What's Good Radio!

Uh oh, What's Good Radio is going big time as Chris welcomes an NBA champion (and high school classmate) onto the show! Karina Anglada began her career in video production with the Detroit Pistons before moving to the University of Auburn and then serving as senior video producer and editor for the Golden State Warriors during their dynasty run! Now in a new role as Adobe's Strategic Development Manager, Karina talks about how her mom and a chance visit to The Oprah Winfrey Show inspired her to embark on her career path, why the referees are the most annoying obstacle in her work, and how the Jesuit motto impacts her life every day!

What's Good Radio is in full effect, fresh for 2022! The first episode of the new season kicks off with blockbuster special guest Annie Costabile, as (Chicago Sun-Times) we discuss how LeBron James (and her mom, of course) inspired her start in journalism, what the Chicago Sky need to keep their fan base growing, and how she chooses gameday outfits! Follow Annie on Twitter at @anniecostabile and check out her "Equal Play" podcast!

It's Back to School Night on What's Good Radio as I welcome my college journalism professor and adviser Sara Netzley (Cinnamon Roll Alphas, Entertainment Weekly) onto the show to talk about her burgeoning career as a romance novelist - and the broadening shift toward inclusivity in romance writing! We also discuss how educating journalists has changed since 2010 and our mutual surprise at Aaron Judge's offseason facial hair!

The show goes on the road as I take a trip up (about two miles) north to kick it with Foxie la Fleur and Minnie Barre, the co-founders of Crescent Moon Nerdlesque! We talk about their upcoming show "Are You Afraid of Burlesque?", what led them to start their own company, and what popular TV show might be getting the Crescent Moon treatment soon! Grab tickets to the show here: https://www.crescentmoonnerdlesque.productions/are-you-afraid-of-burlesque/ !

Just in time for the White Sox in the postseason, What's Good Radio brings on veteran Sox writer Colleen Sullivan! We discuss how she started the beloved "Know Your Enemy" column, her secret desire to play roller derby, and how she put a Pitchfork writer in his place by quoting the 2021 MLB Collective Bargaining Agreement!

Musician. Cannibis enthusiast. Scholastic Bowl veteran. Bagel connoisseur. Rich Jones travels a diverse set of paths in Chicago, starting out with rap and now finding other ways to support fellow artists and creators in the city of wind. Rich was one of the first guests on What's Good Radio with the Second City Citizens in 2014, and he kindly came on the microphone again to discuss how life has changed (in many good ways) since then!

After a short break, What's Good Radio is back on the digital airwaves! Talia Pasqua and Simeon Pratt, both formerly of BMP Film Co., come on the show to talk about their documentary "Round and Round," which centers on the Windy City Rollers flat-track roller derby team and was recently recognized on ShortoftheWeek.com! We also discuss their journey into film and how the pandemic actually held a silver lining for them both!

Sorry for keeping you waiting, but this episode couldn't wait any longer! Maggie Hendricks (Bally Sports, USA Today, 670 The Score) joins Chris to discuss how her experience with high school wrestling (shout out the Chicago Catholic League) led to her covering the Summer Olympics, how she deals with idiots in the comment section and most importantly, who's the best Star Trek captain!

It's a ride down memory lane with this week's guest Eugene Faison, aka Billy the Angry Knicks Fan! The Knickerbockers finished the NBA season 10 games over .500, so we discuss the (possible) demise of his moniker, the differences between this team and the last NY club to make the playoffs, the friendships he's made since going viral and why the Brooklyn Nets won't have a chance to win the championship this season!

It's an South Shore spectacular episode of What's Good Radio, as I welcome on veteran journalist and current Chicago Sun-Times culture and entertainment writer Evan F. Moore onto the show! We discuss his upcoming book "Game Misconduct" about the underlying racial and cultural biases in ice hockey, how it felt to write about his family's history and the Black Wall Street massacre, and how he started the "Who y'all mad at today?" poll on Twitter!