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Podcast: WBEZ News
Episode: Hear prominent Chicagoans read Carl Sandburg’s iconic 1914 poem “Chicago”
Description: The Carl Sandburg poem “Chicago” has been a beloved local anthem for more than a century.
But the poem is making the rounds again. That’s because a federal judge read it aloud … in its entirety … in a court ruling amid the Trump administration’s deportation campaign in the city.
As a new year begins, WBEZ’s arts desk asked some well-known Chicagoans to recite it. You may hear a famous author, a mayor…even a tight end for the Chicago Bears.
HOST: LANE