Champ Clark, former writer for People Magazine and author, joined Rick Kogan to discuss his new noir novel, “Buh-Bye Cruel World: A Drake Hayes Sizzler!” They highlighted the darker aspects to this novel in comparison to Clark’s previous book, the variety of characters that populate the story, and how the novel captures the overall feeling […]

WGN’s Rick Kogan is joined by former broadcast newsman and current author Peter Nolan to discuss his book, “Campaign! The Election that Rocked Chicago.” The book details the events that lead to the election of Harold Washington as Mayor of Chicago in 1983. They also highlighted Nolan’s career in news as well as their presentation […]

In the “shortest After Hours show in the history of WGN,” Chicago Tribune Investigative Reporter Ray Long joined Rick Kogan to discuss Michael Madigan. They reviewed Long’s Tribune article detailing Madigan’s push to gain his allies’ ComEd jobs and then briefly highlighted Long’s first book, “The House that Madigan Built: The Record Run of Illinois’ […]

Radio personality and Loop alumna, Kevin Matthews, joined Rick Kogan (filling in for Bob Sirott), to talk about his book, ‘Broken Mary: A Journey of Hope’ and how he got inspiration for the title. They also discussed a resource available to musicians with original music, Elevator a Go Go. To find out more, visit Elevator […]

New architecture critic for the Chciago Sun Times, Lee Bay, joined Rick Kogan (filling in for Bob Sirott) to talk about his career and writing stories about architecture. They also discussed Lee’s new book and his new monthly column.

Dean Richards, entertainment reporter for WGN, joined Rick Kogan (filling in for Bob Sirott) to provide the latest news in entertainment. Rick and Dean talked about a Bob Saget memorial coming to a popular streaming service and the wedding that Tom Hanks crashed and officiated. They also shared details about what movies to watch this […]

Jen Sabella, the Director of Strategy and co-founder of Block Club Chicago, joined Rick Kogan (filling in for Bob Sirott) to share the latest Chicago neighborhood stories. She provided details on: American Blues Theater Will Build Its First Permanent Venue In Lincoln Square: Scheduled to open in 2023, American Blues’ new home will be the “crown […]

Producer and author Kelly Leonard joined Rick Kogan (filling in for Bob Sirott) to talk about the World Comedy Expo and what he thinks the future has in store for comedy. To find out more about the event, click here.

Actor in the Starz network hit ‘Power: Force’ Joseph Sikora joined Rick Kogan (filling in for Bob Sirott) to discuss his debut on ‘Power’ and the success of the latest series.

Visual reporter for the Chicago Tribune Kori Rumore Finley joined Rick Kogan (filling in for Bob Sirott) to talk about the new ‘Vintage Chicago Tribune’ newsletter. To subscribe and receive the weekly emails, click here.