A Mystery Death, a Book Deal, and How Lemonhead Candy Got Its Name
We just hit a milestone!!! 40 episodes and almost a year of Notes from Chicago. To celebrate, we're kicking off a summer series of mini-episodes built around themes from the archive, and this first one is about accidental beginnings. None of these five people planned for their project to become what it became.
Our 40th episode kicks off a short summer hiatus. We'll be back with new full-length interviews this fall, but keep an eye out for more mini-episodes in the meantime.
In this episode, Ashley revisits:
1) Joabe Barbosa, who started running every street in Chicago after doctors told him to get his blood flowing following a near-fatal mountain rescue. Full episode: https://pod.link/1838675173/episode/MzQyYWI5MTUtZDJhMi00Y2M1LWIzMzYtNDAzOGFkY2I0NTZj
2) Anne Morrissy, author of Street Fight: The Chicago Taxi Wars of the 1920s, on the family rumor about her great-grandfather's mysterious Christmas Day death that sent her digging into Chicago history. Full episode: https://pod.link/1838675173/episode/YzRjNTYzZWYtMTkzZi00ZjNkLTk0ZDgtNWI4OWIyM2Y0Yjlm
3) John Conversa of Ferrara, on how a pan sitting idle in a Taylor Street bakery led to the invention of Lemonhead. Full episode: https://pod.link/1838675173/episode/NTU1ZTdhYzEtYTUxOS00ZDRhLWI0MTktOWU3MjM0ZWE1NDk5
4) Ronnie Frey, creator of Doorways of Chicago, on pitching a photo book out of nowhere and hitting #1 in Amazon travel photography. Full episode: https://pod.link/1838675173/episode/OGFkZTAyNjMtYjQ0NS00NmM3LWFmMzUtY2FiYzMxYTc4ZmUw
5) Sandy Steinbrecher, on the two-week photo shoot that turned into a two-year documentary project on the transformation of the Salt Shed. Full episode: https://pod.link/1838675173/episode/OWI5MjRmODQtNzRkNy00YTQ1LThlODgtN2FkMmFhOTQ5ZjNj
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