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Hosted by Tom Barnas · 🇺🇸 US · EN-US · 102 episodes
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Tom Barnas hosts The 78, a society show with 102 episodes published.
There’s a certain Chicago rhythm to reinvention. It hums beneath the L tracks, flickers in glass towers along Wabash, and lives in the quiet second acts of people who’ve lost everything and decided that wasn’t the end of
Most entrepreneurs don’t fail because they lack great ideas—they fail because they move too fast. Rob Miller built a legacy by doing the opposite. As the founder of Bloodshot Records, the iconic Chicago-based indie label
There are big pizzas, and then there’s The Sheet Show . Paulie Gee’s Logan Square, fresh off its 10-year anniversary lap, is going full spectacle mode with what might be the largest pizza currently coming out of an Illin
There’s a long-standing myth stitched into the seams of baseball: that the ballpark is a great American commons, a place where the country exhales together under summer skies. It’s a comforting image, one painted in hot
At Hyde Park Art Center, the gallery floor becomes a shoreline after the tide has already claimed everything. In The Paradox of Inaction , interdisciplinary artist Alison Ruttan constructs a haunting, slow-motion catastr
In a city that measures resilience the way it measures winters, long and unforgiving, Grant DePorter’s story lands with weight. The CEO of Harry Caray’s Restaurant Group has spent a lifetime building institutions rooted
There’s always been a voltage running through the songs of Ike Reilly, a current made of busted streetlight poetry, half-healed bruises, and characters who keep moving even when the map gives up. On his tenth studio albu
There are origin stories, and then there are Chicago origin stories—the kind that begin with smoke so thick you can’t see the counter and end with a line out the door that never really stops. At Pop’s Italian Beef, the l
Here’s a story you don’t embellish—you just light a cigar, pour a whiskey, and let it ride. In 1968, Al Krockey was 18 years old, coming of age at the exact moment America seemed to crack open—politically, culturally, an
Here’s a story you don’t embellish—you just light a cigar, pour a whiskey, and let it ride. In 1968, Al Krockey was 18 years old, coming of age at the exact moment America seemed to crack open—politically, culturally, an
he kind that starts under the dim lights of Chicago Stadium—where a kid tagging along with his father realizes the perks of photography aren’t just free parking and great seats… they’re front-row access to history. The k
There’s a certain magic to Chicago—a city where history doesn’t just live in museums, but quietly lingers in the details: carved stone archways, weathered brass handles, and hand-painted signage that has outlived generat
There are films we admire, films we revisit—and then there are films that rearrange us. For Daniel Kraus, Night of the Living Dead was never just a movie. It was a language, a mirror, and, at times, a lifeline. In his ha
In a place famous for its skyline showdowns and architectural swagger, a quieter story unfolds at street level—inside the homes that truly define Chicago. This episode dives into “Chicago Homes,” a richly illustrated gui
For parents navigating early morning games, travel teams and the emotional highs and lows of youth athletics, Soccer Dad delivers a timely and relatable story. In his memoir, David Murray traces his daughter Scout’s jour
In Chicago, there’s a conversation happening beneath the spotlight—one that has nothing to do with opening nights or donor galas, and everything to do with who actually gets the chance to step on stage. This episode dive
Step inside October Café and you’re instantly wrapped in the feeling of a perfect fall morning—no matter the season. In a city like Chicago, where families are always on the hunt for inviting, all-ages spaces to gather,
On the corner of Belmont and Kimball, where Chicago’s Northwest Side still hums with ghost stories and factory echoes, something long dormant is breathing again. Belmont Tavern is back. Set inside a 135-year-old building
There’s something haunting about the way Justin Townes Earle still lingers in the DNA of American roots music—like a half-finished lyric scribbled on a bar napkin in a dimly lit Chicago dive. On April 16, that spirit ret
There’s something gloriously unpolished about Easy Honey—and that’s exactly the point. In a scene oversaturated with algorithm-chasing sameness, the Charleston-bred indie rock band is carving out a lane that feels lived-
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