Please join us for Part Two of our star-studded A Christmas Carol Special. With the help of michael Maggio of the Goodman Theater, The Museum Of Broadcast Communications, and a host of others, we mounted this production one afternoon in December of…

This is Part One of the three-part Christmas Carol Special that we have been promising. It was recorded on December 20th, 1988 at the Museum Of Broadcast Communications (HOF), which was located in the Chicago Cultural Center at the time. It is quite…

The guys agree a foggy Christmas is much better than a white Christmas. It’s Talk To Me Tuesday, so there are plenty of phone calls. We learn that Brendan has exciting New Year’s Eve plans in NYC. Steve want shopping at Target with Janet without…

Things start off a little testy (pun intended) with Brendan not super excited to hear Steve and Dag’s magic. Tom Thayer laments about the Bears and he and Steve have a nice discussion about family. Steve promises to get the Santa socks to Beds Plus…

Matt Dahl’s on the show to talk ADT and the Matt & Brendan show. Virginia is thinking about doing a one-woman show. It seems the Zanies appearance has gone to her head. Steve finally remembers to play his 2019 birthday call with Joe Walsh,…

Bono is back from U2’s India shows and he takes us behind the scenes of the U2 machinery. Dan Levy brought home the bacon. Janet and Steve can’t decide on how and when to get down to FL this year. Janet helps several emailers nativagate their…

Is Steve is having some weird fantasies about jellyfish? Hard to tell. Dan Levy, formerly of WLS-AM checks in to request his annual bacon delivery. Steve is happy to oblige, as long as it’s just a drive by. Steve wants to get a Naväve. It’s not a…

That’s right! Talk to me Tuesday is back. Just call us Tuesday mornings at 844-DUD-Dahl and we’ll get to your VMs ASAP every Tuesday. It’s not live, but it’s pretty damned close. Also on today’s show: Brendan is overcome by a mysterious gingerbread…

The Bears are officially out of the Playoffs and the Packers are in with their first year head coach. Reminds one of the Bears last year. Tom Thayer calls to discuss Sunday’s game, and the next two games. Straight No Chaser does a Ted Nugent Xmas…

This the 2nd half of the show we recorded at Zanies Rosemont on Wednesday 12-11-19. It features a fantastic Christmas Episode of The Virginia Monologues. More Dahl family secrets spill out, and Janet admits that Steve is a good dad and partner (we…

Here’s Part One of our live show recorded at Zanies Rosemont on 12-11-19. Steve talks his way out of putting on the Santa suit. Buzz Kilman joins the boys onstage for an update on his present living situation. Steve and Buzz talk turtles the bad old…

Here are the show notes that Dag sent me (Steve). Seems like a perfect rundown of today’s podcast: tech talk, Steve has a big idea but needs subscriber feedback, disheartened Cubs talk, spankings, grousing about Apple, Buzz, Vince and The Greeley…

Steve hears that Jack Black mentioned “Ayatollah” being an inspiration to him in 6th grade on the Conan O’Brien podcast. He did, but only named-checked Weird Al. Pioneers get the arrows, settlers get the land. Brendan thinks he’s in charge. Maybe he…

Steve knows why President Trump was talking about toilet flushing on Friday, but who needs to flush 10 to 15 times? That could earn you a mean nickname, like President Dump. Straight No Chaser reappears and jams with Dag, whose family is fostering a…

Dag and Brendan try to understand Steve’s new voice machine, and things get weird. Buzz is not prepared to be Virginia and Bobby Jenks talks about his piece at . He’s been to Hell and back, and most of us didn’t know a thing about it. Whether you’re a…

Creativity makes Steve cry. 80’s sitcoms make Brendan cry. Dag lives in a stone fortress and listens to The Kinks. Janet is finished decorating (Steve hopes) and has begun making turkey soup. Steve has learned praising Janet’s work is the same as…

What is degloving a penis? It’s not a Michael Jackson dance, or sex move. Joe has raced bikes in Spain. Shelbyville and Western Springs are in a war over a pedestrian bridge Steve has never seen. Eddie Johnson needs you to turn off the damn body cam,…

Brendan’s yogi (Crimson) gives you permission to play, and not just today’s episode. Never buy your wife exercise equipment unless, she specifically asks for it, and NEVER make a Peloton ad about it. Billie Eilish has likely never heard of Steve,…

After a Thanksgiving update, Steve, Dag and Brendan give Tom Thayer a call. Tom has gotten Steve back on the Bears bandwagon. Steve creates a Cyber Monday merchandise deal for subscribers on the spot! He is helping Janet with decorating… to some…

Pat, Mike and Matt Dahl bring you a special Thanksgiving Day treat. They went down to the basement and recorded a podcast together. Lots of secrets are revealed (Mike is thankful for dad’s hair). Ultimately, mom and dad make their way to the studio…

The guys discuss their Thanksgiving plans. There’s a Dahl family IM Christmas Eve fight happening. You can energize yourself via the butthole (hence today’s title). Steve describes his extremely weird John Wayne Gacy encounter at Duke’s Beach House…

Brendan has written a song, actually just lyrics to a song, but he might have accidentally covered Willie Nelson. Billy Dec is looking for hard-working people who are fun. Yay! Steve is still VERY defensive about owning a timeshare. Window shade…

Steve and Janet’s trip Hawaii trip got off to a weird start, when the lady sitting across from them demanded they pull down their window shades at 10 in the morning. The stink eye only makes Steve stronger, people! Tom talks some Bears, but mostly…

Steve talks about growing up in California, and Hawaii’s influence on that culture, and Steve’s life. Based on an idea from Janet, the boys work their way through Sloop John B, stopping along the way to tell relevant stories. Happy Aloha Friday….