It’s the “The Download on Chicago Business” sponsored by Signature Bank. This morning, the Steve Cochran Show speaks with Jason Zenger of MakingChips. Jason talks about merging social media and podcasts into a traditional business like manufacturing, how they get a younger generation excited about the manufacturing industry, what new manufacturing is all about, what makes manufacturing a great career and what it means to be a Chicago company.

Well, it’s all come down to this. After a year of searching, Justin Kaufmann has finally found the person who has the best Chicago accent. Listen to the Championship of the Chicago Accent Challenge (recorded live at Chicago Theater Works for the Chicago Podcast Festival) featuring celebrity judges Ted McClelland, Scott Goldstein and Alderman Nicholas Sposato as well as special appearances by Adam Witt, the Chicago Now 16″ Champion softball team and Miles Kaufmann! The Download with Justin Kaufmann Podcast is easy […]

Marketing professional, former resident of Bed-Stuy and lifelong Jay-Z fan Quinn Bryant joins Justin to discuss her book, “What Would Jay-Z Do?” Quinn talks about where the idea to write this book comes from, when she began to listen to Jay-Z’s music, the deeper side of Jay-Z that people might not know about, her effort to be Jay-Z’s marketing intern and if she still has aspirations to meet Jay-Z. The Download with Justin Kaufmann Podcast is easy to find. Listen on your […]

Academy Award-winning director Barry Jenkins and actors Stephan James and KiKi Layne join Justin to discuss their new movie, “If Beale Street Could Talk.” Barry, Stephan and KiKi talk about where the idea for the film came from, the role that love plays in the movie, the difficulty playing love, the process of adapting a James Baldwin novel for the screen, how much Stephan and KiKi knew about the story before working on the film, the challenge of playing such […]

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It’s the “The Download on Chicago Business” sponsored by Signature Bank. This morning, the Steve Cochran Show speaks with Ayesha Jaco, Senior Program Director of West Side United. Ayesha talks about how West Side United came about, what needs to be done  to reduce the West Side “death gap,” the need for more community health workers, the nine diverse neighborhoods that make up the West Side and their mission to build community health and economic wellness on Chicago’s West Side.

Andrew Ti and Tawny Newsome join Justin to discuss their comedy podcast, “Yo, Is this Racist?” Andrew and Tawny talk about how this podcast started, what they hope to accomplish with the podcast, how comedy is a great way to talk about race, the amount of time needed to produce a weekly podcast, how the show has evolved and their appearance tonight at The Chicago Podcast Festival. The Download with Justin Kaufmann Podcast is easy to find. Listen on your iPhone, iPad, […]

The tremendous screenwriter and director Jason Reitman joins Justin once again to talk about his new film, “The Front Runner.” Jason talks about taking on a story that America knows well, how the Gary Hart scandal changed media forever, what he learned about Gary Hart while working on this film, the challenges of working on a period piece, how they were able to use archival footage, how the scandal was the first time political journalism and tabloid journalism became intertwined, […]

Justin Kaufmann hosts WGN’s election special with a marvelous panel of guests including the Chicago Tribune’s Eric Zorn, The Daily Line’s Heather Cherone, WGN’s Walter Jacobson, Chicago Newsroom’s Ken Davis, Anne Kavanagh of Media Pros 24/7, Lance Trover of Tusk Strategies, Dave Lundy of Aileron Communications, Hermene Hartman of N’Digo Magazine, Chris Varones of Aesop Communications Group, State Senator Daniel Biss and former Governor Pat Quinn. We also keep you up to date on all the important local and national […]