River Cities Reader Podcast

River Cities Reader Podcast


Latest Episodes

Don’t Kill the Dandelion Messenger – What the Fertilizer Institute’s MAHA Endorsement Means to the Regenerative Farming Industry
January 03, 2026

Rochelle Arnold is a freelance journalist whose article, Dont Kill the Dandelion Messenger, appears in the #1040 December issue of River Cities Reader.Pursuant to her article, Arnold conducted phone interviews with Ed Thomas, Vice President of Governme

Automatic License Plate Readers & More Deep in the Weeds with Jason Bermas
January 02, 2026

December 28, 2025 – Reader Publisher Todd McGreevy joins Jason Bermas for the weekly Deep in the Weeds while Making Sense of the Madness on December 28. Typically Jason is live Friday mornings with Aaron Dail on WQUD 107.7FM at 9am. This holiday wee

#1040 December 2025 Reader Print Issue ITM Analysis WQUD Broadcast with Aaron Dail &Todd McGreevy
January 02, 2026

December 16, 2025 original broadcast on WQUD 107.7 FM – River Cities’ Reader publisher Todd McGreevy and WQUD GM Aaron Dail indulge in their monthly audio tte--tte, this one concerning the December edition of the Reader. Dail gets right int

#1039 November 2025 Reader Print Issue ITM Analysis WQUD Broadcast with Aaron Dail &Todd McGreevy
January 02, 2026

Original broadcast on WQUD 107.7 FM November 12, 2025 – River Cities’ Reader publisher Todd McGreevy and WQUD GM Aaron Dail bid Neil Young a happy eightieth birthday, extol Gov’t Mules cover of Black Sabbaths War Pigs, and give big ups

December 18, 2025 with Dave and Darren — “Ella McCay,” “Silent Night, Deadly Night,” and “Oh. What. Fun.”
December 18, 2025

Dave Levora, Darren Pitra, and Mike Schulz talk film and holiday breaks the latter meaning no show until the new year. Oh, and Rob Reiner is gone. Let us now praise famous men. . .On the screen:Ella McCay (dir James L Brooks, starr Emma Mackey, Jami

December 11, 2025 with Dave and Darren — “Hamnet,” “Jay Kelly,” “Merrily We Roll Along,” “Fackham Hall,” and “Five Nights at Freddy’s 2”
December 11, 2025

Dave Levora, Darren Pitra, and Mike Schulz talk film and discuss Netflixs potential acquisition of Warner Bros with something akin to dread.In theaters:Hamnet (dir Chlo Zhao, starr Jessie Buckley, Paul Mescal, Emily Watson, and Joe Alwyn).Jay Kelly

December 4, 2025 with Dave and Darren — “Wicked: For Good,” “Rental Family,” “Train Dreams,” “Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery,” “Sentimental Value,” “Eternity,” and “Zootopia”
December 04, 2025

Dave Levora, Darren Pitra, and Mike Schulz have shook off the Thanksgiving turkey torpor and have reconvened in studio to discuss film with the level of poise, invention, and couthiness that weve come to expect from the trio.Open for business:Wicked:

November 20, 2025 with Dave and Darren — “The Running Man,” “Now You See Me: Now You Don’t,” “Keeper,” “Nouvelle Vague,” “Being Eddie,” and “The Perfect Neighbor”
November 20, 2025

Dave Levora, Darren Pitra, and Mike Schulz prepare for next weeks holiday by going over the stuff out there, both in theaters and streaming. Anyone who watched Angus Walls Netflix doc on Eddie Murphy, Being Eddie, expecting earth-splitting, scandalous r

November 13, 2025 with Dave and Darren — “Predator: Badlands,” “Frankenstein,” “Nuremberg,” “Die My Love,” “Christy,” and “It Was Just an Accident”
November 13, 2025

Dave Levora, Darren Pitra, and Mike Schulz discuss film and ponder its mysteries all for the cinematographically illiterate folk in the world. Job’s a good ‘un.The reviewed:Predator: Badlands (dir Dan Trachtenberg, starr Elle Fanning, Di

November 6, 2025 with Dave and Darren — “Bugonia,” “If I Had Legs I’d Kick You,” “Hedda,” “Ballad of a Small Player,” and “KPop Demon Hunters”
November 10, 2025

Dave Levora, Darren Pitra, and Mike Schulz have a lot more films to catch than theyve seen thus far. Frankenstein is already on Netflix, so you know.Whats in theaters:Bugonia (dir Yorgos Lanthimos, starr Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons, Aidan Delbis, Stav