Steve and Johnnie

Steve King, Johnnie Putman and the rest of the cast bring you a special Christmas show! We’ve got everything you never knew you needed: Christmas music, harmonica, weird tech news and even Elvis himself!

The show starts with a crazy Christmas party for the whole cast of characters that make this show possible with gifts for everyone! Of course, it wouldn’t be a show without some wacky radio issues right at the start.

After we hand out gifts and solve our glitches, we are joined by Chicago’s own Corky Siegel, a musical master of the harmonica and piano. We get some great stories behind the man, the music and a taste of Corky’s talent live in studio! Corky will be performing in Evanston on New Year’s Eve!

We catch up with Patrick Crispen for some ongoing cyber news regarding a bunch of technology bans, including TikTok and we get a tease of what’s to come for the next show as Patrick and the rest of the Crispen gang will be coming to Chicago!

Steve King and Johnnie Putman are counting down the days as Christmas gets closer, and we have a number of holiday treats to make your spirits bright

We start with a genius out of Wisconsin, Peggy Brown, whose incredible innovations with toys and games have put smiles on the faces of many children. We learn about what she and her team at Peggy Brown Creative have been up to and how it all came to be!

Next up is photography maestro Will Byington for another highly informative segment on taking the best iPhone photos and some handy camera hacks, just in time for those family gatherings. Be sure to head over to his website, cleverly named WillByington.com and you can also sign up for his Shot Club Photo Class!

We wrap up with car guy Tom Appel, Publisher of Consumer Guide Automotive for something every Midwest driver needs to know about: winter driving! We make sure you have all of the knowledge to beat the icy streets and keep your car healthy for the frigid cold.

Along the way, perk up your ears for more some fun musical tidbits, cat stories and mail mishaps!

As we get closer to 2025, Johnnie Putman and Steve King return with another show to prep you for the holiday! It’s a shorter show, but a great show nonetheless!

We catch up with Patrick Crispen, Director of Educational Technology at Keck School of Medicine of USC on the latest tech news and phone problems. We get the rundown on the Salt Typhoon cyberattack, who was targeted and how it could have been avoided. Patrick gives us some solid strategies and resources to brace for potential text and email hacks as the war for cyberspace rages on, plus more holiday shopping ideas.

We manage to cover some good morsels along the way with Sports Between the Sheets, a producer’s review of the latest Broadway hit Yippe Ki Yay, which you can find out more of on WGN’s Behind the Curtain podcast!

Tune in for all of that, plus a moment to remember the legacy of the late Dan Fabian, without whom we would not have Steve and Johnnie on the radio. Be sure to tune in to The Steve and Johnnie “Both Sides Now” blog for more!

Steve King and Johnnie Putman hop in to the final stretch of 2024 with some iconic hometown heroes and some post Thanksgiving leftovers!

Kicking off the show, we have members of The Ides of March, bassist Bob Bergland and drummer Mike Borch in studio to talk about some major updates for the Ides and we learn some fantastic stories from the early days of their adventures with Jim Peterik and the rest of the band. They will also be at The Arcada Theatre on Sunday, December 8, tickets can be purchased at oshows.com!

Esteemed Chicago Author Neal Samors joins the show to promote Looking Back/Looking Forward: How Chicago Helped Shape and Build Careers Over the Decades, his latest work featuring interviews with Chicago’s most prolific professionals in various industries, one of which is WGN Radio’s own late legend Dick Biondi.

Then we get up to speed with Consumer Guide Automotive‘s Publisher Tom Appel on tons of new test drives and recalls, plus we get to tackle some listener questions!

Among other things we have more Sports Between the Sheets, more videos and yes, we even have more of Johnnie’s delicious gluten-free recipes! Be sure to find everything and more at the Steve and Johnnie Both Sides Now blog!

It’s a regular-sized show sure to make you feel the need to loosen your belt a few notches! Johnnie Putman and Steve King bring a hefty helping of goodies just in time for Turkey Day 2024 that you can catch throughout the show!

Keeping our streak of in-studio performances going are Josh Solomon and Erika Brett, the front half of The Empty Pockets! They also have a number of performances coming up including their MistleTunes special at Space in Evanston!

After a hearty rundown of tasty tips and recipes free of gluten, we talk big tech news with Patrick Crispen! We’ve got some things to know before you buy the latest Windows hardware, the big jump from Twitter/X to the new social media platform BlueSky and some handy tech gifts for your loved ones in time for Black Friday!

As always, tune in for more morsels, Sports Between the Sheets, and check out The Steve and Johnnie Show blog and Facebook page for bonus recipes and behind the scenes photos!

Steve King and Johnnie Putman bring you the incredibly rare and super fun-sized show! It’s not much, but with some music stories, early days of Him N’ Her, and Sports Between the Sheets, it’s the same cattywampus content you know and love! Tune in below to enjoy the shenanigans!

Johnnie Putman and Steve King invite you to a special show with two special performers!

Steve Dawson returns to the studio with his equally talented partner in life and performance, Diane Christiansen. They regale us with tales of their tours and we get the Diane side of some stories Steve left us with last time. Along the way, we get some enchanting performances sure to leave you wanting more.

Jessica Radloff, Senior West Coast Editor at GLAMOUR Magazine and NYT best-selling author of “THE BIG BANG THEORY: The Definitive, Inside Story”, joins us for our monthly meeting on what’s in store for all of you binge watchers and couch potatoes. Among a slew of new series, it wouldn’t be a Radloff segment without an update on the growing Big Bang Theory cinematic universe.

As always, Tom Appel treats us to some tunes and even more car recalls! We also get some updates on some costs that could affect tax credit for certain EV owners and his take on fully autonomous ride share vehicles.

Stay tuned to the Steve and Johnnie blog and keep an eye out for video from Steve and Diane’s appearance!

It’s that time of year! Time to set back those clocks an hour, if you haven’t already! Steve King and Johnnie Putman bring you a show packed to the brim as the time shift gives us a “do-over” hour!

Kicking it off is the one and only Dean Richards bringing us behind the curtain of his annual Treetime Christmas Creations broadcast!

Next up is Cary Baker, Journalist and Author of the brand new book Down On The Corner: Adventures In Busking & Street Music joins the show to launch his new book and give us some backstory into some of his early experiences and inspirations that drove his career into what it is today.

The one guitar woman Sue Foley jumps on the show to discuss her recent pass through the Midwest on her great international tour between the US and Canada and we get some reflection on her latest album, aptly named One Guitar Woman.

After a brief political pause, Patrick Crispen takes the reins with his regular roundup of tech news and phone support for listeners, plus tales of a little respite with Joseph at the Smithsonian Museum, perfect for the young aviation aficionado.

We take the rest of the show to handle some unfinished business and once we hit 88mph, we go back in time and do the last hour all over again!

It’s that time of year! The witching hour is close at hand! Johnnie Putman and Steve King are here to scratch that spooky itch with a number of ghoulish goodies to feast your ears on!

Music Archivist Don Romano stops in for a series of Halloween songs both ancient and unheard of from some dearly departed music legends that are sure to get you grooving!

Tom Appel, Publisher at Consumer Guide Automotive and Host of the Car Stuff Podcast, revs us up with some terrifying tunes and among our roundup of recalls and test drives, we also have some interesting morsels on seasonal gas blends and a few vehicles from ages past known for being infamously haunted.

It wouldn’t be a spooky Steve and Johnnie show without remembering renowned ghost hunter Richard Crowe and his immortal story of the Resurrection Mary.

There’s plenty more in between it all, but you’ll have to tune in to find out. Listen below… if you dare!

Steve King and Johnnie Putman are in the Halloween spirit and what better way than sharing a frightening Halloween poem for everyone! Johnnie also provides instructions on how to spice up any Halloween gathering with ghoulish delight.

Dr. Patrick Crispen joins the show to discuss the use of alternative social media platforms such as Bluesky and some of the possible dangers of mainstream social media. Johnnie also asks about the shutdown of Verizon’s Message+ app and moving towards either Google Messaging or Apple Messaging for its users.

Finally Steve and Johnnie talk about the new additions to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, discussing the impact of this year’s inductees. Wrapping up with some sports talk with Gabe Salgado and guest producer Michael DeLeonardis.