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A podcast where a married couple teaches each other about cool stuff in the past.
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Tuesday Jul 19, 2016
Tuesday Jul 19, 2016
In our fifth episode, Alaina teaches us about the fire that claimed Chicago's Iroquois Theatre in 1903, the deadliest single-building fire in history. It's a story with some similarities to the Eastland Disaster, and plenty to set it apart as well. When is a door not a door? Is rational self interest the deadliest force in history? What in this dang city hasn't burned down?
Here's this episode's links!
- Panorama photo of the burned theater
- Photos of building features
- Memorial sculpture (currently in City Hall)
- Death Alley
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Strangely my two favorites relate to the same holiday: 1776 for the musical and 5th of July by Lanford Wilson. In my teens, I had memorised most of the soundtrack to 1776. 5th of July was the FIRST time, performed at my college, that I'd ever seen a gay couple NOT played for laughs. It was a life changing moment for me (even though I am straight).
Monday Jul 06, 2020
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