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Ra Ra Ra

August 8, 2022California, Food, History, podcasts, ReligionPaul Mason Fotsch

Zen Buddhism became popular in post WWII San Francisco, especially among beat poets like Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac and Tram Combs. The influence of Zen extended into cookbooks, when Edward Espe Brown began baking at the Tassajara Zen Mountain Center.

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July 31, 2022Chicago, History, Music, podcastsPaul Mason Fotsch

Speed Kills was a Chicago based zine that published seven issues from 1991
to 1995. Its contents inspired the name for the Chicago based band DragKing.

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It’s Eight

July 24, 2022Chicago, History, podcastsPaul Mason Fotsch

The Regenstein Library opened in 1970 and soon became the center of social life on the University of Chicago campus. One reason for its popularity were the comfortable study areas, including window alcoves with Pfister Lounge Chairs.

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Ah Dah Dah

July 17, 2022Chicago, History, Music, podcasts, sportsPaul Mason Fotsch

Four years after Disco Demolition Night, The Police performed at Comiskey Park.  In
the Quad Cities, 80s entertainment included the Bix Beiderbecke festival and cruising
on Saturday Night.

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Thank You For That

July 15, 2022Chicago, History, podcastsPaul Mason Fotsch

The Chicago Defender played an important role in the Great Migration of African Americans
fleeing the violence of the Jim Crow South. Beginning in the 1970s, digital technology like VDTs had a big impact on newspaper production, including at places like the Defender.

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