WBEZ | Claire Zulkey

The Lucy Worsley Interview

Fri, 25 May 2012 09:17:00 -0500

Lucy Worsley investigates domestic history with humor and panache, both in her day job as Chief Curator at Historic Royal Palaces and the host of the BBC4 series Elegance and Decadence: The Age of the Regency.

Into the Great Wide Open

Wed, 23 May 2012 09:39:00 -0500

I have come to realize that in the list of ways I’d least like to die, plane crash is no longer first. Chimpanzee-mauling is first. That doesn't mean I'm not afraid of planes.

List: Ranking, in order of least to most favorite, of Sally Hansen Salon effects nail polish strips I have tried

Tue, 22 May 2012 09:01:00 -0500

Girl Flower (My boss took at look at those and said "Claire, you're such a girly girl," and clearly didn't mean it as a compliment.)Laced UpKitty, KittyLust-RousCheck Please!Misbehaved (No joke, nothing I have ever worn has elicited more compliments from strangers)

The Gene Honda Interview

Fri, 18 May 2012 08:32:00 -0500

If you’ve been to a White Sox or Blackhawks game anytime in the last ten, you’re likely familiar with today’s interviewee’s booming voice. Honda is the announcer for those teams as well as the voice of DePaul basketball, the Chicago Marathon, the Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament and the NCAA Final Four.

The problem with pregnant women today is that their placentas don’t taste good

Wed, 16 May 2012 10:10:00 -0500

I believe that it’s been well-established by this point that eating your placenta after giving birth is standard practice. However, I was struck by a problem that afflicts way too many pregnant women: We are growing gross-tasting placentas.

List: Best-named deep sea creatures

Tue, 15 May 2012 10:20:00 -0500

When James Cameron traveled seven miles down to the bottom of the ocean, the Daily Beast predicted some of the amazing creatures he might encounter on his voyage.

Gender roles at my house

Mon, 14 May 2012 10:05:00 -0500

Him: Disposing of dead birds. Her: Killing bugs.

The Veronica Roth Interview

Fri, 11 May 2012 09:04:00 -0500

Roth's Divergent trilogy is a set of New York Times bestselling dystopian young adult novls set in Chicago. We chat with the author about the writing advice she gives herself, and why our own fair city makes a good backdrop for dystopia.

Time to celebrate some local YA authors!

Tue, 08 May 2012 11:15:00 -0500

This week is unofficial local Young Adult author week on the blog.

You may not bend the rules when it comes to airplane hell

Mon, 07 May 2012 10:49:00 -0500

We live in a society and there are still rules, even if airplane travel seems like the jungle. So listen up.