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Companion episodes to The Scoop's field guides and stories — two Chicago voices, made for the walk, the train, or the drive to go eat. The voices are AI-generated (ElevenLabs); the conversations, opinions, and scripts are Emman and Ed's, written with AI the same way the rest of this site is built.

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The Bear Ate ChicagoListen Now

Two Chicago voices argue about Mr. Beef, Sydney's food crawl, and whether Richie's Pequod's run is the most Chicago scene on television — a companion to the article of the same name.

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