The Dave Plier Podcast from Chicago's Very Own, 720 WGN
Actress Lecy Goranson on Chicago sports and the 6th season of ABC-TV’s ‘The Conners’
March 9, 2024
Long before Hollywood the film industry was invented in Chicago: Essanay Studios, Charlie Chaplin
25 years of Chicago’s own Chief O’Neill’s: St. Patrick’s Day Festival, Friday fish fries, Sunday brunch, Bad Irish Momz of Comedy
March 2, 2024
Hail to the Chief! WGN-TV’s NEW Chief Meteorologist Demetrius Ivory
Tie a yellow ribbon round music legend Tony Orlando: A Journey in Music
Phil Rosenthal on the new season of Netflix’s ‘Somebody Feed Phil’, new children’s book with his daughter ‘Just Try It!’
Comedian Jake Johannsen: Laughing it up at Zanies, marriage advice, being a parent today, aging
Feb. 17, 2024
Musician Branford Marsalis is heading home to New Orleans as new Artistic Director at Music Center named after his father
Presidential historian Douglas Brinkley: Washington, Lincoln, Kennedy and the 45 American Presidents in history, their style, their leadership, their impact
The legacy of Chicago’s own Jack Benny: 130 years of laughter
This is History: Black History Month with Dave Schwan on Julius Rosenwald, the most important philanthropist you never heard of
The Big Game commercials preview
Feb. 12, 2024
HBO’s ‘The Sopranos’ at 25: Lorraine ‘Dr. Melfi’ Bracco, Edie ‘Carmela Soprano’ Falco, Stevie ‘Silvio Dante’ Van Zandt, Vincent ‘Johnny Sack’ Curatola, Steve ‘Bobby Bacala’ Schirippa
Feb. 3, 2024
The Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show 60th Anniversary with Andrew Solt, owner of the Ed Sullivan Library
We Dream a World: Yolanda Renee King, Granddaughter of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King
Jan. 15, 2024
The legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.: Looking back at a conversation with Jesse Jackson
AAAAAY! It’s the 50th Anniversary of TV’s Happy Days with Marion Ross, Anson Williams, Donny Most and Henry Winkler
Dean Richards’ Entertainment Report: Chelsea Handler shines at Critics Choice Awards
Grammy Award-Winning Jazz great Branford Marsalis: Influences, music styles and composing music for Netflix’s civil rights film ‘Rustin’
America’s Anchorman Bill Kurtis on ‘2050: A Parable for a Dying Planet’
75th Emmy Awards preview with Matt Roush of TV Guide and TV Insider
Dr. Sindhu Aderson from Northwestern Medicine: High levels of flu, RSV and COVID and what to do
Dr. Ian Smith: New Year New You, Fun Fitness Bros., Met Flex, Battling the winter blues
Jan. 13, 2024
ABC7 meteorologist Cheryl Scott: Frigid temps ahead, Great Chicago Blood Drive powered by The American Red Cross
WGN-TV meteorologist Demetrius Ivory: Winter storm updates, second wave near blizzard snow, high winds
New Year’s Eve cocktails for a bubbly celebration with Jeff and Tracy Hoover
Dec. 29, 2023
Countdown Chicago 2024 with ABC7’s Terrell Brown
Chicago stories of the year with Walter Jacobson
Top Chicago sports headlines of 2023 with Andy Masur
Dave’s favorite conversations of the year, part 4: Bill Kurtis and Walter Jacobson, Kurt Neumann of The Bodeans
Block Club Chicago: Hemingway’s Chicago home on the market, Red Line community space, Free rides New Year’s Eve on the CTA
Those we lost 2023 in film, TV, music, sports, politics
Dave Plier’s favorite conversations of the year, part 3: Jon Anderson of YES, TV’s Mike Rowe
Dec. 28, 2023
A tribute to Tom Smothers, one half of the famed comedy duo The Smothers Brothers
Block Club Chicago: Winter Break FREE Chicago Museum Days for the family
Better Business Bureau: National Use Your Gift Card Days, Holiday returns, How to avoid scams
Public domain for 2024: Artists, books, films and music including Disney’s Mickey Mouse in ‘Steamboat Willie’
Dec. 27, 2023
New Illinois laws impacting employee rights, healthcare, policing in 2024
Dave’s favorite conversations of the year part 2: Music icon Melissa Etheridge and comedian Nikki Glaser
Dean’s Entertainment Report: Home video report, Dolly Parton gives back, New Year’s appetizers
Block Club Chicago: Green Dolphin to become dispensary, What to do with your Christmas tree, Rejected vanity license plates
Northwestern Medicine: Symptoms and remedies for RSV, strep, flu, COVID
The Year in Politics with Paul Lisnek: Biden, Trump, Ukraine, Israel, Migrant Crisis, Unproductive Congress, Safe-T Act, Burke Trial
Dec. 26, 2023
Dean’s Entertainment Report: Holiday Weekend Box Office, Taylor Swift breaks records again, ‘The Color Purple’ cast interviews
Dan Hampton recaps the Bears win over the Cardinals
The Year in Dining with Sam Toia, President of the Illinois Restaurant Association
Dave Plier’s Favorite Conversations of the Year Part 1: Henry Winkler and Smokey Robinson
Cardinal Blase Cupich: A Christmas conversation with Dave, Josh and Emma Plier
Dec. 23, 2023
The legacy of Dr. Seuss and ‘How the Grinch Stole Christmas’
On the Map: ‘A Christmas Story’ experience off the big screen
Dec. 16, 2023
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