Vicki Quade: Late Nite Catechism, Bob Collins, theater, writing, and more

Vicki Quade is best known for her popular show, Late Nite Catechism, and she talks about how she came up with the idea for that show; her journalism career, which included the News-Tribune newspaper in La Salle and the Waukegan News-Sun; her books Close Encounters of a Chicago Kind and I Remember Bob Collins; the decline of newspapers and how the Internet affected journalism and theater; why talking to people is important; why one-woman shows were more popular in the 90s; advice for pursuing your dream; her business and what is success, how nuns helped, and more. This is from a livestream that we did; watch the full interview here.

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http://radiogirl.us/audio/RG187.mp3

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Edwin Eisendrath: total Chicago guy

Edwin Eisendrath is best-known for being the former CEO of the Chicago Sun-Times, and was also Alderman of the 43rd Ward (Lincoln Park area) and the regional director of HUD. He talks about why he thinks Chicago is a great city; knowing Governor JB Pritzker, Mayor Rahm Emanuel, President Barack Obama, President Bill Clinton, (who[m] he says is brilliant and has an incredible memory), Mayor Harold Washington; leading the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD); how Chicago neighborhoods have changed, the Chicago housing situation and redlining; why he respects government careerists; what he thinks of how the media covers politicians; why he ran for alderman; why he respects journalists; why he's pro-union; mistakes he's made; the Chicago political scene; how he helped the Sun-Times; Chicago’s problems and positives, and more.

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http://radiogirl.us/audio/RG163.mp3

Charlie Wheeler: knowledgeable journalist emeritus

Charlie Wheeler, a former Chicago Sun-Times reporter who is currently a professor at the University of Illinois Springfield and director of the Public Affairs Reporting Program, talks about what makes a good reporter, his career at the Sun-Times, covering the Illinois constitutional convention and the state government in Springfield, what it was like to be a reporter in the 60s and 70s, how newspaper bureaus have changed, how he got into working for newspapers, his father and grandfather's newspaper work, how journalism has changed, what he thinks of digital, how to assess stories and prepare, how to become a journalist, and more. I interviewed him at the Illinois News Broadcasters Association (INBA) convention in Springfield.

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http://radiogirl.us/audio/RG161.mp3

Rick Kogan: Newspaper Guy with a Great Media Gig in Chicago

Rick Kogan talks about his gig at the Chicago Tribune, his radio show, what the Tribune was like when Randy Michaels and Lee Abrams were in charge, experiencing the death of the Chicago Daily News, his friendship with and book about Ann Landers, Mike Royko, his radio and TV gigs with Richard Roeper, what he thinks of the media, the whiners at the Tribune, journalism school, a dumb TV talent, and more.

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http://radiogirl.us/audio/RG57.mp3

Phil Rosenthal: Successful Journalist and Columnist

Phil Rosenthal, who's a columnist with the Chicago Tribune, talks about his newspaper-writing career; where he thinks the newspaper business is headed and what he thinks of online media; why Jay Leno and Jamie Farr called him; how he met Johnny Carson, David Letterman, Lorena Bobbitt, and Vendela; and what advice he has for people who want to go into journalism. He also admits that he's been very lucky and is very grateful to have a great job.

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http://radiogirl.us/audio/RG16.mp3