Wgn - The Roe Conn Podcast

Father Michael Pfleger, pastor of Saint Sabina Church joins The Roe Conn Show to explain why he’s offering a $15,000 reward leading to the arrest of those responsible for the shooting outside of the Rhodes Funeral Home that resulted in 15 people shot. Follow your favorite Roe Conn Show characters on Twitter: Follow @RoeConn Follow […]

Michelle Nichols, Director of Public Observing a Adler Planetarium joins the Roe Conn Show to explain how you can see the comet ‘NEOWISE’, because it won’t visible again for nearly 7,000 years after this weekend. Follow your favorite Roe Conn Show characters on Twitter: Follow @RoeConn Follow @kpowell720Follow @LaurenLapkaFollow @kgfrankenthal And be sure to follow […]

Retired FBI Special Agent in Chicago, Ross Rice joins The Roe Conn Show to help explain what the Justice Department’s expansion of ‘Operation Legend’ to Chicago may look like, as the Chicago Police Department prepare to work with federal agents in order to curb gun violence in the city. Follow your favorite Roe Conn Show […]

Rep. La Shawn Ford (IL 8th) joins the Roe Conn Show to react to President Trump’s announcement to expand the Justice Department’s ‘Operation Legend” program to Chicago, and what it means for local law enforcement. Follow your favorite Roe Conn Show characters on Twitter: Follow @RoeConn Follow @kpowell720Follow @LaurenLapkaFollow @kgfrankenthal And be sure to follow […]

Lou Rago, President of the Italian American Human Relations Foundation, joins The Roe Conn Show to explain why he thinks there’s an attempt to rewrite the history of Christopher Columbus in Chicago. Follow your favorite Roe Conn Show characters on Twitter: Follow @RoeConn Follow @kpowell720Follow @LaurenLapkaFollow @kgfrankenthal And be sure to follow Roe on Facebook!

WGN-TV Meteorologist Tom Skilling joins The Roe Conn Show to give you this week’s forecast, and whether or not we will get a break from the unbearable high temps. Follow your favorite Roe Conn Show characters on Twitter: Follow @RoeConn Follow @kpowell720Follow @LaurenLapkaFollow @kgfrankenthal And be sure to follow Roe on Facebook!

Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (IL 8th) joins The Roe Conn Show to react to the news of federal resources from the Federal Bureau of Investigations, Drug Enforcement Administration, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives being sent to Chicago to help CPD with the spike in crime in the area. Follow your favorite Roe […]

The Canarble Wagon rolls and Kevin Powell serves up some cocktails from Sourced Craft Cocktails, a craft cocktail home delivery service that provides bartenders who are currently out of work with the ability to earn a livable wage by safely delivering high-quality cocktails. Follow your favorite Roe Conn Show characters on Twitter: Follow @RoeConn Follow […]

President of the Illinois Restaurant Association, Sam Toia joins Roe Conn to discuss Mayor Lightfoot’s rollback of COVID-19 restrictions on bars, and restaurants due to a recent increase in COVID-19 cases. What impact will it have on the restaurant industry? Follow your favorite Roe Conn Show characters on Twitter: Follow @RoeConn Follow @kpowell720Follow @LaurenLapkaFollow @kgfrankenthal […]

Former CPD Superintendent, Garry McCarthy joins The Roe Conn Show to explain the rise in outside agitators showing up at peaceful protests around the city to cause violence, as well as certain tactics they may use to cause mayhem at these events. Follow your favorite Roe Conn Show characters on Twitter: Follow @RoeConn Follow @kpowell720Follow […]

Prolific PBS documentarian Ken Burns joins The Roe Conn Show to discuss baseball’s return for a shortened season due to the coronavirus pandemic, and the historical significance it will have on the sport. Follow your favorite Roe Conn Show characters on Twitter: Follow @RoeConn Follow @kpowell720Follow @LaurenLapkaFollow @kgfrankenthal And be sure to follow Roe on […]

Rock-&-Roll legend Dennis DeYoung (Formerly of Styx) joins Roe Conn to talk about his music video for “With All Due Respect” and a follow up video he posted to YouTube with some behind the scenes insight. Follow your favorite Roe Conn Show characters on Twitter: Follow @RoeConn Follow @kpowell720Follow @LaurenLapkaFollow @kgfrankenthal And be sure to follow […]

Former Federal Prosecutor & partner at Thompson Coburn, Renato Mariotti joins Roe Conn to analyze federal prosecutors laying out a bribery case against ComEd and implicating Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan in the scheme. Follow your favorite Roe Conn Show characters on Twitter: Follow @RoeConn Follow @kpowell720Follow @LaurenLapkaFollow @kgfrankenthal And be sure to follow Roe […]

Chief of Cardiology at Northwestern Medicine, Dr. Clyde Yancy, joins Roe Conn to address how COVID-19 impacts cardiovascular health and answer questions about heart health. “Better knowledge means better health for you and your family. Turn to Northwestern Medicine at nm.org/healthbeatnews for health tips, research and more.” Follow your favorite Roe Conn Show characters on […]

Dr. Ali Shaibani, Chief of Neurointerventional Radiology at Northwestern Medicine joins The Roe Conn Show to explain how COVID-19 affects the the body, and why there are increased levels of blood clots in almost every organ. “Better knowledge means better health for you and your family. Turn to Northwestern Medicine at nm.org/healthbeatnews for health tips, […]

Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart joins The Roe Conn Show to explain how he was able to control the spread of COVID-19 in Cook County Jail, and how other facilities can learn from what was done in Illinois. Follow your favorite Roe Conn Show characters on Twitter: Follow @RoeConn Follow @kpowell720Follow @LaurenLapkaFollow @kgfrankenthal

Medical Director of Thoracic Oncology at Northwestern Medicine, Dr. Jyoti Patel joins The Roe Conn Show to explain how hospitals are preparing to see patients for regular treatments amid the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as patients who have missed important treatments due to the outbreak. “Better knowledge means better health for you and your family. […]

In total, Chuck Drungelo spent 72 days in the hospital recovering from COVID-19. Chuck, his son, Jordan, and wife Diana, were all in the ICU at Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital at the same time. His mother-in-law was also hospitalized at CDH on the medical floor. Chuck joins Roe Conn to discuss his families ordeal […]

Northwestern Medicine’s Chief Medical Officer Dr. Jim Adams joins Roe Conn to discuss the COVID-19 rate in Illinois, and what it means as the number of new cases in the last eight days have been more than 1,000. “Better knowledge means better health for you and your family. Turn to Northwestern Medicine at nm.org/healthbeatnews for […]

Richard Roeper, columnist and film critic for The Chicago Sun-Times, joins Roe Conn to make sense of NBC’s new streaming service “Peacock,” David Schwimmer’s “Intelligence,” and explains why Twitter was blocking “blue check marks.” Follow your favorite Roe Conn Show characters on Twitter: Follow @RoeConn Follow @kpowell720Follow @LaurenLapkaFollow @kgfrankenthal And be sure to follow Roe […]