Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee Jerry Harrison of iconic band Talking Heads joins WGN Radio’s Dave Plier to talk about the group’s 50 year journey and the 40th anniversary and 4K showing of ‘Stop Making Sense’ at The Genesse Theatre on Thursday October 30, 2025. For tickets: geneseetheatre.com

WGN Radio’s Dave Plier talks to Dr. Ian Smith about the latest novel in his Ashe Cayne series, ‘Beyond Midnight’, and how to stay healthy as we head into the colder months.

Lisa Ann Walter, one of the stars of the award-winning ABC comedy ‘Abbott Elementary’, shares behind the scenes stories on set and previews her comedy show at Batavia’s Comedy Vault on October 3 and 4th, 2025. For tickets, visit comedyvaultbatavia.com.

From May 24, 2015: Songwriter Bobby Hart joins Dave Plier to talk about being half of one of the most powerful musical duos, ‘Boyce & Hart’, working with music icons Don Kirshner and Dick Clark, and how they wrote and performed the songs that launched musical group ‘The Monkees’ to stardom. Hart has died at age 86.

WGN Radio’s Dave Plier talks to Bill O’Reilly about conservative influencer Charlie Kirk, the need for the nation to confront and end political violence, and Bill’s new book ‘Confronting Evil’.

WGN Radio’s Dave Plier talks to TV Insider and TV Guide’s Matt Roush about the ever-evolving way we watch our favorite shows, plus a preview of Sunday’s Emmy Awards.

WGN Radio’s Dave Plier sits down with Mike Rowe, host of the Emmy-Award winning show ‘Dirty Jobs’ and host of YouTube’s ‘People You Should Know’, to talk about the American workforce, concerns of the nearly 7 million able-bodied, working age Americans who are not looking for work, the skilled trades gap issue, and how the mikeroweWORKS Foundation is putting a new generation to work.

The leather jacket is back! WGN-TV’s Larry Potash talks to WGN Radio’s Dave Plier about his upcoming triple season premiere of ‘Backstory’ on Sunday, September 7, 2025, at 11pm with stories including:

Chicago radio great Kevin Matthews joins WGN Radio’s Dave Plier to talk about his radio days and his upcoming documentary, ‘Broken Mary,’ premiering October 7th, 2025. Jim Shorts also joins in to talk about the new Bears coach and his ‘Pig Skin Picks’ for the first Bears game of the season.

WGN Radio’s Dave Plier and Dave Schwan talk about the history of the American labor movement as well as the legacy of comedian Jerry Lewis and what was an annual tradition on Labor Day weekend, the MDA telethon.