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The Dave Plier Podcast from 720 WGN

An Easter Message of Renewal from Cardinal Blase Cupich, Archbishop of Chicago, with WGN’s Dave & Alex Plier
03/29/2024

Cardinal Blase Cupich, Archbishop of Chicago, joins WGN Radio’s Dave Plier to talk about Easter weekend activities with Dave’s youngest son Alex, his recent birthday at 75, and his ‘Easter Message of Renewal.’

https://serve.castfire.com/audio/4584816/4584816_2024-03-28-192216.128.mp3 Cardinal Blase Cupich: A Christmas conversation with Dave, Josh and Emma Plier

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Actress Lecy Goranson on Chicago sports and the 6th season of ABC-TV’s ‘The Conners’
03/09/2024

Actress Lecy Goranson talks to WGN Radio’s Dave Plier about the 6th season of ABC-TV’s hit comedy ‘The Conners’, her love of Chicago sports including the Chicago Bears, the Chicago Cubs, and Old Style beer.

https://serve.castfire.com/audio/4503620/4503620_2024-03-08-234220.128.mp3

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Long before Hollywood the film industry was invented in Chicago: Essanay Studios, Charlie Chaplin
03/09/2024

WGN Radio’s Dave Plier shares his interview with author and historian Adam Selzer to talk about the fascinating yet little-known story of how Chicago served as the unlikely capital of American film production in the years before the rise of Hollywood (1907–1913), the rise and fall of the major Chicago movie studios in the mid-silent era (principally Essanay and Selig Polyscope), and the colorful, larger-than-life historical figures, including Thomas Edison, Charlie Chaplin, Oscar Micheaux, and Orson Welles.

https://serve.castfire.com/audio/4503619/4503619_2024-03-08-231519.128.mp3

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25 years of Chicago’s own Chief O’Neill’s: St. Patrick’s Day Festival, Friday fish fries, Sunday brunch, Bad Irish Momz of Comedy
03/02/2024

WGN Radio’s Dave Plier welcomes Brendan, Siobhan, and Anlon McKinney of Chicago’s #1 Irish pub Chief O’Neill’s talk to about the legend of Chicago Police Chief O’Neill, their 25th anniversary, the art of pouring the perfect pint of Guinness, their classic Irish cuisine, new private label scotch, beer, the Bad Irish Momz of Comedy event on March 9th, inspired music and their events schedule for the weekends leading up to Saint Patrick’s Day. For more information, visit chiefoneillspub.com.

https://serve.castfire.com/audio/4501433/4501433_2024-03-02-023433.64kmono.mp3

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Hail to the Chief! WGN-TV’s NEW Chief Meteorologist Demetrius Ivory
03/02/2024

They are big Tom Skilling shoes to fill, but WGN-TV’s Demetrius Ivory is up to the task! WGN Radio’s Dave Plier talks to Demetrius about his first official days on the job.

https://serve.castfire.com/audio/4501432/4501432_2024-03-02-024732.64kmono.mp3

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Tie a yellow ribbon round music legend Tony Orlando: A Journey in Music
03/02/2024

Music legend Tony Orlando joins WGN Radio’s Dave Plier for an in-depth conversation reflecting on six decades in music and his farewell tour. Tony is appearing at the DesPlaines Theatre on Saturday March 2, 2024 and at The Arcada Theatre on Sunday March 3, 2024. For tickets, visit oshows.com.

https://serve.castfire.com/audio/4501430/4501430_2024-03-02-025630.64kmono.mp3

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Phil Rosenthal on the new season of Netflix’s ‘Somebody Feed Phil’, new children’s book with his daughter ‘Just Try It!’
03/02/2024

WGN Radio’s Dave Plier welcomes Phil Rosenthal, creator of ‘Everybody Loves Raymond,’ on touring the globe on the 7th season of ‘Somebody Feed Phil’.

https://serve.castfire.com/audio/4501429/4501429_2024-03-02-023929.64kmono.mp3

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Comedian Jake Johannsen: Laughing it up at Zanies, marriage advice, being a parent today, aging
02/17/2024

WGN Radio’s Dave Plier talks to comedian Jake Johannsen about his shows this weekend at Zanies in Old Town and on Sunday in Rosemont, marital advice, navigating parenthood, aging and more. zanies.com

https://serve.castfire.com/audio/4496981/4496981_2024-02-17-002621.128.mp3

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Musician Branford Marsalis is heading home to New Orleans as new Artistic Director at Music Center named after his father
02/17/2024

Listen to WGN Radio’s Dave Plier’s complete interview with Grammy Award winning jazz great Branford Marsalis, about the influence of his father in music, playing with the likes of Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock, Sting, The Grateful Dead, his style of music and collaboration, and composing the moving sounds for the soundtrack of Netflix’s civil rights story of Bayard Rustin.

https://serve.castfire.com/audio/4496979/4496979_2024-02-17-000319.128.mp3

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Presidential historian Douglas Brinkley: Washington, Lincoln, Kennedy and the 45 American Presidents in history, their style, their leadership, their impact
02/17/2024

Presidential historian and author Douglas Brinkley joins WGN Radio’s Dave Plier to talk about the history of the American presidency, how the course of history would have changed if the 9 U.S. Presidents who were assassinated or died in office completed their terms, and why it takes 25 years to realize the impact of an American President.

https://serve.castfire.com/audio/4496978/4496978_2024-02-17-000518.128.mp3

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