Former DNAinfo writer Mark Schipper is attending the San Fermin Festival in Spain, and he joins The Matt Bubala Show to share his experiences about Chupinazo, or the opening day celebrations. This eight day festival is popularly known as Running of the Bulls, where tradition shows bull fighting is a form of entertainment. San Fermin is held in the city of Pamplona, which has a deep religious and historic nature. Ernest Hemingway was known to make this festival popular from […]

Chris Gebhardt, Assistant Managing Editor of nasaspaceflight.com joins The Matt Bubala Show to catch up on space exploration. This week, he talks about two rovers on Mars: Curiosity and Opportunity. Currently, Opportunity is in trouble due to a dust storm. At the end of May, an orbiting space craft picked up hints of a localized dust storm moving quickly toward the rover. Gebhardt says, “despite what we think of popular culture, dust storms are not that common for Mars. The […]

BBC radio presenter and author, Spencer Leigh joins The Matt Bubala Show to discuss all things Elvis Presley! This Liverpool resident wrote Elvis Presley-Caught In A Trap in 2017 for the 40th anniversary of his death. Listen to hear stories about his life and recent memorabilia being auctioned off.

Elton Jim Turano fills in for Matt Bubala as the holiday week approaches. In this full show podcast, radio veteran and friend Mick Kayler joins the conversation to talk about pop culture. Turano talks about his adventures in Los Angeles and discusses music with several listeners. As of tomorrow, Best Buy will no longer cell CD’s in any department stores, so the gang reminisces on favorite CD’s. Later on, Turano and listeners talk about unique summer jobs.

Elton Jim Turano fills in for Matt Bubala as the holiday week approaches. In this full show podcast, radio veteran and friend Mick Kayler joins the conversation to talk about pop culture. Turano talks about his adventures in Los Angeles and discusses music with several listeners. As of tomorrow, Best Buy will no longer cell CD’s in any department stores, so the gang reminisces on favorite CD’s. Later on, Turano and listeners talk about unique summer jobs.

Mitch Epner was a federal prosecutor in the U.S. Attorney’s office between 2001-2004. He joins The Matt Bubala Show to talk about the issue with immigration and what changed to create this crisis. Epner has been dealing with immigration issues for about 20 years in New Jersey, where there’s a large immigrant community and airport. Since 2014, Epner says that President Trump’s administration went to a zero tolerance policy.  His administration started “prosecuting everyone if they didn’t go through designated […]

In this full show podcast, Matt focuses on a series of newsworthy topics. At 1 a.m., mayoral candidate Troy LaRaviere joins the show. In addition to the first show from the Allstate Skyline Studio, Matt talks about immigration with Mitch Epner and listeners. Later on, Roger Badesch and the gang talk about Johnny Depp.  Tune in!    

Mayoral candidate Troy LaRaviere joins The Matt Bubala Show to talk about his goals for improving Chicago. He is one of ten candidates in the race for mayor for the working class. This former Chicago principal says he uses “evidence, reason and research” to guide the district. When LaRaviere officially announced he was running, he says it “wasn’t like other candidates. A reporter asked me if I was going to run. The moment I decided to run, I didn’t want to wait […]

Mitch Epner was a federal prosecutor in the U.S. Attorney’s office between 2001-2004. He joins The Matt Bubala Show to talk about the issue with immigration and what changed to create this crisis. Epner has been dealing with immigration issues for about 20 years in New Jersey, where there’s a large immigrant community and airport. Since 2014, Epner says that President Trump’s administration went to a zero tolerance policy.  His administration started “prosecuting everyone if they didn’t go through designated […]

Mayoral candidate Troy LaRaviere joins The Matt Bubala Show to talk about his goals for improving Chicago. He is one of ten candidates in the race for mayor for the working class. This former Chicago principal says he uses “evidence, reason and research” to guide the district. When LaRaviere officially announced he was running, he says it “wasn’t like other candidates. A reporter asked me if I was going to run. The moment I decided to run, I didn’t want to wait […]