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Dave Plier episodes
- Lisa Ann Walter of Award Winning Comedy ‘Abbott Elementary’, upcoming stand-up at Batavia’s Comedy Vault
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.
https://serve.castfire.com/audio/7732819/7732819_2025-09-27-012619.64kmono.mp3Recent PostsDave PlierFred Winston: A Radio Hall of Fame inductee.cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd}Mike Rowe on the mikeroweWORKS Foundation.cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd}Boldly going with William Shatner.cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd}The power and impact of the Muscular Dystrophy Association.cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd}This is History: MDA Telethon, Pullman Strike.cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd}Click for more15 min - From the archives: Dave Plier talks with Bobby Hart
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.
https://serve.castfire.com/audio/7711880/Bobby_Hart_2025-09-16-022220.64kmono.mp3Bobby Hart, co-wrote ‘Last Train to Clarksville’ and other hits for the Monkees, dead at 86More from the ArchivesWGN Radio ArchivesRemembering Mike Ditka.cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd}From the archives: Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert.cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd}Remembering Judy Markey.cls-3{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd}From 2022: Dave Plier with TV director James Burrows.cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd}Archives: Sirott and Murciano talk with Walt Parazaider.cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd}Click for moreRecent PostsDave PlierFred Winston: A Radio Hall of Fame inductee.cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd}Mike Rowe on the mikeroweWORKS Foundation.cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd}Boldly going with William Shatner.cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd}The power and impact of the Muscular Dystrophy Association.cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd}This is History: MDA Telethon, Pullman Strike.cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd}Click for more0 min - Bill O’Reilly: New book ‘Confronting Evil’; Charlie Kirk’s death as the nation confronts political violence
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’.
https://serve.castfire.com/audio/7709037/Bill_O_Reilly_New_book_Confronting_Evil_Charlie_Kirk_s_Death_as_the_Nation_Confronts_Political_Violence_2025-09-12-235237.128.mp3Death of Charlie KirkRecent PostsDave PlierFred Winston: A Radio Hall of Fame inductee.cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd}Mike Rowe on the mikeroweWORKS Foundation.cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd}Boldly going with William Shatner.cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd}The power and impact of the Muscular Dystrophy Association.cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd}This is History: MDA Telethon, Pullman Strike.cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd}Click for more16 min - TV Insider’s Matt Roush previews this Sunday’s Emmy Awards; The evolution of TV and streaming
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.
https://serve.castfire.com/audio/7709035/TV_Insiders_Matt_Roush_Previews_this_Sundays_Emmy_Awards_2025-09-12-234135.128.mp3Recent PostsDave PlierFred Winston: A Radio Hall of Fame inductee.cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd}Mike Rowe on the mikeroweWORKS Foundation.cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd}Boldly going with William Shatner.cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd}The power and impact of the Muscular Dystrophy Association.cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd}This is History: MDA Telethon, Pullman Strike.cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd}Click for more17 min - Mike Rowe: Skilled trade shortage, challenges in the American workforce, Work Ethic Scholarships
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.
https://serve.castfire.com/audio/7688126/Mike_Rowe_Skilled_Trade_Shortage_Challenges_in_the_American_Workforce_Work_Ethic_Scholarships_2025-09-01-165526.64kmono.mp3Recent PostsDave PlierFred Winston: A Radio Hall of Fame inductee.cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd}Mike Rowe on the mikeroweWORKS Foundation.cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd}Boldly going with William Shatner.cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd}The power and impact of the Muscular Dystrophy Association.cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd}This is History: MDA Telethon, Pullman Strike.cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd}Click for more30 min - WGN-TV’s Larry Potash on the new triple season premiere of ‘Backstory’ on Sunday, September 7th
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:
- Larry digs into his own family tree and ancestral DNA
- The controversy involving a Nazi janitor hiding in plain sight that divided a Chicago suburb
- A history professor using a video game to teach college students
- The army doctor’s secret, trapping him between two worlds
- The backstory of the game of golf, and Chicago’s starring role
- The psychology of collecting
- What a prolific collector of Lincoln assassination memorabilia has learned about our 16th President
- Rarely seen footage from the Chicago Film Archive
- A profile of a man building his very own Viking ship
- A man searching for his brother’s killer may have found him
- The pioneers of science fiction, including Ray Bradbury
https://serve.castfire.com/audio/7688115/WGN-TV_s_Larry_Potash_on_the_New_Triple_Season_Premiere_of_Backstory_on_Sunday_September_7th_2025-09-01-155115.64kmono.mp3Recent PostsDave PlierFred Winston: A Radio Hall of Fame inductee.cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd}Mike Rowe on the mikeroweWORKS Foundation.cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd}Boldly going with William Shatner.cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd}The power and impact of the Muscular Dystrophy Association.cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd}This is History: MDA Telethon, Pullman Strike.cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd}Click for more0 min - Chicago radio great Kevin Matthews on upcoming documentary ‘Broken Mary’, Jim Shorts on Chicago Bears ‘Pig Skin Picks’
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.
https://serve.castfire.com/audio/7688111/Chicago_radio_great_Kevin_Matthews_on_upcoming_documentary_Broken_Mary_Jim_Shorts_on_Chicago_Bears_Pig_Skin_Picks__2025-09-01-154611.64kmono.mp3Recent PostsDave PlierFred Winston: A Radio Hall of Fame inductee.cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd}Mike Rowe on the mikeroweWORKS Foundation.cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd}Boldly going with William Shatner.cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd}The power and impact of the Muscular Dystrophy Association.cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd}This is History: MDA Telethon, Pullman Strike.cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd}Click for more14 min - This is History: Chicago’s historic role in the American labor movement, Jerry Lewis and the MDA Telethon
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.
https://serve.castfire.com/audio/7688102/This_is_History_Chicago_s_historic_role_in_the_American_labor_movement_Jerry_Lewis_and_the_MDA_Telethon_2025-09-01-154102.64kmono.mp3Recent PostsDave PlierFred Winston: A Radio Hall of Fame inductee.cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd}Mike Rowe on the mikeroweWORKS Foundation.cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd}Boldly going with William Shatner.cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd}The power and impact of the Muscular Dystrophy Association.cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd}This is History: MDA Telethon, Pullman Strike.cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd}Click for more11 min - Bob’s Record Collection: Don Barnes of 38 Special celebrates 50 years of music, coming to Chicago
Don Barnes from 38 Special celebrates five decades of music with WGN Radio’s Dave Plier and talks about how the band was formed, how they came up with the name, and the stories behind their biggest hits.
https://serve.castfire.com/audio/7688101/Bob_s_Record_Collection_Don_Barnes_of_38_Special_celebrates_50_Years_of_music_coming_to_Chicago_2025-09-01-151401.64kmono.mp3Recent PostsDave PlierFred Winston: A Radio Hall of Fame inductee.cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd}Mike Rowe on the mikeroweWORKS Foundation.cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd}Boldly going with William Shatner.cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd}The power and impact of the Muscular Dystrophy Association.cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd}This is History: MDA Telethon, Pullman Strike.cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd}Click for more0 min - The epic tailgating experience with Kevin Kolman of Weber Grill
WGN Radio’s Dave Plier talks backyard autumn grilling, tailgating tips, and more with Weber Ambassador Kevin Kolman.
https://serve.castfire.com/audio/7688096/The_Epic_Tailgating_Experience_with_Kevin_Kolman_of_Weber_Grill_9-1-25_2025-09-01-153436.64kmono.mp3Recent PostsDave PlierFred Winston: A Radio Hall of Fame inductee.cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd}Mike Rowe on the mikeroweWORKS Foundation.cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd}Boldly going with William Shatner.cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd}The power and impact of the Muscular Dystrophy Association.cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd}This is History: MDA Telethon, Pullman Strike.cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd}Click for more0 min
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