Making Beyoncé Episode 1: Girls Tyme
Listen to the first episode of ‘Making Beyoncé,’ a new podcast from WBEZ Chicago.
Joe DeCeault
Senior Podcast Producer
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Regret
Lisa McCrea says she was moved to become a living organ donor. How an act of altruism became the worst decision she ever made.
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Episode 3: The Fallout
Protesters take to the streets. Critics attack the mayor and police department. A federal probe finds a pattern of abuse by Chicago cops.
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Developing nations look to space
Thought it hasn’t been discussed as such in decades here in the United States, the “space race” is far from over. Reaching the outer limits is at once a source of national pride and indication of technical prowess, an implied military chest-beating and a business opportunity in the making. But who’s throwing these rockets, satellites and astronauts up into the darkness beyond — and why?
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Tender Forever charms us with her smile, her songs and her badass dance moves
Tender Forever – a.k.a. French-born Melanie Valera – brings her electronic bedroom pop to Chicago today for a pair of shows.
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A waltz on the darker side with musician Daniel Knox
Last year, Daniel Knox joined Eight Forty-Eight and belted out his brooding and beautiful songs of death and destruction. One year, and a couple of residencies later (in New York and Russia), Knox is back – this time, he’s brought a band with him.
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How ComEd keeps the ‘juice’ flowing
When some of us get a little lazy with the heat, or the hazy, rain-drenched days, at least one team has to kick it into high gear to keep our lives – and our AC’s – humming along.
