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Ryan Gatenby chats with actors, authors, athletes, comedians, musicians, and experts in their field in each episode featuring selected interviews from The Big Wakeup Call radio program. New episodes Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.

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Ryan Gatenby chats with actors, authors, athletes, comedians, musicians, and experts in their field in each episode featuring selected interviews from The Big Wakeup Call radio program. New episodes Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.

    Jenny Boyd

    Jenny Boyd

    Jenny Boyd, model, actress, sister-in-law to George Harrison & Eric Clapton and wife of Mick Fleetwood (twice), discusses her memoir Jennifer Juniper.(From 4-2-20)

    • 7 min
    Dave Winfield

    Dave Winfield

    Baseball legend Dave Winfield discusses his Hall-of-Fame career as one of the few people to be drafted in three major sports. (From 5-23-17)

    • 8 min
    Josh Johnson

    Josh Johnson

    Chicago's very own Josh Johnson returned to the show for a chat about his first one-hour Comedy Central special, Trevor Noah Presents Josh Johnson. (From 6-15-21)

    • 12 min
    Alanna Shipley Returns

    Alanna Shipley Returns

    We're back from our Summer break and happy to once again have consumer expert Alanna Shipley for DoorDash to share some fun and helpful travel tips.About Alanna: Alanna Shipley is the Head of Audience Insights and Consumer Insights Expert at DoorDash, where she is responsible for establishing, defining, and growing the Marketing Insights function. Alanna discovered her appreciation for insights (or as she calls it, “the psychology of business”) early on in her career and has been building on ...

    • 9 min
    Dan Gutman

    Dan Gutman

    Bestselling author Dan Gutman joins the show to discuss the 20th anniversary of the "My Weird School" series and the 100th "My Weird School" book Miss Nichol Is in a Pickle! Dan Gutman is the New York Times bestselling author of 185 books for young readers, including the "My Weird School" series, the "Baseball Card Adventure" series, and the "Genius Files." Dan’s books have received nineteen state book awards and ninety-two state book award nominations. Called “an expert at merging humor...

    • 14 min
    Scott Aukerman Returns Yet Again

    Scott Aukerman Returns Yet Again

    Scott Aukerman first appeared on The Big Wakeup Call back in 2014 to discuss the season one DVD of the Comedy Bang! Bang! TV show. Here on his 20th appearance, we discuss the origin of the TV show and what could have been a spinoff, the 15th anniversary of the podcast, the CBB action figures, CBB book, and the Bang! Bang! Into Your Mouth Tour that will visit the Chicago Theater on August 3rd.

    • 11 min

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