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The snow comes and @KoganAfterHours is back for an hour Sunday 6-7 p.m. on wgnradio.com or WGN AM720 with me, Candace Jordan on holiday parties, events, celebrations, and some songs. @CandidCandace
November 29, 2025 at 3:56 PM
The snow comes and @KoganAfterHours is back for an hour Sunday 6-7 p.m. on wgnradio.com or WGN AM720 with me, Candace Jordan on holiday parties, events, celebrations, and some songs. @CandidCandace
@KoganAfterHours back on radio: 5:30-7 p.m. Sunday @WGNRadio brings you author Barry Pearce, Algren Award Winner-2019, out with new and first collection, “The Plan of Chicago”; music from Josie Falbo's new CD “Kickin’ It.’
November 9, 2025 at 4:05 PM
@KoganAfterHours back on radio: 5:30-7 p.m. Sunday @WGNRadio brings you author Barry Pearce, Algren Award Winner-2019, out with new and first collection, “The Plan of Chicago”; music from Josie Falbo's new CD “Kickin’ It.’
The most interesting person you will "meet" today, or this week, or this year, is Jun Fujita, poet and photographer of many of the city's most famous events (Eastland disaster, St. Valentines Day murders) and notable people (Al Capone). www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/05/c...
November 5, 2025 at 1:05 PM
The most interesting person you will "meet" today, or this week, or this year, is Jun Fujita, poet and photographer of many of the city's most famous events (Eastland disaster, St. Valentines Day murders) and notable people (Al Capone). www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/05/c...
Ink on paper in Sunday Tribune, remembering Gary Comer and celebrating his CITY 2000
September 21, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Ink on paper in Sunday Tribune, remembering Gary Comer and celebrating his CITY 2000
Possible bonus @KoganAfterHours at 4:30 pm Sunday @WGNRadio will be the one and only show correspondent Candace Jordan, @CandidCandace
September 20, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Possible bonus @KoganAfterHours at 4:30 pm Sunday @WGNRadio will be the one and only show correspondent Candace Jordan, @CandidCandace
Football season is here and @KoganAfterHours adjusts, so last show for a while is 4:30-6:30 pm Sunday WGN Radio with @HerbGould on his book, "Lambeau," and Mike and Paddy Houlihan on Irish-American film festival next weekend @wilmettetheatre.com
September 20, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Football season is here and @KoganAfterHours adjusts, so last show for a while is 4:30-6:30 pm Sunday WGN Radio with @HerbGould on his book, "Lambeau," and Mike and Paddy Houlihan on Irish-American film festival next weekend @wilmettetheatre.com
Ink on paper in Tuesday's Tribune and it looks like this.
September 16, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Ink on paper in Tuesday's Tribune and it looks like this.
Ink on paper in Tuesday's Tribune and it looks like this.
September 16, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Ink on paper in Tuesday's Tribune and it looks like this.
Ink on paper in Sunday Tribune.
Will there be more birthdays for the Uptown Theatre? A stunning new book looks at its remarkable, glittering history and also serves as a call to action, an argument for salvation.
Will there be more birthdays for the Uptown Theatre? A stunning new book looks at its remarkable, glittering history and also serves as a call to action, an argument for salvation.
September 14, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Ink on paper in Sunday Tribune.
Will there be more birthdays for the Uptown Theatre? A stunning new book looks at its remarkable, glittering history and also serves as a call to action, an argument for salvation.
Will there be more birthdays for the Uptown Theatre? A stunning new book looks at its remarkable, glittering history and also serves as a call to action, an argument for salvation.
The life of Bill Kurtis, ink on paper in Sunday's Tribune.
August 31, 2025 at 1:23 PM
The life of Bill Kurtis, ink on paper in Sunday's Tribune.
Abbreviated @KoganAfterHours short and sweet 6-7 pm Sunday @WGNRadio has singer Libby York on next birthday show @wintersjazzclub; director of programming, Amy Danzer, on next @PrintersRowFest with me twice on Saturday with Abbott Kahler (aka Karen Abbott) and Bill Kurtis.
August 30, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Abbreviated @KoganAfterHours short and sweet 6-7 pm Sunday @WGNRadio has singer Libby York on next birthday show @wintersjazzclub; director of programming, Amy Danzer, on next @PrintersRowFest with me twice on Saturday with Abbott Kahler (aka Karen Abbott) and Bill Kurtis.
There were seven people dead, the owners of a Palatine restaurant and five of their employees, fatally shot with a revolver. Remember? This would come to be known as the Brown’s Chicken massacre and a new book, 'Something Big,' captures the ripple effect. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/26/b...
August 26, 2025 at 11:51 AM
There were seven people dead, the owners of a Palatine restaurant and five of their employees, fatally shot with a revolver. Remember? This would come to be known as the Brown’s Chicken massacre and a new book, 'Something Big,' captures the ripple effect. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/26/b...
@KoganAfterHours 5-7 pm Sunday @WGNRadio brings you James Tehrani on his book, “Alfalfa"; news on special screenings (with Rainn Wilson and others) at @wayfarertheaters; review of “Eden” movie; Robert Loerzel and James Pierce on "The Uptown: Chicago's Endangered Movie Palace.”
August 23, 2025 at 3:01 PM
@KoganAfterHours 5-7 pm Sunday @WGNRadio brings you James Tehrani on his book, “Alfalfa"; news on special screenings (with Rainn Wilson and others) at @wayfarertheaters; review of “Eden” movie; Robert Loerzel and James Pierce on "The Uptown: Chicago's Endangered Movie Palace.”
@KoganAfterHours 4:30-7 pm Sun. @WGNRadio has Kevin McGuire on “Take the Long Way Home”;
@AbbottKahler on “Eden Undone: A True Story of Sex, Murder, and Utopia at the Dawn of World War II”; correspondent @CandidCandace; @PatrickWohl on “Something Big," on Brown's Chicken Massacre
@AbbottKahler on “Eden Undone: A True Story of Sex, Murder, and Utopia at the Dawn of World War II”; correspondent @CandidCandace; @PatrickWohl on “Something Big," on Brown's Chicken Massacre
August 16, 2025 at 2:50 PM
@KoganAfterHours 4:30-7 pm Sun. @WGNRadio has Kevin McGuire on “Take the Long Way Home”;
@AbbottKahler on “Eden Undone: A True Story of Sex, Murder, and Utopia at the Dawn of World War II”; correspondent @CandidCandace; @PatrickWohl on “Something Big," on Brown's Chicken Massacre
@AbbottKahler on “Eden Undone: A True Story of Sex, Murder, and Utopia at the Dawn of World War II”; correspondent @CandidCandace; @PatrickWohl on “Something Big," on Brown's Chicken Massacre
After Hours with Rick Kogan 4:30-7 pm Sunday WGN Radio
has Mark Kriegel on stunning “Baddest Man," on Mike Tyson; Ronnie Marmo as Lenny Bruce @desplainestheatre; Mark Kogan on “Elvis Week at Graceland": Kyle Mathers/Hannah Luchtenburg on Richard Hunt exhibition.
has Mark Kriegel on stunning “Baddest Man," on Mike Tyson; Ronnie Marmo as Lenny Bruce @desplainestheatre; Mark Kogan on “Elvis Week at Graceland": Kyle Mathers/Hannah Luchtenburg on Richard Hunt exhibition.
August 9, 2025 at 3:12 PM
After Hours with Rick Kogan 4:30-7 pm Sunday WGN Radio
has Mark Kriegel on stunning “Baddest Man," on Mike Tyson; Ronnie Marmo as Lenny Bruce @desplainestheatre; Mark Kogan on “Elvis Week at Graceland": Kyle Mathers/Hannah Luchtenburg on Richard Hunt exhibition.
has Mark Kriegel on stunning “Baddest Man," on Mike Tyson; Ronnie Marmo as Lenny Bruce @desplainestheatre; Mark Kogan on “Elvis Week at Graceland": Kyle Mathers/Hannah Luchtenburg on Richard Hunt exhibition.
Ink on paper Sunday, the day I met the good man who dropped the bomb on Nagasaki. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/30/a...
August 3, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Ink on paper Sunday, the day I met the good man who dropped the bomb on Nagasaki. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/30/a...
Lively @KoganAfterHours 5-7 pm Sunday @WGNRadio brings you the songs of Tom Lehrer; Peter McDowell on his film @JimmyInSaigon coming here; singers @EllenWinters and @denisetomasell2 on "Emerging Artist Showcase"; one and only J.J. Tindall to catch up on his life, and store.
August 2, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Lively @KoganAfterHours 5-7 pm Sunday @WGNRadio brings you the songs of Tom Lehrer; Peter McDowell on his film @JimmyInSaigon coming here; singers @EllenWinters and @denisetomasell2 on "Emerging Artist Showcase"; one and only J.J. Tindall to catch up on his life, and store.
@KoganAfterHours 5:30-7 pm Sunday @WGNRadio will have some music; correspondent Candace Jordan with news from the social, party and philanthropic fronts @candidcandace; and Ray Long on career, retirement from Tribune, book “The House That Madigan Built" and plans for the future.
July 26, 2025 at 1:24 PM
@KoganAfterHours 5:30-7 pm Sunday @WGNRadio will have some music; correspondent Candace Jordan with news from the social, party and philanthropic fronts @candidcandace; and Ray Long on career, retirement from Tribune, book “The House That Madigan Built" and plans for the future.
@KoganAfterHours 5-7 pm Sunday @WGNRadio
brings you Paul Teodo on "ListenUp!,” Wednesday @CarnivaleCHI with Mike Flannery; star @danielkyri2 and writer/director @jxmccarter to about their 7-part “Hamlet” podcast @MakeBelieveFM; and Kelly Fahy from foreverfortunatefelines.org
brings you Paul Teodo on "ListenUp!,” Wednesday @CarnivaleCHI with Mike Flannery; star @danielkyri2 and writer/director @jxmccarter to about their 7-part “Hamlet” podcast @MakeBelieveFM; and Kelly Fahy from foreverfortunatefelines.org
July 19, 2025 at 6:43 PM
@KoganAfterHours 5-7 pm Sunday @WGNRadio
brings you Paul Teodo on "ListenUp!,” Wednesday @CarnivaleCHI with Mike Flannery; star @danielkyri2 and writer/director @jxmccarter to about their 7-part “Hamlet” podcast @MakeBelieveFM; and Kelly Fahy from foreverfortunatefelines.org
brings you Paul Teodo on "ListenUp!,” Wednesday @CarnivaleCHI with Mike Flannery; star @danielkyri2 and writer/director @jxmccarter to about their 7-part “Hamlet” podcast @MakeBelieveFM; and Kelly Fahy from foreverfortunatefelines.org
@KoganAfterHours 5-7 pm Sunday @WGNRadio
brings you Paul Teodo on "ListenUp!,” Wednesday @CarnivaleCHI with Mike Flannery; star @danielkyri2 and writer/director @jxmccarter to about their 7-part “Hamlet” podcast @MakeBelieveFM; and Kelly Fahy from foreverfortunatefelines.org
brings you Paul Teodo on "ListenUp!,” Wednesday @CarnivaleCHI with Mike Flannery; star @danielkyri2 and writer/director @jxmccarter to about their 7-part “Hamlet” podcast @MakeBelieveFM; and Kelly Fahy from foreverfortunatefelines.org
July 19, 2025 at 6:41 PM
@KoganAfterHours 5-7 pm Sunday @WGNRadio
brings you Paul Teodo on "ListenUp!,” Wednesday @CarnivaleCHI with Mike Flannery; star @danielkyri2 and writer/director @jxmccarter to about their 7-part “Hamlet” podcast @MakeBelieveFM; and Kelly Fahy from foreverfortunatefelines.org
brings you Paul Teodo on "ListenUp!,” Wednesday @CarnivaleCHI with Mike Flannery; star @danielkyri2 and writer/director @jxmccarter to about their 7-part “Hamlet” podcast @MakeBelieveFM; and Kelly Fahy from foreverfortunatefelines.org
@KoganAfterHours 5-7 pm Sunday @WGNRadio brings you singer/songwriter Alyssa Allgood on upcoming @JazzShowcase performance; professor John Mark Hansen on 100th anniversary of John Scopes “monkey trial”; Amy Lechelt, to talk about her floating flower store, Boho Bouquet Bar.
July 12, 2025 at 3:31 PM
@KoganAfterHours 5-7 pm Sunday @WGNRadio brings you singer/songwriter Alyssa Allgood on upcoming @JazzShowcase performance; professor John Mark Hansen on 100th anniversary of John Scopes “monkey trial”; Amy Lechelt, to talk about her floating flower store, Boho Bouquet Bar.
After Hours with Rick Kogan 5-7 pm Sunday WGN Radio brings you Marc Smith, creator of the Poetry Slam, talks The Last Word Quintet., podcast, Through the Mill and new venture; Gayle Gleespen on what's happening at Yorktown Center; Maureen Schulman on The Happiness Club benefit.
July 5, 2025 at 2:48 PM
After Hours with Rick Kogan 5-7 pm Sunday WGN Radio brings you Marc Smith, creator of the Poetry Slam, talks The Last Word Quintet., podcast, Through the Mill and new venture; Gayle Gleespen on what's happening at Yorktown Center; Maureen Schulman on The Happiness Club benefit.
After Hours with Rick Kogan 5-7 pm Sunday WGN Radio brings you Marc Smith, creator of the Poetry Slam, talks The Last Word Quintet., podcast, Through the Mill and new venture; Gayle Gleespen on what's happening at Yorktown Center; Maureen Schulman on The Happiness Club benefit.
July 5, 2025 at 2:44 PM
After Hours with Rick Kogan 5-7 pm Sunday WGN Radio brings you Marc Smith, creator of the Poetry Slam, talks The Last Word Quintet., podcast, Through the Mill and new venture; Gayle Gleespen on what's happening at Yorktown Center; Maureen Schulman on The Happiness Club benefit.
@KoganAfterHours 5-7 pm Sunday @wgnradio delivers @CandidCandace on 4th of July events; Lorraine Devon Wilke on her book, “Chick Singer"; Bob Dylan/Barbra Streisand sing; Bob Wolf on his new book, “Coyotes and Stars: Stories from the American Southwest.”
June 28, 2025 at 2:30 PM
@KoganAfterHours 5-7 pm Sunday @wgnradio delivers @CandidCandace on 4th of July events; Lorraine Devon Wilke on her book, “Chick Singer"; Bob Dylan/Barbra Streisand sing; Bob Wolf on his new book, “Coyotes and Stars: Stories from the American Southwest.”
Terrific @KoganAfterHours 5-7 pm Sunday @wgnradio.bsky.social has Sebastian Maniscalco on starring in podcast, “Easy Money: The Charles Ponzi Story,” apple.co/EasyMoney; music from @champclark.bsky.social Julia Bachrach on “The Prairie School Legacy in Iowa Symposium,” Alfred Caldwell. Tune in
June 21, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Terrific @KoganAfterHours 5-7 pm Sunday @wgnradio.bsky.social has Sebastian Maniscalco on starring in podcast, “Easy Money: The Charles Ponzi Story,” apple.co/EasyMoney; music from @champclark.bsky.social Julia Bachrach on “The Prairie School Legacy in Iowa Symposium,” Alfred Caldwell. Tune in