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YUP, BOTH PARTIES SUCK! Pat Brady joins me and we have an actual balanced conversation about politics.  We talk about justice and karma finally catching up to Mike Madigan for his crimes.  We talk about the mess that is the Democrats who keep shooting themselves in their own feet.  And we talk about Orange Julius Caesar and the crisis of America- courtesy of the Trumplicans. It's a new episod...

With Father's Day in the immediate rearview mirror, my guest is... my son. Ross Cochran is the father to my grandkids and a GREAT dad himself. We talk about his day job, too much tipping, tiny houses, and the funniest church signs among other things. Take a break from the poison and the noise with a new episode of ANYTHING BUT POLITICS! SHOW NOTES Father's Day is over but it's never...

FORE!!! If you love golf you're well aware of the US OPEN being underway at Oakmont. If you aren't that interested know that this is the hardest of the Majors and any sports fan should enjoy the ride. If you hate golf- this golf course will torture the world's best players- who will play horribly at times and you might enjoy that. In all cases my friend, Steve Sands, from NBC sports...

My guest is my friend of more than 40 years. Bruce Breslau fascinating, funny, and fiercely smart.  He's spent most of his career in advertising with stops on the radio, foundation work, and he's about to start working in mediation. Hope you enjoy another episode where we look away from the crash that is 2025 and have some laughs on an all new ANYTHING BUT POLITICS! Subscribe and follow...

CONGRESSMAN QUIGLEY IS DOING THE RIGHT THING  These are rare things in Washington.  Few have them. Honesty, integrity, common sense, and the desire to do the right thing. Rep. Mike Quigley is one of the very few who still believe they are in office to serve and make things better for the people they represent. Quigley joins me to talk about Ukraine, Congress, and his own future as well. We need mo...

I recently rolled out a spinoff podcast to fill an important need. Sometimes you just need a friggin' break from all of the pontificating blowhards...and yes that's a band I was in...SO... On or about every Monday I have a friend join me to kick around topics from the news. Andrea Darlas is here today. It's time once again for ANYTHING BUT POLITICS, a production of LIVE FROM MY OFFI...

NEWS MATTERS!! My friend, Mark Suppelsa, has carved out a great life since he left TV news. Having said that, he's never stopped being a newsman and we talk about the mess we are in now and why real news matters now...more than ever Thank for listening to this new episode of LIVE FROM MY OFFICE. SHOW NOTES Let’s Survive 2025 Together. With a cool new shirt and hat! Get yours here. Thanks to o...

BOOBY CLOUDS? Paul Douglas is back and ready to NOT talk about politics. We even answer the age-old question, what's a booby cloud? It's time to NOT talk about politics and talk about everything else - on this new edition of "Anything but Politics!" SHOW NOTES Let’s Survive 2025 Together. With a cool new shirt and hat! Get yours here. Thanks to our sponsor, ABT Electronics. Get...

My guest is a weather legend. He ruled Twin Cities TV weather for years and was a hit at CBS Chicago as well. He has invented important weather technologies and owned multiple companies. And he's worried about our future. We talk about the yearly lack of a White Christmas, a giant dust storm in Chicago, and try to get to the bottom of what has Mother Nature's panties in a bunch. There is...

Tired of Politics? You've come to the right place.  Mark DeCarlo is an actor, writer, producer, voice artist, comedian, and HUGE Cubs fan. Welcome to a very funny episode called ANYTHING BUT POLITICS on LIVE FROM MY OFFICE. SHOW NOTES Follow Mark on Instagram @markdecarlotv Get your merch and sport America's new slogan, SURVIVE 2025, at survive2025.us Let’s Survive 2025 Together. With a...

Tim Benker has a day job.  He owns a  corporate carpet cleaning company. And yet he's still funny. Benker started doing stand up.  Then he ended up on the radio in places including Houston and Las Vegas.  Then he bought a carpet cleaning company.  All while he was still doing stand up. My friend Tim Benker joins me to talk about anything but politics... and when I say "anything" in...

Bill Leff is my guest on this special edition of LIVE FROM MY OFFICE. I have a lot of funny friends but nobody makes me always laugh like Bill does. We're spending a couple of weeks talking to people you know about everything BUT politics. Today it's Bill's turn on ANYTHING BUT POLITICS Check the show notes to keep up with Bill and go to SURVIVE2025.us to get the shirts and hats we...

The idea is simple.  We are all tired of the constant whine of political parties and politicians so let's take a break with another special episode of LIVE FROM MY OFFICE called ANYTHING BUT POLITICS! The guest is the great Mike Toomey. He has been one of the best stand-ups for years. If you haven't seen him on stage, you've likely seen him on the WGN MORNING NEWS every day at 9. No...

When Scott Pelley politely hammered his ownership over interfering with 60 MINUTES I had multiple emotions. I always enjoy it when talent stands up to management, and I've had more than my share of experience in that area.  In this case, I also felt anger over what's happening to the news now.  That led to this new episode of LIVE FROM MY OFFICE. It's a monologue and an attempt to e...

Expect more conversations like this with my friend Paul Coyte, in addition to the usual episodes of LIVE FROM MY OFFICE. In polls and conversations, people say they are sick of politics.  They say they're not just sick of Trump.  They are tired of all of them, both Republicans and Democrats. So in each new episode a guest you will know joins me to talk about... ANYTHING... but politics. Pleas...

A fundamentally decent person, in a fundamentally indecent time. He lived a long life but for the rest of us it wasn't long enough. The Vatican says that Pope Francis died after suffering a stroke and heart failure, but not before he gave one final Easter blessing on the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica. On this new episode of LIVE FROM MY OFFICE hear Father Tom Hurley on the life and leg...

This new episode features one of my favorite guests. Robert Jones is the current Chancellor of the University of Illinois but is about to leave to become the next President at the University of Washington. He has lived an amazing life so why stop now? We talk about the mountain of challenges for students and schools in this political mess we're in.  We talk about his incredible life story.  A...

TIME TO TURN THE PAGE Richard Roeper had over 16,000 bylines at the Chicago Sun-Times. That's an incredible run! As a Southside kid, he has lived his dream by not just working at his hometown newspaper but by being one of its biggest stars. Toss in the years with the legendary Roger Ebert and a hit radio career, and you just scratch the surface of a very cool life... so far. On this new episo...

IT'S BASEBALL SEASON, GO PLAY OUTSIDE! He's on MLB Network Radio and ESPN.  He knows so much baseball - he may know too much. Mike Ferrin is here with a big league season preview where he picks winners and we try to come up with a slogan for the White Sox this year SHOW NOTES: Hear Mike Ferrin all over MLB Network Radio including weekday mornings on POWER ALLEY on ch.89 SXM radio.   See...

YOU ARE WORTH IT - YOU CAN BEAT THIS My older brother, Mickey, will celebrate 22 years since his last drink on 1/1/2026. We both lived through his very bad days and now have the reward of his very good ones. That makes the great news I got the other day even more special. Jarrett Burton, a former intern and staff member on my show, has been clean and sober for years.  Now he pays it forward everyd...

SLAMMIN' SAMMY IS BACK Last spring Sammy Sosa joined me for his first Chicago interview in years. This spring the CUBS have him back in the family. I'm not taking credit for it but if the CUBS win another WS I'm expecting a ring. Enjoy this encore with Sosa and me on LIVE FROM MY OFFICE! SHOW NOTES: A thank you to Marv Nyren, Cumulus, and WLS where Sammy and I did this interview. Su...

While I'm away we've pulled a couple of the most popular episodes of LIVE FROM MY OFFICE. First up is a look inside the mind of WGN MORNING NEWS star Paul Konrad. Taylor Swift says "everything I know about handling fame comes from Paul" Subscribe for a friend and never miss an episode and see what I'm writing about on Substack too! Thanks for listening! SHOW NOTES Subscrib...

One of my favorite funny people, Tim Cavanagh, is my guest. We talk funny things.  He sings.  And we land on an innovation to ease your anxiety. It's the exact kind of escapism we all could use right now.  See Tim on 3/16 at Zanies in Rosemont and lighten up.  You deserve it! SHOW NOTES RAZOMFORUKRAINE.org is a great place to help win the fight for what's right. Save $25 on any order ove...

OH MY! So, how are you feeling?  Seems like EVERYONE is sick in this new year so I ask Dr. Kevin Most all about it. Then we talk the new head of Health and Human Services, RFK JR. Hard to rank which of Trump's idiotic Cabinet picks is the worst but this one has a shot. SHOW NOTES Subscribe to Live From My Office on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , or wherever you get your podcasts. Follow me on Fac...

One of the last places you may think of for fixing corruption in politics... is Illinois. Think again! In a time where justice is something we can't count on anymore, a bad guy got his in a Chicago courtroom. Mike Madigan was the most powerful politician in Illinois for decades. He used that power to make himself rich.  Those crimes and his history with the best political reporter in America,...