Former Chicago police officer Peter Bella joins Rick Kogan to catch up with his old friend, share thoughts on the current state of the city, and to talk about his latest creative projects.

Joe Carlucci of Carlucci Chicago Restaurants joins Rick Kogan to talk about the restaurant business and what is new at Carlucci Chicago Restaurant.

Adrian Matejka, editor of Poetry Magazine and author, joins Rick Kogan to talk about Poetry Magazine and his book “Last On His Feet: Jack Johnson and the Battle of the Century.”

author and journalist Mark Guarino joins WGN Radio’s Rick Kogan to talk about his book “Country and Midwestern: Chicago in the History of Country Music and the Folk Revival”. To purchase Mark’s book and for more information visit mark-guarino.com.

Former Chicago Tribune star Charles Madigan joins WGN Radio’s Rick Kogan to talk about what he is up to now and to talk about his new book, “Mine”.

WGN Radio’s Rick Kogan is joined by 6 Loyola University students involved with “No Permit Necessary,” a documentary about Bughouse Square: Marina Donahue – Production Coordinator and Editor; Taylor Evans Ghosal – Production Coordinator and Script Supervisor; Lexie Garrett – Editor and Script Supervisor; Duncan Hoag – Director of Photography; Christina Hoffmann – Lead Researcher; Keagan Hynes- Art Director, who join the show to talk about how they came up with the idea for the documentary, and how they shot the documentary. To watch the documentary click here. To learn more visit houseofbugproductions.com.

WGN Radio’s Rick Kogan is joined by the great Mike Houlihan to catch up with Rick and talk about and share parts of his latest book, “Chicago Irish Mythology”.

Rick Kogan is joined by Michael Scott Pifer and Michael Marsh to talk about Pifer’s new book, featuring an introduction from Marsh, The Wendell Smith Reader: Selected Writings on Sports, Civil Rights and Black History. They talk about the significance of Wendell Smith and what led to the book’s creation.

Jazz vocalist Libby York joins Rick Kogan to talk about her new CD, “Dreamland,” and her release party at Winter’s Jazz Club on Thursday, April 20th.

Candace Jordan, writer and media personality, joins Rick Kogan in studio to talk about her new podcast, the 15th anniversary of Candid Candace, Chicago’s first and longest running lifestyle blog, and the third anniversary of Chicago Star.