• Out Chicago, December 21, 2025
    Dec 22 2025

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    36 mins
  • Out Chicago, December 14th, 2025
    Dec 15 2025

    On this week's show:
    – Timothy Jackson, senior director of Policy & Advocacy at AIDS Foundation Chicago
    – Jeff Copeland, author of “Love You Madly, Holly Woodlawn”
    – Carolyn Pinta of Buffalo Grove Pride

    Catch “Out Chicago” Sundays from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Central on WCPT (heartlandsignal.com/programs/out-chicago).

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    1 hr and 42 mins
  • Out Chicago, December 7th, 2025
    Dec 8 2025

    On this week's show:
    – Anthony Rapp, star of “Anthony Rapp: Home for the Holidays,” December 17-20 at The Joan & Paul Theatre in Chicago
    – Colin Kelty, co-founder of Stars & Garters retro entertainment venue (3914 N. Clark St. in Chicago)

    Catch “Out Chicago” Sundays from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Central on WCPT (heartlandsignal.com/programs/out-chicago).

    Support the show: https://heartlandsignal.com/wcpt820/schedule/

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    1 hr and 41 mins
  • Out Chicago, Nov. 30, 2025
    Dec 1 2025

    On this week's show:
    – Singer-songwriter Paul Williams (rebroadcast of a previous “Out Chicago” interview)
    – Christopher Pazdernik, Jeff Award-winning director and producer, and managing director of Season of Concern, an organization founded in 1987 to support Chicago theater practitioners afflicted with AIDS and AIDS-related illnesses; today they act as the short-term emergency fund for Chicago’s theater community
    – Christine Brandes, soprano-turned-conductor; she is conducting “Falstaff” at Chicago’s Studebaker Theater, December 3-7

    Catch “Out Chicago” Sundays from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Central on WCPT (heartlandsignal.com/programs/out-chicago).

    Support the show: https://heartlandsignal.com/wcpt820/schedule/

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    1 hr and 42 mins
  • Out Chicago, Nov. 23, 2025
    Nov 23 2025

    On this week's show:
    – Asher McMaher, executive director of Trans Up Front IL
    – Tara Mallen, artistic director of Rivendell Theatre Ensemble, on their 30th anniversary season and December 9 benefit screening of “Ghostlight”
    – Paul Oakley Stovall of Writers Theatre, which is performing “As You Like It” through December 14

    Catch “Out Chicago” Sundays from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Central on WCPT (heartlandsignal.com/programs/out-chicago).

    Support the show: https://heartlandsignal.com/wcpt820/schedule/

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    1 hr and 44 mins
  • Out Chicago, Nov. 16, 2025
    Nov 17 2025

    On this week's show:
    – Karen Reitan, president and CEO of the Public Health Institute of Metropolitan Chicago
    – Lesley Ann Warren,‬ Oscar and Golden Globe nominee, who is hosting “Clue: The Movie 40th Anniversary Screening,” November 16 at Chicago’s Studebaker Theater
    – Russell Thomas of Lyric Opera of Chicago; he is currently appearing in “Cavalleria rusticana & Pagliacci” through November 23
    – Jessica Love, director of Red Theater’s world premiere of “The Pilon,” playing through November 23 at The Edge Off Broadway

    Catch “Out Chicago” Sundays from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Central on WCPT (heartlandsignal.com/programs/out-chicago).

    Support the show: https://heartlandsignal.com/wcpt820/schedule/

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    1 hr and 42 mins
  • Out Chicago, October 26th, 2025
    Oct 27 2025

    On this week's show:
    – John Waters
    – Chase Glenn, new executive director of the GenderCool Project
    – Tim Rhoze and Bria Walker-Rhoze of “The Baldwin|Giovanni Experience,” which will have its world premier at Fleetwood-Jourdain Theatre in Evanston, November 1-16

    Catch “Out Chicago” Sundays from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Central on WCPT (heartlandsignal.com/programs/out-chicago).

    Support the show: https://heartlandsignal.com/wcpt820/schedule/

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    1 hr and 40 mins
  • Out Chicago, October 19th, 2025
    Oct 19 2025

    On this week's show:
    – Jess Wilcox, curator of Wrightwood 659’s “Scott Burton: Shape Shift,” a comprehensive look at artist Scott Burton, who blurred the boundaries between art and design, identity and public space
    – Marielle Kraft, indie-pop singer-songwriter who performs at Schubas Tavern in Chicago on October 23; her new, debut album is “The Right People Will Love You”
    – Jeff Cass, director of BrightSide Theatre Company‘s production of “The Rocky Horror Show,” opening 10/25

    Catch “Out Chicago” Sundays from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Central on WCPT (heartlandsignal.com/programs/out-chicago).

    Support the show: https://heartlandsignal.com/wcpt820/schedule/

    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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    1 hr and 40 mins