Rick Kogan
Arts & Entertainment News
The After Hours with Chicago Tribune columnist Rick Kogan Podcast from 720 WGN
Location:
Chicago, IL
Genres:
Arts & Entertainment News
Description:
The After Hours with Chicago Tribune columnist Rick Kogan Podcast from 720 WGN
Twitter:
@rickkogan
Language:
English
Episodes
A guide to real guuud barbecue
6/9/2024
Joe Carlucci joins Rick Kogan to talk about his career and his latest culinary venture, “BBQ Pit Boys Book of Real Guuud Barbecue.
Duration:00:40:00
Gregory Pratt tackles what’s gone wrong in Chicago
6/9/2024
Gregory Pratt joins Rick Kogan to talk about his life, career, and his book, “The City Is Up For Grabs: How Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot Led and Lost a City in Crisis.”
Duration:00:36:44
Denise Tomasello’s upcoming live performance!
6/2/2024
Denise Tomasello joins Rick Kogan to talk about her career and her upcoming “I’m Still Here” concert on Saturday at Park West.
Duration:00:37:04
Fun events for the summer!
6/2/2024
Candace Jordan joins Rick Kogan to talk about her life and upcoming events for the summer.
Duration:00:30:30
The latest from Spider Saloff
5/21/2024
Singer Spider Saloff joins Rick Kogan to explore her career, her new CD “From Broadway to Jazz,” and her May 26 performance at Winter’s Jazz Club.
Duration:00:30:06
Why William Friedkin should have a street named after him
5/21/2024
Bill Marovitz joins Rick Kogan to talk about his efforts to have a street named for director William Friedkin, on Monday, June 10th at the corner of Ridge and Ardmore in front of Senn High School.
Duration:00:13:30
An upcoming poetry opera
5/21/2024
Peter McDowell and poet narrator Lasana D. Kazembe join Rick Kogan to talk about “Paul Robeson: Man of the People New Jazz Poetry Opera,” free on June 7th at Hamilton Park District.
Duration:00:17:34
A new story from Elynne Chaplik-Aleskow
5/12/2024
Elynne Chaplik-Aleskow joins Rick Kogan to talk about the new special “Chicken Soup for the Soul” book, “Young at Heart: 101 Tales of Dynamic Aging,” that features her story “Would You Like to Dance?”
Duration:00:17:53
Be on the lookout for ‘Unsung Heroes of Uptown’ around town
5/12/2024
Hana Bleue Chaussette joins Rick Kogan to talk about her “Unsung Heroes of Uptown,” an exhibition of her portraits of notable Uptown residents–Studs Terkel and others–on dozens of bus shelters in Uptown and elsewhere around town for three months of public viewing and forever online.
Duration:00:26:17
New exhibits at the Chicago Maritime Museum
5/12/2024
Madeline Crispell, Curator of the Chicago Maritime Museum, joins Rick Kogan to talk about two new exhibits, the Lady Elgin disaster and Black sailor Bill Pinkney, both opening Friday night. For more information visit chicagomaritimemuseum.org.
Duration:00:34:03
What’s new with Ben Tanzer
5/5/2024
Ben Tanzer joins Rick Kogan to talk about his latest book, “The Missing,” his other activities and pursuits, and his podcast, “This Podcast Will Change Your Life.”
Duration:00:41:17
Libby York on her new music and upcoming appearance
5/5/2024
Singer Libby York, joins Rick Kogan to talk about her new CD “Quartet: Swing Me a Story: The Art of the Lyric” and her appearance for two shows on May 9 at Winter’s Jazz Club, with her quartet and special guest, trombonist Russ Phillips.
Duration:00:11:08
Jack Craven on making the jump to author
5/5/2024
Jack Craven, attorney, businessman, and executive coach, joins Rick Kogan to talk about his first book, “Aliveness Mindset: Lead and Live with More Passion, Purpose, and Joy.”
Duration:00:21:10
All about the upcoming Doc10 Film Festival!
4/28/2024
Rick Kogan is joined by Paula Froehle, co-founder with Steve Cohen of the Chicago Media Project, to talk about the 10th annual Doc10 film festival taking place May 2-5 at the Davis Theatre and Siskel Film Center. For more information, visit doc10.org.
Duration:00:20:54
A podcast you won’t want to miss
4/28/2024
Rick Kogan is joined by Bob Herguth of the Sun-Times and Abdon Pallasch, formerly of the Sun-Times and is currently the Director of Communications for Comptroller Susana Mendoza, to talk about their podcast called, “The Rebel Kind“
Duration:00:39:21
Hear stories about growing up in Chicago
4/22/2024
Authors Neal Samors and Tom O’Gorman join Rick Kogan to discuss their book (with Christopher Lynch), “Memories of Growing Up in Chicago: Recalling Life During the 20th Century.”
Duration:00:36:00
Hear from the talented Callie Siskel
4/22/2024
Author Callie Siskel joins Rick Kogan to talk about and read from her book, “Two Minds,” and preview her appearance at 7 p.m. Friday at the Book Cellar.
Duration:00:37:03
An event to explore the history of country music in the city
4/9/2024
Rick Kogan is joined in studio with historian producer Paul Durica and Music Director Jefferey Thomas to talk about “Hey, Hey, the Gang’s All Here: A Chicago Barn Dance: Live Radio Show Explores 100 Years of Country Music in the City,” at 5:30 pm -8:30 pm on Saturday, April 20, at The Hideout (1354 W. Wabansia). […]
Duration:00:33:57
How the Chicagoland Intercollegiate Story Slam came to be
3/3/2024
Bill Hillman, Assistant Professor at East-West University, joins Rick Kogan to talk about the Chicagoland Intercollegiate Story Slam (Personal Narrative Speech), on Wednesday at 2 p.m. in the SLC Auditorium.
Duration:00:43:24
Catching up with Tony Fitzpatrick
3/3/2024
Tony Fitzpatrick joins Rick Kogan to talk about the current Jon Langford show at his Dime Gallery, Richard Lewis’ death, and what he is working on.
Duration:00:19:00