Chicago

Murray, Fey, Colbert—Chicago has produced some of comedy's biggest names. But it's also a hotspot for alternative comedy.

We dive into the Chicago night to examine the unlikely connection between unscripted free from comedy and running around a ring in your undies.

Detroit might be known as the motor city, but it's also the pizza city.

Chicago has one of the highest homicide rates in the country — and one of the worst records for solving murders.

Frank Pinello has eaten his share of pizza in Manhattan and Brooklyn, but it's time for him to check out New York City's other boroughs—Queens, Staten Island, and the Bronx—to discover some of the city's best slices and pies.

Frank Pinello visits the self proclaimed "pizza capital of the world" Old Forge, Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania is a great pizza state. From Philly to Lancaster, we're trying it all.

Frank Pinello brings his pizza to Danny Meyer's Roman-style pizzeria Marta for a night of pizza dueling. Frank makes some of his classics from Best Pizza while Marta executive chef Joe Tarasco cooks up their signature Roman pies. From fine dining to

You've seen our host Frank Pinello visit pizzerias all across the country—now it's time to get to know Frank and his own pizzeria, Best Pizza, in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.

Marcos Carbajal, owner of Pilsen's Carnitas Uruapan, heads out for the night with a group of college friends.

Josh Kulp and Christine Cikowski, executive chefs at Honey Butter Fried Chicken start their night out at La Sirena Clandestina for a Brazilian feast, then go to Billy Sunday for cocktails, and finish it all with tacos at Taqueria El Asadero.

THUMP heads to Japan to track down the vibrant local community of dancers and DJs who've embraced footwork, Chicago's most breakneck-paced style of music and dance.