WGN - The Download with Justin Kaufmann Podcast

It’s Wednesday night so that means it’s time for the Swap Meet! Greg Flamm aka The DuPage Picker is here to evaluate your stuff! Want to know how much your Desert Storm trading cards are worth? What about a 1st Issue Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comic book? Do you think that Vincent Price cookbook has some value? You have the questions and Greg has the answers! It’s “The Swap Meet!” Follow Justin on Twitter and give him a like on Facebook. The Download with Justin Kaufmann airs Monday through Friday from 7 […]

The WGN Sports team has got your Cubs playoffs covered with True Blue! Tonight, the great Mark Carman, Andy Masur and Kevin Powell join Justin to break down the Cubs 5-0 loss to the Washington Nationals in game 4 of the NLDS. The Cubs are off to Washington for game 5 tomorrow! Follow Justin on Twitter and give him a like on Facebook. The Download with Justin Kaufmann airs Monday through Friday from 7 pm. to 11 pm on @WGNRadio

Journalist and KNPR host and producer Carrie Kaufman joins Justin to break down the latest news surrounding the mass shooting in Las Vegas. Carrie talks about how the residents are feeling since the tragedy, the reaction from some of the first responders and trauma nurses and  how soon we’ll see Las Vegas get back to normal. Follow Justin on Twitter and give him a like on Facebook. The Download with Justin Kaufmann airs Monday through Friday from 7 pm. to 11 pm on @WGNRadio

Let’s go out in style this week! On tonight’s episode of The Download, Las Vegas-based journalist Carrie Kaufman returns to the show to give us an update on the latest news coming out of Las Vegas, New City editor and publisher Brian Hieggelke tells us about his new movie, “Signature Move,” we recap yet another busy week in news with Chicago Tribune investigative reporter Ray Long and journalist Carol Felsenthal and we end the show with Kevin Powell, Mark Carman […]

The Carry Out is the nightly segment where Justin reads the news so you don’t have to. Tonight’s top stories include President Trump visiting Las Vegas, the ongoing debate over gun control, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson holding a press conference to say he never considered resigning, the Cubs announcing Kyle Hendricks will pitch Game 1 of the NLDS against the Nationals, the Rockies and Diamondbacks playing the NL Wild Card game, the Blackhawks getting ready for their opener tomorrow […]

It’s Wednesday night so that means it’s time for the Swap Meet! Greg Flamm aka The DuPage Picker is here to evaluate your cool, old stuff! Want to know if that old Grateful Dead T-shirt is worth some cash? What about the old Chicago Bulls ’96 Championship hat?  Think that autographed Pink Floyd shirt might make you some dough? You have the questions and Greg has the answers! It’s “The Swap Meet!” Follow Justin on Twitter and give him a like on Facebook. The Download with Justin Kaufmann airs […]

Tanner Woodford, Founder and Executive Director at The Chicago Design Museum, joins Justin to tell us about the museum launching a new Kickstarter campaign for a book of 50 handwritten letters that answer the broad, philosophical question—”What’s worth preserving?” Tanner talks about where this idea comes from and what preservation means in 2017. Tanner also reads a few of the responses he’s received since he started the project. Follow Justin on Twitter and give him a like on Facebook. The Download with Justin Kaufmann airs Monday through Friday […]

We have an amazing show for you this evening! On tonight’s episode of The Download, The Daily Line’s Mike Fourcher gets us up to speed on all of the local political stories that we should know about, filmmaker Sean Baker discusses his new movie, “The Florida Project,” Tanner Woodford, the founder and executive director of The Chicago Design Museum, tells us about a new Kickstarter campaign for a book of 50 handwritten letters that answer the philosophical question of “What’s worth preserving?,” author […]

The great writer and author Rich Cohen joins Justin to discuss his timely new book, “The Chicago Cubs: Story of a Curse.” Rich talks about being in Chicago the week the Cubs embark on their journey to defend their World Series Championship, the amazing amount of Cubs fans all over the world, how the losing culture that surrounded the Cubs is changing, if being a Cubs fan is different now that the Cubs have broken the curse, the Cubs losing […]

The Carry Out is the nightly segment where Justin reads the news so you don’t have to. Tonight’s top stories include the ongoing investigation surrounding the shooting in Las Vegas, Governor Rauner and Mayor Rahm Emanuel holding press conferences about the Las Vegas shooting, President Trump visiting Puerto Rico, the Bears returning to practice before their next game against Minnesota, the Cubs getting ready to take on the Nats in Game 1 of the NLDS, the MLB playoffs beginning tonight […]