The ROAR Podcast Series

This week on Booze Newz, we’re heading to Tasmania to talk with Master Distiller Heather Tillott about Sullivans Cove — the distillery that became the first outside Scotland or Japan to win World’s Best Single Malt. How did a tiny operation in Cambridge turn patience, evolving core releases, and rare single casks into one of the […]

Jim Bob Morris and Dane Neal are joined by Bloomington Illinois’ Brandon Holtz as he gets ready for the 2026 Masters. Hear as Brandon shares his journey from Illinois State basketball to real estate, then winning the Mid-Amateur Championship and now making history at iconic Augusta. Listen as Jim Bob and Brandon go over the […]

Jim Bob Morris joins Dane Neal on WGN Radio to share excitement around the Final Four. Hear as Jim Bob fills us in on his friend Brad Underwood as he gets ready to coach the Illinois Fighting Illini in the biggest game of his career and the most important for Illinois since 2005. Jim Bob […]

Social media did what doctors wouldn’t. Telehealth did what insurance ignored. Now there’s a nationwide hormone shortage. Can tech fix it again — or did we already use up our miracle? This is a story of tech fixing something very broken. Then “the system” breaking it again. Menopause. The Change. Cougar Puberty. Whatever you want […]

“I tell you guys how to be less addicted to your phones, get more out of your life — and I feel so broken right now.” That’s me — a consumer tech journalist who has spent nearly 20 years telling you exactly how not to let your phone run your life. Now I’m coming clean. […]

In this episode, Hudson Lindenberger sits down with Tony Salles, third-generation Master Distiller of El Tequileño, to talk about how his family’s tequila brand is helping change the way people think about tequila. We discuss his deep family roots in the industry, why El Tequileño has only ever made its own tequila, and how traditional […]

Forbes Spirits writer and Host of Booze Newz joins Dane Neal live on WGN Radio. Hear as Hudson shares the travel and adventure of his life these days and the current trip “Down Under” in Australia, New Zealand and Tasmania. Dane and David Hammond in studio ask Hudson what he is seeing and tasting and […]

Recurring guest, Andrew Yang is back — and he’s not pulling punches. In this wide-ranging, deeply honest conversation, Jenn sits down with Yang to talk about the forces reshaping our lives right now: AI, money, power, politics, and what happens when technology moves faster than our institutions can handle. This isn’t a campaign speech or a […]

The IRS is using it. So are many filers. Here’s what you need to know. “I am more concerned about the IRS having really bad AI than I am about our tax software having decent AI. The IRS and AI—what could possibly go wrong?” That’s the question driving this episode of Techishly Jenn. Tax season […]

Blackhawks legend, Olympic Silver medalist and NHL Hall of Famer, Jeremy Roenick joins Jim Bob Morris and Dane Neal on WGN Radio. Hear as Jeremy shares his experience and the impact of being a part of the patriotic pageantry that is the Olympic Games. Listen as Jeremy breaks down the U.S. Women’s team and how […]