Nick welcomes TV critic Dan Fienberg to the podcast to chat about the recent season finale of *Big Brother* and much more. Dan also reviews *George and Mandy's First Marriage* on CBS, Reba McEntire’s new sitcom *Happy's Place*, HBO's new anthology series

Nick welcomes food writer and horror fan Marnie Shure to the podcast to discuss the upcoming "Mortified" event at The Music Box Theatre, the *Halloween* movie franchise, and some food stories, including California’s new regulations on food labels, the odd

Nick welcomes music journalist Jim Ryan to the podcast to talk about some of the concerts hes seen recently, including GWAR, Public Enemy, and Slayer at Riotfest; ELO at the United Center; Crowded House at Ravinia; and Ringo Starr & His All Starr Band in

Nick welcomes film critics Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy to the podcast to discuss the box office failure of the new *Joker* movie and review several new films, including *Piece By Piece*, the dreadful horror sequel *Terrifier 3*, and *The Apprentice*,

Nick talks with TV critic Dan Fienberg from *The Hollywood Reporter* about the latest episodes of *Big Brother*, the career of John Amos, and Dans reviews of several new shows, including *The Franchise* on HBO, FX's *Grotesquerie* with Niecy Nash, *Nobod

Nick welcomes Monica Eng from Axios.com to discuss some of the stories shes currently covering, including Next Restaurant's recreation of Charlie Trotter's classic menu, the buzz around the $10 strawberry from Whole Foods, Chicago's most annoying interse

In this "For The People" episode, Nick welcomes The Consumerman, Herb Weisbaum from Checkbook.org, to discuss a variety of consumer issues and stories, including why Americans pay more for prescription drugs than anywhere else, CarShield's $10 million set

Nick welcomes movie critics Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy to the podcast to review the new movies The Wild Robot and A Different Man, and dive into a lengthy discussion about Francis Ford Coppola's completely insane epic, Megalopolis. Steve also shares

TV critic Dan Fienberg from The Hollywood Reporter joins Nick to discuss last week's Emmy Awards ceremony, the latest episodes of Big Brother, and the new Batman spin-off, The Penguin starring Colin Farrell. Dan also reviews the new version of Matlock wit

Nick welcomes Nell Minow, The Movie Mom, back to the podcast to discuss new movies including *Wolfs*, *My Old Ass*, *Beetlejuice Beetlejuice*, and *Transformers One*. They also delve into politics, the latest presidential debates, and a fascinating MAD Ma