WGN - Dave Plier Podcast
Author and entertainment journalist Tripp Whetsell talks to WGN Radio’s Dave Plier about Norman Lear and his new biography about the seven-decade career of a TV icon who created the gold standard for television comedies, producing shows that were the first to give underrepresented members of society an authentic prime-time voice, while encouraging audiences to confront their own humanity and shortcomings.
https://serve.castfire.com/audio/7169534/7169534_2025-01-25-215234.64kmono.mp3WGN Radio’s Dave Plier talks to actor David Eigenberg about his role on NBC’s ‘Chicago Fire’, their upcoming crossover episode, jumping back in to ‘Sex in the City’ spinoff ‘And Just Like That’, and a trivia game on Eigenberg’s career.
https://serve.castfire.com/audio/7168384/7168384_2025-01-24-235324.64kmono.mp3Bill O’Reilly talks to WGN Radio’s Dave Plier about President Trump’s executive orders this week to include the release of assassination files from JFK, RFK and MLK and challenging presidential pardons from both President Biden and President Trump.
https://serve.castfire.com/audio/7168793/7168793_2025-01-25-004233.64kmono.mp3Garry Meier catches up with WGN Radio’s Dave Plier on cocktailing, the bottled old fashioned, award show relevance and the obscure movie and TV shows nominated, and the creature comforts of life.
https://serve.castfire.com/audio/7167440/7167440_2025-01-24-215540.64kmono.mp3Comedian Nikki Glaser is coming back to The Chicago Theatre with a new show added on June 1 and talks to Dave Plier about her comfort on stage and her style of comedy.
https://serve.castfire.com/audio/7168374/7168374_2025-01-24-231914.64kmono.mp3WGN Radio’s Dave Plier (in for Lisa Dent) is joined by Steven Crano, Corporate Communications Manager at Choose Chicago, and Ben Goodnick, Chef Partner at Lettuce Entertain You, for this week’s edition of ‘Foodie Friday’ where we are highlighting Chicago Restaurant Week.
https://serve.castfire.com/audio/7168398/7168398_2025-01-25-001938.64kmono.mp3WGN Radio’s Dave Plier (in for Lisa Dent) and the Newsroom cover some of today’s most unusual stories. First, Lauren Lapka (in for Steve Bertrand) talks about the most common passwords. Then, Kevin Powell discusses Olympic memorabilia. Finally, Mary Van De Velde talks about ‘Octomom.’
https://serve.castfire.com/audio/7167632/7167632_2025-01-24-224232.64kmono.mp3Ilyce Glink, CEO of Best Money Moves financial wellness company, joins WGN Radio’s Dave Plier (in for Lisa Dent) to share information about this year’s tax bracket increases and what the new administration is going to look at.
https://serve.castfire.com/audio/7167605/7167605_2025-01-24-225305.64kmono.mp3Dan Hampton, NFL Hall of Famer and host of The Hamp and O’B Show, joins WGN Radio’s Dave Plier (in for Lisa Dent) to give his thoughts on the Bears’ new head coach.
https://serve.castfire.com/audio/7167567/7167567_2025-01-24-222907.64kmono.mp3WGN Radio’s Dave Plier is joined by Mike Rowe to talk about his upcoming custom-made 1962 Dodge Power Wagon auction to benefit the Mike Rowe Works Foundation and scholarships, his movie project “Something to Stand For’, the skilled labor recruiting crisis, his Knobel Whiskey brand and more. For more, mikeroweworks.org, somethingtostandfor.com and knobelspirits.com.
https://serve.castfire.com/audio/7154984/7154984_2025-01-17-212324.64kmono.mp3 [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OG7nzImtuV8?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en-US&autohide=2&wmode=transparent&w=900&h=507]Comedian Pat McGann joins WGN Radio’s Dave Plier to preview his LIVE show at the historic Chicago Theatre on Saturday, January 25, touring with his kids and more!
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