Out Chicago (Featured Interviews)
Here are featured interviews from "Out Chicago" (Sundays from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Central on WCPT Chicago). Scott Duff and Ellen Miller invite you to spend Sunday brunch with your gay best friends! Each week on "Out Chicago" they tackle today’s headlines from a queer perspective and focus on the accomplishments of the vibrant LGBTQ community in Chicago and across the globe. Scott Duff is an OUT AND PROUD comic, actor and activist who performs throughout Chicagoland and around the country. Ellen Miller is an OUT AND PROUD accomplished musician who has had successful careers in the fields of radio advertising, and real estate. "Out Chicago" is Chicago's only live broadcast for the LGBTQ community!
Episodes
Scott and Ellen are joined by Tracy Baim, co-founder and owner of Windy City Times. She talked about “Windy City Times @40: Breaking News. Breaking Silence," a new exhibit that opens May 30 at Gerber/Hart Library and Archives. The exhibit features digitized archives from the 1980s, including never-before-seen photos from events like the 1987 March on Washington and an AIDS research benefit at the Chicago Theatre.
Baim h...
Chicago-based musician, drummer and songwriter Spencer Tweedy joins Scott and Ellen in studio.
He talked about his upcoming May 30 show at the First Church of Chicago. It will benefit Chicago's Brave Space Alliance, which provides services, programs, and an affirming space where trans and LGBQ+ people are centered.
Tweedy, who has performed and recorded with his dad, Jeff Tweedy of Wilco, and toured with Grammy-nominated ...
Scott and Ellen are joined by Will Wilhelm, co-creator/performer in “Gender Play, or what you Will,” playing through May 24 at the Steppenwolf.
Catch “Out Chicago” Sundays from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Central on WCPT (heartlandsignal.com/programs/out-chicago).
Support the show: https://heartlandsignal.com/wcpt820/schedule/
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Scott and Ellen are joined by Chicago Ald. Leni Manaa-Hoppenworth of the 48th Ward, which includes Edgewater and Uptown. She talked about the passage of the Green Social Housing ordinance, which aims to expand affordable housing in Chicago without relying on federal subsidies. The initiative uses $135 million from a $2.1 billion bond to fund housing and economic development and targets a mix of about 70 percent market-rate and...
Scott and guest co-host Tania Richard are joined by Jaylon C. Crump, starring as the messenger god Hermes in the North American Tour of the 2019 Tony Award winner for Best Musical, "Hadestown." It's playing at Chicago's CIBC Theatre through May 18.
Catch “Out Chicago” Sundays from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Central on WCPT (heartlandsignal.com/programs/out-chicago).
Scott and guest co-host Tania Richard are joined by art historian Jonathan Katz, curator of Wrightwood 659's new exhibit "The First Homosexuals: The Birth of a New Identity 1869-1939." It features over 300 works of art from 40 countries.
Catch “Out Chicago” Sundays from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Central on WCPT (heartlandsignal.com/programs/out-chicago).
Scott and Ellen are joined by John Parker and Jim Pounds of “The Gaily Show,” now airing weeknights from 8:00 to 9:00 p.m. Central on WCPT.
Catch “Out Chicago” Sundays from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Central on WCPT (heartlandsignal.com/programs/out-chicago).
Support the show: https://heartlandsignal.com/wcpt820/schedule/
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Ellen Miller is joined by guest co-host Kathy Voltmer (in for Scott) and they talk here to Kim Swinton and Linda Martin from the band Vintage Blonde Chicago.
Catch “Out Chicago” Sundays from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Central on WCPT (heartlandsignal.com/programs/out-chicago).
Support the show: https://heartlandsignal.com/wcpt820/schedule/
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Ellen Miller is joined by guest co-host Kathy Voltmer (in for Scott) and they talk here to mortgage broker and playwright Shimmy Braun on the world premiere, in London’s West End, of his new work, “Faygele.”
Catch “Out Chicago” Sundays from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Central on WCPT (heartlandsignal.com/programs/out-chicago).
Scott and Ellen are joined by Alderperson Dina Nina Martinez-Rutherford, the first trans person elected to Madison Common Council. On April 1st she was elected to a second term, despite having suspended her campaign earlier in 2025.
Martinez-Rutherford talked about the work she does to create broader acceptance of transgender people, describing herself as "just a person with a heart and needs just like everyone else, and it's...
Scott and Ellen are joined by Illinois State Senator Sara Feigenholtz, who discussed her journey into public service and highlighted Illinois' protections for vulnerable communities, including LGBTQ+ rights and reproductive freedom. Feigenholtz also stressed the importance of supporting adoption and child welfare initiatives.
Catch “Out Chicago” Sundays from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Central on WCPT (heartlandsignal...
Scott and Ellen are joined by Carolyn Pinta of the Buffalo Grove Pride Parade, where Scott and Ellen will serve as honored grand marshals and host live from Buffalo Grove, Sunday, June 1st.
Catch “Out Chicago” Sundays from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Central on WCPT (heartlandsignal.com/programs/out-chicago).
Support the show: https://heartlandsignal.com/wcpt820/schedule/
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Scott and Ellen are joined by David Cerda, artistic director of Hell in a Handbag Productions and playwright of “Scary Town,” running April 9-May 11 at The Clutch, 4335 N. Western Ave. in Chicago.
Catch “Out Chicago” Sundays from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Central on WCPT (heartlandsignal.com/programs/out-chicago).
Support the show: https://heartlandsignal.com/wcpt820/schedule/
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Scott and Ellen are joined by Silas Leslie, advocacy and community engagement manager for Chicago Therapy Collective.
Catch “Out Chicago” Sundays from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Central on WCPT (heartlandsignal.com/programs/out-chicago).
Support the show: https://heartlandsignal.com/wcpt820/schedule/
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Scott and Ellen are joined by Abhijeet, celebrated drag artist and self-proclaimed “Bollywood Barbie,” one of the creative forces behind the Steppenwolf’s Dream Devis (April 4-13), a queer celebration of the feminine archetype in Indian cinema and an exploration of worshipping and being worshiped.
Catch “Out Chicago” Sundays from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Central on WCPT (heartlandsignal.com/program...
Scott and Ellen are joined by Megan Carney, artistic director at About Face Theatre, on ReGeneration Studio 2025 at the Goodman, March 28-30.
Catch “Out Chicago” Sundays from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Central on WCPT (heartlandsignal.com/programs/out-chicago).
Support the show: https://heartlandsignal.com/wcpt820/schedule/
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Scott and Ellen talk to Asher McMaher, executive director of Trans Up Front Illinois; the group is partnering with Indivisible Chicago on the Rally for Trans Visibility, Sunday, March 30th at Federal Plaza in Chicago.
Catch “Out Chicago” Sundays from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Central on WCPT (heartlandsignal.com/programs/out-chicago).
Support the show: https://heartlandsignal.com/wcpt820/schedule/
See omnystudio.c...
Scott and Ellen are joined by Royce Vavrek, librettist of "The Listeners," on stage at the Lyric Opera of Chicago March 30-April 11.
Catch “Out Chicago” Sundays from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Central on WCPT (heartlandsignal.com/programs/out-chicago).
Support the show: https://heartlandsignal.com/wcpt820/schedule/
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Scott and Ellen talk to Clare Kennedy McLaughlin, who stars as Céline Dion in “Titanique,” a parody of the film "Titanic" set to Céline Dion's music. It features an all-Chicago cast and is being presented by Porchlight Music Theatre in association with Broadway In Chicago. "Titanique" opens March 25th at the Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place.
McLaughlin discussed the challenges of portraying Cé...
Scott and Ellen talk to Rabbi David Chapman of Congregation Beth Shalom in Northbrook, who discussed his journey from theater director to rabbi, influenced by his rediscovery of Judaism and involvement with Congregation Beit Simchat Torah in New York City.
Chapman reported an increase in congregation involvement and membership since the October 7, 2022 Hamas-led attack on Israel.
"The reality is that people have have rea...
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