WGN - The Download with Justin Kaufmann Podcast

It’s Friday Night so that means it’s time for “Reality Check” with the Chicago Tribune‘s Tracy Swartz! Tracy talks about the week in reality television including the pick for the new “The Bachelor” and what we can expect from the Fall season of reality television including the reboot of “American Idol.” 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

On tonight’s episode of The Download, Justin checks in with some family members who are fleeing Florida as Hurricane Irma barrels toward the state, we reload another busy week of news with WYCC’s Lauren Cohn and the Chicago Tribune’s Ray Long, Tracy Swartz introduces us to the new “The Bachelor” and we end the show by getting you ready for another week of exciting high school football action with Preps Plus Chicago featuring Sam Panayotovich and Kevin Powell! Follow Justin on Twitter and give him a like on Facebook. The […]

The Carry Out is the nightly segment where Justin reads the news so you don’t have to. Tonight’s top stories include Hurricane Irma bearing down on Florida, Equifax being hacked, Amazon looking to open a second headquarters, a Chicago anti-violence concert featuring Macklemore abruptly cancelled, a CTA passenger saying he was pushed onto the tracks, the amount of students taking the ACT decreasing, Hurricane Irma causing devastation in the Caribbean, the NFL kicking off tonight, the Bears getting ready to […]

David Mays, founder of The Source magazine, joins Justin to talk about his illustrious career, what attracted him to hip hop culture growing up, when he realized that The Source was taking off, how The Source became the bible of an emerging industry, the forces that were trying to keep hip hop culture down, the beef that The Source had with Eminem, the East Coast-West Coast hip hop rivalry, how much the beef helped and hurt hip hop, why he […]

We have a wonderful show for you tonight! Matthew Erickson, Industry Outreach Director for the Digital Privacy Alliance, joins Justin to talk about what can be done to protect your digital privacy, David Mays, founder of The Source magazine tells us about his illustrious career in hip hop, WGN’s Sam Panayotovich gets us up to speed on all the sports stories we need to be paying attention to this week and we end the program by listening to Download Nation confess their […]

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 siding with Democrats over debt limit funding, Illinois joining a few states in suing the Trump administration over DACA, gubernatorial candidate Daniel Biss dropping Alderman Carlos Ramirez-Rosa as his running mate, the Lawrence Avenue Sears getting the zoning okay for redevelopment from Alderman Pawar, Facebook being accused of cooking the books over their reach, Hurricane Irma bearing […]

The Daily Line‘s Mike Fourcher joins Justin for his weekly visit to break down the top local political stories making news this week. Mike and Justin are also joined by Alderman Carlos Ramirez-Rosa who was dropped today as State Senator Daniel Biss’ running mate. How will this impact Senator Biss’ campaign moving forward and what other candidate might benefit from his decision? 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 […]

Josh Zagoren, Artistic Director of the WildClaw Theatre, joins Justin to talk about the 10 year anniversary of the theater, what attracted him to bringing the horror genre to the stage, overcoming the stigma that surrounds horror, how horror and nerd culture is now mainstream and the secret to putting horror authentically on stage. 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

Musician Stephanie Rogers joins Justin to talk about her work combining storytelling and music with Story Jam, the process of creating all of the material, the skill involved in being a bandleader, how this endeavor satisfies her search for a creative outlet and her upcoming show at City Winery. 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      

We have an incredible show for you this evening! On tonight’s episode of The Download we get our weekly visit from The Daily Line’s Mike Fourcher to get us up to speed on all the local political stories making news, Alderman Carlos Ramirez-Rosa explains why he was dropped from gubernatorial candidate Daniel Biss’ ticket, Iranian Canadian journalist and filmmaker Maziar Bahari discusses dedicating his life’s work to educating against hate, musician Stephanie Rogers talks about her upcoming show at City […]