Al Franken

Look who has re-emerged! Al Franken signs deal to host a talk show for Sirius/XM.

It will good to get him back on the radio. When he was with Air America he was a good counterbalance to Rush and his ilk. I think that radio show actually showed the people of Minnesota that Al was more than just a comedian.

He was super serious as a senato thoughr. Hope he remembers to keep it light like he used to. That's the secret of Rush. He's a hyper partisan, but he's also funny (for conservatives).

Truth

Dahlcast

I was invited to go to the live Dahlcast last night at Zanies in Rosemont by Joe Callahan, and I thought, "what the heck, I haven't seen that before".

Enjoyed it. They did three shows and I had to leave during the third one, but I enjoyed it very much. It was nice meeting Joe. I saw a few people I haven't seen in years (like Jennifer Keiper in the picture), and Steve fans from many years ago. Didn't get a chance to talk to Steve or any of the other guys in the show (or Janet), but only because I couldn't stay all the way until the end.

Will Byington

Another great photographer captures my favorite city in the world...

Beautiful #Sunset down the #Chicago river last night! Perfect opportunity to experiment and compare my #iPhone11promax vs. my #pixel3aXL. Very small enhancements to both of these...otherwise straight out of each phone with each cameras #nightshot mode. Which is your favorite? pic.twitter.com/tNRShvnt2E

— Will Byington (@willbyington) September 24, 2019

Why are they so scared of a 16-year-old girl

16-year-old Swedish environmentalist Greta Thunberg is really freaking out the right wingers. Go on Twitter and look at the responses she is getting, if you want to see a real cesspool.

A guest on Fox News called her a "mentally ill Swedish girl". That made Fox News do something it never does--they apologized and banned him from their station.

Get a grip, people. She's 16. She has Aspbergers. She's really smart. But she is no threat to you. Stop acting like whiny little brats. She's the one that's 16. Not you.

Todd Manley

WGN Shakeup underway. From Robert Feder's column...

It didn’t take long for the new owner of WGN 720-AM to start shaking things up. Less than 24 hours after acquiring the former Tribune Broadcasting news/talk flagship, Nexstar Media Group fired Todd Manley, station manager and vice president of content, and named news and operations director Mary Sandberg Boyle interim boss. Manley, who’d headed programming since 2013, took the fall for WGN’s precipitously low ratings. In the latest Nielsen Audio survey, the station tied for 16th place overall, with mornings, middays, afternoons and evenings all out of the top 10. In a meeting with staffers Friday, new executive vice president Sean Compton hinted at more changes to come.

Autumnal Equinox

Chicagohenge Sunrise from Saturday morning, the Autumnal Equinox is upon us. #weather #news #chicago #ilwx pic.twitter.com/5GjSyuqtgb

— Barry Butler (@barrybutler9) September 22, 2019

Minutia Men--Mind the Gap

Rick and Dave discuss the pigeon poop problem, the science of semen extraction, the Cubs we lost this week, Rick’s brush with Walter Payton, and they interview the voice of the London Underground, Emma “Mind the Gap” Clarke.

Listen to it here.