Best Slice Of Crime Podcasts (2025)

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👻 “Paranormal profits” — Horror’s box office record. Starbucks’ delivery biz. Gov Shutdown’s 2nd month. +KPop (Lehman) Hunters 20:16

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Horror took 17% of the US box office this year, a record high… it’s the divisive dividend. Starbucks sales grew last Q for the first time in 7 quarters … thanks to coffee delivery. The Government Shutdown’s entering month 2… food stamps and healthcare are the focus. Plus, our biz-themed Halloween costume is… K-Pop Lehman Hunters $SBUX $BCS $SPY NEW…

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A Curious City Halloween: Scary stories from spooked Chicagoans 29:45

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Three stories from Chicagoans who endured a terrifying experience that they couldn’t explain, couldn’t get over, or couldn’t escape. Karen Holt tells the story of her haunted childhood home on Chicago’s Southeast Side. Was her house simply saturated with “residual energy”? Or was the ghost of a lost boy wandering the halls? Rachel Shuki tells the s…

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🦈 “I’m out” — Shark Tank’s China trade deal. Nvidia’s $5T flowers. Fruitist’s $1B blueberry. +Candy Salad Trick-or-Treat 19:53

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Nvidia became the 1st biz to hit $5T… because its chips are actually perishable like flowers. Fruitist carefully bred blueberries to be the size of golf balls… and now it’s worth $1 billion. Trump is meeting today with President Xi… Shark Tank entrepreneurs are on the edge of their seats. Plus, chocolate prices have hit all-time highs… so the new t…

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Gone and nearly forgotten: Lincoln Park’s High Bridge 7:09

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A bridge constructed for sightseeing during the turn of the century soon became known as a place for death. If you or someone you know is struggling with thoughts of suicide, you can call or text 988 for the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline.

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☹️ “AI Party Police — Airbnb’s Halloween plan. Wikipedia vs Grokipedia. The Great Hiring Freeze. +Stock Market’s #1 Day 22:43

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Airbnb is using AI to block parties this Halloween… It’s their new Party Pooper with a Purpose. Wikipedia visits are falling for the 1st time… and Elon Musk launched “Grokipedia”. Amazon is laying off 14K, UPS just laid off 48K… We’ll tell you how to prep for the Great Hiring Freeze. Plus, October 28th is the #1 stock market day of the year… and ma…

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🐥 “Unplugged on Sunday” — Chick-fil-A’s vending machine. College Football’s $50M firings. CreedTok’s viral hit. +Exclamation Inflation!!!! 22:28

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College football coaches are getting fired… but then paid millions #GoldenJockstraps Chick-fil-A’s 1st vending machine opened in Georgia… Because we live in a Kiosk Economy. The boxing movie “Creed” has gone viral 10 years later… b/c TikTok fan edits are letters of love. Plus, there’s a new form of inflation: Exclamation (Point) Inflation!!!! Creed…

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🦿 “Self-Running Sneaks” — Nike’s moonshot merch. Carbone’s AI restaurant. The Scariest Stock Chart. +H’ween Biz Costumes 22:37

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Nike’s dropped $1B on research for a motorized shoe… It’s betting on 3 wild moonshots. Carbone’s fancy restaurant invests in Magic AI… to customize your whole restaurant experience. The scariest stock market in America?... Stocks are going up, but jobs are going down. Plus, the best biz-themed Halloween costumes… Data Center Vampire (or Sexy Fed Ch…

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🏃‍♀️ “Doing Things” — Ty Haney, Founder of Outdoor Voices 49:47

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The Rise, fall, and resurrection of the coolest athleisure brand of the 20-teens, Outdoor Voices. No one does things like Ty Haney - She’s the Anna Wintour of Athleisure, creating the Nike-devouring apparel brand Outdoor Voices after art school. Her super power is harnessing community, which brought OV a $100M valuation. In 2020, Ty was pushed out …

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🏀 “FBI, NBA, & The Mafia” — Basketball’s insider trading. Netflix’s Stranger Things strategy. Ty Haney of OV. +Water Sommeliers 24:55

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Basketball. Mafia Bosses. The FBI… 30+ people were arrested for NBA insider trading and illegal poker. Netflix’s Stranger Things Season 5 is taking over the holidays… and movie theaters. Ty Haney, Founder of Outdoor Voices, joins the pod… and shares her “4 Step Secret to Building Community.” Plus, the cool new restaurant trend is luxury bottled wat…

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Rewatchable Kdramas and Favorite OSTs with Maxine 33:01

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☎️ Get in Touch! Share your Kdrama origin story. *Be sure to INCLUDE YOUR EMAIL so I can get in touch with you!* S2 E25 / Maxine Wright, supply chain professional, master gardener, avid podcast listener—and, of course, passionate Kdrama fan—joins me to talk about her favorite dramas and how her journey started during the pandemic. ⭐ We explore how …

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The unsung legacy of Margaret Burroughs: ‘We called her mama’ 7:28

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Margaret Burroughs was a force to be reckoned with. An artist and a poet in Chicago from the 1920s until her death in 2010, she was also a teacher, an organizer, and the founder of the DuSable Black History Museum. Her birthday is November 1. Curious City and the Burroughs Legacy Project at the Invisible Institute tell the story of one of her lesse…

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🎢 “Roller Coaster Tycoon” — Travis Kelce’s Six Flag’s investment. OpenAI’s web browser. NHL’s predictions deal. +Google’s Bed Bugs 22:22

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We used OpenAI’s web browser for 1 full day… Here's our review on “ChatGPT Atlas”. The Kelce brothers invested in Six Flags with a hedge fund… It’s a hostile theme park takeover. The NHL is the 1st Big 4 sports league with an official predictions market… and it reminds us of airport security. Plus, Bed Bugs have taken over Google… because pests ret…

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Chicago is a jazz city, but where are the jazz radio stations? 6:36

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The city is home to a vibrant jazz scene and the Chicago Jazz Festival. But WDCB is the only all-jazz radio station in the region. Why isn't there more jazz programming on the local radio dial?

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🍷 “LeBrunello James” — NBA’s wine season. China’s marriage markets. Warner Bros’ bidding way. +6-pound phone case 22:11

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The NBA season kicked off last night…and it’s the official league of wine. Warner Brothers Discovery stock jumped 11% on word of a bidding war… Netflix, Comcast, and Paramount all want to buy it. An old Chinese tradition is getting new attention… in-person Marriage Markets run by parents in the park. Plus, we found the perfect solution to shorten y…

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🏴‍☠️ “The Day the Internet Broke” — AWS’ outage. Canyon Ranch’s menopause resort. TiVo’s last day. +FBI’s art crime team 22:22

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Canyon Ranch is opening a $500M hotel in Austin, but for just 1 customer… Women. The internet broke yesterday because of Amazon Web Services… It’s too connected to fail. TiVo, the TV pioneer, just sold its last TiVo… It’s a case study in “moats vs islands.” Plus, the Louvre theft in Paris isn’t unique… Art crime has been hitting an all-time high. $…

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Ep. 45: The Human Target 3-4 1:05:59

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(Probationary) temporary co-host Chad Tappe and host Mark Ohrenberger rejoin Christopher Chance and Ice on the hunt for the killer who sought to murder Lex Luthor by poison and instead left Chance with just 12 days to live and to solve the mystery of his own murder. On this episode, Chad and Mark break down issues 3-4 of The Human Target, which foc…

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🌴 “Date Maxxing” — Medjool Dates’ surge. Apple’s F1 fashion. Ramp’s ‘The Office’ strategy. +Worst Tipping City 21:15

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Apple snagged the TV rights to Formula1… Because racing is now a luxury fashion product. Ramp just hired the cast from ‘The Office’... and got the receipts on your most-expensed meal. Date-maxxing is viral… Medjool date sales hit all-time highs because it’s the 1 fruit winning from Climate Change. Plus, we found the worst-tipping city in America (t…

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🪽 “Fashion Show 2.0” — Victoria’s Secret’s resurrection. Coterie’s $1B diaper. Ikea’s price pop. +Moneycrisp Apples 21:50

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Victoria’s Secret got its mojo back Wednesday night, but so did the stock… it’s following Abercrombie’s playbook. Coterie diapers are being acquired for up to $1B… because even diapers need a status symbol. Ikea hates raising prices, but has to because of tariffs… As the Trade War hits 200 days, here’s who’s paying. Plus, the most profitable apple …

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😏 “DTP (Down To Prompt)” — ChatGPT’s erotic pivot. Bill Simmons’ king-maker. Goldman’s D1 Athletes. +Tyra Banks’ hot ice cream. 20:04

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OpenAI announced erotica will be allowed in the chat… Sam Altman is flooding the zone. Netflix is adding Spotify video podcasts… because Bill Simmons is the king-maker of pods. Big Bank earnings are wild, and powered by ex D1 athletes… It’s Goldman Sacks (as in football sacks). Tyra Banks wasn’t at the Victoria Secret fashion show last night… she w…

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How a group of volunteers saved a rare Illinois wildflower 18:02

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The Kankakee mallow is one of the rarest plants on the continent, according to the Smithsonian Garden in Washington D.C. It’s a pink flower that grows on tall stalks and is native to just one small island in the middle of the Kankakee River, about an hour south of Chicago. But when botanist Rachel Goad paddled over to take a look back in 2014 with …

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🧋 “Anti-Slop Coffee Shop” — Claude’s AI café. Vulcan’s patriotic mine. Buldak’s $8B noodles. +Downpayment Work Perk. 22:32

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Why did an AI brand open an NYC coffee shop?... Claude’s throwing shade at ChatGPT. China’s cutting off rare earth metals to America… So Vulcan raised $65M for Made in USA ones. Gen Alpha’s favorite brand is Buldak ramen noodles… but they’re so spicy, they got banned. Plus, the hot new work perk?... A downpayment on a home. $AMZN $MP $SPY NEWSLETTE…

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🪞 “Mirror, no Mirror?” — Aritzia’s mirrorless fashion. Nobel’s Creative Destruction prize. Strava’s Garmin lawsuit. +Failure Day 22:55

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Canada’s Aritzia is now as valuable as The Gap or Levi’s… But it’s doing it with mirrorless dressing rooms. Strava sued Garmin as the running app preps to IPO… It’s social networks vs. satellite networks. The Nobel Prize in Economics goes to “Creative Destruction”... so we read the paper from the 3 professors. Plus, it’s International Day of Failur…

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Ep. 44: Halloween Man, Interview with Writer Drew Edwards 50:19

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On this episode, Halloween Man creator and writer Drew Edwards joins the show to discuss 25 years of storytelling with Soloman Hitch, aka Halloween Man, and the brand new collection of early Halloween Man comics, published by Red 5 Comics and distributed by Simon & Schuster. This volume includes stories of Halloween Man and his friends defending So…

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🏙️ “JamieLand” — JPM’s Return-to-Office Tower. Scoreability’s LinkedIn for Athletes. Walmart’s Store of the Future. +Pumpkin Spice Weddings 22:46

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JP Morgan Chase’s new skyscraper just opened… including 19 restaurants & custom scents. Scoreability is LinkedIn of high school athletes… Because college sports is a for-profit growth industry. Walmart just launched the “Tire Center of the Future”... It’s the omni-channel labradoodle of retail. The hot new month to get married? October… It’s the pu…

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💄 “The Carrie Bradshaw Index” — Where to Live Solo. Amazon’s Prime Day retirement. Pizza by the Slice. +Jack’s Nvidia Poem. 22:05

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Amazon was sued for fake deals on Prime Day… it’s time to retire Prime Day. Where can Americans afford to live solo in 2025?... Introducing The Carrie Bradshaw Index. Restaurants are opening pizza shop side hustles… because pizza by the slice is a profit puppy. Plus, since it’s Q4, Jack wrote some publicly traded poetry… on Nvidia $DOM $SPY $AMZN N…

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Slice of Life Kdramas for Your Watchlist 1:10:20

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☎️ Get in Touch! Share your Kdrama origin story. *Be sure to INCLUDE YOUR EMAIL so I can get in touch with you!* S2 E24 / Christina from YA Girls Kdrama Podcast, teacher and passionate Kdrama fan, joins me for a slice of life genre celebration! If you love the daily rhythms, cozy feelings, and relatable conflicts found in slice of life Korean drama…

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🐊 “4th-and-Pickle” — Gatorade’s picklejuice plan. ChatGPT’s chief-of-app. Spunge’s sneaker disruption. +150 Friend Rule. 21:05

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It’s the LAST DAY to Vote for The Best Idea Yet to win “Best Business Podcast”: https://vote.signalaward.com/PublicVoting#/2025/shows/genre/business NFL players are pounding pickle juice to kill cramps… It’s an opportunity for Gatorade You can now order DoorDash or search Zillow in ChatGPT… AI just killed the app. Spunge is the first major sneake…

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What’s that dead zone in the 19th Ward? 13:30

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There’s a hole in the map of Chicago. It turns out, it’s a cemetery. But there are many other cemeteries in Chicago that don’t show up as holes on the map, so what’s up with this one? We take you to the 19th Ward and explore the history of this dead zone.

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🥇 “$4K” — Gold’s “debasement” trade. Rowan’s $150M Ear Piercing. Sharpies’ Made in America. +Netflix’s Loud Ad Law. 22:44

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Malls hold a special spot in the hearts of many Americans of a certain age. One may have been the setting for your first date, the place you caught a now-classic summer blockbuster, or even a daycare of sorts after mom dropped you off with a few friends (and maybe a few bucks).In our last episode, we looked back at the history of Chicago’s Ford Cit…