The ALL NEW Big Wakeup Call with Ryan Gatenby

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Lindsay Arnold discusses partnering with Cubs legend Davis Ross on " Dancing With the Stars." (From 4-13-17).

Lindsay Arnold is an all-American girl who was born and raised on the stage in Provo, Utah. She began dancing at the age of four and has not stopped dancing since. She trained extensively in Utah with some of the country's best teachers, including Shirley Ballas and Mark Ballas, a Dancing with the Stars veteran dancer.

Lindsay is incredibly versatile, but her area of expertise is Latin dance. Previously a finalist on So You Think You Can Dance, perform in the 30-city tour, in theaters all across the nation. She later joined Dancing with the Stars, where she was first partnered with boxer Victor Ortiz.

Her numerous awards include placing 1st place in both the United States Open Youth Latin Championships and the United States Open Junior Latin Championships, being a top 3 finalist at the World Junior Latin Team Match, a top 5 finalist at the World Cup Latin Junior Championships and a top 5 finalist at the United States Junior National 10 dance Championships.

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James Feinstein discusses his book "THE FIRST MAJOR: The Inside Story of the 2016 Ryders Cup Tournament." (From 11-3-17)

John Feinstein is one of America’s favorite sportswriters, and his new book invites readers to join him on the trail of the storied Ryders Cup – an intense tournament that pits America’s best golfers against their European counterparts in one of the most emotional matches of the year. 

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The Amazing Kreskin made 88 appearances on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, and has also been on with David Letterman, Jimmy Fallon and more. He continues to be the world's leading mentalist. His off-broadway show debuts on April 12th at Theatre Row-Lion Theatre in New York City. We discussed how he first landed an appearance on the Tonight Show, his relationship with Johnny and Dave, and his experiences in Chicago. Kreskin also graciously agreed not to read my thoughts (or least not to announce them on the radio).

(From March 29, 2018)

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Actor James Faulkner discusses his role as Paul in the film "Paul, Apostle of Christ." (From March 2018.)

Born in Hampstead, London, James Faulkner has enjoyed a prolific and varied career spanning more than 40 years. In 2017, he was widely acknowledged for his portrayal of Randyll Tarly in HBO’s Game of Thrones as well as playing the head of MI6 in ATOMIC BLONDE alongside Charlize Theron. His numerous British and U.S. television roles include such series as Downton Abbey, Da Vinci’s Demons, I Claudius, The Martian Chronicles, Crazy Like a Fox, Highlander and La Femme Nikita. Film credits include X-MEN: FIRST CLASS, THE GOOD SHEPHERD starring Robert de Niro, BRIDGET JONES’ DIARY among many others. James’ theatre roles include multiple West End productions, and he has narrated over 40 documentaries, read 15 audio books and voiced a number of video games.

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We open the vault and go all the way back to 2014 for my chat with LeeAnn Rimes, who was promoting her Christmas tour and her album “ONE Christmas - Chapter 1."

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Ian Port talks about his book THE BIRTH OF LOUD: LEO FENDER, LES PAUL & THE GUITAR-PIONEERING RIVALRY THAT SHAPED ROCK 'N ROLL.  (From 1-17-19)

Ian Port is an award-winning writer and music critic whose work has appeared in Rolling Stone, The Village Voice, and The Believer, among other publications. He is also the former music editor of the San Francisco Weekly. He lives in New York. For more information, visit: www.iansmithport.com.

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Andrew Chimka, industry hiring expert and LinkedIn's Director of Product Management, shares his top hiring tips for small business success, including the state of hiring today for small businesses, the top challenges small businesses face, and how LinkedIn is helping small businesses find qualified candidates with its new AI assistant.

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Legendary comedian and actor Tommy Davidson returns to the show for a fun interview and to promote his upcoming appearance at the Chicago Improv in Schaumburg Dec 20-22.

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With an uptick in flu, Covid, and RSV, virus hunter Mary Rodgers shares tips on navigating the winter months.

Mary Rodgers, Ph.D. is an Associate Research Fellow in Abbott’s diagnostics business.

In her role, Mary manages research from the Abbott Pandemic Defense Coalition, the first industry-led global scientific and public health partnership dedicated to the early detection of and rapid response to future pandemic threats. As part of the coalition, over 20 sites around the world monitor circulating and emerging pathogens to help quickly detect outbreaks, and then work together with health officials to minimize the spread.

Mary also tracks the diversity of infectious diseases including HIV, hepatitis and SARS-CoV-2 to track new variant’s impact on diagnostic testing. In 2019, Mary and a team of Abbott scientists announced the discovery of a new subtype of HIV and made the sequence available to the global research community. This research marked the first time in 19 years that a new subtype of HIV-1 Group M had been identified.

Mary joined Abbott in 2014 and has authored or coauthored more than 40 research papers and contributed thousands of viral genomes to public databases. Mary was named one of Business Insider’s 30 under 40 Young Leaders in Biotech in 2017 and is an inducted member of Abbott’s Volwiler Society, which recognizes its most distinguished scientists and engineers.

Mary received her Ph.D. in biological and biomedical sciences from Harvard University. She completed her postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Southern California.

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Award-winning author Sandra Magsamen discusses her career writing books for children and her newest board book, "Silly Santa."