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The Rundown | Chicago News

WBEZ Chicago

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Frequency: 1 episode/1d. Total Eps: 1417

In one bite-sized episode every weekday, we'll keep you informed, tickled, geeked, and pondering on Chicago's news, culture and people. Each episode starts with a quick news roundup from the WBEZ newsroom, followed by a deep-dive into one of the biggest or most curious stories from our city. The Rundown podcast is a one-stop-shop for all things Chicago.

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Afternoon News: Wednesday September 4, 2024

mercredi 4 septembre 2024 • Duration 03:12

A judge ordered pre-trial detention for the alleged shooter in this week’s quadruple homicide on a CTA Blue Line train. The book “Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow” by Gabrielle Zevin is this year’s pick for the Chicago Public Library’s One Book, One Chicago program. Tears were shed in last night’s finale of HBO’s Hard Knocks docu-series featuring the Chicago Bears.

Meanwhile Chicago: A storytelling show where the audience doodles

mercredi 4 septembre 2024 • Duration 15:27

Afternoon News: Wednesday August 28, 2024

mercredi 28 août 2024 • Duration 03:40

For the first time in five years the Chicago Abortion Fund is scaling back who it can help. Chicago’s civilian police oversight commission is talking about ways to reform traffic stops. New details surrounding the death of Emmett Till are coming out today on the 69th anniversary of Till’s murder.

Morning News: Thursday July 11, 2024

jeudi 11 juillet 2024 • Duration 04:45

Hollywood icon George Clooney has Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker on a shortlist of potential Democratic replacements for President Joe Biden. Chicago leaders are speaking out against the wave of violence this past Fourth of July weekend. The Ashland bus route could be extended a mile north later this summer.

World Cup watch parties, guaranteed income enrollment, who's running for office

mardi 22 novembre 2022 • Duration 04:55

The 2022 World Cup is in full swing, though some feel torn about human rights abuses in the host country. Plans for a cannabis dispensary at the former Rainforest Café in River North have gotten a green light. CTA holiday buses and trains are on their way.

Dixmoor’s long-term water problems continue to plague its residents

lundi 21 novembre 2022 • Duration 09:31

CTA signing bonuses, student social media warning signs, COVID risks study

lundi 21 novembre 2022 • Duration 05:51

Chicago Public Schools is monitoring students’ social media for signs they might engage in violence at school or harm themselves. The CTA is implementing a signing bonus and other incentives to attract new drivers and train operators. A new study found that those middle-aged were at higher risk of dying during the second year of the pandemic than the first.

Comedian Hannibal Buress switches things up with new single as Eshu Tune

vendredi 18 novembre 2022 • Duration 12:10

You may know Hannibal Buress as a stand-up comedian and actor from shows like Broad City. But he also happens to be a rapper. He just dropped a new single called “Knee Brace” under the moniker Eshu Tune. We asked him, why music? And why now?

Holiday travel tips, tripledemic advice, expanding internet access

vendredi 18 novembre 2022 • Duration 05:02

Healthcare providers are concerned about surging RSV cases as we head into flu season. What the TSA is expecting in Illinois and nationwide during the Thanksgiving travel period, which commences today. Cook County commissioners approved a budget of more than $8 billion dollars.

Save-a-Lot skepticism, vacant lot makeover plan, jobs for trans folks

jeudi 17 novembre 2022 • Duration 04:57

Community members push back on plans to rehab six Save-A-Lot grocery stores on the south and west sides. Mayor Lori Lightfoot announces a plan intending to re-populate neighborhoods on the city’s South and West sides. A UChicago instructor is dealing with death threats over a class called “The Problem of Whiteness.”