Whitmer Plot Podcast

FBI: Al Capone

History: St. Valentine’s Day Massacre

ABC 7: Dead Wrong

The Mob Museum

Get Capone

The Hill: Trump notes he was indicted more times than the ‘great’ Al Capone

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In this episode Alyssa tells Morgan Stringer from Hot Dockets about bat shit crazy corruption happening on Cook County Courts.

Alyssa cannot actually put into word the ick she feels about this but they talk it out.

Morgan wonders if she is a sucker and loser.

Digressions include:

Senators grilling social media companies

Alex Jones

Elon Musk

Alina Habba

Who does PCP?

Tom Girardi/Erika Jayne

Taylor Swift.

Dominion Voting Systems.

Show Notes:

Most of what I quote here is available via public records.

Chicago Tribune: Operation Greylord: A federal probe of court corruption sets the standard for future investigations

NYT: CHICAGO AREA JUDGE IS ACQUITTED IN 'OPERATION GREYLORD' TRIAL

Washington Post: OPERATION GREYLORD'S SCORECARD NEARLY COMPLETE

Chicago Tribune: COURTS HAVEN`T BEEN THE SAME SINCE GREYLORD

FBI: Operation Greylord

Operation Greylord: The True Story of an Untrained Undercover Agent and America’s Biggest Corruption Bust

Decades TV: OPERATION GREYLORD

Chicago Sun-Times Archive.

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Overall this episode is about transportation.

Alyssa tells Cap't Scoot about a 1977 "L" train derailment which leads to the time Rahm wanted to dig a high-speed tunnel to O'Hare.

Digressions include:

Hot Tub Boats

Neo-Nazis do not understand turnstiles.

The gals discuss Civil War fashion and Alyssa contemplate a safety plan.

Is the Cyber Truck a boat?

Show Notes:

NYT: U.S. Inquiry Backs Chicago on Finding In Crash of Train

NYT: ‘Nudging’ of Fatal Chicago Train May Have Neutralized Safety System

Time Out Chicago: El derailment | What’s up with that?

The Chicagoist: Video: A Horrific Loop CTA Derailment Happened 39 Years Ago, Killing 11

Video: WLS Channel 7 - Special Report - "CTA 'L' Train Collision" (1976)

WGN: C.F.D. Lake & Wabash CTA EL Crash 40th Anniversary 1977

ABC: EL Crash Chicago 1977 (ABC News Special Report)

Chicago Fire Dept. Lake & Wabash El Crash 2-04-1977 (AUDIO)

Chicago Tribune: The 'L' crash of 1977: 'A slow-motion horror'

NBC: ‘This Can't Be Real': 40 Years Later, Passenger Recalls Deadly CTA Derailment of '77

Chicago Tribune: 25 HURT IN `L` CRASH; SITE OF 1977 TRAGEDY

Chicago Tribune: Survivors reflect on Feb. 4, 1977, CTA disaster

Chicago Tribune: Chicago taps Elon Musk’s Boring Company to build high-speed transit tunnels that would tie Loop with O'Hare

The Verge: The political winds in Chicago are blowing against Elon Musk’s high-speed tunnel project

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Alyssa tells John about Disco Demolition.

Show Notes:

Do you Think I'm Disco?

Countdown with Keith Olberman

Steve Dahl's Notorious Disco Demolition

Remembering 1979’s ugly Disco Demolition Night

MLB: Remember Disco Demolition

Disco Demolition revisited with Steve Dahl

BBC: The 1979 riot that 'killed' disco

Chicago Tribune: Commentary: Disco and the Bee Gees are beloved today. But as Disco Demolition Night and a new HBO documentary demonstrate, that wasn’t true 40 years ago

NPR: July 12, 1979: 'The Night Disco Died' — Or Didn't

The Daily

Beast: The Night Rock Fans Rioted to Kill Disco—at a Chicago Baseball Game

Vice: 'Disco Demolition Night' Was a Disgrace, and Celebrating it Is Worse

Medium: Disco Demolition Night Was Not Racist, Not Anti-Gay

Chicago Magazine: The Night Disco Died

Saint of Second Chances

PBS: The War on Disco

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Forty-five years ago, between January 12-13 Chicago experienced a snow fall that not only inconvenienced residents but impacted an election. 

Alyssa tells Risen Lady Heathen of Boomer Rex tonight about the blizzard of 1979.

Outside conversations include Ivy League plagiarism.

Other thoughts: 

DeSantis sends migrants. Chicago sent snow. 

Royko doxed Alderman.

We also talk about Dibs. 

Show Notes:

Chicago Sun-Times Scrapbook

WBEZ: The Great LSD Gridlock: Blizzard of 1979 redux?

Chicago Tribune: 1979 blizzard was debacle

Chicago Magazine: Snowpocalypse Then: How the Blizzard of 1979 Cost the Election for Michael Bilandic

Storm Stories: "1979 Election Blizzard" - The Weather Channel

Washington Post: The Snows of Yesteryear Return to Give the Mayor Another Boost

Washington Post: The end of political snow plowing

CBS News: Blizzard of 1979

WTTW: Chicago Blizzard of '79

ABC: Do Mayors' Political Fates Hang in the Outcome of Snowstorms?

Encyclopedia of Chicago: Snow Removal

DNA Info: Dear East Coast, Here's How To Survive A Snow Storm. Love, Chicago

Washington Post: Weekend Snowstorm Cripples Chicago

NPR: Political Lessons From Old Chicago Blizzard Still Linger

Chicago Sun-Times: Classic Royko: Who won it for Jane Byrne?

WBEZ: Towing The Line

Chicago Magazine: 50 Moments the Shapes Chicago 1970-2020

Chicago Magazine: Blizzard of 1979: Thoughts from Michael Bilandic and Jane Byrne

Chicago Tribune: All fingers point to snow

NYT: Chicago, Paralyzed in Sub‐Zero Temperatures, Begins to Dig Out as Snow Continues

Chicago Sun-Times Mike Royko "Mayor Big Snow Job"

Royko: Shovelfull from City Hall

Royko: Clout Plows Right On

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Alyssa is joined by David Baxter to discuss Mayor Anton Cermak and conspiracy theories surrounding his death.

Alyssa missed out on the most obvious musical theatre reference.

SHOW NOTES:

NYT: High Court Breaks Chicago Tax Strike

Chicago Tribune: 90 years ago, the father of Chicago’s political machine died after being struck by an assassin’s bullet intended for FDR

Reason: The Forgotten Tax Rebels of the Great Depression

Time: National Affairs: Chicago, Worse Than Ever

WTTW: The 150th Birthday of the Chicago Mayor Who Was Killed by a Bullet Meant for FDR

Chicago Tribune: Cermak's death offers lesson in Chicago Way

History: FDR Escapes Assignation Attempt in Miami

Chicago Reader: The Giuseppe Zangara conspiracy theory

Chicago Tribune: Cermak's death offers lesson in Chicago Way

Philadelphia Post Review: Reveals Colitis Deadly to Cermak

NIH: The Assassination of Anton Cermak, Mayor of Chicago: A Review of His Postinjury Medical Car

Chicago Tribune: The shooting of Anton Cermak

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John Zinn drops in the hear about the verdict and its aftermath. Some of the takes are infuriating. They discuss how this is akin to a Greek Tragedy which allows Alyssa to do a dramaturgy and employs the word Hubris.

Alyssa is still trying to make Burke a verb.

SHOW NOTES:

CST: All Things USA VS. Ed Burke

CST: Ed Burke’s conviction ‘sad’ and ‘a tragedy,’ City Council colleagues say

Chicago Tribune: In 14th Ward, where former Ald. Ed Burke was lord, conviction greeted with both shrugs and cheers

CST: Madigan, Pritzker, Burke spent over $3M in campaign money on lawyers last year, and they’re not alone

Chicago Tribune: Ald. Edward Burke’s legal tab is $2.7M and growing as he awaits trial on federal corruption charges

Chicago Reader: ‘Wise’ guys?

NBC Chicago: Closing arguments wrap in corruption trial of former alderman Ed Burke

Chicago Tribune: Former Ald. Ed Burke’s verdict stands out in long arc of City Council crooks

Chicago Tribune: Ex-Ald. Ed Burke used campaign funds to pay six-figure ‘consulting’ fees to his co-defendant

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In this Episode Alyssa tells Molly McAleer the history of a Christmas Icon.

Digressions include:

Malort

Pearl Davis

Are Vixen and Prancer gay?

Tucker

The Nutcracker

Show Notes:

Dartmouth: Rudolph’s Story: Dear to Many, Year After Year

WBEZ: What’s That Building? Where Rudolph Got His Red Nose

Wards.com

The Week: The origin story of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

NPR: The History Of Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer

Snopes: The Origins of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

Time: The Surprisingly Sad True Story Behind 'Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer'

Chicago Tribune: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer was created in Chicago by Montgomery Ward copywriter Robert L. May to sell toys in 1939. Here’s how the popular Christmas character — and its author — went down in history.

Chicago Tribune: Some people are upset about 'Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.' Here's why.

Huff Po Tweet

The Atlantic: Don’t Subject Your Kids to Rudolph

Washington Post: Oh, Rudolph with your nose so bright, where did you come from?

Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer: An American Hero

White House Nutcracker

Benny Shaps on Rudolph

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In this prefect Christmas episode Alyssa is joined by Jeff Barrett from the "It's No Fluke" podcast to discuss the most successful Madams about which you have never heard.

In the early 1900's Minna and Ada Everleigh ran the best brothel in the world. Jeff points out why this is a bad idea.

Digressions include:

Elon

Alex Jones

George Santos

The piss heard around Twitter Space

The Golden Age of Serial Killers

The State Street Evangelist

Fyre Fest Two

Being Dutch

Show Notes:

Madams, Mayors, and Madman

The Gangs of Chicago

Sin in the Second City: Madams, Ministers, Playboys, and the Battle for America's Soul

Chicago Tribune: The Everleigh Club

Chicago Tribune: Grand finale for a house of ill repute

Freakenomics: The Golden Age of Chicago Prostitution: A Q&A with Karen Abbott

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Once upon a time, people had to pay to use a public toilet. In this episode we discuss the history, Chicago's role, and the current narratives.

Show Notes:

DNA Info: How Chicago's Fight To Ban Pay Toilets Relates To Today's City Protests

Northwestern: Chicago considers installing public restrooms with revenue from company that manages bus stops

WSJ: The Villain Behind America’s Public-Restroom Calamity

WSJ: When Chicago Flushed the Toilet Tax

JSTOR: The Rise and Fall of Pay Toilets

Pacific Standard: WHY DON'T WE HAVE PAY TOILETS IN AMERICA?

The Dispatch: Ban on Toilettes Disputes

NYT: https://www.nytimes.com/1976/06/20/archives/notes-highway-sculpture-notes-about-travel-notes-about-travel.html

Bloomberg: Pay Toilets Are Illegal in Much of the U.S. They Shouldn't Be.

Economic Times: The case for and against public toilets

Mental Floss: Pay-Per-Poop: A History of Pay Toilets

AP: Lost History: How 4 Ohio Kids Ended Pay Toilettes in US

Medium: The Pee-culiar Story of Why Toilets Are Free in the United States

Strongland: Remembering the shit-in

Chicago Booth: Why We Should Free the Market for Public Toilets

NYT: If New York Is So Great, Why Isn’t There Anywhere to Pee?

The City: NYC’s Promised Public Bathrooms Still Doing the Waiting Dance

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