Chicago

Discussed as a major, expensive metro market where the caller is looking for a home.

“But, but still you're, you know, you're in a major metro market that's a very expensive city. It's one of the largest cities in the world.”

The location where the listener was living and experienced a mugging in 2016.

“She starts, "Chicago 2016. I had just left an abusive relationship, moved into a new apartment, and I had no idea this was one of the most crime-ridden neighborhoods of Chicago."”

The city where the listener lived and experienced multiple muggings.

“"I don't live in Chicago anymore, but I still love that city in a deeply unwell, possibly Stockholm Syndrome way. And now I'm about to graduate as a forensic nurse-”

The location where Upton Sinclair conducted his research into meatpacking plants.

“And it's about, uh, the plight of people working in the packing yards in Chicago. He'd gotten very interested i- in the plight of workers in Chicago, and he had actually gone and gone undercover in the Chicago stockyards and meatpacking plants. And, uh, Upton …”

The location of the club where Zach went dancing.

“... a loving place, because I admire you. You, we've been trying to get you a little bit out of your comfort zone, out in the public. You're a sociable guy. You're a great guy to be around. You're an awesome hang. When we went to the Cub's game, I was like, "Z…”

A key design city where the company opened its fourth store, driving national expansion.

“Oh, absolutely. Yes. We, we do that all ourselves. I mean, that's a really critical part of the business, and it's often treated in this very secondary way. And, um, it's interesting we talked about... We opened in Chicago, and the surprise in Chicago was Chic…”

The furthest location the company had expanded to before considering Los Angeles.

“Because, um, I think you make a bunch of bad decisions when you start doing that. Um, through organic growth, you're available to evaluate what your natural growth is, and then you're able to take advantage. If it makes sense, you're able to take advantage of …”

The furthest location the business had expanded to at the time.

“One of the big decisions we made was there was a location in Los Angeles that I fell in love with, and we sat down as a group and said, "Okay, can we do this?" You know, the furthest we'd gone is Chicago. We didn't know what to do. And we just said, "No, we're…”

The city where the author's mother worked on juvenile justice and his father taught at the university.

“It took a while, but yeah, so o- once my mother got out of prison and my father went back to school, and, you know, you have to remember that 10 years earlier when they went underground, they had dropped what at the time were fairly promising academic careers.…”

The city where the mother of the speaker was based and where Fred Hampton organized.

“I think for my mother in particular, the question of race was always central to her politics. She started out in the Civil Rights movement, marching with Dr. King, volunteering during the rent strike in Chicago, and she was really radicalized by the deaths of …”

Bernadine Dohrn attended law school in Chicago and participated in civil rights activism there.

“Yeah. Well, I think their mission evolved over time, you know? I would say for my mother, for example, she started out as a civil rights activist. She was in law school in Chicago, and she joined, uh, Dr. King's rent strike in Chicago, kind of earnest young la…”

Location where the parents firebombed police cars in response to Fred Hampton's death.

“Yeah. My parents were still above ground when Fred was killed. They actually went over to his apartment. They saw the bloody mattress where he was killed. They saw the holes in the wall of his apartment, and that really kind of drove them a little bit crazy. U…”

The show is recorded at the Studebaker Theater in Chicago.

“From NPR and WBEZ Chicago, this is Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!, the NPR news quiz. I'm Bill Curtis. We are playing this week with Tom Bodett, Joyelle Nicole Johnson, and Faith Salie. And here again is your host at the Studebaker Theater in Chicago, Illinois, P…”

Location of the Studebaker Theater where the show is recorded.

“Coming up, it's Lightning Fill in the Blank, but first it's the game where you have to listen for the rhyme. If you'd like to play on air, call or leave a message at 1-888-WAIT-WAIT. That's 1-888-924-8924. You can see us most weeks at the Studebaker Theater in…”

Mentioned as the location of an event where the speaker discussed peak performance with an athlete.

“I think the whole issue of, you know, repetition, the, um, when you're trying to build a habit, you know, you have this goal in mind. We're very goal driven. It's all about outcomes and it's all about impact. Um, and you drop the ball or it doesn't work, and y…”

The location of the second caller, Bridget.

“... get you a $5,000 truck and then become a rich guy. 'Cause most of the guys that drive trucks like this aren't the rich guys. Most of the guys that drive trucks that are 5 or 10,000 are the rich guys, uh, especially on a construction site. Yeah. [sighs] All…”

Mentioned as an example of an overwhelming urban environment.

“and it was getting outside of what millions of people would call normal. Just living in a city is no longer for me. It was the highlight of my life when I was younger. It is no longer for me. And sometimes you find yourself in these routines or this way of liv…”

The university where Dr. Vonda Wright earned her medical degree.

“am so glad that you're here to experience the brilliance of Dr. Vonda Wright. Dr. Vonda Wright is a renowned, double-board-certified orthopedic surgeon, who earned her medical degree from the University of Chicago and her fellowship at the Hospital for Special…”

Referenced as a location where the speakers recently attended events.

“What was the best thing you heard in Chicago that you didn't talk about on your podcast?”

Dan Pfeiffer mentions meeting David Axelrod in Chicago for the Obama Library opening.

“But I will catch you in, I assume I will catch you in Chicago in about a month at the Obama Library opening.”

Mentioned by Arthur Burns during a phone call with Richard Nixon.

“Hello, Arthur. Yeah. How are you this morning? Hi. How are you? Fine. Did you have a good trip? Oh, yeah. I just got back from Chicago. I know. Yeah. Look, I want you-”

Mentioned as the location near the Argonne National Lab.

“So there's a place, uh, near Chicago, the Argonne National Lab.”

Used as a microcosm for how pension funding issues impact educational budgets.

“Okay? And at that point they're like, "Well, we'll disband," and I'm like, "I think most people would have preferred if you fired yourselves and kept the school a little longer." But, um, I mean, you can buy towns in Kentucky. School, fire station, everything.…”

Nick Epley mentions his morning train commute into the city where passengers typically avoid interacting with one another.

“Right? Like on my train coming into Chicago every morning where nobody's talking with each other. It looks like nobody cares about other people. They don't have any interest in talking to other people. In those kinds of situations, when you ask people to conne…”

A visitor named Laura mentions living in this city before visiting the gallery.

“Hi, I'm Laura. I live here in Chicago, so I came down to the gallery and, uh, [paintball gun] I made some of my famous muffins. [laughs] It's actually my sister's recipe.”

The location where artist Wafaa Bilal lived and performed his art piece.

“This is Hidden Brain. I'm Shankar Vedantam. In May 2007, an artist living in Chicago moved into a new place. It was a small room with white walls. The interior design was minimalist. There was a bed, a desk, a computer, a lamp, and a paintball gun.”

Mentioned as a location where Puth struggled to sell out a tour despite having a number one hit.

“... attention. You just want my, my, my. I had that song out, it was a number one record, and we couldn't sell 3,000 tickets in, I think it was Chicago. It was, like, 2,000 tickets. It-”

The site of the Haymarket Square bombing and labor protest in 1886.

“than fifteen thousand striking streetcar drivers clashed with police as they fought for a shorter workday and a minimum wage. Then, on May fourth, 1886, a deadly bombing and police shooting at a labor protest at Chicago's Haymarket Square killed more than ten …”

The city where the Studebaker Theater is located.

“[upbeat music] Coming up, it's Lightning Fill in the Blank, but first it's the game where you have to listen for the rhyme. If you'd like to play on air, call or leave a message at 1-888-WAIT-WAIT. That's 1-888-924-8924. You can see us most weeks here at the S…”

The intended destination of the host's train trip.

“Figuring that we must be close to Chicago by now, 'cause that's our destination.”