Writer Brigit Binns joins Rick Kogan to talk about her latest book, “Rotten Kid: A Succulent Story of Survival”.

Irene Michaels joins Rick Kogan to talk about new recordings and performance “Irene Michaels & Friends,” 7 p.m. Tuesday at Jazz Showcase.

 Poet/Musician/Tour Guide J.J. Tindall joins Rick Kogan to talk about his life and work.

Literary Hall of Fame president Don Evans joins Rick Kogan to talk about this year’s Fuller Award winner, poet Patricia Smith, and the ceremony Thursday at the Poetry Foundation.

Dean Jobb joins Rick Kogan to talk about his latest book, “A Gentleman and a Thief: The Daring Jewel Heists of a Jazz Age Rogue,” and a Monday, July 8 interview with Jon Eig at the bookstall in Winnetka.

Maureen and Marc Shulman and Tanji Harper join Rick Kogan to talk about the Happiness Club and its July 14 bash at Park West. For more information visit happinessclub.com.

Candace Jordan joins Rick Kogan to check in about the summer social scene.

Judy Royko joins Rick Kogan to talk about the new Newberry Library exhibition, “Chicago Style: Mike Royko and Windy City Journalism.” For more information visit newberry.org. Later on, Dr. Michael Streiche joins Rick and Judy to talk about his teenage brush with Mike Royko.

Justin Singer, General Manager of Emporium Arcade Bar, joins Rick Kogan to talk about this wild summer at Emporium Arcade Bar. For more information visit emporiumarcadebar.com.

Writer Libby Fischer Hellman joins Rick Kogan to talk about her latest book, “Max’s War.” 

Joe Carlucci joins Rick Kogan to talk about his career and his latest culinary venture, “BBQ Pit Boys Book of Real Guuud Barbecue.

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.” 

Denise Tomasello joins Rick Kogan to talk about her career and her upcoming “I’m Still Here” concert on Saturday at Park West.

Candace Jordan joins Rick Kogan to talk about her life and upcoming events for the summer.

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.

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.

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.

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?”

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.

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.

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.”

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.

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.”

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.

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“