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Linda Lutton covers education and youth issues for WBEZ-Chicago Public Radio. 

Coming to you live from Carter's Barbershop in Chicago's North Lawndale neighborhood, The Barber Shop Show brings you a weekly dose of real talk, straight from the shop floor. No punches are pulled and no topic is considered off-topic. Produced in partnership with the Chicago Reporter, and hosted by WBEZ’s Richard Steele. Airs every Sunday at 9am CST on Vocalo 91.1FM, 89.5 FM, and streams live on Vocalo.org.  The show also airs on Sundays at 3pm on WBEZ, 91.5FM, and streams live on WBEZ.org.

This account holds WBEZ Chicago's work for award consideration. 

WBEZ serves the public interest by producing and delivering diverse, compelling content of multiple viewpoints and expression. We act as the circuit that connects residents of our region to one another, to the nation, and to the world in a relevant and evocative way. We are a regional resource fostering full and active citizenship by creating connections and remaining present and involved broadly in community life.

My name is Azka. I am 5 years old. I am in Kindergarten. And in Azka's Mystery Podcast, I tell mystery stories that I write myself.

From WBEZ Chicago, Chewing the Fat is a weekly podcast with food journalists Louisa Chu and Monica Eng. Together they tackle cooking, dining, culture food policy, culinary characters and more. 

This conversational storytelling podcas features interviews with a wide range of guests who are  prompted to reveal a headline for a funny personal true story. Hosted by comedian Tim Barnes, "It's All True!" is quick, sonically rich and always fun.

PleasureTown is a story-based podcast told in serial form that details the history of a little-known, failed Oklahoma utopian society.

The town’s history is crowdsourced, piece by piece, by the producers, collaborators and audience members. 

PleasureTown is created and produced by Keith Ecker and Erin Kahoa, along with the assistance of WBEZ in Chicago.

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