Radiogirl
It's about people not politics: talking to interesting folks in and around radio (and the media) in Chicago and beyond. Theme music by Panda Riot.
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- Update frequency
- every 49 days
- Episodes
- 27
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2025
Stefan Holt - TV news anchor
Stefan Holt is from Chicago and started at NBC 5 Chicago in 2011. He talks about reporting, anchoring, and working in Florida and at WNBC in New York; why reporting is challenging; what he learned fr…
Sat 16 Aug 2025
Joe Donlon - Living the Dream at CBS Chicago
Joe Donlon is an anchor at CBS News Chicago. He was on the air at WGN-TV and NewsNation in Chicago, and was at KGW-TV in Oregon for several years before coming to Chicago. He talks about why he loves…
Fri 27 Jun 2025
Molly Jirasek - advice from a TV News Director
I interviewed Molly Jirasek at the Illinois News Broadcasters Association convention six years ago, when she was Assistant News Director at Heart of Illinois ABC in Peoria. Now she is News Director a…
Sun 27 Apr 2025
Jerry Agar: 14 years later!
Jerry Agar has been on the air since October, 1973. I interviewed him in 2010 when he was starting at Newstalk 1010 CFRB in Toronto. He went back to Canada after spending 25 years in the U.S. (he's o…
Fri 20 Dec 2024
Ron Gleason: The Score, WBBM, Sports
Ron Gleason worked in sports for many years before switching to news at WBBM Newsradio. He talks about Sports Phone, doing play-by-play, sportscasting, being the boss at WSCR The Score, Mike North an…
Fri 30 Aug 2024
Rafer Weigel: getting personal
I first interviewed Rafer Weigel 11 years ago when he was at WLS-TV in Chicago. When I did this livestream with him, he was at KUSI-TV in San Diego. Now he's Chief Communications Officer at VetComm, …
Fri 23 Aug 2024
InternetFM after more than a decade: Steve Leventhal and Eric Leventhal
A musical discussion: Steve Leventhal, creator of InternetFM, and his son and cofounder Eric Leventhal, talk about their music and broadcasting experience, what is top-shelf radio, paying for songs, …
Wed 13 Dec 2023
Word Balloon's John Siuntres: longest podcast!
John Siuntres (host and creator of the popular Word Balloon livestream and podcast and I often talk on the phone for at least an hour, so we decided to do a livestream conversation, and it ended up b…
Thu 21 Sep 2023
Ravi Baichwal: from Canada to Chicago
Ravi Baichwal is an anchor at ABC 7 Chicago and talks about his hockey documentary Summit 72; his hometown Toronto and Canadian culture; his radio career at CKNW in Vancouver before he went to CTV Na…
Mon 05 Jun 2023
Justin Roman: media master, from music to radio to TV!
Justin Roman has done a lot during the 21st century: he hosts The MVP Game (sign up there to be a guest on the show) with Kenzie K (who was his fiancée when this was recorded); it's a super-fan Cubs …
Thu 06 Apr 2023
Doug Cummings: Escaping the O-Zone
Doug Cummings is a resident of Highland Park, where the shooting tragedy happened on July 4th at the Independence Day parade. He wrote the personal safety handbook, Escaping the O-Zone, to help peopl…
Fri 10 Mar 2023
Karen Schaler: from war correspondent to screenwriter and novelist
Karen Schaler was a journalist and crime reporter who is best known for the Netflix hit "A Christmas Prince." She talks about how her journalism experience led to Hollywood success; how she got into …
Fri 03 Feb 2023
Kathy Hart: Hall of Famer on the most popular morning show in Chicago
For two decades, Kathy Hart was part of the most popular morning show in Chicago, on 101.9 WTMX The Mix. She talks about how she went from being an intern to getting on the air in Rockford at WKKN an…
Fri 13 Jan 2023
Hannah B: having a blast in radio!
Hannah Brummer is on the air every morning with Eddie Volkman on Star 96.7. She talks about her radio career, which includes hosting afternoons on 103 WXLC, and working in promotions at US 99, 104.3 …
Mon 05 Dec 2022
Vicki Quade: Late Nite Catechism, Bob Collins, theater, writing, and more
Vicki Quade is best known for her popular show, Late Nite Catechism, and she talks about how she came up with the idea for that show; her journalism career, which included the News-Tribune newspaper …
Sun 13 Nov 2022
John Drummond: LEGENDARY reporter
John "Bulldog" Drummond has had a long career and is best known for being a world-class reporter covering breaking news, corruption, and, most notably, the Chicago Outfit. He grew up in Wisconsin and…
Wed 02 Nov 2022
Brian Pecht: music radio fun, payola, success
Brian Pecht has been a jock and programmer at music radio stations for several years, and he hosts the very popular The Catholic Word Podcast. He talks about why he enjoys doing traffic at WBBM Newsr…
Tue 25 Oct 2022
Sam Panayotovich: from Chicago sports radio to Boston TV
The last time I interviewed Sam Panayotovich, he was just getting his career started in sports radio. Now Sam is on NESN and Fox Sports TV. He talks about his journey from Chicago to Las Vegas to Bos…
Wed 21 Sep 2022
Charlie Meyerson - from radio to digital domination
Charlie Meyerson is publisher of Chicago Public Square. He talks about how he's become successful in digital media, what he thinks of the news business, his belief in independent pursuits, his podcas…
Fri 19 Aug 2022
Adam Wade: Pro Stage and Audio Storyteller, writer, performer
Adam Wade is from New Hampshire and has lived in New York for almost 25 years. He has won The Moth 20 times, and has appeared on Conan O'Brien's show, "Inside Amy Schumer," and Lena Dunham’s "Girls."…
Thu 21 Jul 2022
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