Episode 201: The 1995 Chicago heat wave
Aug 12, 2022•1 hr 59 min
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Episode description
For five days in July of 1995, the city of Chicago baked underneath record temperatures, and behind closed doors people suffered for days - the poor, the elderly, the disabled. By the time the heat wave was over, over 750 people were dead.
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