Steve Cochran: Recent Episodes
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Congressmen Darin LaHood and Dan Lipinski join the show to discuss their opposite views on impeachment with Steve. Listen to the podcast here:
On this episode, the show starts off with WGN-TV Reporter, Nancy Loo, covering the City Council meeting to delay pot sales. Get all the news updates on Top 6 at 6, followed by Attorney Karen Conti, discussing consumer holiday purchases. Today the morning crew exchanged gifts on air! Spending cap $10 dollars, and everyone had to purchase their gift from the dollar store. Find out what everyone got! Bears Insider, Adam Hoge joins the show to talk about the upcoming […]
Senator Dick Durbin joins the Steve Cochran show to discuss the opioid crisis, family leave and impeachment. He discusses how the drugs have become overused and misused, how important it is to understand family realities, and the Senate trial, that is expected to start early next year. Listen to the podcast here:
On this episode, the show starts off with WGN-TV Reporter, Courtney Gousman covering the shooting of a 16-year-old girl. Amazon Spokesperson, Av Raichura, talks about how you can keep your packages safe this holiday season. Later, the Top 6 at 6 brings you up to speed with the latest news, followed by Kid Of The Week, Samantha DeFily, a 14-year-old 8th grader that started a book drive for underprivileged kids. The show continues with Steve Cochran’s granddaughter who turns 4 […]
Steve’s “Christmas Card Over the Phone” features singer, Jim Cornelison. Chicago Blackhawk fans have known him for over a decade as their National Anthem Singer. Now fans of the Indianapolis 500, NASCAR, Mecum Auto Auctions and many others hear him regularly, too. For more information, visit: http://www.jimcornelison.com
We have talked in the past numerous times about Diabetes and the epidemic levels we are reaching here in the United States. Diabetes is a terrible disease that can impact our heart, our kidneys, our vision, our circulation our risk for cancer, the list goes on. Diabetes is a condition where the level of glucose or sugar in our blood is much higher than needed. This leads to many problems. Diabetes is broken down into 2 groups, Type 1 Diabetes […]
On this episode, the show starts off with WGN-TV Reporter Judy Wang covering the kidnapping and robbery of two men on the NW Side by people pretending to be cops. A new hotel is opening in Chicago, C.O.O. of citizenM Hotel, Michael Levie, joins the show to talk about why they picked Chicago as their new location. The show continues with the Top 6 at 6 followed by Lou’s First Call. Plus do you get a work perk? Later on […]
On December 4th, 2019 Steve Grzanich shares today’s potential market drivers: The ADP Private Payroll’s report for November comes out this morning Earnings from Campbell’s Soup & Slack Australian GDP numbers
Wyatt & Porter Snopko, ages 12 and 11, collect new socks and underwear for two homeless shelters, Lazarus House, STC and Hessed House for the past 4 years. They have made presentations at their middle school along with boxes to place the new items in, along with a box in front of their house labeled “snokpo socks.” They join Steve in studio to talk about how they got involved with giving back and how they want to break their record of over 600 pairs of socks. Listen to the […]
On December 3rd, 2019 Steve Grzanich shares today’s potential market drivers: Futures in the U.S. after President Trump’s comments on the economic report front Big jobs report later this week Will the markets rebound from losses yesterday?
Today on the Steve Cochran Show, we kick off our FIRST show at our new 5am start time and explore the best and worst Cyber Monday deals! Next, we jump into the Top 6 @ 6, followed by Doc Most discussing virus season and subsequent breaking news that has doctors concerned this year. Dean Richards takes on the hottest news in entertainment including NBC’s investigation into Gabrielle Union being fired from America’s Got Talent, Beyonce’s Christmas merchandise, and the new […]
On December 2nd, 2019 Steve Grzanich shares today’s potential market drivers: It is Cyber Monday, and big money is expected to be spent The October Construction spending numbers will be released this morning
On this episode, Ji Suk Yi fills in for Steve Cochran, and Mark Carman is in for Dave Eanet. The show starts off with Top 6 at 6 followed by our Kid of The Week, Jackson Moran. Hamilton’s Miguel Cervantes joins the show to talk about his involvement with the Chicago Thanksgiving Parade. This year marks the iconic Parade’s 86th year. On Thursday, November 28, the free, family-friendly event will kick off at 8 a.m. (CST) on the corner of […]
With postseason hopes on the brink of mathematical elimination, Bears fans have shifted their focus from wanting wins to wanting to see progress from their young starting quarterback, Mitchell Trubisky. The Bears were able to beat the Giants 19-14, and Trubisky played… ok. Adam Hoge and Adam Jahns breakdown the quarterback’s up and down day, and discuss the offensive struggles that include drops, not lining properly and poor blocking up front. The guys listen and react to the postgame comments from head coach Matt Nagy and Mitchell Trubisky. Later on, they look ahead to the short week and the game in Detroit on Thanksgiving.
On this political Thursday, the show starts with the Top 6 at 6 followed by Nick Digilio discussing new movie releases this weekend. Chuck Todd, from Meet The Press joins the show to talk about the first public impeachment inquiry hearing. Joining Steve in studio is regular contributors Eric Adelsten and Pat Brady continuing the conversation on corruption and impeachment. Dean Richards has the latest news in entertainment and Bill Geiger, CEO of Geiger Wealth Management answers retirement questions. Listen to the podcast here: […]
In honor of Veteran’s Day, the Steve Cochran Show asked listeners to text into the show the names of loved ones that have served this country. Steve and Ji Suk Yi read some of the texts that came in. Unfortunately, we were unable to get to all the texts we received, but we posted them below the audio. (630) My grandpa Richard. Vietnam (847) I would like to honor my husband Mike Smogor US Army 101st Airborne Vietnam And the […]
Steve is off today and Ji holds down the fort! On this episode, the show starts off with the Top 6 at 6 followed by Lou’s First Call. Former Chicago Blackhawks player Bryan Bickell joins in studio with his wife Amanda Bickell to talk about The Bryan & Amanda Bickell Foundation. Northwestern Football Coach, Pat Fitzgerald joins the show and later Dan Hampton gives score predictions for the upcoming Bears game against the Lions this Sunday. Richard Roper calls in […]
Former Chicago Cubs player Ryan Dempster joins the Steve Cochran Show in studio to talk about the 7th Annual Ping Pong Ball. The event takes place Thursday, November 14th, at the St. Jane Hotel to raise money for the Jackson Chance Foundation, which provides complimentary parking for families with babies in the NICU at Lurie and Prentice. WGN Radio’s Adam Hoge, who also works with the Jackson Chance Foundation, joins in on the conversation as well. NICU parking fees can […]
Sydney Partyka, a senior at Taft High School on the northwest side, joins the show to talk about how the Chicago Teachers Union strike is affecting her and her classmates. Sydney runs track and field at Taft, and has aspirations of heading to college after graduating. She and her friends are disappointed that the union and the city have not come to an agreement yet. Listen to the podcast here: