Episodes

  • Goose Island’s 2025 Bourbon County Stout variants release on Black Friday!

    Goose Island’s 2025 Bourbon County Stout variants release on Black Friday!
    Nov 25 2025
    Goose Island’s annual Bourbon County Stout lineup will be released on Black Friday! WGN Radio’s Dave Plier talks to Todd Ahsmann, President of Goose Island, Mike Siegel, Goose Island Senior Innovation Manager, and Brian Noonan & Cody Gough from the Crafty Brewers podcast about this time-honored tradition, the history, the process, and why Bourbon County […]
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  • Broadcast Museum unveils Johnny Carson centennial exhibit, ‘Evolution of Late Night,’ Jeannie, Bozo and The Loop

    Broadcast Museum unveils Johnny Carson centennial exhibit, ‘Evolution of Late Night,’ Jeannie, Bozo and The Loop
    Nov 15 2025
    Brian Noonan, Wally Podrazik, Justin Kulovsek and Chris Pokorny (the museum exhibit team) join WGN Radio’s (and MBC chair, president and CEO) Dave Plier to talk about the news museum exhibits at the Museum of Broadcast Communications: “Johnny Carson: The Centennial,” “The Evolution of Late Night,” Antenna TV’s “I Dream of Jeannie” 65th anniversary, “Bozo’s […]
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  • WGN-TV’s Tom Skilling: Technology that powers Chicago’s Doppler radar, clean energy solutions for rising electrical demand

    WGN-TV’s Tom Skilling: Technology that powers Chicago’s Doppler radar, clean energy solutions for rising electrical demand
    Nov 15 2025
    WGN Radio’s Dave Plier talks to Tom Skilling about his special reports about the Byron Nuclear Plant and the rise of electrical demand to power our cities; later, they talk about Chicago’s Doppler radar.
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  • Saluting our Veterans: Gary Sinise, Mike Rowe, Garry Meier and the Chicago Marines Foundation

    Saluting our Veterans: Gary Sinise, Mike Rowe, Garry Meier and the Chicago Marines Foundation
    Nov 11 2025
    WGN Radio’s Dave Plier salutes our veterans with the help of Chicago’s own Gary Sinise and his foundation; Mike Rowe on his partnership between veteran-run wireless service provider PureTalk and the mikeroweWORKS Foundation to promote skilled trades among U.S. military veterans; a Chicago radio tradition with Garry Meier and his father’s tape, recounting his time in […]
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  • Chicago radio legend Kevin Matthews’ documentary ‘Broken Mary’ premieres Tuesday

    Chicago radio legend Kevin Matthews’ documentary ‘Broken Mary’ premieres Tuesday
    Oct 3 2025
    Chicago radio legend Kevin Matthews joins WGN Radio’s Dave Plier to talk about his documentary, “Broken Mary: The Kevin Matthews Story,” premiering in theatres nationwide at 7 p.m. this Tuesday, October 7th, 2025. For more information or to purchase tickets, visit fathomentertainment.com.
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  • Bill Kurtis’ Whirlwind: My Life Reporting the News

    Bill Kurtis’ Whirlwind: My Life Reporting the News
    Sep 27 2025
    WGN Radio’s Dave Plier talks to legendary anchorman Bill Kurtis about his new book ‘Whirlwind: My Life Reporting the News’, highlighting his extraordinary career as a legendary correspondent, anchorman, and producer. Bill Kurtis details his whirlwind career reporting American history as it unfolded.
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  • ‘Chicago Stories’ new season: Tylenol murders, legendary blizzards, Marshall Field’s

    ‘Chicago Stories’ new season: Tylenol murders, legendary blizzards, Marshall Field’s
    Sep 27 2025
    Executive Producer Anna Gardner of WTTW’s Chicago Stories joins WGN Radio’s Dave Plier to talk about the brand new season with stories including Inside the Tylenol Murders, Legendary Blizzards, Rod Bagojevich, Iconic Foods and Marshall Field’s.
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  • Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Jerry Harrison of Talking Heads: 40th anniversary of groundbreaking film ‘Stop Making Sense’

    Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Jerry Harrison of Talking Heads: 40th anniversary of groundbreaking film ‘Stop Making Sense’
    Sep 27 2025
    Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee Jerry Harrison of iconic band Talking Heads joins WGN Radio’s Dave Plier to talk about the group’s 50 year journey and the 40th anniversary and 4K showing of ‘Stop Making Sense’ at The Genesse Theatre on Thursday October 30, 2025. For tickets: geneseetheatre.com
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