Gillian of Hi Ho and Aly of Blood People
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Guest host Gillian McGhee (Hi Ho) with Aly Jados (Blood People) – Episode 1101

Guest host Gillian McGhee is a local musician, leading bands Hi Ho and Turnspit over the last decade, and is returning to Car Con Carne to interview her friend and fellow musician, Aly Jados. Aly’s here to discuss her band…

Kevin from pop-punk band Guardrail talks with Car Con Carne guest host Jake LaMore
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Guest host Jacques LaMore chats with Guardrail frontman Kevin Andrew (Episode 1099)

Guest host Jake “Jacques” LaMore, formerly of Pop-Punk & Pizza, now the voice behind new narrative storytelling podcast, “This One Time in Kankakee”, sits down for a conversation with Kevin Andrew, the lead vocalist of Chicago’s diet punk band, Guardrail….

Jaime Black guest hosts Car Con Carne
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Guest host Jaime Black talks architecture with Stewart Hicks (Episode 1096)

Guest host Jaime Black interviews Stewart Hicks (Associate Dean of Physical Resources and Planning and Associate Professor of Architecture at the University of Illinois at Chicago) about his eponymous YouTube channel that features deep dives on all things architecture. Hicks…

Fiona VanOsdol guest-hosts Car Con Carne
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Welcome to the Family Business: Fiona VanOsdol guest-hosts (Episode 1093)

As I continue to recover from a variety of appendix-related issues, I’m turning to capable and talented guest hosts to keep Car Con Carne running. This episode offers something a little bit different: It features the podcast-hosting debut of my…

Evan J. Thomas with Chicago rock/metal band Now It's Dark
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Guest Host Evan J. Thomas welcomes Chicago rockers Now It’s Dark (Episode 1092)

Guest Host Evan J. Thomas (TAG Publicity, Sound Fury Magazine, Bad Ass Radio Network) fills in for me while I’m recovering from a cruel appendix. For this episode, he welcomes Chicago rockers Now It’s Dark, who are set to play…

Ivan and Karen of Bellhead interview Martin Atkins
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Guest hosts Bellhead talk Killing Joke’s ‘Extremities’ with Martin Atkins (Episode 1091)

As I continue to recover (and prepare for a couple of procedures and impending surgery) from appendix issues, I’ve excitedly turned Car Con Carne over to guest hosts. For this episode, Karen and Ivan from the Chicago bass duo Bellhead…

Author Greg Prato talks to guest host Kevin Kellam
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Guest host Kevin Kellam talks about the 90s with author Greg Prato (Episode 1090)

Hello from James VanOsdol. As I type this, I’m recovering from appendix-related issues and preparing for an appendectomy just before Christmas. I’m counting it as a holiday gift. Bottom line: I’m not able to get out and record the podcast…