The Pat McGann Show

Tim McEnery sat in front of Pat in homeroom reading restaurant trade magazines, and now he runs Cooper’s Hawk, the 13th largest wine producer in America. He joins Pat and Dwayne Kennedy to talk about building a billion-dollar company from a spiral notepad. Pat spent those same four years trying to get him to goof off, so we can call this one a draw.

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Pat McGann and Dwayne Kennedy go guest-free for a fall break, starting with a sincere sendoff to Mike Ditka, the Chicago icon who won it all as a player and a coach. From there it’s a White Sox fan in the Vatican, the Bears’ trip to Green Bay, and Pat’s playoff seat directly behind Lorenz Tate. Then the October Speed Round begins: apple cider donuts or pumpkin donuts? Candy corn, yes or no? Freddy or Jason? 

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Legendary Chicago sportscaster Mark Giangreco returns to the Pat McGann Show with Dwayne Kennedy to revisit the cutthroat glory days of Chicago sports TV. Mike Ditka, Michael Jordan and Brian Urlacher all had opinions about him, but he wears it as a badge of honor. 

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The voice of the Chicago Bulls says this is the best Chicago sports has felt in decades. He also once calmed down Bobby Knight with a Snickers bar, so he knows a thing or two about reading a room. Adam Amin joins Pat McGann and Dwayne Kennedy on Ep. 57. 

Adam talks openly about losing his partner Stacey King in June, and about what Bulls fans can expect from the new crew this season. How does a kid from Addison get from a fifth-grade talent show to the NFL on Fox? Tune in to find out. 

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Jeff Mauro, the Sandwich King himself, is back on The Pat McGann Show for the first time since Episode 8, and this time he’s got frozen pizza. The Food Network host joins Pat and Dwayne Kennedy at Tiege Hanley Studios to talk about getting Mauro Provisions pizzas into 26 Whole Foods stores across Chicagoland, why his Italian beef pizza has no tomato sauce, and what it actually costs to get a product on a grocery shelf. 

He also opens up about The Kitchen being canceled over Zoom after 528 episodes and 12 years, and how that pushed him to bet on...

Ben Bradley has spent the better part of three decades getting Chicago politicians to explain things they clearly did not want to explain. How do you get a mayor's office to admit a deal is coming? You file the paperwork, and then you show up. 

The WGN investigative reporter and Emmy winner joins Pat and Dwayne Kennedy to talk about learning the trade from Chicago TV legend Chuck Goudie and building a career out of Freedom of Information Act requests. They get into taxpayer-funded credit cards, a red light camera bribery scheme that took down a string o...

No one has suited up for the Chicago Bears more times than Patrick Mannelly, and he did it all as a long snapper — a job so specialized that the whole skill set comes down to feel, not counting. Mannelly joins Pat and Dwayne Kennedy to walk through 16 seasons, 245 games, and the one bad snap he still blames on the wind. Enjoy and get excited for this season, bear down!! 🐻⬇️

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Happy September! Sit back, relax, and enjoy some pumpkin spice with a side of The Pat McGann Show. They say death comes in threes, so we’re paying tribute to Dolly Parton, Tim Curry, and some guy named Nigel. Plus, Pat is now an honorary citizen of Parma, Ohio. That only means one thing… he must now run for mayor. 

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NBC 5 Chicago political reporter Mary Ann Ahern joins Pat and Dwayne Kennedy for a run through her career on the Chicago beat: chasing mayors and governors, breaking the story on the Catholic Church abuse scandal, and getting quietly boxed out of asking President Obama a question at his own library. 

She also tells the story of a Congressional race that ended a legendary civil rights friendship, and explains how her grandkids ended up calling her "Honey" instead of "Grandma." 

Plus -- enjoy this extended version of Episode 52 with our legendary cohost Dwayne Kennedy. The pair ge...

Pat is joined by Dwayne Kennedy for a back to school bonanza that has been recalled by the FDA. Ditching tinfoil for Pope Hats, our hosts explore the doom of artificial intelligence while searching for a sign of peace. Leave a comment, let us know what you think. 

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The 50th continues with MLB legend Ozzie Guillen. Fresh off the retirement of his number, Ozzie joins the fun for a highly redacted and censored conversation covering more ground than a gold glove shortstop. 

Cheers to 50 more! 

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Dwayne & Maggie join Pat for a look back on 50 episodes. It’s a wild ride through the show’s best moments that raises the lowest form of conversation to a golden jubilee. Cheers & thank you for helping us get to this milestone! 

Also, enjoy Part 2 with special guest Ozzie Guillen, coming soon. 

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How many signatures does it take to get on the ballot for mayor of Chicago? Turns out it's 12,500, and you're not allowed to collect a single one before July 28th. Liam Stanton, candidate for Mayor of Chicago, joins Pat McGann and Dwayne Kennedy to talk about his campaign, City Hall's finances, and what separates him from a crowded field of career politicians. 

Stanton grew up in Rogers Park as the youngest of eight, and his grandfather immigrated from Ireland to clean streetcars before his dad became a Chicago cop. He also opens up about his brother Tom, w...

Kevin Bozeman is back on the show for the first time since episode seven, and Pat wastes no time doing the math on what that means for episode 350. 

The Chicago native and stand-up comedian catches Pat up on a summer of European travel, a Chicago Vocational School education whose alumni list reads like a Chicago sports hall of fame, and a full-circle sports memory built around an old West Unseld jersey. 

They also get into the sportsbook takeover of Sunday afternoons and settle into a long, deeply held debate over LeBron James, Kobe Bryant, and Mi...

Which Chicago office building doubles as a former mob execution site and a cushy city day job? Just ask Joey Villagomez. The Back of the Yards comic — who picked up the nickname "Joey the Clown" — joins Pat McGann and Dwayne Kennedy alongside World Cup analyst Marcelo Balboa this week. Villagomez traces his path from tagging CTA train cars as a teenager to hosting rooms across Chicago's old open mic circuit with Felipe Esparza and Bill Burr, plus a recent hour at the Comedy Store that's got him eyeing a full month in LA. 

Balboa, meanwhile, breaks down how S...

Getting cut four times by the same team would send most guys to Wall Street. Tom Waddle had the finance degree ready, but stayed anyway.

The Chicago Bears legend and longtime ESPN 1000 host joins Pat and Dwayne Kennedy to talk going undrafted out of the greatest draft class in NFL history, the speech Mike Ditka gave him on every cut day, and the 1991 Vikings game that turned a practice-squad guy into a Chicago household name. He also gets honest about the All-Madden playoff game against Dallas he mostly doesn't remember, and what 19 years on the radio with...

Ever wonder what it takes to convince Joe Burrow to let a stranger mess with his head on national television? This week Pat sits down with mentalist Oz Pearlman, the guy with 8.9 million Instagram followers and a knack for melting NFL players' brains on camera. 

Oz breaks down how he talked his way past a hard "no" to get Joe Burrow into one of his most viral clips ever, walks through the harrowing minute he spent diving under a table at the White House Correspondents' Dinner, and previews his unprecedented live Netflix special taping at the Brooklyn P...

This week Pat and Dwayne Kennedy ring in the 4th of July, remember Stacey King, and Marcelo Balboa checks in from the World Cup to explain how Paraguay wrecked everyone's bracket.

Then two of the internet's original men's-style influencers, Aaron Marino (Alpha M.) and Antonio Centeno (Real Men Real Style), join back to back to talk nose hair, Sears jackets, and how a Marine Corps uniform was essentially the kickstarter to an entire business empire. 

Aaron traces his brand back to a childhood on a miniature Sicilian donkey farm outside Philadelphia, and the Porsche dealership m...

Pat's back from Hawaii — Pearl Harbor, potential pineapple smuggling, and a flat tire the day before departure — while Dwayne was in Norfolk, Nebraska for the Johnny Carson Comedy Festival.

Marcelo Balboa checks in from the World Cup: USA clinched first place, Turkey's coach is getting fired, Cape Verde's goalkeeper went from 25K to 13 million Instagram followers overnight, and FIFA's hydration breaks are getting booed in stadiums— turns out it wasn't quite hot enough at Norway vs. Senegal in the rain.

Then, a man from Brazil & London ran every street, block, and dead-end in Chicago, 5,000 miles over 6...

First up, Marcelo Balboa checks in from the World Cup with a quick field report — US looking sharp, Spain humbled by Cape Verde, and FIFA apparently Americanizing soccer one hydration break at a time.

Then Pat and Dwayne sit down with South Side legend Abbey Murphy: Evergreen Park native, two-time Olympian, University of Minnesota all-time goals leader, recently drafted 2nd overall to Seattle Torrent, and the only person with a street named after her who found out by looking up mid-walk.

Abbey walks through going from rollerblading with the neighbor kid to winning gold in It...

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First up on the pitch, Marcelo Balboa. former U.S. Men's National Team defender and World Cup alum (1990, 1994, 1998), stops by at the top to break down the World Cup — including dark horse teams, hacky sack's unlikely comeback, and why the US needs to get to the quarterfinal, minimum. 

Then, Father Tom Hurley and funeral director Tom Curley join Pat and Dwayne Kennedy to cover the full Catholic life cycle: from baptism to burial, with a detour through hide-and-go-seek in a funeral home at age...

Taking a page out of Mitch Rosen’s book, this episode was posted at 3am. (But don’t worry, we scheduled it for 9:03am). The VP of Odyssey Sports and architect of 670 The Score joins Pat and Dwayne to talk about building one of the most iconic sports radio brands in the country. 

The origin story alone is worth it, a 12-year-old from Skokie writes a fan letter to an overnight DJ and ends up producing his show at WGN for $13,000 a year. From there, Mitch traces the unlikely chain of events that put the Cubs on The S...

40 days and 40 nights? This podcast hit 40 episodes in under a year. The Lord had other plans for our guest, so we pivoted. Consider this episode an act of faith.

For the milestone episode, producer Tom flips the script and puts Pat in the hot seat for a full career retrospective. From his first open mic at Chicago and Halsted, to hosting at Zanies, getting fired into full-time comedy, and walking out to Pearl Jam at the Ed Sullivan Theater for his Letterman debut. 

The two also look back at 40 episodes of The Pat McGann Show; f...

This week, Pat is thrilled to welcome Ian Happ, the first major leaguer to appear on the podcast. No stranger to “the show”, Dwayne Kennedy also joins this wide ranging conversation with the most tenured Cub. Get behind the scenes of life in the big leagues and leave knowing more about being HAPP-y. 

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We're celebrating Pat's 50th with three Chicago guys and one matching outfit. This week, ABC7 Chicago's lead sports anchor and Windy City Live co-host Ryan Chiaverini joins Pat and Dwayne for a long-overdue conversation.

Ryan shares what it was actually like to replace Oprah Winfrey on live television the day after she retired — including the Yahoo comment section, which was not kind. Also: Mike Tyson's tigers (he had a whole house for them), the celebrity who broke Ryan's heart the most, and John Travolta calling a piece of family history "the coolest factoid anyone's ever told me."

Today we are taking a trip down Matteo Lane, but first, taking a right down memory Dwayne. Before his sold-out show at the Chicago Theater, Dwayne Kennedy and Pat McGann chat with the Chicago-raised, New York-based comedian. They discuss his journey from performing a three-minute open mic at Old Town Pub to sold-out theaters in Italy, Spain, and Australia. 

Along the way: why Grease makes absolutely no sense, Dionne Warwick's inexplicable omnipresence in Matteo's life, and the one phone call in 2021 that changed everything. Also, talk of Dress to Impress, not to be confused with hit reality T...

Get ready—this might be the best 39 minutes and 92 seconds you’ve ever experienced. A vintage Chicago episode with old friends and all-timers of The Pat McGann Show.

This week, Dwyane Kennedy and Maggie Hughes DePalo join Pat to defend Chicago comedy, revisit reality show disasters, and break down the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. Why were people still eating? Did Oz see it coming? And where exactly was RFK during all of it?

Along the way: Kevin Hart’s Chicago Funny AF auditions, the economics (and mild humiliation) of selling merch, a ref who wants to settl...

In Episode 35, comedians Adam Gilbert and Maggie Hughes DePalo join Pat McGann for a laid-back conversation that moves between stand-up, life on the road, and Midwest roots.

Adam shares his path from Indiana to Chicago’s comedy scene and eventually to the Comedy Cellar in New York, along with the realities of touring, open mics, and the occasional rough night on stage. Maggie tells stories from the road, including a memorable encounter with Michael J. Fox at his Nashville fundraiser. 

Plus, Midwest sports parenting, father-daughter dances, and why Lakeview is the best neighborhood to move to...

In Episode 34 of The Pat McGann Show, the original Apprentice winner (and future canonized saint) joins Pat to share how a South Side Chicago entrepreneur turned a bold risk into a career spanning television, bestselling books, motivational speaking, and the wildly successful RPM restaurant empire. From launching a cigar-of-the-month club in a tiny apartment to proposing to Giuliana in a helicopter over Chicago, Bill proves that sometimes the best business plan starts with simply saying “yes.”

The conversation dives into life after The Apprentice, building restaurants with the iconic Lettuce Entertain You team, giving back through philanthropy, meet...

In this bonus episode, Tim Sinclair—known as the Voice of Chicago—joins Pat McGann to share his incredible journey from aspiring architect to one of the most recognizable voices in sports. As the public address announcer for the Chicago Bulls, Chicago Bears, Chicago Fire, and University of Illinois, Tim offers a behind-the-scenes look at how these coveted roles come to life.

The conversation explores his unexpected start in radio, auditioning for major teams, and landing his dream job during the NBA Covid bubble. Tim also reflects on the legacy of the iconic Chicago Bulls introductions, the pres...

Comedian AJ Leidig joins Pat McGann and Dwayne Kennedy to break down his journey in stand-up comedy.

From growing up near Woodstock to testing out joke-book material in middle school, AJ shares how he got his start and made his way through the suburbs into Chicago comedy. The guys get into bombing early sets, $600 apartments, road gigs, and why the suburbs might secretly be the best place to start. Plus: Waymo debates, “he gone,” and the South Side roots of a gold record baseball anthem.

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Coach Chris Holtmann of the DePaul Blue Demons joins Pat McGann and Dwayne Kennedy to break down his first two years rebuilding Chicago's most storied college basketball program. 

After leaving Ohio State, Holtmann recounts calling Jay Wright and Tom Izzo for advice, sliding into Pat's DMs, consulting with Brad Stevens, and going bar-hopping after a big win at DePaul. He opens up about the grind, the glory days, and why he's all in on the city of Chicago. Plus: his semi-controversial Final Four predictions. 

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Pat McGann sits down with his relative Matty Ryan (yes, they’re actually related) and Chris Higgins for a wild, laugh-filled ride through Chicago life. They get into Dan Ryan survival tactics, bus token nostalgia, flipping off AI robots, parking tickets, and the evolution of the word "nimrod" thanks to Bugs Bunny. 

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This week on The Pat McGann Show, Pat and co-host Dwayne Kennedy sit down with Chicago Alderman Matt O’Shea for a conversation about city politics, airport construction, and why you should not call your alderman about airplanes flying overhead.

Plus: the South Side Irish Parade, the economics of dyeing the river green, the Star Wars museum Chicago didn’t get, and an unexpected detour into “Friends of the Park” drama that feels… personal. 

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This week on the Pat McGann Show, Pat and co-host Dwayne Kennedy catch up with WGN superstar Ana Belaval. For the past two decades, she’s been performing live TV without a script. Billy Corgan even composed a song for her. (And don’t worry- she’ll reveal her Puerto Rican heritage before the ten-minute mark.) 

Ana also shares why Puerto Ricans don't eat spicy food, and the story of how Mike Toomey convinced her to try stand-up with a five-minute set at Zanies.

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Comedian Lio Cundiff makes a bonus splash on the Pat McGann Show this week. Despite his usual preference for floating with a beer in hand, he jumped into the frigid waters of Lake Michigan to rescue a baby. "I hope she has a really cool future, and I'm happy I was there." His heroic act caught the attention of People Magazine, but he decided to set the record straight here on The Pat McGann Show. 

Plus, Lio opens up about the viral media frenzy, the GoFundMe he's trying to shut down, and how the whole thing just m...

Pat McGann sits down with Jarrett Payton to discuss growing up as the son of Walter Payton, giving a Hall of Fame speech at age 12 (casual), and how running a landfill hill builds character.

They get into near-death car stories, surviving a Miami national championship team, being mentored by NFL “wild childs,” and what it’s like when Michael Jordan shows up at your house to win his money back.

Also discussed: sneaking video of Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce before the internet exploded, playing golf with President George H. W. Bush, and the only time S...

Pat McGann is back in Chicago with Dwayne Kennedy and Peyton Ruddy for what is, legally speaking, our best work yet.

They cover a canceled Bermuda cruise gig, the Winter Olympics (Norway winning everything, including skiing-with-a-rifle), 30,000 missing condoms in the Olympic Village, and a necessary debate about Boyz n the Hood vs. Menace II Society.

Peyton talks starting stand-up at 17, working the door at the Comedy Mothership in Austin, stacking millions of views online, and launching the “My Best Work” tour. 

If for no other reason, tune in just to hear how hard the c...

Pat McGann sits down with Chicago comedian Maggie Hughes DePalo to talk about the totally sensible decision to quit a stable job, raise kids, and pursue stand-up at the same time. They get into building a South Side comedy scene from scratch, doing parking lot shows during COVID, and somehow ending up opening for Nate Bargatze in an arena like that’s a normal Tuesday.

Also discussed: Catholic school flashbacks, grade school basketball grudges that never die, Valentine’s Day in Indianapolis (surprisingly intense), and a formal motion to make Michael Jordan’s birthday a civic holiday.

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In this Olympian-sized episode, Pat catches up with Tom Bambara and Zooms around with two-time Olympic gold medalist  Shani Davis. Chicago Historian Dilla Thomas drops facts in the studio and shouts out our latest listener- his wife. Enjoy the gold medal editing; be sure to subscribe and leave us a review! 

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