Oh, Malort!
Solid ListenAlyssa 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.
The Slick Boys: The Good Guys
Jun 9 • 1h 25m
Larry Hoover: Who and what now?
Jun 2 • 1h 42m
Spider Dan: All about the PR
May 26 • 1h 11m
The Berghoff: Weathering the Changes
May 19 • 1h 19m
Obama Presidential Center: Fact from Fiction
May 12 • 1h 5m
Abraham Bolden: The Conspiracy Continues
May 5 • 1h 20m
Abraham Bolden Part One: They are Going to Kill us All
Apr 28 • 1h 33m
Beer in Chicago: We are a Drinking City
Apr 21 • 1h 15m
James Caesar Petrillo: An Idiot
Apr 14 • 1h 4m
The Musical Chicago: We have lost the plot.
Apr 7 • 1h 27m
Zion, Illinois: *Almost* Paradise
Mar 31 • 1h 4m
Oak Park Nazi: Everyone thought they were Right.
Mar 24 • 1h 0m
St. Patrick's Day in Chicago: Epicenter of Nonsense
Mar 17 • 1h 3m
Daylight Saving Time: Dante's Third Ring
Mar 10 • 1h 7m
Fascism Frenzy
Mar 3 • 1h 45m
Jussie Smollett: The Never Ending Story
Feb 24 • 1h 17m
Madigan Trial Updates: And Scene
Feb 17 • 57m
Madigan Trial Updates: Arts and Crafts
Feb 10 • 51m
Fred Walcher and Dr. Emil Bronner: History Rhymes.
Feb 3 • 1h 20m
Fred Hampton Trial Part Two: A Saga
Jan 27 • 1h 38m
Fred Hampton Trial Part One: Weaponization of Government
Jan 27 • 1h 21m
History of Improv: It's a Chicago Thing
Jan 20 • 1h 44m
Madigan Testifies: Act Five Plot Twist
Jan 13 • 1h 7m
History of Improv: Viola Spolin
Jan 6 • 1h 12m
Pasteurized Milk: It Worked
Dec 30, 2024 • 1h 22m
The Christmas Tree Ship: A Forest on the Water
Dec 23, 2024 • 1h 29m
First Ward Ball: An Orgy
Dec 16, 2024 • 1h 11m
Madigan Trial Update: Solis Takes the Stand
Dec 9, 2024 • 1h 5m
Fred Hampton: Power to the People
Dec 2, 2024 • 1h 34m
Designing for Change: Chicago Protest Art of the 1960s–70s: Chicago History Museum
Nov 25, 2024 • 1h 36m
Grease: The OG Broadway Transfer
Nov 18, 2024 • 1h 2m
Peter Schivarelli: Chicago's Greatest Hits
Nov 11, 2024 • 1h 30m
Patrick Daley Thompson and others: Chicago Corruption Goes to SCOTUS
Nov 4, 2024 • 1h 56m
Candyman : Urban Myths
Oct 28, 2024 • 1h 21m
Madigan Trial Update: Act Five, Scene One
Oct 21, 2024 • 43m
Steve Bartman: Scapegoating is a Chicago Tradition
Oct 14, 2024 • 1h 42m
Gay Moral Panic in Chicago: The Origin of a lot of Conspiracies
Oct 7, 2024 • 1h 38m
Block 37: One of the Most Famous Blocks In America
Sep 30, 2024 • 1h 29m
Sears, Roebuck and Company: They Were Not too Big to Fail
Sep 23, 2024 • 1h 42m
Royko! The Podcast Episode
Sep 16, 2024 • 1h 21m
Montgomery Ward: The OG Amazon
Sep 9, 2024 • 1h 20m
Dan Proft: Avail his Brilliance
Sep 2, 2024 • 1h 40m
The Chicago Seven: Everyone's Out of Order
Aug 26, 2024 • 2h 26m
DNC REWIND - Part Two: The Main Event
Aug 19, 2024 • 1h 25m
SECOND SHOT: 1968 DNC Part One: The Dress Rehearsal and the Previews
Aug 12, 2024 • 1h 17m
The Dave Matthews Band Incident: An Inside Poop
Aug 5, 2024 • 1h 31m
Mike Madigan Part Four: Dirty Tricks
Jul 29, 2024 • 1h 26m
Mike Madigan Part Three: Chicago Octopus Robot
Jul 22, 2024 • 59m
Special Episode: Mob Lawyer Turned FBI Informant Bob Cooley Wrote a Letter
Jul 17, 2024 • 1h 11m
Mike Madigan Part Two: Political Dynasty
Jul 15, 2024 • 1h 1m
Mike Madigan Part One: The Luck of the Draw
Jul 8, 2024 • 55m
Taste of Chicago: We LOVE America
Jul 1, 2024 • 1h 4m
Burke Sentencing: I guess.
Jun 25, 2024 • 1h 26m
KKK in Chikago: It's a Okay to Dox a Racist
Jun 17, 2024 • 55m
The Mystery of Al Capone's Vaults: Richard J. Daley Rolled Over in his Grave!
Jun 10, 2024 • 1h 15m
Queer Pride in Chicago: Every Kick is a Boost
Jun 3, 2024 • 1h 2m
Wesley Willis: A Punk Icon
May 27, 2024 • 1h 15m
The Tamale Guy: Underground Superstar
May 20, 2024 • 1h 9m
The Dirksenverse: Operation GAMBAT
May 13, 2024 • 2h 17m
Grimes Sisters: Chicago's "Most" Famous Cold Case
May 6, 2024 • 1h 23m
Charlie Trotter: Gordon Ramsay before there was Gordon Ramsay
Apr 29, 2024 • 1h 33m
Soldier Field Update: Flabbergasting
Apr 26, 2024 • 56m
Cabrini Part Three: The Architecture is Not the Problem
Apr 22, 2024 • 1h 26m
Cabrini Green Episode Two: Nothing says Easter like a Carnival.
Apr 15, 2024 • 1h 23m
Cabrini Green Episode One: Not Good Times
Apr 8, 2024 • 1h 3m
2003 Tragedies: E2 and the Porch Collapse
Apr 1, 2024 • 58m
Soldier Field: More StadiumGate
Mar 25, 2024 • 1h 5m
Chicago's Minor League Megyn Kelly: Seduction Investigations
Mar 18, 2024 • 2h 11m
Betty Loren-Maltese: An Icon
Mar 11, 2024 • 1h 48m
Sox Park: Sell the Team Jerry.
Mar 4, 2024 • 1h 20m
Tom Freaking Skilling: The Star in the "Broadway of Weather."
Feb 26, 2024 • 52m
Oscar DePriest: Chicago's First Black Alderman
Feb 19, 2024 • 1h 17m
St. Valentine's Massacre: Get Capone
Feb 12, 2024 • 1h 9m
The Dirksenverse: Operation Greylord: Suckers and Losers
Feb 5, 2024 • 1h 33m
1977 "l" Derailment: Red Historically Means Stop!
Jan 29, 2024 • 47m
Disco Demolition: Holy Cow! or Burn Baby Burn.
Jan 22, 2024 • 51m
Blizzard of 1979: Rage Against the Machine
Jan 13, 2024 • 58m
Anton Cermak: Hope you can Stomach it.
Jan 8, 2024 • 42m
Ed Burke: A Chicago Tragedy
Dec 28, 2023 • 1h 1m
Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer: A Chicago Creation
Dec 22, 2023 • 1h 16m
The Everleigh Sisters: Best Lil Whorehouse in the World.
Dec 18, 2023 • 1h 27m
Pay Bathrooms: It Only Cost a Dime
Dec 11, 2023 • 1h 1m
Ed Burke: Trial Takes
Dec 4, 2023 • 57m
William Hale "Big Bill" Thompson: Illinois Most Corrupt Politian
Nov 27, 2023 • 1h 5m
The Reversal on the Chicago River: Sending it Downstream
Nov 20, 2023 • 1h 30m
Some Lighter Fare: Wrigley Chewing Gum
Nov 13, 2023 • 1h 2m
1919 Race Riots; Summer of Rage
Nov 6, 2023 • 1h 14m
Ed Burke Episode 5: An Indictment
Oct 30, 2023 • 1h 4m
Ed Burke Episode 4: You Can't Fight City Hall
Oct 23, 2023 • 52m
Ed Burke Episode 3: Chicago Fraud, 1990's Style
Oct 16, 2023 • 55m
Ed Burke Episode 2: The Council Wars
Oct 9, 2023 • 52m
Ed Burke Episode 1: Pinball and Patronage.
Oct 2, 2023 • 41m
Obama's 2004 Senate Election: Da Scandal!
Sep 25, 2023 • 1h 12m
Drunk Elephants: Or A Glimpse into Chicago Politicians
Sep 18, 2023 • 51m
Some Lighter Fare: Twinkies
Sep 11, 2023 • 1h 42m
The Eastland Disaster: Too bad they were Poor.
Sep 4, 2023 • 52m
Iroquois Fire: Escape Ladders Matter.
Aug 28, 2023 • 55m
The Great Chicago Flood: Draining the Swamp
Aug 21, 2023 • 1h 15m
Some Lighter Fare: The Foods for Which Chicago is Known.
Aug 14, 2023 • 1h 1m
Second Shot: 1968 DNC Part One: The Dress Rehearsal and the Previews
Aug 13, 2023 • 1h 16m
1968 DNC Part Two: The Main Event
Aug 7, 2023 • 1h 22m
Streeter Shenanigans! The OG of Stolen Valor
Jul 24, 2023 • 51m
Streeter Shenanigans! The OG Honeypot
Jul 17, 2023 • 44m
Streeter Shenanigans! The OG of Documents Scandals
Jul 10, 2023 • 1h 0m
Streeter Shenanigans! The OG Militia Man
Jul 3, 2023 • 53m
Streeter Shenanigans! The OG Seasteader
Jun 26, 2023 • 44m
Meigs Field: Ground Control we Have a Problem.
Jun 19, 2023 • 45m
Tylenol 4: There is Still an Uproar
Jun 12, 2023 • 1h 4m
Tylenol 3: Task Force Jubilee
Jun 5, 2023 • 1h 1m
Tylenol 2: Bozo Boogaloo
May 29, 2023 • 1h 0m
Tylenol 1: A Little Dose of a Weird
May 22, 2023 • 51m
It's Okay to Punch a Nazi
May 15, 2023 • 1h 28m
(Don't) Let Them Drink Beer
May 8, 2023 • 58m
May Day! May Day! We have a Mickey Finn.
May 1, 2023 • 53m
Welcome to Oh, Malort!
Apr 26, 2023 • 2m
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