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EPISODE · May 23, 2026 · 38 MIN

OTL #1,023: The history of Chicagoland through bricks, The South Side speaks out against a microelectronics park

from Outside the Loop RADIO · host Mike Stephen

Mike Stephen learns how bricks tell the history of Chicagoland with Will Quam, author of the new book Fire and Clay: How Bricks Reveal the Hidden History of Chicago, and then chats with Akele Spencer, a resident of the South Side and member of Southside Together, about his opposition to a new microelectronics park being built in his community.

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Mike Stephen learns how bricks tell the history of Chicagoland with Will Quam, author of the new book Fire and Clay: How Bricks Reveal the Hidden History of Chicago, and then chats with Akele Spencer, a resident of the South Side and member of...

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