Dan Weissmann

Some recent/favorite stories

Renaissance fair health care Paying for health care can be like medieval torture. So, Renaissance fair workers got creative. With NPR’s Planet Money.
	Reversal of fortune: Saving Chicago from its own poop. When a river isn’t a river. For 99 Percent Invisible.
What happens when a sex club tries to call itself… a church? (You know, for zoning purposes.) For Reveal, from the Center for Investigative Reporting.
	Want to see Chicago’s segregation? Ride the El. And: Take a time-lapse. For Chicago’s WBEZ.
Corn economics and world hunger. Our biggest crop? Not a foodstuff. For Marketplace.
	Where did Chicago’s old-school donut shops go? And: In search of the city’s best. For WBEZ’s Curious City.
If there’s no state budget, where do tax dollars go? Strange-but-true answers, from Illinois’ two-year budget impasse.
	How billiards created the modern world One word: Plastics. For 99 Percent Invisible.
“Baudelaire in a Box” celebrates the poet of failure An oddball marathon celebrates the poet of spleen. For NPR’s All Things Considered
	Miami condo-buyers aren’t homeowners. They’re traders. So, rising sea levels? Not their issue. For Marketplace
The MCC: Chicago’s Jailhouse Skyscraper For 99 Percent Invisible.
	Why you can’t help paying four bucks for a latte A neuro-economist explains. For WBEZ.
How screwed is Chicago, really? Will it become a second Detroit? For Marketplace
	Are Blacks locked out of the legal weed business? “Big weed” isn’t an equal-opportunity… opportunity. For NPR’s Code Switch.