Rick Kogan is joined by former Tribune pals Blair Kamin and Barbara Mahany to talk about their new books, Blair’s “Who Is This City For?” and Barb’s “The Book of Nature.”

Writer S.L Wisenberg joins Rick Kogan to talk about her latest piece, “The Wandering Womb: Essays in Search of Home.”

Author Dawn Raffel joins Rick Kogan to talk about her book, “Boundless As the Sky.”

Practical Theatre’s Paul Barrosse, Victoria Zielinski and Dana Olsen join Rick Kogan to talk about their “Funny Summer Show” at Studio5 in Evanston. For more information visit studio5.dance.

John Robert Wiltgen joins Rick Kogan to talk about his life, career and book, “The Candy in My Pocket: The wild and crazy life of a Type 1 Diabetic.”

Don DeBat joins Rick Kogan to talk about his Inside Publications/North Loop News stories about the resurrection of the Mike Royko Memorial Softball Classic June 24 and 25 in Centennial Park.

Phil Koch joins Rick Kogan to talk about his movie career and Mt. Sinai Hospital benefit. For more information, visit sci30.org.

Courtney Crowder, of the Des Moines Register and formerly of the Chicago Tribune and WGN Radio, joins Rick Kogan to catch up and talk about Courtney’s new documentary called “Shift: The RAGBRAI Documentary,” about an annual bike ride across the state of Iowa.

Musicians Bradley Parker Sparrow and Joanie Pallatto join Rick Kogan to talk about their long musical careers, Joanie’s new CD “Accidental Melody”, and their upcoming June 11th performance at the Green Mill.

Kathryn Goetzke, author and entrepreneur, joins Rick Kogan to talk about her current projects.