Live From My Office

By Steve Cochran

What's Live From My Office about?

Live From My Office is the latest from Chicago radio legend Steve Cochran. Join him, some familiar voices, and some new friends each week wherever you get your podcasts!

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Live From My Office episodes:

05.03.2024
Sammy Sosa: The Legend Comes Home
After 17 years it was more than about time for Sammy Sosa to talk again. In his first Chicago interview since 2007 we talked about where he's been, what he's doing now, and of course -the magic of that summer...
04.22.2024
It's About Doing the Right Thing: Chicago Police Supt., Garry McCarthy
Former Chicago Police Supt., Garry McCarthy, joins me to talk about the life of a cop in the past, present, and future From the reality of what happened when he left his job in Chicago to the new reality of...
04.16.2024
Jam Productions: The Backstage Rockstars
Arny Granat and Jerry Mickelson started JAM PRODUCTIONS and made history. Before there was Ticketmaster and Live Nation there was JAM. They built an empire and had more fun than the superstar bands they put on stage. Arny is still...
04.05.2024
My Funny Friend Bill Leff
Bill Leff always makes me laugh. He always makes me funnier. He's an excellent tennis player and he and I always play a friendly version of smart-ass tennis. There's no ball, no net... it's just back and forth smart assery. That's...
03.23.2024
Baseball is BACK!
Mike Ferrin knows more baseball than Abner Doubleday. He's been analyzing and calling baseball on Sirius/XM and ESPN, both college and pro, for over 20 years. It's time for our annual breakdown of a new season on this new episode...
03.07.2024
The Return of Roe: Roe Conn Reflects on 100 Years of The Big 89 and His Life Today
To continue the celebration of the 100th birthday of WLS Radio we keep bringing in the big ones. Here you'll hear Roe Conn and me talking about his 25 years at WLS... how he got there... the break up with...
02.27.2024
Andy Richter: He's funny, He's back home, and he's ready to do a show with me!
Andy Richter is back home in Chicago. He grew up in Yorkville and learned improv at Second City. After spending most of 30 years with Conan he's hosting his own podcast, acting, and he's become a regular 'toon voice. We...
02.19.2024
Funny Continued: Jake Johannsen, Trump, and a "Conversation over a Bowl of Soup"
This new episode of LIVE FROM MY OFFICE has the legend, Jake Johannsen, and a call from Trump. Jake talks about dropping his daughter off at college IN IRELAND and makes fun of me. It's his way of showing love. Hear...
02.09.2024
Goodbye Yeller Brick Road
That's it. Lewis Black says it's his final tour Why? He's still funny...funnier than ever. The material is out there in this psychotic version of life today... everyday! But he's just about done. Lewis tells me..."maybe I'll have a life!"...
02.02.2024
Leaders of the Band
On today's episode, two legends for the price of one podcast! Tommy Edwards was a great DJ and Program Director. John Gehron ran 89 WLS when it was the biggest, baddest station in America! We're looking back at 100 years...
01.21.2024
A Legend Named Fred
As a BIG part of celebrating the 100th Anniversary of 89 WLS, we are doing interviews with the talent, staff, management, and others about the impact of this radio monster! No lineup was ever better than the DJs from all...
01.05.2024
We'll be back right after this!
Hope you had a great New Year and holiday season! I'm getting things cranked up for 2024 but wanted to drop this note in now... telling you we'll be back soon! In the meantime listen to any and all of the...
12.18.2023
A VERY FUNNY NYE... AFTERNOON?
That's right ...we care more about you than the other shows We will make you laugh at 2p and you will be home by dinnertime...or out at a party...look it's none of our business All I know is you will...
12.11.2023
Live From My Office: Holidays and Disater Prep with Dr. Dimitri Kusnezov from the Department of Homeland Security
HOLIDAYS AND DISASTER PREP It sounds like a perfect combination But... not talking about family dysfunction or buckets of Mac n' Cheese for the apocalypse The guest is the lynch pin to keeping us ready for the worst and hoping...
11.30.2023
RICKLES....THE G.O.A.T
Don Rickles daughter, Mindy, and son-in-law, Ed Mann join me There's a brand new archive of Rickles career at The National Comedy Center AND a new documentary from Judd Apatow on Rickles and Bob Newhart Hear it here...
11.22.2023
Happy Thanksgiving
Happy Holidays begins... It's a LFMO quickie with a holiday call from Trump and the prolific David Baldacci on his new book Hear it here on this new episode Listen to me on the radio weekday mornings from 5:30-9:00 on...
11.13.2023
Comedy and Food: We're back with an ALL FUN Episode of Live From My Office!
We're back after I've been in Italy with some of you awesome listeners. This New episode of Live From My Office is all fun! Comedian/writer/actor Paul Mecurio is touring his very funny show "Permission to Speak." And the one and...
10.27.2023
Previewing Veterans Day and Much More with General John Borling
It's one of the biggest honors of my career to get to talk to men like Major General John Borling (USAF-ret). In our latest conversation, we talk about everything from why Veterans Day matters to his thoughts on the state...
10.14.2023
All Time Favorite Guests: Paul Coyte and I Have a Lot to Talk About!
Paul Coyte is back. He's always funny. He's always smart. We talk about everything and if you're not entertained...listen again! SHOW NOTES Watch Paul Coyte on the GB NEWS app doing the sports on their Breakfast Shows and follow him...
10.06.2023
Can Chicago Sports be Saved?
Rich Cohen is an amazing author. His latest book is all about one of the greatest NBA seasons ever and possibly the best basketball ever played. "When the Game was War" features MJ, Bird, Magic, Isaiah and their teams ...the Bulls,...
09.28.2023
A Wake Up Call For Parents: "One of the greatest risks to our children are the devices they carry with them everyday."
You can be a GREAT parent and still make simple mistakes that put your children in jeopardy. Former police Detective Richard Wistocki has absolute MUST-HEAR advice. Please pass this episode along to other parents to teach them how to do the...
09.16.2023
Yelling at Other Old People with Kathleen Madigan
There was a time when I wanted to be Kathleen Madigan. I knew I'd never be that funny but the bigger problem was becoming a small white lady... So glad to have her back on the radio and the podcast. Do...
09.07.2023
BONUS: Remembering Jimmy Buffett
Jimmy Buffett was one of a kind and peacefully passed away on the night of September 1st, 2023. On this special episode, featuring audio originally heard on WLS AM 890, we walked through his impact, his legacy and play some...
09.01.2023
The 5 Stages of PICK SOMEONE ELSE!
On this new episode of LIVE FROM MY OFFICE we present legitimate factual reasons to move on and have the GOP save itself from itself. SHOW NOTES Listen to me on the radio weekday mornings from 5:30-9:00 on WLS AM 890,...
08.24.2023
A Colonoscopy Tale
The great Dave Barry has written about a million books but got more response about one column than just about anything else he ever did. That column on his colonoscopy inspired others to get there check done and it's linked...
08.18.2023
Nick Digilio: Nick D is Happy... That's a Good Thing!
I am the big brother Nick Digilio never asked for... that's another good thing On this new episode we talk about what we do. We also talk about our shared love of SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE (and we play clips). And...
08.10.2023
He's Making a DIfference: Pastor Corey Brooks & Project Hood
The notion that violence in Chicago is unfixable and that kids can't be saved before it's too late is unacceptable to Pastor Corey Brooks. We talk about the work he does and an idea that should be done across America....
08.05.2023
Weather is Headline News. Climate is The History Channel (REPLAY)
I'm coming back from vacation at the moment, and all that hot weather made me think of my friend Paul Douglas, meteorologist. He is one of the best minds in science and he's had it with climate deniers. He thinks we...
07.28.2023
Sock it to Me?
George Schlatter got Ronald Reagan to work with monkeys, and made Richard Nixon funny... which science said was impossible. One of his best friends was Frank Sinatra. He made stars of Lily Tomlin, and Goldie Hawn and many, many more....
07.20.2023
Ben McKenzie's New Book: A Busy Actor With a Great Life Got REALLY Smart about Crypto
BUSY ACTOR, BEAUTIFUL WIFE, GREAT CAREER, AND REALLY SMART Yes he's just like you and me. Ben McKenzie and Morena Baccarin are busy actors and busy parents. Yet Ben found time to write a great book on "the crypto scam....
07.14.2023
FA(B)Q... Frequently Asked BASEBALL Questions (with Mike Ferrin!)
On a special episode of Live From My Office I'm joined by my friend Mike Ferrin while Andrea Darlas tries to keep us in line. We get all your pressing baseball questions answered like... - What the hell is wrong...
07.06.2023
A Pep Rally For U.S.
Everything doesn't have to be a fist fight. Yet all we do is argue. The far right hates the left. The far left hates the right. This fight is pointless because neither side can win and America loses. Coincidentally FALL OUT...
06.29.2023
YOU HAVE TO LAUGH...I THINK?
In our ridiculous upside down world where the former President is facing jail while he changes his stories everyday... I hear him out and we talk it out on LIVE FROM MY OFFICE NOTES: Happy birthday America! We're back on...
06.22.2023
Medical Good News, Innovations, and Technology in Medicine
CAN YOU HANDLE SOME GOOD NEWS? Dr Kevin Most is back to tell us about the coolest innovations in medicine. Technology and research combine for some very interesting developments and actual good news on this new episode of LIVE FROM...
06.13.2023
Dr. Ian K. Smith: Overnights, Ten Thousand Dollars, and His 25th Book
Is Dr. Ian K. Smith the coolest writer there is... ever? Maybe. What I can say for sure is that he never stops moving and even when he's not trying to make us healthier - he's still working! He has...
06.06.2023
Father's Day: Even Though You Like Mom Better
We're here to help for your dad's big day! Mike Toomey, John Da Cosse, Tim Benker and I are here to reminisce from about summer vacations and talk about our skincare routines. Mike, John, Tim and I will be at...
05.22.2023
Memorial Day Matters... Tell a Friend
These are such strange times. We're very aware of military men and women when we cross paths and will usually thank them for their service. Yet a survey not long ago said 2/3 of Americans don't know what Memorial Day...
05.15.2023
Steve Cochran's Big European Vacation
My trip to Europe was fascinating, moving, educational and more. We saw where the Battle of the Bulge and D-Day happened. We saw Paris from then and now. It proved what we know. When cowards send young men to war both...
04.25.2023
How to Make a Living in Show Business... Part 1!
Mark Decarlo joins me to talk about "the business" -and baseball - and even though I've known him for 30 years I never knew he holds an all time game show record (we talk about that too). This is part...
04.18.2023
A Priest and A Rabbi Walk Into a Podcast Part Two
Father Tom Hurley and Rabbi Evan Moffic are back to talk about the realities of the faiths in 2023. We also get into interfaith marriages because it's that time of the year These two leaders are young, honest, and inspiring...
04.11.2023
History Done Right
Larry Potash had anchored the #1 treated WGN Morning News forever. He also has the best take on history-on-TV. BACKSTORY is on with a new season on WGN TV. Larry and I talk about the business and the Backstory on this...
04.03.2023
Paul Reiser is Always Funny
Had a great talk with the legend, Paul Reiser, on; being funny, acting, getting older, and naps. See him on stage at The North Shore Center in Skokie, Illinois on April 15th or when he comes to your town on...
03.28.2023
Weather is Headline News. Climate is The History Channel
Paul Douglas, meteorologist He is one of the best minds in science and he's had it with climate deniers. He thinks we should leave a planet to our grandkids to that they can live on...he's crazy like that. Paul Douglas joins me...
03.21.2023
Baseball is Back!
Mike Ferrin hosts POWER ALLEY on MLB Network Radio. It's every morning at 9 Central on Sirius XM channel 89. On this episode we make our annual preseason predictions, talk rule changes, and Mike explains the miraculous Shohei Ohtani. Thanks...
03.15.2023
Making March Madness Money
It's that time of year but who do you pick to play and win? Teddy Greenstein from pointsBET and Mark Carman from CHGO and the Bears podcast teach us legal betting and tips to win on this episode of LIVE...
03.06.2023
Why King Charles Can't Book a Band... and Other British Shenanigans With Paul Coyte
He's a sports radio star and the man on the pitch for the Tottenham Spurs. He talks sports everyday on the national news channel, GBTV. He's a very busy man. Yet he always finds time to have some laughs with...
02.27.2023
Sister Jean: A Simply AMAZING Person
A sincere honor to speak with Sister Jean from Loyola on her book on the her life. You should know she thought people wouldn't be that instead in her story. But she is truly exceptional and I hope you enjoy...
02.20.2023
President's Day... It's More Than Just Mattress Sales!
President Biden visits a war zone in Ukraine. President Carter lives out his final days at home. And we look at the people who have done the most important, and most difficult job, in the world. Sure we may not...
02.14.2023
What Bipartisan Sounds Like
Imagine a Democrat and a Republican working together on something meaningful. It's a script Hollywood wouldn't touch BUT it can happen! Democrat Mike Quigley and Republican Darin LaHood on ending the "whoops, I didn't know I had classified documents" excuses....
02.06.2023
A Priest and A Rabbi Walk Into a Podcast
Father Tom Hurley spent years as the beloved Pastor at Old St. Pats in Chicago. Now he's using his gifts to pay it forward at Marist, his alma mater! Rabbi Evan Moffic is a prolific author, speaker, and the proud...

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Live From My Office episodes:

Sammy Sosa: The Legend Comes Home

It's About Doing the Right Thing: Chicago Police Supt., Garry McCarthy

Jam Productions: The Backstage Rockstars

My Funny Friend Bill Leff

Baseball is BACK!

The Return of Roe: Roe Conn Reflects on 100 Years of The Big 89 and His Life Today

Andy Richter: He's funny, He's back home, and he's ready to do a show with me!

Funny Continued: Jake Johannsen, Trump, and a "Conversation over a Bowl of Soup"

Goodbye Yeller Brick Road

Leaders of the Band

A Legend Named Fred

We'll be back right after this!

A VERY FUNNY NYE... AFTERNOON?

Live From My Office: Holidays and Disater Prep with Dr. Dimitri Kusnezov from the Department of Homeland Security

RICKLES....THE G.O.A.T

Happy Thanksgiving

Comedy and Food: We're back with an ALL FUN Episode of Live From My Office!

Previewing Veterans Day and Much More with General John Borling

All Time Favorite Guests: Paul Coyte and I Have a Lot to Talk About!

Can Chicago Sports be Saved?

A Wake Up Call For Parents: "One of the greatest risks to our children are the devices they carry with them everyday."

Yelling at Other Old People with Kathleen Madigan

BONUS: Remembering Jimmy Buffett

The 5 Stages of PICK SOMEONE ELSE!

A Colonoscopy Tale

Nick Digilio: Nick D is Happy... That's a Good Thing!

He's Making a DIfference: Pastor Corey Brooks & Project Hood

Weather is Headline News. Climate is The History Channel (REPLAY)

Sock it to Me?

Ben McKenzie's New Book: A Busy Actor With a Great Life Got REALLY Smart about Crypto

FA(B)Q... Frequently Asked BASEBALL Questions (with Mike Ferrin!)

A Pep Rally For U.S.

YOU HAVE TO LAUGH...I THINK?

Medical Good News, Innovations, and Technology in Medicine

Dr. Ian K. Smith: Overnights, Ten Thousand Dollars, and His 25th Book

Father's Day: Even Though You Like Mom Better

Memorial Day Matters... Tell a Friend

Steve Cochran's Big European Vacation

How to Make a Living in Show Business... Part 1!

A Priest and A Rabbi Walk Into a Podcast Part Two

History Done Right

Paul Reiser is Always Funny

Weather is Headline News. Climate is The History Channel

Baseball is Back!

Making March Madness Money

Why King Charles Can't Book a Band... and Other British Shenanigans With Paul Coyte

Sister Jean: A Simply AMAZING Person

President's Day... It's More Than Just Mattress Sales!

What Bipartisan Sounds Like

A Priest and A Rabbi Walk Into a Podcast

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