Sunday Morning

Dean Richards talks to Kathy Griffin about her upcoming tour. She’ll be performing at the Chicago Theater in June. They also chat about the controversial picture she posted and the reaction that took place afterwards. Later on in the interview, Kathy and Dean talk about the most money they would spend on a bottle of wine, and Dean reads some of the texts sent from listeners about Kathy being on the air with him.

This week on Dean Richards’ Sunday Morning: Dean recaps Loyola’s loss in the Final Four with WGN TV’s Pat Elwood, who was in San Antonio covering the team. A Kid Sports report from Amanda Janis, a student at Mother McAuley High School. In the Far Flung Forecast with Dave Schwan, we go up north to Alaska. Tom Deering, the conductor for ‘Jesus Chris Superstar’ at the Lyric Opera House, stops by the studio. Dean talks to Kathy Griffin who will […]

Kid’s Sports 4.1.18

This week on Dean Richards’ Sunday Morning: Dean recaps Loyola’s loss in the Final Four with WGN TV’s Pat Elwood, who was in San Antonio covering the team. A Kid Sports report from Amanda Janis, a student at Mother McAuley High School. In the Far Flung Forecast with Dave Schwan, we go up north to Alaska. Tom Deering, the conductor for ‘Jesus Chris Superstar’ at the Lyric Opera House, stops by the studio. Dean talks to Kathy Griffin who will […]

Kid’s Sports 4.1.18

This week on Dean Richards’ Sunday Morning: In Kid’s Sports, we welcome Casey Tyrell a sixth grader at Troy Shorewood Middle School, his goal in life is to be a fighting Irish leprechaun for Notre Dame! He publishes weekly Casey’s Tribune Sports, a six-page newsletter with local, Chicago, and national sports stories. He is into his travel team baseball league right now and he also plays golf. In the Far Flung Forecast with Dave Schwan, we find out how Normal, Illinois got it’s name. Mauricio Martinez […]

This week on Kid’s Sports, Dean welcomes 6th-grader Kevin O’Connor to report on all things Chicago, including the Loyola Rambler’s big basketball win!

“The Office” star and New Trier alum Rainn Wilson joins Dean on the phone to talk about his new play, The Doppelgänger. Coming soon to the Steppenwolf Theatre, The Doppelgänger is a hilarious, irreverent and timely look at the back-room deals that shape our world and the unlikely cast of characters who make them. They look back on Wilson’s appearances in T.V. and movies and also his upbringing in the Chicago suburbs.

Dean sits down with author Jean Iversen to talk about her new book, Local Flavor: Restaurants that Shaped Chicago’s neighborhoods. They discuss some of Chicago’s most legendary food spots and look at the city’s rich food history.  

This week on Kid’s Sports, Dean welcomes 6th-grader Kevin O’Connor to report on all things Chicago, including the Loyola Rambler’s big basketball win!