Chicago River
About Chicago River
The Chicago River is a system of rivers and canals with a combined length of 156 miles (251 km) that runs through the city of Chicago, including its center. The river is one of the reasons for Chicago's geographic importance: the related Chicago Portage is a link between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River Basin, and ultimately the Gulf of Mexico.
On the show — 15 mentions total
The Chicago River is a friend of the podcast. In 2004, the Dave Matthews Band drove over it in their bus and dumped an estimated £800 of human feces onto a passenger sightseeing boat.
from No Such Thing As An Eton Oyster, 2025-12-18 at 00:11:17 · read transcript
Other times Chicago River came up
I know Dave Matthews band There was this thing in 2004 Where they dumped 800 pounds of raw untreated sewage Into a river The Chicago River while they were crossing a bridge On that said their tour bus Yeah From their tour bus And they were unfortunately They were crossing a slatted bridge And there was an open top tour boat Passing by beneath the bridge.
No Such Thing As Othello's Casio, 2023-04-27 · listen
In 2004, where they dumped 800 pounds of raw untreated sewage into a river, the Chicago River, while they were crossing the bridge on that tour bus, on that tour bus, and they were, unfortunately, they were crossing a slatted bridge, and there was an open-top tour boat passing by beneath the bridge.
476: No Such Thing As Othello's Casio, 2023-04-28 · listen
In 1871, they were trying to stabilize a local canal. They pumped some water in. It temporarily reversed the flow of the Chicago River. They thought, hang on, this is an idea. So they created a canal to imitate a downhill direction for the river.
Little Fish: No Harm, No Foul, 2026-04-12 · listen
Is this meaning of life, or is that just what it's actually called? It's a book called Landscape, where Robert MacFarlane, which I highly recommend about the dialect words all over the country. Very cool. The river is now clean, Andy. You said the Chicago River, right? Except once a year it looks like toxic goo. Oh. That's because of St. Patrick's Day. They dye the river, the entire river, green.
No Such Thing As An Eton Oyster, 2025-12-18 · listen
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Coordinates: 41.8864, -87.6375