Pat McGann

The Pat McGann Show

The Pat McGann Show is a weekly comedy podcast filmed in Chicago, hosted by stand-up comedian Pat McGann (Late Show with David Letterman, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, opener for Sebastian Maniscalco) with frequent co-host and comedy legend Dwayne Kennedy.

Every Thursday, Pat sits down with comedians, athletes, broadcasters, and Chicago personalities for stand-up stories, real talk, and good company — past guests include Matteo Lane, Ian Happ of the Chicago Cubs, Bill Rancic, Maggie Hughes DePalo, and Chicago sports and TV legends.

Filmed at Tiege Hanley Studios in Chicago. Powered by Tiege Hanley (tiege.com/pat).

Watch full episodes on YouTube: youtube.com/@ThePatMcGannShow

New episodes every Thursday.

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30 July 2026

PAT & KB: Kevin Bozeman drops by for a hang with Pat to talk parenting, hoops, Chicago & more…

Kevin Bozeman is back on the show for the first time since episode seven, and Pat wastes no time doing the math on what that means for episode 350. The Chicago native and stand-up comedian catches Pat up on a summer of European travel, a Chicago Vocational School education whose alumni list reads like a Chicago sports hall of fame, and a full-circle sports memory built around an old West Unseld...

23 July 2026

Marcelo Balboa & Joey Villagomez: World Cup Recap & Back of the Yards | The Pat McGann Show Ep. 48

Which Chicago office building doubles as a former mob execution site and a cushy city day job? Just ask Joey Villagomez. The Back of the Yards comic — who picked up the nickname "Joey the Clown" — joins Pat McGann and Dwayne Kennedy alongside World Cup analyst Marcelo Balboa this week. Villagomez traces his path from tagging CTA train cars as a teenager to hosting rooms across Chicago's old open...

16 July 2026

Tom Waddle: Chicago Bears & Ditka w/ Marcelo Balboa's World Cup Picks | The Pat McGann Show Ep. 47

Getting cut four times by the same team would send most guys to Wall Street. Tom Waddle had the finance degree ready, but stayed anyway. The Chicago Bears legend and longtime ESPN 1000 host joins Pat and Dwayne Kennedy to talk going undrafted out of the greatest draft class in NFL history, the speech Mike Ditka gave him on every cut day, and the 1991 Vikings game that turned a practice-squad guy...

09 July 2026

Oz Pearlman: Reading Joe Burrow's Mind & Balboa on Team USA's Brutal Exit | Ep. 46

Ever wonder what it takes to convince Joe Burrow to let a stranger mess with his head on national television? This week Pat sits down with mentalist Oz Pearlman, the guy with 8.9 million Instagram followers and a knack for melting NFL players' brains on camera. Oz breaks down how he talked his way past a hard "no" to get Joe Burrow into one of his most viral clips ever, walks through the...

02 July 2026

Marcelo Balboa, Aaron Marino & Antonio Centeno: World Cup, Shark Tank & Loafers | TPMS Ep. 45

This week Pat and Dwayne Kennedy ring in the 4th of July, remember Stacey King, and Marcelo Balboa checks in from the World Cup to explain how Paraguay wrecked everyone's bracket.Then two of the internet's original men's-style influencers, Aaron Marino (Alpha M.) and Antonio Centeno (Real Men Real Style), join back to back to talk nose hair, Sears jackets, and how a Marine Corps uniform was...

26 June 2026

Joabe Barbosa & Marcelo Balboa: Running Every Street in Chicago & World Cup Fever | TPMS Ep. 44

Pat's back from Hawaii — Pearl Harbor, potential pineapple smuggling, and a flat tire the day before departure — while Dwayne was in Norfolk, Nebraska for the Johnny Carson Comedy Festival.Marcelo Balboa checks in from the World Cup: USA clinched first place, Turkey's coach is getting fired, Cape Verde's goalkeeper went from 25K to 13 million Instagram followers overnight, and FIFA's hydration...

18 June 2026

Abbey Murphy: South Side Gold, Jason Kelce Beer Chugs & PWHL Draft | The Pat McGann Show Ep. 43

First up, Marcelo Balboa checks in from the World Cup with a quick field report — US looking sharp, Spain humbled by Cape Verde, and FIFA apparently Americanizing soccer one hydration break at a time.Then Pat and Dwayne sit down with South Side legend Abbey Murphy: Evergreen Park native, two-time Olympian, University of Minnesota all-time goals leader, recently drafted 2nd overall to Seattle...

12 June 2026

The Life & Death Episode: World Cup, Wakes & Catholic Funerals w/ Fr. Hurley & Tom Curley | Ep. 42

A priest and a mortician walk into a podcast. Amen, and subscribe.First up on the pitch, Marcelo Balboa. former U.S. Men's National Team defender and World Cup alum (1990, 1994, 1998), stops by at the top to break down the World Cup — including dark horse teams, hacky sack's unlikely comeback, and why the US needs to get to the quarterfinal, minimum. Then, Father Tom Hurley and funeral director...

04 June 2026

Operation Schvitz: Mitch Rosen on Running Chicago Sports Radio | The Pat McGann Show Ep. 41

Taking a page out of Mitch Rosen’s book, this episode was posted at 3am. (But don’t worry, we scheduled it for 9:03am). The VP of Odyssey Sports and architect of 670 The Score joins Pat and Dwayne to talk about building one of the most iconic sports radio brands in the country. The origin story alone is worth it, a 12-year-old from Skokie writes a fan letter to an overnight DJ and ends up...

29 May 2026

Plan B Banger: A Career & Podcast Retrospective w/ Pat McGann & Tom Bambara | Ep. 40

40 days and 40 nights? This podcast hit 40 episodes in under a year. The Lord had other plans for our guest, so we pivoted. Consider this episode an act of faith.For the milestone episode, producer Tom flips the script and puts Pat in the hot seat for a full career retrospective. From his first open mic at Chicago and Halsted, to hosting at Zanies, getting fired into full-time comedy, and walking...