James Edwards, one of the podcast’s producers, complimented the blend of different styles to tell the stories. Incorporating journalism, narrative, and humor helped the project flow naturally and not categorize it into only one box, especially since it was the first time a show has been formatted this way — there wasn’t a model to follow, he said.

In June 2018, when the Chicago Tribune packed up and left its famous Tribune Tower newsroom, it seemed like an obvious symbol of local journalism’s decline...

New York Times “podcast proselytizer,” Phoebe Lett, joins us for our ongoing series, “Review/Preview.” This week, we’re taking a look at what’s new in podcasts. Review starts at 12:25.

“Ain’t no side like the South Side ... South SIDE!” For fans of Comedy Central’s “South Side”— a show that follows two ambitious friends in Chicago’s Englewood neighborhood, working at a rent-to-own store — the refrain is not new. It’s reiterated in the show’s theme music every week, and for South Siders it just states something we already know: the stories that come out of the that part of the city are as unique and interesting as those who populate it.