The Pat McGann Show

Dwayne Kennedy joins Pat for Halloween gigs, Tim & Tom and Byron Allen’s rigorous booking standards before Rock 95.5’s Morning Mosh Pit hosts Michael Mason, Maria Palmer and Matt “Marris” Harris pull up a chair to talk Chicago morning radio. Malicious f***ing compliance included!  🎧 New episodes every Thursday — filmed at Tiege Hanley Studios in Chicago.  ❤️ WE’RE ON iHEART RADIO! Tune in eve...

David Eigenberg, Herrmann on Chicago Fire and Steve on Sex and the City, joins Pat McGann and Dwayne Kennedy at Tiege Hanley Studios for an hour he plans to leave to his kids, but only after he’s gone. He’s 40 years sober, 15 seasons into playing a firefighter, and still won’t wear the hat a real one gave him. Along the way: a ride to the DuPage County clinic at 15, the one note he gave the direct...

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. 🎧 New episodes every Thursday — filmed at Tiege...

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...

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.  🎧 New episodes every Thursday — filmed at Tiege Hanley Studios in Chicago.  🔗 Follow The Pat McGann Show: Instagram: @thepatmcganns...

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 ki...

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 produ...

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 b...

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!! 🐻⬇️ 🎧 New episodes every...

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.  Leave a comment, let us know what you think.  🎧 New episodes every Thursday — film...

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, a...

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.  Don't forget to SUBSCRIBE! 🔔 FIND OUT HOW YOU CAN WIN $1,000 at Tiege.com/10years 🎧 New episodes every Thursday — filmed at Tieg...

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!  FIND OUT HOW YOU CAN WIN $1,000 at Tiege.com/10years 🎧 New episodes every Thursday — filmed at Tiege Hanley Studios in Chicago.  🔗 Follow The Pat McGann Show: Instagram:...

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.  FIND OUT HOW YOU CAN WIN $1,000 at Tiege.com/10years 🎧 New episodes every Thursday — filmed at...

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 Ro...

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 j...

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&ap...

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 i...

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 throu...

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 un...

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...

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 Torr...

A priest and a mortician walk into a podcast. Amen, and subscribe. 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...

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 produci...

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...