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September 12, 2022Total Monday Mudslide
Steve ordered an apple fritter on DoorDash the day after a gyro delivery. Janet is counseling Mike through a roller coaster house negotiation. Steve didn’t approve of her cell phone usage while driving. Tom Thayer breaks down the Dante Pettis touchdown.
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September 9, 2022Not Before Dinner!
Steve decreed the kids could not listen to What Does the Fox Say during dinner. He was ignored. The Queen of England is dead at age 96. The Salt Shed music venue is too loud for a nearby sound studio. Mary Dahl is playing the cornet for her school band.
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September 8, 2022Steve’s Staple Removal
Steve hobbled to the backstop to offer pitching advice for Emmett Dahl. Janet drove Steve to Naperville for to have his staples removed. She obeyed the speed limit on I-88. Steve fell with a doughnut in his mouth. Adam Sandler was pictured using a cane.
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September 7, 2022Taking a Mulligan
Steve is using a cane. He threatened to go for a ride after Janet doubted his not great walking style. She fled to TJ Maxx for her own escape. Margaret has Grandpa Steve shopping for sapphires. A cycling musical might mean a night out for Steve and Joe.
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September 6, 2022Axing a Question
A man with an axe attacked a security guard outside a Greektown marijuana dispensary. Tom Thayer drives a VW Atlas from Hawk Auto and arrives home in Joliet in time to witness Sweet Lou doing his business. Dag feels shame about his Chips Ahoy breakfast.
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September 2, 2022Please Please Me
The family pool party got cancelled due to scheduling conflicts. A text thread tried to resuscitate the event, but no chicken was ordered. Tributosaurus will embody R.E.M. at Taste of Polonia tonight. Janet wants Steve to say the magic word more often.
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September 1, 2022Mint, Basil or Buffoonery?
Growing Belushi is a captivating reality show about Jim’s marijuana farm. Jimmy Dean hot sausage is the secret ingredient that blistered Flowermouth. Dag’s Norwegian mom made up a name for gravy skin. The Goose Island CTA bar car was spotted on the Ike.
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August 31, 2022Not Enough Moxie
Moxie the dog was killed by another canine around the corner from the Dahl home. Flowermouth consumed surprise jalapenos hidden in a Greek dish. Janet got an undesired gander at Steve’s wound during a bandage swap. Joe embraced Steve at the golf outing.
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August 30, 2022Tom’s Unbearable Pain
Tom Thayer underwent an emergency appendectomy after powering through a Bears broadcast in Cleveland and a flight home to Chicago. Steve didn’t stretch on his own, but revved up for the physical therapist. Janet fell on Rosie in the middle of the night.
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August 29, 2022Hospital Steve Emerges
Steve has a brand new knee. He had a congenital bone defect. Nurse Janet helped him get set up to broadcast from the dining room. The Sodcast was a rousing success and everyone had a blast. Dag commandeered a golf cart. Hospital Steve echoes Roger Dahl.
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August 26, 2022Season 1, Episode 10
The whole Dahlcast team’s good Friday mood is made even better by a phone call with Buzz Kilman, the proud owner of Toby, the most pampered turtle in Chicago. Steve is doing his restaurant “due diligence” for his upcoming TV appearance on Check Please!
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August 25, 2022Season 1, Episode 9
Amanda Puck shares tips to survive outdoor dining during the oppressive heat wave. Steve will have two hours to kill after an upcoming wedding ceremony. Pat Boyle helps analyze the most recent profane Ozzie Guillen rant. Pete freezes yogurt for his dog.
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August 24, 2022Season 1, Episode 8
Steve may prefer that the staff park on the driveway instead of the street. Pete’s friend in Louisville lived near a house of ill fame. Steve’s guest stint on WLS went reasonably well, but the breaks were lengthy. Drew Hayes offered Steve a weekend job.
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August 23, 2022Season 1, Episode 7
In this Dahlcast period piece from 2011, Steve is preparing for his first guest appearance on the Roe Conn Show. He’ll be welcomed by friends Jim Johnson and Christina Filiaggi. Keith Van Horne phones in with info about Jim McMahon’s limousine accident.
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August 22, 2022Season 1, Episode 6
Steve’s added some new microphones to the studio and they’re picking up the details of his breathing. He’s also involved in a bike versus Harley face-off on untamed Ogden Avenue. Tom Thayer talks training camp and Steve fills him in on Disco Demolition.
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August 19, 2022Deeply-dishing Pizza
Janet has spent her whole summer taking care of Steve. Drew Brees should be conflicted about his gambling app ad. Janet declared last Sunday the best day of her summer. Jeremy Allen White, star of The Bear, is not a fan of Chicago-style deep dish pizza.
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August 18, 2022Turntables of Yesteryear
Steve dropped off merchandise for the Sodcast gift bags. Tom Thayer is in Seattle ahead of the Bears preseason game. Tom is encouraged by the prospect of Teven Jenkins at right guard. Complaints about the turf conditions at Soldier Field really bug Tom.
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August 17, 2022The Blue Whiz
Steve can’t swim because it hurts when he kicks. Mike Mascow is effusive in his praise of Foot First. Steve drove past 2Bici amidst temptations from a closed strip club and carnival funnel cakes. Brendan pledges local peanut allegiance to Nuts on Clark.
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August 16, 2022Accidental Book Club
Underground wasps are burrowing near the garden hose. Dag’s new cream-colored Blackstar St. James amp from Chicago Music Exchange is the apple of his eye. Steve watched Emily in Paris. Dag’s all-time favorite book is revealed. Was it written by a thief?
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August 15, 2022Lowering the Bar
Steve and Janet visited Park Ridge on Saturday. Janet’s brother and sister stopped over for a pool party on Sunday. Steve complained about the rub on some BBQ chicken. Dag saw Bob Dernier and Jody Davis. The Venus razor curls around a language barrier.
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August 12, 2022Don’t Be Sheepish
We peek at the menu for Steve and Janet’s special anniversary dinner. Steve can’t read in bed, he prefers natural sunlight on his pages. Spunky Dunkers’ secret menu features a donut wall rental. Steve rocks out intros in this week’s display of The Gift.
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August 11, 2022Hoch and Tackle
David Hochberg fires away on the mic, in studio at the Dahl casa. Dave and Steve are both wearing cargo shorts. Brendan did more than walk through at Simon’s, he sat at the bar and took in the Expo’76 show. Joel Murray joined the group to sing “Brandy”.
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August 10, 2022My Son Jesse
Steve scrapes the cheese off the plastic covering of his eggwich because he doesn’t want to lose out on his allotment. The Bongiovis rolled through Countryside to sign bottles of Hampton Water. Steve is bummed that the Emmys did not nominate This Is Us.
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August 9, 2022Three Word Title
Steve messed up royally when he overreacted to Janet’s breakfast plan. He apologized and hopes all is well. The state of Wisconsin swept the American Cheese Society Awards. Talk To Me Tuesday features phone calls from Orlando, Florida and Austin, Texas.