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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Oh, Malort! episodes:

May 19, 2025 The Berghoff: Weathering the Changes
In this episode Alyssa tells Vanessa from Reel Relationships about the legacy of The Berghoff.
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Show Notes:
CNN: Gloria Steinem, In Her Own Words
Chicago Tribune: Historic Berghoff to close
NPR: The Berghoff, A Chicago Institution, to Close
JStore: “No Unescorted Ladies Will Be Served”
Chicago Tribune: Historic Berghoff to close
Chicago Tribune: Berghoff, beer and Chicago
The Berghoff Family Cookbook: From Our Table to Yours, Celebrating a Century of Entertaining
The Berghoff
Restaurant Business: Chicago's Berghoff Restaurant sold
Chicago Tribune: Farewell, Berghoff
Chicago Sun-Times: The Berghoff restaurant reopens Monday after a year light on happy-hour and lunch patrons
The History of the Berghoff Restaurant in Chicago's Loop since 1898.
Boston University: Fragments of the Past
Literary Hub: How Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Gloria Steinem Fought For Your Right to Get a Beer
NY Food Story: Segregating Restaurants How Women Found a Place at the Bar and Table

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1h 16min
May 12, 2025 Obama Presidential Center: Fact from Fiction
Earlier in the week, before the hot debate was does the Pope prefer the Cubs or the Sox, Trump took time in the Oval Office to talk about the Obama Presidential Center. After months of seeing weirdos on the internet spreading theories about what is happening with this project I thought I would tell Hugh about the history and dispel some...inaccuracies.

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SHOW NOTES:

Politico: ‘It’s Been Hard Opposing Barack Obama’
WTTW: Are Appeals Court Judges Kicking the Can on Obama Center Lawsuit?
WTTW: South Side Coalition Tells Obama Center Obstructionists: Enough Is Enough
WTTW: Work Begins in Jackson Park to Pave the Way for Obama Presidential Center
WTTW: After Delays, Construction on Obama Center Begins in Chicago
Chicago Tribune: Park advocates make another legal argument against Obama Presidential Center even as construction continues
Chicago Reader: The Obama Center: opening in 2025
DNA INFO: Obama Library Land Swap Approved by City Council
32 Fox: Chicago labor union spars over Trump’s claims about Obama Presidential Center
Chicago Tribune: Unspoken issue at heart of Obama center opposition: Race
Friends of the Parks statement regarding the Supreme Court rejection of Protect Our Parks’ petition to stop construction of Obama Presidential Center in Jackson Park
Newsweek: Obama Library: Behind Schedule, Over Budget and Mired in LawsuitsBlack Enterprise: Obama Presidential Library Contractor Alleges Racial Discrimination In LawsuitTrump Quote
Chicago Reader: A lawsuit to prevent the Obama Presidential Center’s ‘illegal land grab’ in Jackson Park is moving forward
Chicago Reader: The Obama Center: opening in 2025
The Brian Kilmeade Show: Obama Presidential Center rocked by $40M racial bias lawsuit
Benny Johnson: YIKES: Obama Presidential Library In RUINS! Crumbling, Cracking, Hit With Lawsuits and Forever Delay

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1h 2min
May 05, 2025Abraham Bolden Part Two: The Conspiracy Continues
Alyssa finishes telling Morgan Stringer about the plight of Abraham Bolden. Related topics include: the JFK assassination, possible weaponization of the government, people being sent to facilities with possibly no release date. Additionally, we're gonna discuss some recurring characters from the Fred Hampton trial.

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Show Notes:
New York Times: Edward Hanrahan, Prosecutor Tied to ’69 Panthers Raid, Dies at 88

Wednesday Journal: Hanrahan’s life transcended ’69 Panther raid
Chicago Sun-Times: First White House Black Secret Service agent still trying to clear his name

Chicago Sun-Times: It’s long past time to finally clear first White House Black Secret Service agent’s name

The Echo from Dealey Plaza: The true story of the first African American on the White House Secret Service detail and his quest for justice after the assassination of JFK

Abraham Bolden, 1st Af.-Am. Secret Service agent, conveys the truth.

BBC: Abraham Bolden: Ex-Secret Service agent pardoned by Biden
WTTW: Crime & Law Biden Pardons Former Secret Service Agent From Chicago and 2 Others

NBC Chicago: Who is Abraham Bolden Sr.? Former Secret Service Agent From Chicago Among Biden's First Pardons

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1h 17min
April 28, 2025 Abraham Bolden Part One: They are Going to Kill us All
Alyssa tells Morgan Stringer about Abraham the first Black Secret Service Agent to serve in the White House. Related topics include: the JFK assassination, possible weaponization of the government, people being sent to facilities with possibly no release date. Additionally, we're gonna discuss some recurring characters from the Fred Hampton trial.
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Show Notes:
New York Times: Edward Hanrahan, Prosecutor Tied to ’69 Panthers Raid, Dies at 88
Wednesday Journal: Hanrahan’s life transcended ’69 Panther raid
Chicago Sun-Times: First White House Black Secret Service agent still trying to clear his nameChicago Sun-Times: It’s long past time to finally clear first White House Black Secret Service agent’s nameThe Echo from Dealey Plaza: The true story of the first African American on the White House Secret Service detail and his quest for justice after the assassination of JFKAbraham Bolden, 1st Af.-Am. Secret Service agent, conveys the truth.

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1h 30min
April 21, 2025 Beer in Chicago: We are a Drinking City
Alyssa tells Ken Guy the history of breweries in Chicago.

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Episodes mentioned:

Block 37
1855 Lager Beer Riots.

Show Notes:
Serious Eats: A Brief History of Beer in Chicago
Provi: Chicago Beer History: A Timeline
The New Chicagoan: History: Old Style is Not Chicago's Beer and Other Chicago Beer Factoids
University of Chicago: Beer in Chicago
Chicago Public Library:Beer, 1900-2014: Technology That Changed Chicago
Chicago Public Library: Beer, 1855-1900: Technology That Changed Chicago
Chicago History Museum: Enjoy a Cold One
Forgotten Chicago: Bygone Breweries
WTTW: Almost a Century Later, a Classic Chicago Beer Makes Its Triumphant Return
Chicago Public Library: Beer, 1830-1855: Technology That Changed Chicago
Beer and Brewing: The Oxford Companion to Beer definition of Chicago,
Chicago Tribune: A history of Chicago’s beer scene: How the Windy City came into its own
All About Beer: Beer: A History of Brewing in Chicago
Chicagology: Chicago Breweries
Chicago Detours: Chicago Craft Beer History
Encyclopedia of Chicago: Breweries
Chicago Magazine: Old Style: The Chicago Beer That Isn’t
Chicago Humanities Festival: Beer History with the Brewseum

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1h 12min
April 14, 2025 James Caesar Petrillo: An Idiot
In this episode Alyssa tells Pat about James Caesar Petrillo. He has a bandshell named after him in Grant Park but what do we really know about the man? Answer, he is an idiot. Listen to learn all the ways this becomes evident.

We also talk about tube socks and Van Halen.

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Show Notes:
Lea Act
New York Times: THE PETRILLO LAW DECISION
New York Times: JAMES PETRILLO DEAD; LED MUSICIANS
James C. Petrillo: America's Music Czar
Lancaster Eagle Gazette:Remember When: James C. Petrillo changes American music
AFM Local 802: Another Take on James Petrillo Was he actually a champion of all musicians?
AFM Local 802: The Silence Was Deafening What happens when musicians strike the record labels
World Radio History
WTTW: James C. Petrillo
Van Halen: Right Now

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1h 1min
April 07, 2025 The Musical Chicago: We have lost the plot.
Alyssa tells David Baxter the real life story behind the musical Chicago.

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Check out Other Episodes:

Grease: The OG Broadway Transfer
William Hale "Big Bill" Thompson: Illinois Most Corrupt Politician

Show Notes:
Chicago Tribune: Silent 1927 'Chicago' to make a musical comeback
Chicagology: Maurine Dallas Watkins
Chicago Tribune: A Tribune reporter wrote the hit play ‘Chicago’ after covering Cook County murder trials. Decades later, we owe her an obituary.
Chicago Tribune: Vintage Chicago Tribune: Murder, mayhem and ‘all that jazz’ — the real women who inspired Oscar winner ‘Chicago’
Today: Obscure story by 'Chicago' playwright discovered
Stratford Festival Reviews:The Woman Behind the Women of Chicago
Ontario Stage: Maurine Watkins, The Woman Behind ‘Chicago’
New York Theatre Guide: The history behind the musical ‘Chicago’: How 1920s crime and vaudeville inspired the show
Chicago Tribune: Vintage Chicago Tribune: ‘Prettiest woman ever accused of murder in Chicago
The Script
Catherine Sheehy on Maurine Dallas Watkins - Mondays at Beinecke, February 21, 2022
Playbill: After 80 Years, So Help Me God! Makes Manhattan Bow
Chicago Magazine: The Girls of Murder City, by Douglas Perry
Mexican Breakfast
Toni Collette sings "Roxie" in Chicago audition
He Had It Coming: Four Murderous Women and the Reporter Who Immortalized Their Stories

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1h 24min
March 31, 2025 Zion, Illinois: *Almost* Paradise
After they reminisce about workplace email hijinks, Alyssa gives John an update on the Mike Madigan trial, the closing of the Hard Rock Cafe, and the takeover of the Kennedy Center then they take a trip to Zion, Illinois which was founded as a theocracy.

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Show Notes:
AP: The Earth is Flat
Cracked: 1920s Illinois Lived In Fear Of The Priest-King Of The Flat Earth
New York Times: SURE EARTH IS FLAT, SAYS ZION'S OVERSEER; Voliva Declares He Can 'Down Any Modern Astronomer in Less Than Thirty Minutes.'
Daily Beast: When a Flat Earther Refused to Concede and All Hell Broke Loose
Chicago Reader: When Zion Ruled the Waves
Chicago Reader: The Devil Inside
People of Zion Only.
Off the Edge: Flat Earthers, Conspiracy Culture, and Why People Will Believe Anything
Reshaping Performance Spaces: Embracing Change at the Kennedy Center
The Reach Expansion (Kennedy Center)

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1h 1min
March 24, 2025 Oak Park Nazi: Everyone thought they were Right.
Alyssa tells Pat all about the time Oak Park, a Chicago suburb, was torn apart after discovering an ACTUAL Nazi was a part of their community.

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Check out Other Episodes:
It's Okay to Punch a Nazi
Fascism Frenzy
KKK in Chikago: It's a Okay to Dox a Racist

Show Notes:
Chicago Magazine: The Nazi of Oak Park
Chicago Magazine: The Nazi Hunter
Chicago Tribune: REMEMBERING NAZI CAMPS
Chicago Tribune: Author discusses Oak Park’s Nazi at Holocaust Museum in Skokie
Chicago Tribune: GERMANS WON`T CHARGE EX-SS GUARD, OFFICIALS SAY
Los Angeles Times: The World : W. Germans Free Ex-Nazi
UPI: A former Nazi death camp guard has been removed...
UPI: A man accused of concealing his past as a.Nazi

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March 17, 2025 St. Patrick's Day in Chicago: Epicenter of Nonsense
Alyssa is joined by Risen to tell her the history of St. Patrick' Day celebrations in Chicago.

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Show Notes:
WTTW: Labor of Love: A St. Patrick’s Day Special
Chicago Tribune: Vintage Chicago Tribune: The city’s St. Patrick’s Day traditions
Smithsonian: The Origins of Chicago’s Green River, Shamrock Shakes and Other Surprising Trivia About St. Patrick’s Day
TimeOut: 10 things you might not have known about St. Patrick’s Day in Chicago
Chicago Tribune: Politics and parades: Chicago’s long history of celebrating St. Patrick’s Day
Block Club Chicago: Why Chicago Has 4 St. Patrick’s Day Parades
Time: The Year They Cancelled St. Patrick’s Day
NBC Chicago: South Side Irish Parade Cancelled
NBC Chicago: Parade Organizer: “There's No Reason to Drink Like That”
Chicago Tribune: WHY SOUTH SIDERS SAID: PARTY’S OVER
Reddit: Can anyone tell me about the Southside Irish parade, is it worth making time to see if you happen to be in Chicago during that time?
Media Burn: St. Patrick’s Day in Chicago
Barstool: The Annual Chicago St Patrick's Day Police Blotter Recap
Barstool: The Best Police Blotter Incidents From Wrigleyville On Saturday
Barstool: A Barstool Chicago Tradition Unlike Any Other: The Annual St. Patrick's Day Police Blotter Round Up

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