Amy Guth

Amy Guth and Jen Bosworth finish their two-night residency on The Download with celebrity sightings, weird dreams and a little dive into DNA and family ancestry.

Amy and Jen talk with listeners about their encounters with the stars, including chance encounters with the likes of Tom Hanks, Julie Haggerty and WGN’s own Walter Jacobson.

Next, they recount some of their own strange recurring dreams featuring visits from beyond the grave and ninja fantasies.

Finally, Amy discusses her recent DNA test that revealed a few surprising ancestors and redefined her own family history.

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Amy Guth and Jen Bosworth are back at it again filling in for Justin Kaufman on The Download!

Amy, Jen talk about Amy’s recent experience skydiving with the Golden Knights), running marathons and rescue animals.

Plus, we hear from listeners about their own adventures, some tips on getting ready to run a marathon and the finer points of hedgehog ownership.

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This week on the Saturday Night Special, Amy examines the fascinating world of adrenaline. She talks about her recent experience sky-diving for the first time and then invites experts from a variety of fields to help her pin down some scientific and social details on adrenaline and how it has effected humans through time. First, she’s joined by Dr. Kristin Kreuger from Loyola, who talks about the evolutionary role of adrenaline and its differing patterns through the ages and even in male to female genders roles. Then, Professor David Conroy from Penn State joins the conversation to talk about the sports psychology side of adrenaline, and how elite athletes can teach us about seeing failure as a good thing in training. Finally, Brandon Lillard joined Amy on the phone to talk about how surviving a BASE jump accident actually saved his life, and to expand on why he drives him to skydive and surf.

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Amy Guth talks with Washington Post’s Silicon Valley correspondent, Elizabeth Dwoskin, to discuss Facebook’s willingness to copy technology and design from other apps and platforms, and how it might be hurting innovation.

Then, Ally Marotti, business reporter at Chicago Tribune, talks about the city’s plan to issue Airbnb registrations and how it will affect the industry in Chicago.

Amy also shares her skydiving experience and the music playlist that helped her prepare for the giant leap.

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On this edition of the Saturday Night Special, host Amy Guth talks about sex. She welcomes an array of “sexperts,” from a clinical psychologist to educators to a sex shop owner to attempt to break down the awkwardness that usually surrounds the taboo topic.

To begin, Dr. John Duffy joins Amy in the studio. They talk about the psychology of sex and how it varies culturally and from generation to generation. They also answer listener questions on how to talk to both partners and kids about x, y and z bedroom topics.

Then, Alexis Lawrence, owner of Tabou Taboo shop in Boystown, joins Amy and John in studio to comment on the ever-changing attitudes around sex and sexuality and explain what it means to be “sex positive.” She also tells the fascinating story of her family sex shop.

Finally, Showtime’s Sunny Megatron and Ken Melvoin-Berg (not Kevin) stop by the studio to talk about how they’ve built a life and a media empire on sex education. They enlighten us on some common misconceptions and speak to the importance of constant communication, open-mindedness and novelty when it comes to sex.

As Ken wisely put it, “We shouldn’t learn how to have sex from watching movies like, you know, ’50 Shades’ any more than we should learn to drive by watching ‘Fast and the Furious’.”

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