December 12th, 2017: Black Bottom Pie, Holiday Traditions, & Englewood Speaks

Published: Dec. 13, 2017, 5:49 p.m.

Christina Salesberry shares her recipe - and anecdotes from her family’s fierce holiday pie competition - for her second place winning “Black Bottom Pie You Make The Rockin’ World Go ‘Round.” Bridget Newsham interviews South Siders in Cafe Jumping Bean and Nitecap - two cafes in Pilsen - about their holiday traditions. You’ll hear these traditions from Ricky, Alex, and Steve from Pilsen; Joaquin from Bridgeport; Alexandra from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Benji from Hyde Park; Sara from Pilsen; and Carmila from Pilsen. To close out the hour, we have a story from James Gordon from the most recent event in the Englewood Speaks series - Things I Learned While I Was Teaching. Between those segments, we bring you a throwback edition of the Weekly Read from this summer, in which the Weekly Read ranted about the controversy surrounding the Balbo monument. Recorded live from WHPK 88.5 FM - The Pride of the South Side with your hosts Olivia Obineme and Andrew Koski. The bumper at the beginning of the show featured members of HUEY Gang and was produced by Jed Lickerman. This week's Weekly Read was produced by Sam Larsen. Music heard during the Weekly Read is "Cypher" by Audiobinger available on www.freemusicarchive.org. Other music heard during this episode: “Humble Pie” by Podington Bear and “A Ukulele For Christmas (instrumental)” by Lee Rosevere, both available on www.freemusicarchive.org. For more news, visit www.southsideweekly.com.