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A daily podcast about your city

Local news is the easiest to miss. Tailor makes you a short daily show about your city: the council, the schools, transport and what is on, from the outlets that cover it.

Describe your show

“Chicago City Council, straight down the middle. Who voted how, and no hot takes”

Make this show

What Tailor drafts

From that one sentence. Change any of it.

Say how you want it told, straight down the middle or argued from both sides, and the hosts stick to what was reported. Put a neighbourhood or a ward in a topic’s note and its stories narrow to it.

Try it with this sentence, or write your own.

The Council Floor
Show type
Briefing. Two anchors, brisk and neutral: more stories, less banter.
Hosts
Ruth and Leo, each with their own voice
When
Weekdays at 07:00, 10 minutes
Follows
Chicago City CouncilLeadCTA and transitChicago Public SchoolsThings to do this weekendNow and then
Never covers
Crime reports

One morning’s episode

As it might run. Every episode is made fresh that morning.

The Council FloorNew this morning

Who voted how on the budget

  1. The headlines, one line each
  2. The budget vote: who voted how, and what changes for residents
  3. A bus route change, and when it starts
  4. What the school board decided
  5. Something to do this weekend, with dates and how to go

Make it yours

  • Things to go to

    Add what is on this weekend as a topic, and Tailor looks for events still to come, with dates and how to go.

  • Narrow it down

    A note on a topic, such as “only the 47th ward”, narrows the stories it brings.

  • Leave things out

    Crime reports, sports, anything you get elsewhere: add them to never cover.

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