Best John Cleese Podcasts (2024)

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Comedy legend John Cleese: ‘Last Chance to See Me Before I Die’ at The Vic Theatre, Monty Python, Fawlty Towers

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Barely living comedy legend John Cleese is heading to Chicago for a truly memorable evening of comedy and conversation at the Vic Theatre on Wednesday, June 12th and Thursday, June 13th. John talks to WGN Radio’s Dave Plier about his journey in comedy, Monty Python, Fawlty Towers and how political correctness is killing comedy. https://serve.castfi…

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Mel C, Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri #451 1:12:37

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If you could add a Mario Kart-style upgrade to your car, what would you do to it? Let’s see what the experts say, shall we? Hello! We’ve made it to Friday and you know what that means…a brand new episode of your favourite podcast, The Chris Moyles Show on Radio X Podcast! This week began with the team’s tales from the fields of Glastonbury. Pippa t…

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Kathleen Stock 1:08:02

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This week's Rosebud guest is Professor Kathleen Stock, the philosopher and writer. As Gyles says in his introduction, Stock has, at times, been a controversial figure in the debate about gender identity, but in this episode, we aim to get behind the headlines and find out about her life. The conversation takes us from her early years, playing games…

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Evanston’s own Kevin Cronin of REO Speedwagon

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WGN Radio’s Dave Plier shares his conversation with rock legend Kevin Cronin on his summer tour, the band’s rise to fame, the meaning behind ‘REO Speedwagon,’ and more! https://serve.castfire.com/audio/5249284/5249284_2024-06-28-202324.128.mp3 Recent Posts Dave Plier Evanston’s own Kevin Cronin of REO Speedwagon .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} …

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65th anniversary of ‘The Twilight Zone’ created by Rod Serling

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As iconic TV anthology series ‘The Twilight Zone’ celebrates its 65th Anniversary, WGN Radio’s Dave Plier talks to the daughter of TV legend Rod Serling, writer Anne Serling, on her father’s legacy, ‘The Twilight Zone’ and ‘Night Gallery’. https://serve.castfire.com/audio/5249282/5249282_2024-06-28-201522.128.mp3 Recent Posts Dave Plier Evanston’s …

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Waking up with WGN-TV’s Ray Rayner, 60 years later

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Children’s television historian Jim Engel talks to WGN Radio’s Dave Plier about WGN-TV’s Ray Rayner, celebrating the 1964 launch of his own self-titled show ’Ray Rayner & His Friends’ which premiered 60 years ago along with Cuddly Dudley, ‘Ark in the Park’ with Dr. Lester Fisher and Chelveston the Duck, his years on ‘Bozo’s Circus’ as Oliver O. Oli…

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Midge Ure, Paul Whitehouse, Frank Skinner & Phil Dunster #450 1:24:05

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Hey hey hey! Welcome to The Chris Moyles Show on Radio X Podcast! We’ve officially reached the 450th podcast and this is a proper good’un. This week, the team got their final preparations underway before gradually making the pilgrimage to the mighty Glastonbury Festival. Captain Crapbeard had his final shower and headed off first, with James follow…

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Robert Lindsay 1:06:52

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Robert Lindsay is Gyles's guest this week, and the conversation they have is brilliant: evocative, revealing, and funny. Robert takes Gyles back to his working class childhood, growing up as the son of a carpenter in a two-up-two-down house in Derbyshire; he reminisces about his parents' love for each other and for dancing and laughing together, an…

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Boy George, Rob Brydon, Maisie Adam & Ian Wright’s Euros Update #449 1:36:07

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Hey friend, how ya doin’? The sun is shining, the pub gardens are booming and your favourite podcast is back. What could be better?! Welcome to Episode 449 of The Chris Moyles Show on Radio X Podcast. This week, Pippa returned from Cuba, bringing some smokin’ hot gifts for Chris and the guys. Also, we had a smashing lineup of guests. Firstly, Chris…

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Björn Ulvaeus - ABBA legend 1:03:31

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Björn Ulvaeus is pop music royalty, a founder member of one the most successful pop groups in history - ABBA. So when Gyles was given the opportunity to interview him at a special event in Bridlington, the Rosebud team hotfooted it up there to record it. What you're going to hear is a very special, wide-ranging and fascinating conversation about Bj…

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Comedy legend Robert Smigel and Triumph the Insult Comic Dog, SNL, Conan and new YouTube special ‘Let’s Make a Poop’

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Comedy legend Robert Smigel joins WGN Radio’s Dave Plier! Smigel is the voice of Triumph the Insult Comic Dog, he’s co-written films with Adam Sandler, wrote sketches on 425 episodes of SNL, and he has won countless Writer’s Guild and Primetime Emmy Awards throughout the years. His contemporaries at Saturday Night Live were Conan O’Brien, Bob Odenk…

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WGN-TV’s Mike Lowe: Reporting and storytelling; cancer sucks and Mike is going to beat it!

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WGN-TV’s Mike Lowe talks about his exemplary reporting and today’s press conference on infrastructure investments. Mike then talks about his recent cancer diagnosis, the importance of early detection and seeing your doctor, new statistics on cancer rising in people under 50, and beating this! You’ve got this, Mike! https://serve.castfire.com/audio/…

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Father Knows Best! Top TV dads and their impact on pop culture

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WGN’s Dave Plier and Wally Podrazik, television historian and author of ‘Watching TV’, break down top TV dads by decade including Howard Cunningham (‘Happy Days’), Andy Taylor (‘The Andy Griffith Show’), Jim Anderson (‘Father Knows Best’), Mike Brady (‘The Brady Bunch’), Archie Bunker (‘Archie Bunker’s Place’), Cliff Huxtable (‘The Cosby Show’) Phi…

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The remarkable rise of the drive-in theater

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Scott Dehn from the McHenry Outdoor Theatre and drive-in documentarian April Wright talk to WGN Radio’s Dave Plier about the revival of the drive-in theater, a true piece of Americana, discovering the retro magic, and watching cinema under the stars. https://serve.castfire.com/audio/5138129/5138129_2024-06-14-215329.64kmono.mp3 Recent Posts Dave Pl…

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Ian Wright, David Seaman and Ed Gamble #448 1:21:46

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If you were given a fancy new car from work, where’s the first place you’d take it? Would you fill it with rubbish and take it to the tip? Well, James did and it doesn’t get much more exciting than that! Hello and welcome to episode 448 of The Chris Moyles Show on Radio X Podcast! This week was full of comings and goings. As Chris returns from his …

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Suzy Eddie Izzard 57:46

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This week's guest is the stand-up comedian, actor, marathon-runner and political activist Suzy Eddie Izzard. Suzy tells Gyles about her new name, and why she's relaxed about what people to choose to call her. She then takes Gyles back into her childhood, spent in Aden, Northern Ireland and South Wales, until the sudden death of her mother changed e…

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Chicago music icon Billy Corgan: Smashing Pumpkins summer tour, CW’s ‘Adventures in Carnyland’, National Wrestling Alliance

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WGN Radio’s Dave Plier talks to Smashing Pumpkins frontman and Chicago music icon Billy Corgan about the CW’s ‘Adventures in Carnyland’, the National Wrestling Alliance, the Smashing Pumpkins summer tour, Bozo, and more. https://serve.castfire.com/audio/5068115/5068115_2024-06-08-011115.64kmono.mp3 Get up-close and personal with Billy Corgan in ‘Bi…

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Move over Pepsi, Dr Pepper is now the 2nd biggest soda brand in America

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WGN Radio’s Dave Plier talks about this week’s news that Dr Pepper is now the second-most popular soda brand in America, outselling Pepsi and behind Coca-Cola. Dave also shares the history of sodas that were created in Chicago and the retro soda brands we still love. https://serve.castfire.com/audio/5068109/5068109_2024-06-08-004009.64kmono.mp3 Dr …

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Toby Tarrant sits in with Harry Hill, Graeme Swann, and Dom’s TikTok Challenge #447 1:22:16

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When Toby Tarrant sat down in Chris’ seat on Monday morning, he had one goal. To make Dominic Byrne a TikTok sensation. Did he succeed in his goal? Well you’re just going to have to listen and find out… This week, we were joined by three excellent guests. Harry Hill dropped by on Monday to tell us all about his new comedy tour, SCART leads, and the…

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Chris McCausland 1:08:48

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Gyles gets together with comedian Chris McCausland to record a really special episode of Rosebud. Chris takes Gyles back to his childhood days, playing football and messing about in the streets of West Derby Village in Liverpool, part of a close-knit family and friendship group. Chris talks about the beginnings of the problems with his sight, which…

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Alex James, Chris Gets Electrocuted and Welcome To Wrexham #446 1:27:25

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Four words: Chris. Moyles. Gets. Electrocuted. Interested? Thought so. Hey hey! What’s the buzz? Must be Chris’ arms, as he undertook The Boffin Booth, being tested on the almighty Mr Blobby with pretty shocking results. There were two great guests this week. Firstly, Welcome to Wrexham’s Humphrey Ker was welcomed into the studio for a game of ‘Who…

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Martin Rees, Astronomer Royal 1:03:26

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Who is the cleverest person in Britain? When Gyles asked this question to readers of his columns last year, one name was mentioned more than any other; that of Martin Rees, Lord Rees of Ludlow, the Astronomer Royal. Lord Rees is one of the most distinguished scientists in the country, a former President of the Royal Society and a Cambridge fellow. …

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Chicago’s Own Joe Mantegna: National Memorial Day Concert streaming at pbs.org, Bleacher Bums, our Chicago Cubs

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WGN Radio’s Dave Plier talks to Chicago’s own Joe Mantegna on Memorial Day to honor our fallen, the importance of the National Memorial Day concert streaming now at pbs.org, his ‘Bleacher Bums’ and throwing out the first pitch at Wrigley this Friday. https://serve.castfire.com/audio/4867181/4867181_2024-05-27-145821.64kmono.mp3 Recent Posts Dave Pl…

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Bob’s Record Collection: Actor John Stamos, touring with The Beach Boys, voice of Graceland

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WGN Radio’s Dave Plier talks to actor John Stamos about touring with The Beach Boys, their 2024 concerts in Elk Grove Village, Ravinia and being the voice of Graceland. https://serve.castfire.com/audio/4867195/4867195_2024-05-27-155535.64kmono.mp3 Recent Posts Dave Plier Evanston’s own Kevin Cronin of REO Speedwagon .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:eveno…

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Memorial Day with Deputy U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs Tanya Bradsher: New VA services, combating homelessness, suicide prevention

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WGN Radio’s Dave Plier welcomes the Honorable Tanya Bradsher, Deputy U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs to salute our fallen on Memorial Day, combatting homelessness and the mental health services available for veterans. https://serve.castfire.com/audio/4867142/4867142_2024-05-27-124742.64kmono.mp3 Recent Posts Dave Plier Evanston’s own Kevin Croni…

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Radio Hall of Famer Garry Meier: Venerating our fallen with memories of WWII by his father

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Radio Hall of Famer Garry Meier joins WGN Radio’s Dave Plier to talk about the real meaning of Memorial Day, celebrating his father Frank Meier and his combat experiences serving in World War II. Visit Garrymeier.com for more. https://serve.castfire.com/audio/4867173/4867173_2024-05-27-144713.64kmono.mp3 Recent Posts Dave Plier Evanston’s own Kevin…

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Kevin Kolman: Weber Grill’s sizzling summer barbecue, new electric grills, Weber smokefire

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WGN Radio’s Dave Plier talks to Kevin Kolman, Weber Grill Ambassador, to talk about the new electric grills, the Weber Smokefire and barbecuing all summer long! https://serve.castfire.com/audio/4867184/4867184_2024-05-27-153624.64kmono.mp3 Recent Posts Dave Plier Evanston’s own Kevin Cronin of REO Speedwagon .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} 65th…

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WGN-TV’s Marcus LeShock, roller coaster bureau chief: new rides, Six Flags, Dollywood, Cedar Point, Santa’s Village

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WGN Radio’s Dave Plier talks to WGN-TV’s Marcus LeShock about his love of roller coasters, new amusement park rides in the Midwest, and the beauty of Dollywood. https://serve.castfire.com/audio/4867113/4867113_2024-05-27-111613.64kmono.mp3 Recent Posts Dave Plier Evanston’s own Kevin Cronin of REO Speedwagon .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} 65th…

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This is History: 40th U.S. President Ronald Reagan on the true meaning of Memorial Day

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Dave Plier and Dave Schwan talk about the true meaning of Memorial Day, which originated as ‘Decoration Day’ after the Civil War and was officially signed into law in 1967. Plus, Dave shares President Ronald Reagan’s moving Memorial Day speech from 1984. https://serve.castfire.com/audio/4867168/4867168_2024-05-27-143008.64kmono.mp3 Recent Posts Dav…

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Totally the 80’s: Anthony Michael Hall, Debbie Harry, Kevin Bacon, Andrew McCarthy, Bryan Adams, Dan Aykroyd, Lea Thompson

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It’s Dave Plier’s WGN Radio Special ‘Totally the 80’s!’ featuring Dave’s conversations with Anthony Michael Hall (Vacation, Sixteen Candles, Breakfast Club), music icon Debbie Harry (Blondie), Kevin Bacon (40th Anniversary of ‘Footloose’), Andrew McCarthy (‘Pretty in Pink’, ‘St. Elmo’s Fire’), 80’s rocker Bryan Adams, Dan Aykroyd (Ghostbusters) and…

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Kiefer Sutherland, Deborah Meaden and Jamie Oliver #445 1:23:06

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Would you spend £200 on a sachet of mayo? I’m more of a ketchup person myself… Happy Fri-yay! We’ve reached the end of the week and it’s time for the next instalment of The Chris Moyles Show on Radio X Podcast - the 445th episode, to be exact. On the show this week, Chris and team were joined by three incredible guests. Firstly, chef and restaurate…

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Alexander Armstrong 1:00:34

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Gyles and Alexander Armstrong reminisce about Alexander's idyllic childhood in Northumberland, the son of a country GP. They talk about his school years, when he was an 'odd little boy' who sang in the school choir and was obsessed with Gilbert and Sullivan. They discuss the joy of Evensong, and the delights of PG Wodehouse, and Gyles finds out wha…

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Actor Chris Stolte from NBC’s Chicago Fire on 250th episode and season finale

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Actor Chris Stolte joins WGN Radio’s Dave Plier to talk about 12 seasons of NBC’s Chicago Fire, 250 episodes, and the legacy of TV cliffhangers. https://serve.castfire.com/audio/4862570/4862570_2024-05-18-023010.64kmono.mp3 Recent Posts Dave Plier Evanston’s own Kevin Cronin of REO Speedwagon .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} 65th anniversary of …

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WGN Morning News’ Ana Belaval on her upcoming stand-up at Zanies Rosemont

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WGN-TV’s Ana Belaval joins WGN Radio’s Dave Plier to talk about her upcoming appearances at Zanies Rosemont on Friday May 24th and Saturday May 25th 2024, aging parents, the best things about her hometown in Puerto Rico, and the origins of her sense of humor. https://serve.castfire.com/audio/4862574/4862574_2024-05-18-025314.64kmono.mp3 Recent Post…

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Beer Hiking Chicago and Beyond: The Tastiest Way to Discover the Windy City

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WGN Radio’s Dave Plier talks to urban hiking enthusiasts and married couple Jessica Sedgwick and Dan Ochwat about their new book, ‘Beer Hiking Chicago and Beyond: The Tastiest Way to Discover the Windy City’. https://serve.castfire.com/audio/4862564/4862564_2024-05-18-020804.64kmono.mp3 Recent Posts Dave Plier Evanston’s own Kevin Cronin of REO Spe…

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Nikki Glaser is the new ‘it’ girl of comedy!

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Hot off the ‘Tom Brady Roast on Netflix’, WGN Radio’s Dave Plier shares his conversation with comedian Nikki Glaser who talks about her rise in the comedy world, her jokes about sex, commitment, boyfriends, drinking, parents, her safe space performing on the stage, and more. https://serve.castfire.com/audio/4862717/4862717_2024-05-18-142817.64kmono…

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