Windy City Historians Podcast

Recent Episodes

Episode 19 – The Third Star – Part I

Posted January 27, 2021 • 01:00:36

In 1893, Chicago is host to one of the most recognized and internationally famous world fairs, which honors the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus...

Episode 18 – The Year 1893

Posted October 29, 2020 • 01:00:43

For most historians if you mention Chicago and the year 1893, they will immediately think of the World's Colombian Exposition. However, there was much...

Episode 17 – The Haymarket

Posted September 28, 2020 • 00:58:48

Why is May Day a holiday celebrated all over the world, but not in the United States? The answer is piece of Chicago history pointing to the events...

Episode 16: The Second Star – The Fire

Posted August 23, 2020 • 00:59:44

There is one story well-known throughout the world about the Windy City and a cow kicking over a lantern that set the Great Chicago Fire in motion. ...

Episode 15: The Stockyards

Posted July 30, 2020 • 00:59:58

In the Spring of 2020, one of the first cracks in the American economy with Covid-19 was the closing of several meatpacking plants in the United States. ...