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The ROAR Podcast Series

The ROAR Podcast Series

Hosted by wgnradio.com

TechnologySportsFoodInterviews guests

Episodes

84

Latest episode

May 2026

Language

EN-US

About the show

The ROAR Podcast Series from 720 WGN will bring exclusive programs with personalities in sports, tech, food, spirits and lifestyle together for compelling conversations and content.

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May 31, 2026

Alice Carroll and Foxes Bow bring both Irish whiskey and women to the conversation

This week on Booze Newz, we’re diving into one of whiskey’s biggest blind spots with Foxes Bow Irish Whiskey co-founder Alice Carroll — the disconnect between the women who make up a growing share of whiskey drinkers and an industry that still hasn’t embraced them yet. How did that gap form, and what does it […]

May 8, 2026

Manny Flores with ACHIEVE Summit Series on growth, stability, and legacy

Manny Flores, President & CEO, SomerCor
and The First Million is Always the Hardest podcast come together as part of the ACHIEVE Summit Series. Host Bo Kemp sits down with Manny Flores at WGN Radio for a conversation about one of the most important tools in small business growth: the SBA 504 loan. As a nonprofit lender and Certified Development […]

May 6, 2026

What comes after the iPhone? Apple at 50 with David Pogue

Apple built the world we live in on our phones. Now it’s working on what comes after them. In this week’s episode, I sat down with David Pogue. THE David Pogue. He’s the guy who tells the most important consumer tech stories on the planet, in a way that makes you forget it’s about buttons and features […]

April 29, 2026

Marcus Lemonis on acquisition, ownership, building at scale and excitement for Achieve Summit!

Bo Kemp is joined by visionary entrepreneur and investor Marcus Lemonis for The First Million is Always the Hardest on WGN Radio. Hear as Bo and Marcus share their journeys in life and business as well as the keys to success and overcoming challenges. Bo and Marcus talk about the excitement around the upcoming Achieve […]

April 27, 2026

Where were the parents? The social media verdict every family needs to hear

I was a mom who was paying attention. I tested Meta’s parental controls and wrote about teen screen addiction for USA Today. I talked with my daughter about everything and watched over her social media accounts. I still had no idea Instagram was feeding my high school cross-country star a steady diet of thinspo and eating disorder content. […]

April 15, 2026

Sullivans Cove, the Tasmanian distillery that shocked the World.

This week on Booze Newz, we’re heading to Tasmania to talk with Master Distiller Heather Tillott about Sullivans Cove — the distillery that became the first outside Scotland or Japan to win World’s Best Single Malt. How did a tiny operation in Cambridge turn patience, evolving core releases, and rare single casks into one of the […]

April 9, 2026

Illinois’ own Brandon Holtz on making his move to the Masters!

Jim Bob Morris and Dane Neal are joined by Bloomington Illinois’ Brandon Holtz as he gets ready for the 2026 Masters. Hear as Brandon shares his journey from Illinois State basketball to real estate, then winning the Mid-Amateur Championship and now making history at iconic Augusta. Listen as Jim Bob and Brandon go over the […]

April 4, 2026

The Jim Bob Show shares crazy superstitions, fighting coaches and why it may be the Fighting Illini’s Final Four!

Jim Bob Morris joins Dane Neal on WGN Radio to share excitement around the Final Four. Hear as Jim Bob fills us in on his friend Brad Underwood as he gets ready to coach the Illinois Fighting Illini in the biggest game of his career and the most important for Illinois since 2005. Jim Bob […]

April 2, 2026

The internet fixed what medicine broke. The supply chain didn’t get the memo.

Social media did what doctors wouldn’t. Telehealth did what insurance ignored. Now there’s a nationwide hormone shortage. Can tech fix it again — or did we already use up our miracle? This is a story of tech fixing something very broken. Then “the system” breaking it again. Menopause. The Change. Cougar Puberty. Whatever you want […]

March 17, 2026

We’re really addicted to our smartphones

“I tell you guys how to be less addicted to your phones, get more out of your life — and I feel so broken right now.” That’s me — a consumer tech journalist who has spent nearly 20 years telling you exactly how not to let your phone run your life. Now I’m coming clean. […]

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