Dr. Patrick Crispen’s April 18th Tech Notes! Here are Dr. Patrick Crispen‘s technology notes from our April 18th WGN Radio show. Patrick is the Director of Educational Technology at the Keck School of Medicine of USC. Photo by Ash Edmonds on …

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Steve and Johnnie: National Record Store Day, Uptown Theatre, Rt. 34 Drive In opens for the season and more Johnnie Putman and Steve King kick off the show celebrating National Record Store Day by talking about the first albums they ever bought. Throughout the show they turned to the text line to see wha…

The podcast of Saturday night's @wgnradio.bsky.social show is now posted. If you missed it, or you'd like to hear it again, just click the link.
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April 18th WGN Radio Game Plan! This Saturday night, we’ve got another FULL show on WGN, starting at 9PM (Central)! We’re happy to welcome back author Robert Loerzel who has the 411 about a free Sunday afternoon presentation he’s…

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2026 Ford Explorer Active Review: Steve and Johnnie Road Test Text by Steve King and Johnnie Putman 2026 Ford Explorer Active 100A Specs Class: Midsize Crossover Country of Manufacture: U.S. Color: Agate Black Metallic Miles driven: 750 (approx.) Observed fuel e...

Our review of the Ford Explorer Active has now been posted, with additional content, on Consumer Guide's website. blog.consumerguide.com/2026-ford-ex... @carguytom.bsky.social @jillciminillo.bsky.social

2026 Ford Explorer Active Road Test! It’s been a while since we shared a road test with you. For the uninitiated, we’ve been members of MAMA (the Midwest Automotive Media Association) just about since it was founded, in 19…

Our road test of the vehicle we used during our Grand Canyon adventures is now posted on our blog. steveandjohnnie.wordpress.com/2026/04/13/2... @carguytom.bsky.social @clcrispen.bsky.social @crispen.bsky.social

April 11th WGN Radio Podcast! The podcast of Saturday’s WGN Radio show with Erika Brett & Josh Solomon from The Empty Pockets band, Consumer Guide’s Publisher, Tom Appel and a whole lot more is now posted. Steve, Erik…

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April 11th WGN Radio Game Plan! It’s been a minute or three, but we’re actually back LIVE with a FULL show on WGN, starting at 9PM (Central)! We may have to share a few tales of our days at the Grand Canyon, celebrating our grand…

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April 4th (Actually 5th) WGN Radio Game Plan! As we mentioned last week, we’re going to be spending this Saturday night and the next few days at the Grand Canyon for the Easter holiday, celebrating our grandson Joseph’s 10th birthday along wit…

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March 28th WGN Radio Podcast! The podcast of last Saturday’s WGN Radio show is now available. Sadly, this show was the last one with Julian Saldierna as our producer. Steve, Julian and Johnnie in WGN Radio’s Studio …

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Dr. Patrick Crispen’s March 28th Tech Notes! Here are Dr. Patrick Crispen‘s technology notes from our March 28th WGN Radio show. Patrick is the Director of Educational Technology at the Keck School of Medicine of USC. Photo by Mohamed Kerroud…

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March 28th WGN Radio Game Plan! Hey kids, we’re back in Chicago for tonight’s WGN Radio show, but the continuing march of March Madness means we start late, again, around 11:15 PM-ish (Central)! HerNHim in WGN Radio’s Studi…

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March 21st WGN Radio Podcast! The podcast of last Saturday’s WGN Radio show is now posted. This was our last week broadcasting remotely from WKGC Public Radio 90.7 FM. Our Panhandle Producer, Becca Starke, took this photo…

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March 21st WGN Radio Game Plan! Due to March Madness, tonight’s show starts later, around 11:30PM (Central). This will be our last week broadcasting remotely from the studios of WKGC-FM. Next week, we’ll be back in Ch…

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March 14th (Actually 15th) WGN Radio Game Plan! Due to a late Chicago Blackhawks game, tonight’s WGN Radio show won’t start till around 12:30 AM (Central time). Sooo … since we’re enjoying a little “down” time…

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March 7th WGN Radio Podcast! The podcast of last Saturday’s WGN Radio show with The New York Times best selling author, Michael Lister, our resident computer guru, Dr. Patrick Crispen and a whole lot more is now posted. …

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Dr. Patrick Crispen’s March 7th Tech Notes! Here are Dr. Patrick Crispen‘s technology notes from our March 7th WGN Radio show. Patrick is the Director of Educational Technology at the Keck School of Medicine of USC. Photo by Tayyab Ejaz on U…

As promised, Dr. @crispen.bsky.social's tech notes from Saturday's @wgnradio.bsky.social show are now available on our blog.
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March 7th WGN Radio Game Plan! As we mentioned last week, we’re taking you on the road with us as we hang our headphones in the studios of WKGC-FM, in the Florida Panhandle for a few weeks. Tonight, our show starts after N…

Tonight's @wgnradio.bsky.social show highlights are cleverly hidden in our latest blog post. Here's the link.
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February 28th WGN Radio Podcast! The podcast of this past Saturday’s WGN Radio show with the newest member of the Grand Ole Opry, our Grammy winning, platinum record selling friend, Suzy Bogguss, a tribute to Neil Sedaka, Co…

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February 28th WGN Radio Game Plan! This Saturday night will be our last full WGN Radio show for a while, starting at 9PM (Central)! It will also be our last show from Chicago for a while, because starting next week we’ll be hanging …

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Johnnie and Steve kick off the Chinese New Year Johnnie Putman and Steve King are galloping into the Year of the Fire Horse with good friends and while you won’t hear any music, you can hear some of Steve and Johnnie’s new favorite F…

The podcast of last Saturday's @wgnradio.bsky.social show with @tcmtv.bsky.social host @davekarger.bsky.social, Ronnie Rice, Dr. @crispen.bsky.social and more is now posted. wgnradio.com/steve-and-jo...

A Sad Day For The WGN Family This past Monday was the kind of day you don’t ever want to see, both professionally and personally. We’ve both been on this broadcasting adventure long enough to know that sometimes th…

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Year Of The Fire Horse Songs On last Saturday night’s show we talked about 2026 being the Chinese Year Of The Fire Horse. Per usual, we like to have some musical introductory “bumps” for each segment that rel…

Many of you have been asking about the Chinese Year Of The Fire Horse songs we featured on last Saturday's @wgnradio.bsky.social show. You'll find links and information about all of them posted on our blog.
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Dr. Patrick Crispen’s February 21st Tech Notes! Here are Dr. Patrick Crispen‘s technology notes from our February 21st WGN Radio show. Patrick is the Director of Educational Technology at the Keck School of Medicine of USC. Photo by sahan Jayasu…

As promised, Dr. @crispen.bsky.social's technology notes from this past Saturday's @wgnradio.bsky.social show are now posted on our blog. steveandjohnnie.wordpress.com/2026/02/23/d...

February 21st WGN Radio Game Plan! We hope you’ll join us for a very full WGN Radio show tonight, starting at 9PM (Central)! We’re happy to welcome back award-winning host, interviewer, entertainment expert and TCM host, Dave Karger…

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Valentine’s Day WGN Radio Podcast! The podcast of last Saturday’s Valentine Palooza WGN Radio show, with MotorWeek’s John Davis, Jon Duncanson & Sylvia Gomez, Mike Mckinney & Maggie McKinney from Lucky Mud, Consu…

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Valentine’s Day WGN Radio Game Plan! Valentine’s Day, 2026 marks 41 years since the WGN Radio part of our broadcast adventures began. We’ll be celebrating with a really full show on WGN Radio tonight, starting at 9PM (Central)! HimNHe…

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February 7th WGN Radio Podcast! The podcast of our February 7th WGN Radio show is now available. First up on the menu was a blind taste test of gluten free Cheez-Its and similar products! HimNHer with just a few of February 7th&#…

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Dr. Patrick Crispen’s February 7th Show Notes! Here are Dr. Patrick Crispen‘s technology notes from our February 7th WGN Radio show. Patrick is the Director of Educational Technology at the Keck School of Medicine of USC. Photo by Donna Elliot …

Dr. @crispen.bsky.social's technology notes from this past Saturday's @wgnradio.bsky.social show are now posted on our blog.
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A plate with homemade french toast and bacon sitting on a table mat. Also on the plate is a syrup pitcher with a White Castle logo.

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February 7th WGN Radio Game Plan! We back live and we’ve got a really full WGN Radio show tonight, starting at 9PM (Central)! Yes, it’s really us, we’re just really excited about this show, so we may look more animated …

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