In which I remember one last thing from 2025 and get on the Zoom with my ol pal, Baltimore's own ambassador du Poe, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/chrisriehl">Chris Riehl </a>and we talk eats, drinks and what's comin up for <a href="https://www.wbaltv.com/article/edgar-allan-poe-birthday-bash-217-events-baltimore/69959967#:~:text=THE%20TWO%20DAY%20CELEBRATION%20WILL,News%20Anchor%2C%20Reporter">Big Ed's Birthday!&nbsp;</a> <a href="https://baltimore.org/event/edgar-allan-poe-birthday-poe-toaster-murder-mystery-4/">GET TO BALTIMORE!&nbsp;</a> <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/class-with-sara-benincasa-chad-the-bird-tickets-1116588178299">GET TO CLASS!&nbsp;</a> <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/class-with-chad-the-bird-and-sara-benincasa-tickets-1969989266928?aff=oddtdtcreator">GET TO CLASS IN SAN FRANCISCO!&nbsp;</a> <a href="https://www.chadthebird.com/the-merch">BUY SOME STUFF&nbsp;</a> Recorded LIVE at&nbsp;<a href="https://thepapermachete.org/">Paper Machete</a> at the <a href="https://greenmilljazz.com/">Green Mill Cocktail Lounge</a> 12/20/25 in Chicago courtesy of WKQX (Q101.1 FM) and <a href="https://malort.com/">Jeppson&rsquo;s Mal&ouml;rt:</a> The Official Drink of the Apocalypse&nbsp; <a href="https://linktr.ee/ChadtheBird">Come find me </a>in all your favorite places including my Discord&nbsp; Featuring &ldquo;Promises&rdquo; by the Barrerracudas, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2X74w6fU1T8">"Baltimore!" by Chris Riehl</a> &copy; 2019 and a snippy of &ldquo;The Wasteland&rdquo; courtesy of Ross Bugden Twitter: Instagram For commissions/scores: <a href="mailto:bugdenross@gmail.com">bugdenross@gmail.com&nbsp;</a>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

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Chad the Bird continues to build a following around Chicagoland with his audio and video bits that have amassed 358K TikTok followers, 17k YouTube subscribers, and 69k Instagram followers. The Birdcast is locally charged comedy centered around iconic Chicago institutions as well as in the moment pop culture tie-ins.