Picture it. Chicago. 1893. Twenty-six million people from all over the world flooded into the city to puzzle over the newest fashions trends including zippers, taste innovative new cuisines like brownies, and some even attempted the daredevil feat of riding the world’s first Ferris wheel. Over 100 years later, these “innovations” may seem like the quaint offerings of a remote past, but their once futuristic status invites us to look around us and ask “what will stand the test of time?” Will President Obama’s library be the site of a major archaeological investigation? Will archaeologists ever unearth a Commissioner’s Trophy on the North Side? Will the Illinois State Museum finally be reopened? Will future generations be able to know the pure satisfaction that is Chicago-style pizza? Join us, and our guest Dr Rebecca Graff, as we discuss the explore the origins of the future in Chicago’s past, and dare to wonder what the archaeology of the future will look like.