Janet called Steve a "fake surfer" in front of her sister yesterday, which left Steve embarrassed. She will be on tomorrow's DahlCast, and that should be interesting. Steve sought out estimates for a new pool cleaning service, and got to use some of his newly acquired Spanish language skills. The guys brainstorm a possible rock nickname for Dag, after a subscriber starts it off on the (708) NOW-I-WAV phone line. Callers also "knurl the curve" and wonder about changes to the March Dahlcast opening montage.

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Steve doesn't know how to feel about ringing the bell after his final radiation treatment.The father and son who golfed before him left the hitting surface strewn with tees and balls. Dag is in Washington, District of Columbia. He didn't get to see many sights, but he did crush a shrimp taco (and an English breakfast roll?). Burger giant Red Robin is considering shuttering some locations. The chain's name comes from the early 1900s song. Dolly Parton's low-key husband passed away. Steve went to the golf simulator at the club.

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Steve returns with details of his Radiation Simulation, along with updated stats on his bladder’s storage capacity. A visit to The Honey Bee for a late morning breakfast was a much needed highlight. Steve and Janet are hosting a Super Bowl viewing party but the menu is still in flux. Brendan and Dag are undecided in their game watching plans. Jim Fabbrini is a proud Dahlcast sponsor. He's offering subscribers three lovely arrangements at generous prices for Valentine's Day. Finally, a hot oil/cool ranch drama went down at a Wingstop. Can you guess where it was?

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Steve got his prostate biopsy results toady. We discuss. He is also planning on attending the Chicago Boat Show in Rosemont this weekend. He is not sizing up votes for a Viking funeral. Dag checks in from Studio 6B ahead of his appearance with Michael Shannon on The Tonight Show Staring Jimmy Fallon. Another Steve; Steve Guttenberg made a live announcement on KTLA amidst the wildfires in Pacific Palisades. He is not recognized at first by the reporter.

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Big doings at the Dahl house over the weekend, as Steve recovered from his medical procedure (lots of details from both Steve and Janet on that today), and Matt (mostly) moved out. Mike Dahl drops by to outline how a whiskey trade works, and to try and sell Tom Thayer on a Netflix program about Aaron Rogers. Steve’s got a good question for Bears interim head coach Thomas Brown, and Tom is planning to get the question over to him. Tom is also anticipating an earful from his local grocery employees about the state of the Bears.

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We’ve got the honest to goodness "Bomber" on the line today. That’s right, Joe Walsh phones us for his and Steve’s yearly birthday check-in. We hear some great stories about Famous guitars and guitarists, The Sphere, songwriting, recording and so much more. Once at the Sphere, Joe became transfixed by a giant display of his own nose. Deacon Frey had to remind him he was supposed to start singing. It seems like Steve and Joe agree on just about everything, all the time.

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Steve recalls that while he was a California kid, he watched Kris Kristofferson practicing his songs by a pool. Not long after that, a young Rick Dahl distracted Linda Ronstadt with a frozen dessert mishap at a The Troubadour in LA. Janet joins us today to answer subscriber email and make a book recommendation. Steve has married two older women. Janet also recalls being banned from her family piano as a child, and how her first day of teaching unfortunately coincided with a teachers’ strike. A DJ dance party in the family room was epic while it lasted. Pepper makes Steve sneezy.

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Steve has found himself as the voice of encouragement for people’s sobriety stories on Threads. He made Janet her favorite cake for her birthday. Dag defends cake for breakfast against an indignant Brendan. Talk To Me Tuesday has been moved up a day to Monday (Tom Thayer will join us tomorrow), The Dahls discover a heretofore unexplored feature on their leaf blower. Brendan could be on the receiving end desk from a listener.

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Steve continues to be a late night TV viewer of just about anything, but there’s a program that has frightened even him. Dag is giving a talk to some educators this afternoon. Tom Thayer reports on the emotional celebration of Steve McMichael’s Football Hall of Fame induction. Tom’s home today, waiting for a new concrete driveway to be poured. Steve and Janet are in Michigan, and endured a mighty storm.

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Today marks the 45th anniversary Disco Demolition Night. Steve is hearing some stories from a former WLUP General Manager, for the first time, parts of which need their accuracy double-checked. We finish up the phone calls from our subscribers this week. A thoughtful Dag ponders his golden years in the U.P., but feels he still might need regular access to the Norwegian culture of Duluth. Steve didn't make the drive back to CG's Comedy Club last weekend, but it wasn't his fault.

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