Oct 26, 2014
Mike Stephen welcomes acclaimed Chicago author and storyteller Jack Zimmerman to the studio to talk about his life, his work, and his new book Cooked; goes behind the scenes with local Star Trek futurecore metal band TNG during the recording of their new song "Up the Long Ladder;" and talks about his Mike Loves Tacos...
Oct 19, 2014
Mike Stephen talks with Chicago Loot Drop chairman Mike Chuck about the Shamblers' Ball benefit for the kids at Comer Children’s Hospital, chats with Mare Swallow and author Patricia Ann McNair about the third annual Chicago Writers Conference, and visits with Plastic Crimewave (aka Steve Krakow) about musician Steve...
Oct 12, 2014
Mike Stephen talks with Daily Chicago Chocolate Smell Map creator Ian Petchenik about that sweet sweet cocoa aroma in the air; chats with Dr. Rachel Hart Winter of Dominican University's Albertus Magnus Society, a local group that explores the intersection of religion and science and whose speaker series this year is...
Oct 5, 2014
Mike Stephen talks with Chicago Vocational Career Academy teacher Dave Stieber about teaching on the South Side, chats with Chicago Reader senior writer Mick Dumke about the latest in Chicago politics, visits with Beardsgaard Barbers co-owners Natalie and Tyler Anderson about setting up shop in Batavia, and works out...