Out Chicago (Full Episodes)
Here are full episodes 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
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On this week's show:
– Timothy Jackson, senior director of Policy & Advocacy at AIDS Foundation Chicago
– Jeff Copeland, author of “Love You Madly, Holly Woodlawn”
– Carolyn Pinta of Buffalo Grove Pride
Catch “Out Chicago” Sundays from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Central on WCPT (heartlandsignal.com/programs/out-chicago).
On this week's show:
– Anthony Rapp, star of “Anthony Rapp: Home for the Holidays,” December 17-20 at The Joan & Paul Theatre in Chicago
– Colin Kelty, co-founder of Stars & Garters retro entertainment venue (3914 N. Clark St. in Chicago)
Catch “Out Chicago” Sundays from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Central on WCPT (heartlandsignal.com/programs/out-chicago).
On this week's show:
– Singer-songwriter Paul Williams (rebroadcast of a previous “Out Chicago” interview)
– Christopher Pazdernik, Jeff Award-winning director and producer, and managing director of Season of Concern, an organization founded in 1987 to support Chicago theater practitioners afflicted with AIDS and AIDS-related illnesses; today they act as the short-term emergency fund for Chicago&r...
On this week's show:
– Asher McMaher, executive director of Trans Up Front IL
– Tara Mallen, artistic director of Rivendell Theatre Ensemble, on their 30th anniversary season and December 9 benefit screening of “Ghostlight”
– Paul Oakley Stovall of Writers Theatre, which is performing “As You Like It” through December 14
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On this week's show:
– Karen Reitan, president and CEO of the Public Health Institute of Metropolitan Chicago
– Lesley Ann Warren, Oscar and Golden Globe nominee, who is hosting “Clue: The Movie 40th Anniversary Screening,” November 16 at Chicago’s Studebaker Theater
– Russell Thomas of Lyric Opera of Chicago; he is currently appearing in “Cavalleria rusticana & Pagl...
On this week's show:
– John Waters
– Chase Glenn, new executive director of the GenderCool Project
– Tim Rhoze and Bria Walker-Rhoze of “The Baldwin|Giovanni Experience,” which will have its world premier at Fleetwood-Jourdain Theatre in Evanston, November 1-16
Catch “Out Chicago” Sundays from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Central on WCPT (heartlandsignal.com/programs/out-chica...
On this week's show:
– Jess Wilcox, curator of Wrightwood 659’s “Scott Burton: Shape Shift,” a comprehensive look at artist Scott Burton, who blurred the boundaries between art and design, identity and public space
– Marielle Kraft, indie-pop singer-songwriter who performs at Schubas Tavern in Chicago on October 23; her new, debut album is “The Right People Will Love You”
On this week's show:
– Kathy Tholin, chair of the Indivisible Chicago Alliance
– Miz Cracker, RuPaul’s Drag Race star, who returns to Chicagoland with an all-new Halloween spectacular, Crack-O-Lantern: Things that Scare Me, 10/25
– Eileen Dixon, director/co-adapter of Redtwist Theatre’s “Chicago: Queerly Adapted From The Play You’ve Never Heard Of That Inspired The Musica...
On this week's show:
– Madison Alderperson Dina Nina Martinez-Rutherford, 2026 candidate for Wisconsin Assembly
– Jessica Esquivel, Ph.D., co-founder of Oyanova Enterprises
– Sasha Velour, gender-fluid drag queen and visual artist
– Alison Gash, professor of political science at the University of Oregon, contributor to The Washington Monthly, and co-founder/pres...
On this week's show:
– John Parker and Jim Pounds, co-hosts of "The Gaily Show" on WCPT 820
– JJ Niemann, star of "Catch Me If You Can," playing at the Marriott Theatre through October 19
– Jen Kober, actor and comedian; she plays Zanies Rosemont October 1
Catch “Out Chicago” Sundays from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Central on WCPT (heartlandsignal.com/programs/out-chicago).
On this week's show:
– “Gangsta Baby” playwright and actor Cameron Rasdaal-Monro and director Rikki Beadle-Blair. Open Space Arts is presenting the American premiere of the London hit September 19-October 5.
– Jeffrey McHale, director of “It’s Dorothy,” playing Sunday, September 21, as the Documentary Centerpiece of Reeling 2025: The Chicago LGBTQ+ International Film Festiva...
Scott Duff is joined by guest co-host Ken Mejia-Beal and their guests are:
– Ceramic artists and community organizers Lesley Bevan and Susan McBride; they talk about Pots to the People: Seconds for the First Amendment, happening Saturday, September 13th from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
– Countess Luann de Lesseps, who brings her show "Marry F Kill" to Chicago's Vic Theatre, Saturday, September 13th at 7:30 p.m.
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On this week's show:
– Channyn Lynne Parker, CEO of Equality Illinois
– Ellen Krug, trans activist, lawyer, author of "Getting to Ellen: A Memoir about Love, Honesty and Gender Change" and "Being Ellen: A Second Chance at Life"
– Hayley Rice, artistic director of Babes with Blades Theatre Company, which presents the Fighting Words Festival, September 6-7 and September 13-14
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On this week's show:
– Alison Gash, professor of political science at the University of Oregon, contributor to The Washington Monthly, and co-founder/president of OurSchool, a nurturing and creative anti-racist space for LGBTQ+ young people
– Anjali Bhimani of “Dungeons & Dragons The Twenty-Sided Tavern,” now playing at Broadway in Chicago’s Broadway Playhouse at...
On this week's show:
– Chicago’s very own Brandon Lee Harris, star of the multiple Tony Award®-winning musical “MJ,” returning to Chicago for a run at the Nederlander Theatre, August 12-31
– Suzie Toot, tap dancing star of RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 17, the Queen of She Already Done Had Herses, and the star of the queer horror film “Big Easy Queens”
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On this week's show, Scott Duff is joined by guest co-host Tania Richard and their guests are:
- Allie N. Steve Mullen of "Dear Steve . . . It's Allie," a "a theatrical autobiography told with songs and stories and pictures," at The Steppenwolf August 8 and 9
- Griffin Binnicker, cast member in "Parade," Aug 5-17 at CIBC Theatre
- Jonathan "Jojo" Alsberry and Michael Anderson of Dance For Life 2025, "a one-of-a-kind annual...
On this week's show:
– State Sen. Mike Simmons (D-IL), candidate for Congress in the 9th District of Illinois
– Sasha Velour, gender-fluid drag queen and visual artist performing “The Big Reveal Live Show” at Steppenwolf, August 1-3
– Brooke Eden, country artist performing August 9 at Northalsted Market Days
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On this week's show:
– Chilina Kennedy, star of "Billie Jean," playing through August 10 at Chicago Shakespeare Theatre
– William Lindsey Cochran of Great Moments in Vinyl; they'll be performing music of The Police August 7 at Evanston SPACE.
Catch “Out Chicago” Sundays from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Central on WCPT (heartlandsignal.com/programs/out-chicago).
On this week's show:
- Caleb Mathura, cast member of "Always Something There . . ." at the Marriott Theatre through August 10
- Charles Askenaizer, director of Invictus Theatre Co Chicago's "Angels in America," playing through September 7
- Michael Herrman, chief executive officer of Chicago House
Catch “Out Chicago” Sundays from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Central on WCPT (heartlandsignal.com/programs/out-chicago)...
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