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You might of heard about the guy who claimed to have had sex with Obama and the resulting conspiracies, including one pushed by Elon, but the actually 2004 Campaign was crazier than anything people could come up with online.

Also, learn about the genesis of Birtherism.

Show Notes:

Chicago Tribune: Obama gets early boost from voters

Chicago Tribune: Ryan aide to give Obama more space

Chicago Tribune: Some Ryan divorce files should be unsealed

Chicago Tribune: Court sets release of Ryan's divorce file

Chicago Tribune: GOP leaders say they felt misled on Ryan file

Chicago Tribune: Ryan quits race

CBS News: Ditka Spikes Illinois Senate Run

Chicago Tribune: Obama sails to Senate win

Bleacher Report: Mike Ditka Comments on Barack Obama and 2004 Senate Race

CBS News: A Refresher on Obama's Senate Race

Chicago Reader: Archive Dive: The 2004 Senate primary was the reality show of the year

Chicago Reader: The Reader’s Guide to the 2004 Illinois Senate Primary

Washington Post: Keyes to Face Obama In U.S. Senate Race

Snopes: AP Reports Obama as 'Kenyan-Born'

Sunday Standard: Kenyan-born Obama all set for US Senate

LA Times: Ryan file a bombshell

LA Times: Opinion: Alan Keyes stokes Obama birth certificate controversy

LA Times: Statement of Jeri Ryan

NBC: Ditka Rules Out Run for Senate Seat 

Bleacher Report: Mike Ditka Says Biggest Mistake Was Not Opposing Barack Obama in '04 Senate Race

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As the White Chili simmers in the crockpot, Alyssa tells Risen Lady Heathen about some elephants who consumes alcohol and some of the most corrupt politicians in the history of Illinois

Digressions include:

Bear drinking WhiteClaw

Owen Shroyer/Norn Pattis

Lauren Boebert

Book Bans

Show Notes:

These are going to be a little light because more are behind a paywall.

NBC Chicago: Most Corrupt Politians in Illinois Chicago History Museum

Chicago Tribune: An elephant escape, Bushman, 5,000 hissing cockroaches and 150 years of animal stories inside the Lincoln Park Zoo

Chicago Reader: Chicago’s animals gone wild

The Gazette: Bathhouse John:' Zoo Park's pickled pachyderm spiced up early 1900s Colorado Springs

Bear Drinks White Claw

History Channel: Action Park

Lords of the Levee

New York Times: Elephants Really Can’t Hold Their Liquor

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After two downer episodes, Alyssa invites Molly McAleer on to discuss many things about Hostess Twinkie. They have been around for a long time, and we couldn’t cover everything. We got labor issues, we got SCOTUS decisions, and we got a poorly run company with a bad product.

Enjoy!

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The Great Recession

Judge Judy

Barbie

St. Patrick’s Day

The Proud Boys.  

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Show Notes:

Chicago Tribune: Twinkies, Hostess snacks back in stores today

Associated Press: Hostess closing bakery that created the Twinkie

Fruit and Cream Twinkies Commercial

Time: Top 10 Iconic Junk Foods

USA Today: 'New' Twinkies weigh less, have fewer calories

NPR: A Disturbing Twinkie That Has, So Far, Defied Science

CNN: Twinkie diet helps nutrition professor lose 27 pounds

Business Insider: The Rise and Fall and Rise Again of Hostess Twinkies

Snopes: Hostess Executive Raises

Snopes: Twinkies Shelf Life

SF Gate: Myth of the 'Twinkie defense' / The verdict in the Dan White case wasn't based on his ingestion of junk food

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In this episode Alyssa tells David Baxter about a maritime tragedy worse than the Titanic.

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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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Alyssa tortures David Baxter with details about a fire. No, not The Great Chicago Fire. Another important one.

Show Notes:

Failure Magazine

History Channel: Fire Breaks out in Chicago Theatre

Chicago Tribune: The Iroquois Theater fire

Smithsonian: The Iroquois Theater Disaster Killed Hundreds and Changed Fire Safety Forever

Chicago Tribune: The Iroquois Theater fire

WTTW: The Tragedy of the Iroquois Fire

Chicagology: The Iroquois Fire

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In this episode Alyssa tells Vanessa Murray host of Reel Relationships about The Great Chicago Flood, one- hour photo, parking spots and maritime law.  

Show Notes:

Mike Royko: PUTTING IN A PLUG FOR CITY THAT LEAKS

Chicago Reader: Flood of Memories

Justia: Jerome B. Grubart, Inc. v. Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co., 513 U.S. 527 (1995)

Musk Tunnel

CBS2 Chicago: 1992 Loop Flood Brings Chaos, Billions In Losses

Chicago Tribune: Great Flood of 1992

Army Corp Response

WTTW: A Comedy of Errors: How a Small Leak Became the Great Loop Flood of 1992

Video Chicago Fox 32: Remembering the ‘Great Chicago Flood’ 30 years later

Chicago Magazine: The Great Chicago Flood of 1992

WBBZ: Why The 1992 Loop Flood Is The Most Chicago Story Ever

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PBS: Chicago Stories

PBS: A Problem that didn't need to be a Problem

Chicago Tribune: JUSTICES TO RULE ON '92 FLOOD

Chicago Tribune: 30 years ago today, the Great Chicago Flood stunned the Loop — pouring 124 million gallons of water into city basements

LA Times:LAW : In Flood Case, Water Seeks Its Own Level : Supreme Court to decide if barge accident that led to Chicago mishap is covered by maritime or state statute.

University of Chicago: Randall D. Schmidt on How the Chicago Loop Flood of 1992 Led to a Landmark Admiralty Law Case

Chicago Sun-Times: 25 years on, the soggy story of the Loop Flood lingers

Chicago Tribune: CITY TO PAY $36 MILLION FOR LOOP FLOOD

An Infographic

Business Insurance: COURT UPHOLDS CHICAGO IMMUNITY IN 1992 FLOOD

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company

Seattle Weekly: Daley Says Workers Had Warning Of Flood -- Chicago Mayor: `These People Will Be Held Accountable'

A&E: Maritime Law Sovereign Citizen Movement 1

Maritime Law Drunk Driving

Cornell Law: JEROME B. GRUBART, INC. v. GREAT LAKES DREDGE & DOCK CO. et al.

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After a few weeks of dark content, Alyssa 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.

Have Fun!

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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

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This episode was released last summer but next week Chicago will host the DNC and given how crazy the last month has been it might be good to explore what happen then. This is a two part episode to belly up to bar and get ready.

The Whole Word in Watching.

Original Summary:

Chicago will host the 2024 DNC convention but is is worth exploring the most tear-gassed convention in 1968.

The parallels are amazing.

History rhymes.

Overview of The Walker Report

Boss

ABC7: Days of Rage

Washington Post: ‘A party that had lost its mind’: In 1968, Democrats held one of history’s most disastrous conventions

ProPublilca: Looking at the Archives from the Time of the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago and Seeing Familiar Themes

Chicago Sun Times: Royko on Daley during the DNC

Bob Dylan: With God on Our Side 

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Chicago will host the 2024 DNC convention but is is worth exploring the most tear-gassed convention in 1968.

The parallels are amazing.

History rhymes.

SHOW NOTES:

Bill Kurtis remembers the 1968 Democratic National Convention

Part 1: 'The Whole World's Watching: 20 Years Later,' A 1988 CBS 2 Documentar

Part 2: 'The Whole World's Watching: 20 Years Later,' A 1988 CBS 2 Documentary

Part 3: 'The Whole World's Watching: 20 Years Later,' A 1988 CBS 2 Documentary

Part 4: 'The Whole World's Watching: 20 Years Later,' A 1988 CBS 2 Documentary

Part 5: 'The Whole World's Watching: 20 Years Later,' A 1988 CBS 2 Documentary

ABC7: Days of Rage

Boss

The Guardian: The Whole World is Watching

Politico: Looking Back and the 1968 DNC

Chicago Sun Times: Royko on Daley during the DNC

The LBJ Call

Dan Rather gets Punched

ProPublica:Protests and Blaming the Media. Sound Familiar? That Was During the ’68 Democratic National Convention.

ProPublilca: Looking at the Archives from the Time of the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago and Seeing Familiar Themes

Chicago Sun Times: Royko on Daley during the DNC

Washington Post: ‘A party that had lost its mind’: In 1968, Democrats held one of history’s most disastrous conventions

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Spoiler Alert. Streeter dies. You shouldn't be shocked this started in over a hundred years ago.

In this episode things take a sad turn for Streeter but his final fraud is his funeral.

SHOW NOTES:

In my research, I found many conflicting reports. In some articles people said Streeter had two wives other's said four. Some claimed he was a Civil War veteran, others a deserter. As addressed in this episode everything considered to be true about Streeter is incorrect.

Then I found what I consider to be the best researched book.

King of the Gold Coast: Cap'n Streeter, the Millionaires and the Story of Lake Shore Drive

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