It all started with a passion for ice cream. Rex Huppke and Amy Guth welcome Hope for the Day Founder Jonny Boucher into the studio. He talks about talking about mental health issues. Join the cause to prevent suicide Sunday at the Dairy Queen on Wehrli Road. http://serve.castfire.com/audio/3423096/3423096_2017-11-10-164436.64kmono.mp3?ad_params=zones%3DPreroll%7Cstation_id%3D3779.mp3

Amy Guth and Rex Huppke fill in for John Williams today, as they discuss what makes it hard for victims of sexual assault to come out and talk about it, and what made it perhaps easier for Louis C.K. to admit to his actions. Comedian Michael Ian Black talks about the role of Twitter and its influence on the comedy community. Hope for the Day Founder Jonny Boucher lists the different ways that his organization facilitates a dialogue on mental […]

On this special edition of the Saturday Night Special, host Amy Guth teams up with Tom Hush and Conor Cornelius from No Coast Cinema on WGN Plus to talk all about horror and other genre film. They preview the upcoming Cinepocalypse film festival at the Music Box Theatre with the festival’s artistic director, Josh Goldbloom, and also discuss the popularity and deeply committed community behind horror cinema.

On this special edition of the Saturday Night Special, host Amy Guth teams up with Tom Hush and Conor Cornelius from No Coast Cinema on WGN Plus to talk all about horror and other genre film. They preview the upcoming Cinepocalypse film festival at the Music Box Theatre with the festival’s artistic director, Josh Goldbloom, and also discuss the popularity and deeply committed community behind horror cinema.

On this special online edition of the Saturday Night Special, host Amy Guth takes a look at the complicated nature of online privacy and what it means when you skim past that annoying Terms of Service contract and hit “agree” without a second thought. Amy talks with Jacob Silverman and B.J. Mendelson, two authors that have been exploring this topic in-depth and have come to some concerning conclusions. They both give their individual take on social media, data breaches and […]

On this special online edition of the Saturday Night Special, host Amy Guth takes a look at the complicated nature of online privacy and what it means when you skim past that annoying Terms of Service contract and hit “agree” without a second thought. Amy talks with Jacob Silverman and B.J. Mendelson, two authors that have been exploring this topic in-depth and have come to some concerning conclusions. They both give their individual take on social media, data breaches and […]

In this special podcast, host Amy Guth and producer Tom Hush sit down to discuss the making of the show as well as the course of the Saturday Night Special over the next few months.

In this special podcast, host Amy Guth and producer Tom Hush sit down to discuss the making of the show as well as the course of the Saturday Night Special over the next few months.

This week on the Saturday Night Special, host Amy Guth welcomes a series of guests to discuss the current state of our planet’s climate and what we can expect from our weather in the future.   Dr. Stephen Strader, Derpartment of Geography & Environment at Villanova d talks about the role of population and infrastructure in environmental disasters and what we might be able to do in the future to minimize damage. Daniel Horton, assistant professor at Northwestern University explains […]