The Steve Dahl Podcast (Free Edition)

Steve receives an economically worded and instructive email with ideas about how to obtain information on the Internet. He’s been tasting a lot of dirt these days. We also learn that there are two couches in the Dahl household, each with a very specific purpose. Mike Dahl is keeping a close, and very Steve-like, eye on the upcoming family trip to Hawaii. Janet joins us today, with some stories abo...

Steve has a bilingual morning, as he has finally had Rosie’s invisible fence repaired. He seems to have regained his childhood command of Spanish, and it’s been accompanied by all sorts of other recollections from his early years. Jon Bon Jovi and Abe Lincoln team with Steve and Brendan to comfort a despondent Dag, who imbibed a little too much at Simon’s last night, and derailed the Expo’76 set c...

Today we celebrate the on-air craziness of the late Captain Whammo, a major figure in late ‘70s Chicago radio. His airchecks are out of this world, so hold on tight. Though their relationship was complicated at the start, Rosie seems to be missing Cooper around the house. Steve worked late into the night perfecting the recording of the Zanies show, which is set for delivery tomorrow. Janet joins u...

Today we attempt to answer the raging question: what’s new with David Byrne? We’re joined by Buzz Kilman, who once swam in a pool with the rock legend, during the formulation of an epic cinematic idea. Buzz is also confused by a Dag lookalike on Facebook. This week’s Virginia Monologues is a forest of comedy gold. Rosie finds a mouse in the backyard; did she eat it? Brendan brings some sad news ab...

Today we celebrate the Union League Club building in downtown Chicago, and the awesomeness of old buildings in general. Steve turns to AI for a creative experiment, and The Buzz Brothers are born. We learn of Smokey Robinson’s most recent album, Gasms, and we spin a few choice hot moments of that collection. There’s good news from the world of Mexican/Tex-Mex food: Steve is finally eating his rice...

Steve had to pump out his eight rain barrels, after the area was once again pummeled by heavy rains. Dag was distraught, but ultimately bemused, by a pricy tapas dinner in the city last night. Steve received an odd but somewhat amusing email from a former listener. Joe Gaspar joins us today, and confirms that his sister recently met Steve. We play a new song from friends of the show, The Baseball...

Today’s a great day to open up an orange soda and let your lawn grow. Steve recalls the magic of a Nesbitt’s Orange Soda on the sunshine-soaked California ocean afternoons of his youth. He and Janet attended Emmett’s baseball game and Steve’s running commentary was peppered with ideas to improve the game and speed up play. Luckily, we weren't able to hear the actual audio from steve's iPhone. Joe...

Steve goes to Guitar Center to return a faulty item and encounters some pushback from the tattooed employees. The event, while ultimately settled, spoils plans for a proposed cheeseburger dinner. The legendary bassist Flea has a tummy emergency, and the very same Target employees that fawned over him upon his arrival refuse to let him use the employee washroom. He pushes through a series of troubl...

Heading into his final day at the condo, we are treated to a show-length visit from Pat Dahl. He’s set to join some friends for an extended spring break, and they’ve got plenty of steaks and canned tequila drinks. Pat shared a batch of stories with his grandkids at dinner on Tuesday (Taco Tuesday) that fill in some of the details about grandpa Steve’s notoriety. We also learn an interesting elemen...

In a series of shocking discoveries, we learn that all of the monks in an entire monastery in Thailand tested positive for meth. Monks! We also learn the correct pronunciation of Myanmar (thanks to J. Peterman), and that Chevy Chase was in Morton Grove yesterday. Brendan has a holiday movie recommendation for Dag. Steve keeps buying the same green outdoor floodlight fixture every year. It's become...

New shutters in Steve and Janet’s bedroom means the darkness is all encompassing. Maybe that’s why Janet didn’t notice that Steve fell out of bed again the other night. Rosie did, however, stop by to check and see that Steve was indeed okay. Brendan readies himself to relive his middle school heavy metal days; there’s a headbanger’s dream concert headed to Wrigley Field on Friday, which could be p...

A retired bodyguard-to-the-stars is spilling the beans on his former employer, Jon Bon Jovi. Apparently the band’s tours were the stuff of legend, and even included some bad blood between JBJ and Axl Rose and also Sebastian Bach. Steve fondly recalls some old house accounts from the glory days of radio. This Is Us is winding up and it’s making for some incredibly emotional viewing. Janet and Steve...

Steve has a generous and colorful gift for his downstairs neighbor. Are you doing the current TikTok dance, and if so, are you doing it correctly? Abraham Lincoln’s one-sleeved, bloodstained, inspirationally monogrammed Brooks Brothers coat was bequeathed to a prestigious organization. A subscriber makes a stunning discovery at Steve’s childhood home that provides a psychological profile of the en...

We have awoken to the news that sports radio legend Les Grobstein has passed. Steve shares some memories of their time together, as does Tom Thayer. Tom also shares some criticism of NFL officiating, and, Dak Prescott 's quarterback draw. On a much more positive note, Tom also shares his incredible reinterpretation of enchiladas. Great food ideas like (as well as commercials about carrot-straighte...

Steve crunched the numbers and discovered that Brendan’s Florida jog was an impressive 5.5 miles. Steve also crunched the numbers on his favorite flavor of ice cream and he found that, with proper intake management, they wound up in his favor. There’s booster shot confusion at Walgreens, but Steve deploys patience and courtesy and comes out ahead. Bon Jovi’s career seems to be plagued with nearly...

It’s an early rising Talk To Me Tuesday, as Steve prepares for a round of golf at the legendary (ranked 34th in the country!) Medinah Country Club. But in researching the extensive rules of the club, Brendan happens upon a piece of information that threatens to derail Steve before he even arrives. It involves pants. We also chat with former radio show courtroom correspondent and current head refer...

Bob Odenkirk was out on a bike ride and got a tremendous idea for a movie. Two and a half years (and a lot of training) later, Nobody hit the theaters. We saw it and loved it. Bob is on hand from New Mexico to talk with us about it, among many other things. He guarantees that the series ending of Better Call Saul is going to blow our minds. Kai Juhlin delivers coffee to the Dahl house and ends up...

Steve, Janet and the family take a sunset cruise but there’s an unsettling pair of peanut people hogging the large table. The FL condo elevator experiences difficulty during a packed ride, and so it’s Janet and Mike Dahl to the rescue. Brendan gets bullied by a 15-year-old on TikTok, and he spends a few wounded days working through his emotions. Both Steve and Johnny Depp are surprised by intruder...

Enjoy this FREE episode of The Steve Dahl Podcast and become a subscriber to get the daily show pumped straight out to your app 5 DAYS A WEEK. In this episode; Steve is considering getting copper for his cupola, whatever that means. Joe joins us today and does a lot of helpful explaining with regards to Mexican ice cream options. Brendan has discovered a new taqueria in Bucktown, and they’re servi...

On this free episode of the Steve Dahl Podcast, Steve gets his yearly birthday call (he's 666 today) from the great Joe Walsh. Joe's itching to get out and play music, there will be some good tunes coming out of his hit factory soon. He shared some timely lyrics with us today, and it looks like it’s shaping up to be another Joe Walsh classic! Virginia M. is in rare too, and Nick Foles bears the br...

On this free episode of the Steve Dahl Podcast, Steve is casting (Pundemic) about for some musical inspiration. He's mindful that Dag is ALWAYS listening. Speaking of listening, Brendan finally hears himself. Turns out, he has a fabulously deep and resonant voice. Virginia calls in via video chat to put Nick Foles and coach Nagy through their pantsuit paces. Nick gives it up to a higher power (Vir...

It was a $00.64 royalty check (not $64.00) that led Steve straight into the strong, protective arms of CBS 2’s Dave Savini. How do you eat corn on the cob? Tom Thayer joins us to talk about a chicken meal gone wrong. It might have been the 500-degree oven! We also talk quarterbacks, Ditka, White Sox love and more. Steve, the grey-haired wizard, is jealous of Dag’s nuts. Brendan kills a silk plant...