Christmas Through the Years in Chicago
The end of the year is always a time for reminiscing. These podcasts are based on the long-running radio series I used to do in Chicago. They are called Christmas Past and concern the news, the music and the sweetness of Christmastimes in the past.
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Episodes
Monday Dec 09, 2024
Monday Dec 09, 2024
The biggest shopping season since the start of the Great Depression, a small town in New Jersey prepares for "the trial of the century," the Denver Zephyr, Shirley Temple and Buck Rogers of the 25th Century!
Monday Dec 09, 2024
Monday Dec 09, 2024
Midnight mass at a cathedral in the war zone as the US halts the Battle of the Bulge; a famous bandleader is missing over the English Channel, and warnings about getting the snow and ice off Chicago sidewalks.
Monday Dec 02, 2024
Monday Dec 02, 2024
A Christmas horror because of the practice of using lighted candles to decorate Christmas trees; the fifth year of Prohibition, but not a lot of people seem to notice; Rhapsody in Blue and other popular music of the day
Monday Nov 25, 2024
Monday Nov 25, 2024
This a broadcast from 2004; there was controversy over a James Baldwin book, a visit to skid row, and Elvis, the Beatles and the Supremes!
Monday Nov 25, 2024
Monday Nov 25, 2024
Mayor Daley files petitions for a sixth term in office; closing arguments are underway in the Watergate coverup trial, and the Whip Inflation Now program.
Monday Nov 18, 2024
Monday Nov 18, 2024
Mayor Washington plays Santa Claus for hospitalized children; a two-week long teachers' strike ends; the Cubs are in court over an issue that cost them home field advantage in the baseball playoffs; Cabbage Patch dolls and those new IBM "PC"s might have been Christmas gifts...
The Christmas book Season of Joy is still available. Contact benesjim35@gmail.com for details...
Saturday Nov 09, 2024
Saturday Nov 09, 2024
Unusually warm weather, a thermal inversion and a new law resulted in hundreds of emergency calls to the Chicago Fire Department. Kenny G was out with a best-selling holiday album called "Miracles," and a Chicago army sergeant actually did enjoy a miracle on Christmas.
Tuesday Nov 05, 2024
Tuesday Nov 05, 2024
Although the United States is not yet involved in World War I, there are repercussions in Chicago. Preacher Billy Sunday, the former ballplayer, is packing them in and railing against the evils of Chicago. Auto drivers get notice that in the new year, they won't have to be hauled off to a police station for a traffic offense.
Sunday Oct 27, 2024
Sunday Oct 27, 2024
A sunny economic outlook in December, but tensions were rising in Europe. Taylor Swift and Ariana Grande were popular. Some scientists were warning that a kiss might be dangereous.
Saturday Jul 06, 2024
Saturday Jul 06, 2024
The murder trial that would inspire a hit TV series and a movie, a plan to deck Chicago, not with holly, but with expressways, the Democrats decide to dump the incumbent mayor and nominate Richard J Daley for the job, and the Drifters and Eartha Kitt.
PLEASE NOTE: All of these podcasts stem from a radio series turned into a book, Season of Joy of which I still posess numerous copies. If you're interested, the price is $15 and contact me at benesjim35@gmail.com.