Brian Hicks returns to The Pat McGann Show to talk Chicago comedy, brutal winter weekends, and what it’s really like running Zanies when the weather tries to shut the city down.

Pat and Brian dig into comedy club life, sold-out shows, and why winter is actually prime time for stand-up. They also get into coaching youth basketball, snow days, Fortnite “e-learning,” kids building gaming PCs, and the chaos of modern parenting.

Along the way: untethered skyscraper climbers, Super Bowl food strategy, chili debates, community dip trust issues, and why February in Chicago will be brutal this year.

A laid-back, funny conversation about comedy, family, and getting through winter one show at a time. Perfect for your commute, a long walk, or hiding indoors until spring.

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🎤 Guest: Brian Hicks

Instagram: @funnybrianhicks

Website: FunnyBrianHicks.com

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One of our all-time favorite guests is back. 🏆
Dwayne Kennedy returns to The Pat McGann Show as a charter member of the Five Timers Club, and the conversation goes everywhere.

Pat and Dwayne break down the emotional rollercoaster of Chicago Bears fandom, including that Caleb Williams play and why losing somehow still felt special. They also delve into the explosion of NFL gambling ads, sports betting culture, and how watching games has changed dramatically compared to their childhood.

From there, the conversation shifts to comedy — working clubs vs theaters, developing new material, kids' cruise ship shows, crowd work, and why the grind never really stops. Plus: Dry January confessions, Kansas City barbecue, jazz clubs, parenting wins, and why the Winter Olympics are secretly underrated.

Smart, funny, nostalgic, and exactly the kind of episode you throw on during errands, workouts, or a long Chicago winter night with no more Bears games to watch.

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🎤 Guest: Mark Giangreco
Instagram: @dwaynetkennedy

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Chicago sports broadcasting legend Mark Giangreco joins Pat for a wide-ranging, old-school conversation about the golden age of local TV — when ratings were brutal, anchors were larger than life, and everyone was trying to beat each other on the 10 o’clock news.

They discuss growing up in Buffalo, breaking into television, and landing in Chicago in the early 1980s, covering everything from the 1985 Bears to Michael Jordan in real time. Mark shares stories from the era of newsroom rivalries, on-air suspensions, insane ratings wars, and why Anchorman felt less like a comedy and more like a documentary.

The episode also gets into Chicago as a sports town, the personalities that defined local media, how journalism and broadcasting have changed, and what it was like working when millions of people actually watched the same newscast every night.

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🎤 Guest: Mark Giangreco

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New year, same podcast. This week Pat talks with mental health therapist Ben Shabad to help us make 2026 slightly less chaotic. They talk anxiety, comedy as therapy, doom-scrolling, AI therapists, and why everyone feels a little on edge right now. They also discuss the impact of phones on our brains, overdiagnosis, social isolation, and how laughter might be doing more work than we give it credit for.

Ben also won the Jeremy Allen White lookalike contest, which is not something they cover in grad school.

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🎤 Guest: Ben Shabad
Instagram: @beninsession
Website: https://therapistben.com/


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Comedian Dwayne Kennedy joins Pat for a Christmas episode covering holiday movies, cruise-ship Christmases, Home Alone Chicago lore, mall Santas, and how It’s a Wonderful Life left him with the wrong message. We talk Southside Pope Christmas, Festivus energy, and just enough cheer to enjoy and/or get through Christmas Eve Eve.

Ideal for last-minute errands or the ad breaks during Christmas Vacation. Viewer enthusiasm may vary if you’re Chevy Chase.

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🎤 Guest: Dwayne Kennedy | Instagram: @dwaynetkennedy

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Happy holidays from The Pat McGann Show! Chicago sports broadcaster Pat Boyle joins Pat McGann and comedian Dwayne Kennedy for a wide-ranging conversation on Chicago Blackhawks hockey, Connor Bedard, NHL rebuilds, and the evolution of Chicago sports media.

We dig into Pat Boyle’s time at ESPN, his role on Chicago Sports Network, and what it’s like covering a franchise where a 20-year-old star drives the offense.

Also covered: original six NHL trivia, Blackhawks history, airline pre-boarding debates, holiday party etiquette, and modern sports TV.

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🎤 Guests: Dwayne Kennedy | Instagram: @dwaynetkennedy
Pat Boyle | Instagram: @_boylepat

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Chicago royalty Robin Baumgarten drops in to talk WGN chaos, traffic-copter experiences, Catholic school PTSD, and why the town of “Lititz” will haunt her until the end of time. We cover South Side geography wars, her Tile-King father, and the words she refuses to say on TV — or anywhere else.

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for a chance at dinner & a show. Or just to tell us how you pronounce Lititz.

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🎤 Guest: Robin Baumgarten | Instagram: @WGNRobin

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Lettuce gather as Pat connects with friends and former employers, RJ & Jerrod Melman. Lotion your potato skin and stick out your broken pinky; this one will entertain you with facts and laughs. Leave a review and email us at thepatmcgannshow@tiege.com for a chance at dinner & a show!

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🎤 Guest: RJ & Jarrod Melman | Instagram: @lettuceentertainyou @rjmelman @jerrodmelman

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