Re:sound

This week, two specific points on the map with two very different stories.Six Storiesby Jenny Casas, Robin Amer and Wilson Sayre for The City from USA Today.Chicago, 1990. A guy with a loud sweater, manicured nails and connections to some very powerful people idles in a limousine near a vacant lot. A fleet of dump trucks unloads literal tons of busted concrete—and keep coming back. Neighborhood residents take action. The mess becomes much bigger than a six-story pile of rubble.To hear the rest of the story, listen to Season 1 of The City.Homeless in Googlevilleby David Boyer for The Intersection from KALW.In the heart of Mountainview, California, where Google’s Silicon Valley headquarters are located, there's a row of parked RVs. Meet the Google employees who live there.Riding Through the Summerby Katie MingleA sonic journey to the lake by bicycle on a hot Chicago day.This episode of Re:sound was produced by Isabel Vázquez.Image: "Intersection" by Thomas Hawk.Music in this episode by Jonas, Hannis Brown, Into