This week Pat and Dwayne Kennedy ring in the 4th of July, remember Stacey King, and Marcelo Balboa checks in from the World Cup to explain how Paraguay wrecked everyone's bracket.

Then two of the internet's original men's-style influencers, Aaron Marino (Alpha M.) and Antonio Centeno (Real Men Real Style), join back to back to talk nose hair, Sears jackets, and how a Marine Corps uniform was essentially the kickstarter to an entire business empire. 

Aaron traces his brand back to a childhood on a miniature Sicilian donkey farm outside Philadelphia, and the Porsche dealership moment that convinced him his midlife crisis had officially arrived. There's also a very specific colonoscopy story that earns him the title of "ass man," and a shared goal with Antonio to be the best-looking guy at his own funeral. It's equal parts vanity, mortality, and miniature donkeys. (Should we get one for the studio??) 

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🎤 Guest: Marcelo Balboa
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🎤 Guest: Aaron Marino
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🎤 Guest: Antonio Centeno
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PRODUCER - Paula Thornton
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ORGANIC CONTENT MANAGER - George Moster

0:00 – Intro: July 4th plans & fireworks stories
10:15 – White Sox game & Dwayne's birthday
14:46 – Marcelo Balboa: World Cup knockout round
26:15 – Aaron Marino joins: his YouTube origin story
35:34 – Shark Tank pitches and big flops
38:58 – Pete & Pedro and TJ Hanley origin
50:42 – Turning 50, health scare, and skincare
55:16 – Antonio Santino: Real Men Real Style
57:35 – Marine Corps values and service stories
1:06:16 – Custom suits and building a style brand
1:11:38 – Family life, Ukraine, and casual style tips
1:15:54 – Final fashion advice and wrap-up

Pat's back from Hawaii — Pearl Harbor, potential pineapple smuggling, and a flat tire the day before departure — while Dwayne was in Norfolk, Nebraska for the Johnny Carson Comedy Festival.

Marcelo Balboa checks in from the World Cup: USA clinched first place, Turkey's coach is getting fired, Cape Verde's goalkeeper went from 25K to 13 million Instagram followers overnight, and FIFA's hydration breaks are getting booed in stadiums— turns out it wasn't quite hot enough at Norway vs. Senegal in the rain.

Then, a man from Brazil & London ran every street, block, and dead-end in Chicago, 5,000 miles over 680 days, because doctors told him to start jogging. Joabe Barbosa, Guinness World Record holder several times over, joins Pat and Dwayne to break down what he actually found out there. He’s ran half marathons in slides, rain boots, cleats, and a ten-foot inflatable bee costume, the social media lies about Chicago's streets, and why Uptown is his least favorite neighborhood. Also: Why and how Joabe tried to finish last in the Chicago Half Marathon. 

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🎤 Guest: Joabe Barbosa
Instagram: @heyjoabe

🎤 Guest: Marcelo Balboa
Instagram: @marcelobalboa17

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0:00 Intro
6:26 Pat's Trip to Hawaii & Pearl Harbor
15:51 Dwayne's Johnny Carson Comedy Festival Trip
19:07 Marcelo Balboa: World Cup Check-In
22:52 USA at the World Cup & Turkey Preview
27:54 Cinderella Stories & Cape Verde
30:41 Controversial Hydration Breaks
36:26 Meet Joabe Barbosa, Chicago Runner
37:05 Guinness World Records & Crazy Half Marathons
45:57 Running Every Street in Chicago
49:27 Navigating Chicago's Neighborhoods
55:10 Media, Crime Perception & Real Chicago
1:05:26 Joabe's Neighborhood Series & What's Next
1:12:24 Wrap-Up & Where to Follow Joabe

First up, Marcelo Balboa checks in from the World Cup with a quick field report — US looking sharp, Spain humbled by Cape Verde, and FIFA apparently Americanizing soccer one hydration break at a time.

Then Pat and Dwayne sit down with South Side legend Abbey Murphy: Evergreen Park native, two-time Olympian, University of Minnesota all-time goals leader, recently drafted 2nd overall to Seattle Torrent, and the only person with a street named after her who found out by looking up mid-walk.

Abbey walks through going from rollerblading with the neighbor kid to winning gold in Italy at 22, including the Covid Olympics in Beijing where the afterparty was 150 athletes crammed into one room. She also comes clean about cheating during that Jason Kelce beer chug (Megan Keller was involved), the silver medal that got dragged across the concrete by her dog, and what it's like to trash talk in multiple languages. 

Oh, and the PWHL expansion happened — and Chicago still doesn't have a team. Someone fix that.

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🎤 Co-Host: Dwayne Kennedy
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🎤 Guest - World Cup Correspondent: Marcelo Balboa
Instagram: @marcelobalboa17

🎤 Guest: Abbey Murphy
Instagram: @abbeyy18murphyy

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A priest and a mortician walk into a podcast. Amen, and subscribe.

First up on the pitch, Marcelo Balboa. former U.S. Men's National Team defender and World Cup alum (1990, 1994, 1998), stops by at the top to break down the World Cup — including dark horse teams, hacky sack's unlikely comeback, and why the US needs to get to the quarterfinal, minimum. 

Then, Father Tom Hurley and funeral director Tom Curley join Pat and Dwayne Kennedy to cover the full Catholic life cycle: from baptism to burial, with a detour through hide-and-go-seek in a funeral home at age seven. Also: what does a dead body actually sound like? Can Catholics be buried naked? (Asking for a nudist.) And is “Here I Am Lord” the ultimate Catholic banger? 

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🎤 Guest: Tom Curley

🎤 Guest: Father Tom Hurley 
Instagram: @thomasjhurley

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VIDEO PRODUCER - Eddie Perez
ORGANIC CONTENT MANAGER - George Moster

0:00 – Intro & Episode Preview
0:55 – Marcelo Balboa on the World Cup
6:00 – US Team Expectations & Dark Horses
13:00 – Balboa on the 1994 US Soccer Legacy
17:25 – Meet Fr. Hurley & Tom Curley
19:30 – Growing Up in a Funeral Home
22:17 – What Really Happens to Dead Bodies
24:53 – The Nudist Story
35:40 – Tom's Path Back to the Family Business
37:08 – Mortician School at Malcolm X
41:00 – Best (and Worst) Funeral Songs
46:35 – Eulogy Rules & Horror Stories
52:02 – Fr. Hurley on Personalized Homilies
57:54 – The Chicago Pope
1:01:00 – Fr. Hurley: Chaplain for the Bears
1:03:47 – Is the Catholic Church Growing?
1:07:15 – Cremation Trends & Wild Requests
1:14:45 – Ryne Sandberg Tribute
1:17:30 – Marist BigFest & Outro

Taking a page out of Mitch Rosen’s book, this episode was posted at 3am. (But don’t worry, we scheduled it for 9:03am). The VP of Odyssey Sports and architect of 670 The Score joins Pat and Dwayne to talk about building one of the most iconic sports radio brands in the country. 

The origin story alone is worth it, a 12-year-old from Skokie writes a fan letter to an overnight DJ and ends up producing his show at WGN for $13,000 a year. From there, Mitch traces the unlikely chain of events that put the Cubs on The Score the same season they finally ended a 108-year drought, the hardest phone call he's ever made, and what "taking over Bulls broadcast rights mid-season" actually looks like in practice. 

The episode closes, naturally, at the Division Street Bathhouse: 200 degrees, communal, beloved by Chelios, Belushi, and old Russian men alike. Pat and Dwayne? TBD… 

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🎤 Guest: Mitch Rosen
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ORGANIC CONTENT MANAGER - George Moster

0:00 Intro & Welcome
4:38 Mitch's Take on Podcasts vs. Radio
6:18 XRT, The Score & Chicago Radio Legacy
8:49 Finding On-Air Talent at The Score
13:39 How Mitch Got Into Radio
15:32 Working Overnights at WGN with Eddie Schwartz
19:31 Producing for Kevin Matthews at The Loop
23:46 Odyssey Stations & The Score's Move to FM
27:37 The White Sox & Cubs Broadcasting Deals
32:34 How Sports Rights Agreements Work
33:43 Baseball on the Radio & Favorite Broadcasters
37:20 Leaving Radio & Returning to The Score
40:55 Mitch's Daily 4am Routine
42:49 Thoughts on Barstool Sports
44:01 South Side Chicago Food & Culture
47:38 Chicago Comedy Scene
55:35 The Division Street Bathhouse
58:43 Bears Stadium Situation
1:00:50 Radio in the Streaming & YouTube Era
1:04:05 Outro & Upcoming Guests

40 days and 40 nights? This podcast hit 40 episodes in under a year. The Lord had other plans for our guest, so we pivoted. Consider this episode an act of faith.

For the milestone episode, producer Tom flips the script and puts Pat in the hot seat for a full career retrospective. From his first open mic at Chicago and Halsted, to hosting at Zanies, getting fired into full-time comedy, and walking out to Pearl Jam at the Ed Sullivan Theater for his Letterman debut. 

The two also look back at 40 episodes of The Pat McGann Show; from a conference room to a real studio, Dwayne Kennedy's philosopher energy, Bill Rancic's pasta, and the time Lio Cundiff babysat Tom’s son after he saved a baby's life. 

Here's to the next 40 — and Dave, if you're reading this, episode 80 is yours.

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ORGANIC CONTENT MANAGER - George Moster

This week, Pat is thrilled to welcome Ian Happ, the first major leaguer to appear on the podcast. No stranger to “the show”, Dwayne Kennedy also joins this wide ranging conversation with the most tenured Cub. Get behind the scenes of life in the big leagues and leave knowing more about being HAPP-y. 

Watch to the end of this week’s episode to learn how you can win two free tickets to go see Pat live! 

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🎤 Co-Host: Dwayne Kennedy
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🎤 Guest: Ian Happ
Instagram: @ihapp_1

Check out Ian's podcast + coffee!
Instagram: @thecompoundpod_ + @connectroasters

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VIDEO AND AUDIO EDITOR - Madeline Curless
AUDIO ENGINEER - Tommy Grant
VIDEO PRODUCER - Eddie Perez
ORGANIC CONTENT MANAGER - George Moster

0:00 - Welcome & Intro
1:04 - The 162-Game Grind
5:36 - Learning From Veterans
7:02 - Wearing #8
8:37 - Cubs' Rich History
13:24 - Toughest Pitches to Hit
30:52 - Life in the Locker Room
33:54 - Playing Cool Under Pressure
36:51 - Getting Sent to Triple-A
40:42 - Minor Leagues vs. The Show
43:01 - Meeting His Wife
53:25 - Sports Psychology
55:37 - The Postural Therapist
57:34 - Walk-Up Songs
1:00:40 - Giving Back to Chicago
1:03:04 - Golf on Off Days
1:05:09 - Cubs-Sox Rivalry
1:08:41 - Pitch Clock Changed Everything
1:09:57 - Wildest Mound Visit Story
1:13:09 - Growing Up Watching Baseball
1:14:03 - Giving Back to His Coach
1:19:20 - Outro & Where to Find Ian

We're celebrating Pat's 50th with three Chicago guys and one matching outfit. This week, ABC7 Chicago's lead sports anchor and Windy City Live co-host Ryan Chiaverini joins Pat and Dwayne for a long-overdue conversation.

Ryan shares what it was actually like to replace Oprah Winfrey on live television the day after she retired — including the Yahoo comment section, which was not kind. Also: Mike Tyson's tigers (he had a whole house for them), the celebrity who broke Ryan's heart the most, and John Travolta calling a piece of family history "the coolest factoid anyone's ever told me."

That factoid? Ryan's dad had a song in Pulp Fiction — and the royalty check situation is exactly what you'd expect. Along the way: Route 66 road trips, the economics of lounge singing, and why Dwayne's show may leave you in tears.

🎧 New episodes every Thursday — filmed at Tiege Hanley Studios in Chicago.

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🎤 Guest: Ryan Chiaverini

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ORGANIC CONTENT MANAGER - George Moster

0:00 Intro & Hantavirus
14:22 Meet Ryan Chiaverini
15:21 Sports vs. Hard News
19:52 Replacing Oprah
23:07 Mike Tyson's Tigers
25:08 Justin Timberlake
27:38 Henry Winkler & The Fonz
29:18 Indiana Lotto Rant
34:37 Growing Up & Sports
35:42 Dad's Pulp Fiction Song
36:17 John Travolta's Factoid
41:41 Music & Richard Marx
42:40 Brother in the NFL
46:15 Starting in Montana
50:15 Coming to Chicago
54:04 Sweet Caroline Incident
1:07:47 Going Viral in a Movie
1:10:16 Chicago P.D. & Shameless
1:14:44 Pat's Crowd Work
1:15:40 Pat Turns 50

Today we are taking a trip down Matteo Lane, but first, taking a right down memory Dwayne. Before his sold-out show at the Chicago Theater, Dwayne Kennedy and Pat McGann chat with the Chicago-raised, New York-based comedian. They discuss his journey from performing a three-minute open mic at Old Town Pub to sold-out theaters in Italy, Spain, and Australia. 

Along the way: why Grease makes absolutely no sense, Dionne Warwick's inexplicable omnipresence in Matteo's life, and the one phone call in 2021 that changed everything. Also, talk of Dress to Impress, not to be confused with hit reality TV show RuPaul’s Drag Race. 

🎧 New episodes every Thursday — filmed at Tiege Hanley Studios in Chicago.

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🎤 Guest: Matteo Lane
Instagram: @matteolane

🎤 Co-Host: Dwayne Kennedy
Instagram: @dwaynetkennedy

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AUDIO ENGINEER - Tommy Grant
VIDEO PRODUCER - Eddie Perez
ORGANIC CONTENT MANAGER - George Moster

0:00 – Intro
10:14 – Memory Dwayne
13:32 – Chicago vs. NY vs. LA
28:38 – Matteo Lane Arrives
31:25 – From Opera to Standup
35:07 – The 2021 Phone Call
35:38 – Dionne Warwick Is Everywhere
44:36 – First Open Mic
47:18 – Opinions on Grease
1:11:11 – Deep Dish Mind Melt
1:13:20 – Outro

Get ready—this might be the best 39 minutes and 92 seconds you’ve ever experienced. A vintage Chicago episode with old friends and all-timers of The Pat McGann Show.

This week, Dwyane Kennedy and Maggie Hughes DePalo join Pat to defend Chicago comedy, revisit reality show disasters, and break down the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. Why were people still eating? Did Oz see it coming? And where exactly was RFK during all of it?

Along the way: Kevin Hart’s Chicago Funny AF auditions, the economics (and mild humiliation) of selling merch, a ref who wants to settle things with a boxing match, and the government casually confirming UFOs.

Rate it. Review it. Tell your local ref we’re ready for three rounds. 

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🎤 Guest: Maggie Hughes DePalo
Instagram: @maggiehughesdepalo

🎤 Guest: Dwayne Kennedy
Instagram: @dwaynetkennedy

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PRODUCER - Paula Thornton
SHOWRUNNER - Tom Bambara
VIDEO AND AUDIO EDITOR - Madeline Curless
AUDIO ENGINEER - Tommy Grant
VIDEO PRODUCER - Eddie Perez
ORGANIC CONTENT MANAGER - George Moster