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Curious City podcast from You probably know by now, but each episode, we bring you at least one answer to a question that was posed by someone

outside of the WBEZ station. That person who gets their question answered could be you. Just to remind

you, you can ask your questions at curiousity.wbez.org. Today we have another podcast with some

bite-sized answers to some bite-sized questions. It's kind of like a snack time curiosity session, little hors d'oeuvres for you.

Here's a segment that aired recently on WBEZ's show, The Afternoon Shift, and you might know we're on that show every Wednesday afternoon between 3 and 4 p.m.

with the host Rick Kogan, which if you haven't heard his voice, you should tune in just to hear his voice,

which is the lowest voice of any man ever to have walked the earth.

That's as low as I can go.

Anyway, take it away, Rick.

I like that kind of mellow music.

It seems perfect for our weekly check-in with Curious City.

This is where you collaborate intimately

with us, most intimately with Jennifer Brandel, the project's producer. And we are joined by

Katie Clarkson. This is your first time on live radio. Thanks for having me. Good afternoon.

You're a genius already. We can tell. You're going to have an incredible career in this.

Jen, what's up this week? It's kind of like last week, isn't it?

Yeah, exactly. We did this pub trivia a couple weeks ago, and we basically reported the answers to 10 small questions.

So we thought, let's give you three more this week.

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