-
Jul 26, 2024 | 
wciu.com | Jon Hansen
Mom-And-Son Duo Use Hawaiian T-Shirt Business To Advocate For People With Down Syndrome 21 Pineapples Shirt Co., run by mom-and-son duo Holly and Nate Simon, sells Hawaiian T-shirts and other merchandise while advocating for those with Down syndrome. Block Club's Jon Hansen has the story. Mathis Court Mathis Court Latest Stories Two completely different worlds, one incredible love story.
-
Jun 28, 2024 | 
wciu.com | Jon Hansen
Curator Lives Out Her Dreams at The Griffin Museum of Science and Industry Go behind the scenes at the Griffin Museum of Science and Industry with Block Club Chicago's Jon Hansen as he learns what it's like to be in charge of artifacts and exhibits. Share
-
Jun 28, 2024 | 
podcasts.apple.com | Mack Liederman |Jon Hansen
Eighteen innings of baseball over nine hours in 90-plus-degree weather, with a packed train ride in between? It takes guts, a game plan, at least a few hot dogs and a high tolerance for booze and losing baseball.
-
Jun 20, 2024 | 
wciu.com | Jon Hansen
'On The Block': Episode 321 Brandon Pope sits down with Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson for an in-depth interview discussing his first year in office. Our panel of experts will discuss the WNBA’s newfound popularity and the future of women's sports. Plus, Block Club’s Jon Hansen joins us for another edition of “It’s All Good” to follow the curator of one of Chicago’s premier museums.
-
May 21, 2024 | 
podcasts.apple.com | Mina Bloom |Jon Hansen
Two years after busloads of migrant children began arriving in Chicago, many have landed in schools where most don’t speak Spanish. Custodians and kindergarten teachers are taking on the role of translator, but students are still falling behind.
-
May 14, 2024 | 
podcasts.apple.com | Reema Amin |Quinn Myers |Melody Mercado |Madison Savedra |Jon Hansen |Laura Washington
Mayor Brandon Johnson is finishing up his first year in office. The Block Club Chicago team examined his campaign promises, and analyzed which ones have been met, are being worked on, or have been left to the side -- for now.
-
Apr 24, 2024 | 
podcasts.apple.com | Mack Liederman |Jon Hansen
The Chicago Sky went big in the WNBA Draft, and the city is extremely excited about it. With the No. 3 and the No. 7 overall picks, the Sky selected 6-foot-7 Brazilian center Kamilla Cardoso of South Carolina and 6-foot-3 forward Angel Reese of Louisiana State University. What does that mean for the team, and women's basketball across Chicago? Mack Liederman reports.
-
Mar 11, 2024 | 
podcasts.apple.com | Jon Hansen |Mack Liederman
For more than four decades, unhoused Chicagoans have called a small strip of land along the Dan Ryan Expressway in the South Loop home. While neighbors have gotten used to seeing tents, a tiny wooden home went up last week -- the first put up by volunteers with the Orange Tent Project, a local nonprofit that’s already drawn the ire of the city and backlash from some neighbors for bringing hundreds of orange tents to the unhoused at over 15 city sites.
-
Feb 27, 2024 | 
podcasts.apple.com | Jon Hansen |Maxwell Evans
South Side steelworkers were promised economic stability as a reward for grueling and dangerous work. But many who survived were forced to start over when the industry collapsed.
-
Jan 31, 2024 | 
podcasts.apple.com | Jon Hansen |Quinn Myers
City Council narrowly passed a symbolic resolution on Wednesday calling for a ceasefire in the war in Gaza. Alderpeople tied 23-23 in a final vote on the measure, forcing Mayor Brandon Johnson to cast a deciding tiebreaker in support. The vote came after a tense debate that saw the mayor clear the council gallery after repeated interruptions from spectators.
