Blacksmiths: The 'Plastic Surgeons' on Chicago's Payroll

Curious City

WBEZ Chicago

Society & Culture, Education, Public, Chicago, Arts, City, Radio, Curious, Investigation

4.8 • 642 Ratings

🗓️ 6 November 2015

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

The City of Chicago employs 20 full-time blacksmiths. But what do they do? And what's with the ancient job title?

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0:00.0	Planet Money helps you understand the economy.
0:02.7	We find the people at the center of the story.
0:05.1	Garbage in New York, that was like a controlled substance.
0:08.6	We show you how money influences everything.
0:11.6	Tell me what you like by telling me how you spend your money.
0:15.5	And we dig until we get answers.
0:17.5	I had a bad feeling you're going to bring that up.
0:19.4	Planet Money finds out.
0:20.7	All you have to do is listen.
0:22.4	The Planet Money podcast from NPR.
0:26.7	When were the...
0:28.2	What school's up?
0:30.5	Who decides what the next...
0:32.3	Where's that story?
0:33.7	Why is they keep the look?
0:35.7	What is this?
0:38.1	It's a curious city.
0:39.5	Where WBEZ answers your questions about Chicago, the region, and its people.
0:44.8	I'm Dan Weissman, and our question comes from Joel.
0:47.6	He has asked us not to use his last name.
0:50.5	Joel works in local government, and his question had to do with the city's payroll.
0:54.6	Joel's boss worried this question could make political higher-ups uncomfortable.
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