Innovating... Chicago-Style

Life After It’s Over

Alton Mills expected to spend the rest of his life in prison. But when his sentence was commuted in 2015, he suddenly had to figure out how to live a life he thought was over. But not everyone agreed Alton deserved a second chance, including the Attorney General of the United States. Featuring Maria Kim, CEO of Cara Chicago, an organization that works to help people in urban poverty find work.

Kid Inventors

How to avoid getting thirsty on your way home from school, stop spilling the OJ, and provide shelter in a disaster. Welcome to the Chicago Student Invention Convention, where kid inventors show off their newest creations!

LuminAID: Bringing light to Puerto Rico

Months after Hurricane Maria crashed through Puerto Rico, some people are still without power. How two graduate students, crowdfunding, and a reality tv show helped bring light to people in their darkest moments. Shark Tank audio from ABC. Sounds of the Haiti earthquake from The New York Times.  Audio of the team in Mumbai from Shelterbox.

Vinyl: The Future of the Past with Reverb's Dan Melnick

Reverb is an online marketplace that revolutionized how people buy and sell instruments. Now, with the launch of Reverb LP, they're looking to do the same for Vinyl.

Cleversafe and the Whale (how to survive being right)

Cleversafe founder Chris Gladwin came up with a better way to store data. Now all he had to do was prove it.