River Cities Reader Podcast

River Cities Reader Podcast


Latest Episodes

1000 Issues of The River Cities’ Reader, and Counting . . . August 18, 2022 — McGreevy & AD in the Morning on WQUD Discuss August Reader Edition
August 23, 2022

Reader publisher Todd McGreevy talks about the importance of print news now, more than ever, as well as the cultural importance of the local small press, in this interview with Aaron Dali, GM at WQUD

August 18, 2022 Movie Mike on Planet 93.9 with Dave and Darren — “Bodies Bodies Bodies,” “Fall,” and “Mack & Rita”
August 18, 2022

Mike, Dave, and Darren return to discuss how “Bodies Bodies Bodies” feels like a Gen-Z horror film written by Baby Boomers; how “Fall” has a strong upwards momentum, but nowhere to go from there; and

August 11, 2022 Movie Mike on Planet 93.9 with Dave and Darren — “Bullet Train,” “Easter Sunday,” and “Twister”
August 11, 2022

Mike, Dave, and Darren return to discuss the odds of a twister hitting a drive-in theater in Newton, Iowa, months before it plays “Twister”; how “Bullet Train” is like two hours’ worth of Monster drin

August 4, 2022 Movie Mike on Planet 93.9 with Dave and Darren — “Vengeance” and “DC League of Super-Pets”
August 04, 2022

Mike, Dave, and Darren return to discuss Mike’s “[laughing] occasionally really hard” during “DC League of Super-Pets” and how much fun “Vengeance” was owing to (or in spite of) B J Novak. Deep in the

July 28, 2022 Movie Mike on Planet 93.9 with Dave and Darren — “Nope,” “Marcel the Shell with Shoes On,” and “The Gray Man”
July 29, 2022

Mike, Dave, and Darren return to say “yup” to “Nope” (watch out for the monkey) and discuss why Mike goes Memento Man every time he recalls details of “The Gray Man.” “Nope,” “Marcel the Shell with Sh

July 21, 2022 Movie Mike on Planet 93.9 with Dave and Darren — “Thor: Love & Thunder,” “Where the Crawdads Sing,” “Mrs Harris Goes to Paris,” and “Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank”
July 21, 2022

After a week off, the boys are back with discussion of Thor: Love & Thunder, Where the Crawdads Sing, Mrs Harris Goes to Paris, and Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank, an animated kiddie comedy adapted

FDA Fast-Tracking More Jabs, Julian Assange & Mexico’s President; and More . . . July 12, 2022 — McGreevy & AD in the Morning on WQUD Discuss July Reader Edition
July 15, 2022

“If we don’t have press freedom, if we don’t have the freedom to whistleblow on the powers that be, on the people that are supposedly protecting our rights, like [Julian Assange] did, then it’s going

July 7, 2022 Movie Mike on Planet 93.9 with Dave and Darren — “Minions: The Rise of Gru” and “Mr Malcolm’s List”
July 07, 2022

Thursday, July 7: Discussion of Minions: The Rise of Gru and Mr Malcolm’s List, including faux-Jane Austen and the differing levels of tolerable obnoxiousness Banana-a-a-a-as!!!: “Minions: The Rise of

June 30, 2022 Movie Mike on Planet 93.9 with Dave and Darren — Elvis, The Black Phone, The Phantom of the Open, Cha Cha Real Smooth, and Good Luck to You, Leo Grande
June 30, 2022

Thursday, June 30: Discussion of Elvis, The Black Phone, The Phantom of the Open, Cha Cha Real Smooth, and Good Luck to You, Leo Grande, including references to Tom Hanks’s inherent likeability and Em

Rock Island County Sheriff and State Legislator Primary Election Primer and More . . . June 09, 2022 – McGreevy & AD in the Morning on WQUD Discuss June Reader Edition
June 25, 2022

“Show some courage, don’t just go with the herd every time on everything because you are afraid the herd is going to push you out if you do,” says Aaron Dali, GM at WQUD FM 107.7 in this interview wit