This episode was released last summer but next week Chicago will host the DNC and given how crazy the last month has been it might be good to explore what happen then. This is a two part episode to belly up to bar and get ready.The Whole Word in Watching.Original Summary:Chicago will host the 2024 DNC convention but is is worth exploring the most tear-gassed convention in 1968.The parallels are amazing.History rhymes.Overview of The Walker ReportBossABC7: Days of RageWashington Post: ‘A party that had lost its mind’: In 1968, Democrats held one of history’s most disastrous conventionsProPublilca: Looking at the Archives from the Time of the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago and Seeing Familiar ThemesChicago Sun Times: Royko on Daley during the DNC Bob Dylan: With God on Our Side ProPublica: Protests and Blaming the Media. Sound Familiar? That Was During the ’68 Democratic National Convention.WTTW: When the Democratic Party Was Torn ApartAlyssa's TwitterOh Malort! TwitterAlyssa's IGOh Malort! IGOh Malort! TikTok Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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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 exploring each story's parallels to current affairs.