The Dr. Ken Podcast
Formerly CFRCast - The Dr. Ken Podcast covers sports and sports radio discussion as well as national stories, current events, TV & Movies, and the various weird stories of the week as seen through the weird hosts of the week. Talk focuses on the Bears, Bulls, White Sox, Cubs, and Illinois college sports (we might even talk Blackhawks hockey) as well as the happenings at 670 The Score, WSCR, and ESPN Radio Chicago, WMVP. Read more at www.DrKenCast.com
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DKP 032 - Welcome Comrades!
04/26/2021
DKP 032 - Welcome Comrades!
Dr. Ken and Chus tackle the Housing market, updates on Dr. Ken's pending fortune in #crypto and baseball cards, weed, and MORE! or LESS! or SOMETHING!
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DKP 031 - COVID Crypto Cards
04/19/2021
DKP 031 - COVID Crypto Cards
Dr. Ken and Chus review vaccine news, office stories, and investments from Bitcoin to Baseball.
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DKP 030 - So Let It Be Done
04/05/2021
DKP 030 - So Let It Be Done
Dr. Ken going nearly solo this week with a state of the podcast and additional grilling talk, a review of different type of @lagunitasT beverage, and a special archive segment with friend of the podcast Frank that really explodes.
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DKP 029 - Covvine
03/29/2021
DKP 029 - Covvine
Chus and I prepare everyone for the upcoming grilling season.
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DKP 028 - Don't Suffer in Silence
03/22/2021
DKP 028 - Don't Suffer in Silence
We are joined once again by Dr. Ken Podcast Entertainment Expert - Zack! We discuss the current state of movies, reviews, and theaters as seen through the lens of @foundfootage and @redlettermedia.
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DKP 027 - The Mic is ON
03/15/2021
DKP 027 - The Mic is ON
We are joined again by Dr. Ken Entertainment Expert - Zack! We discuss COVID vaccine procedures, some impromptu Dr. Ken News, and recent movies and TV reviews.
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DKP 026 - Ask Dr. Ken!
03/08/2021
DKP 026 - Ask Dr. Ken!
Welcome back! Chus and I put a wrap on the open questions / comments from the previous CFR Cast in today's episode with a rant-abulous round of Ask Dr. Ken!
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DKP 025 - WOO!!!
03/01/2021
DKP 025 - WOO!!!
New guest host Peeps joins the podcast to discuss the difficulty of snow removal and packzis (pros and cons).
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DKP 024 - Speakin' Good with Dr. Ken
02/22/2021
DKP 024 - Speakin' Good with Dr. Ken
Weekly discussion of sports, entertainment, politics and all other topics are on the table from Dr. Ken and a cadre of cohosts.
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CFR 023 - A Good 49 Seconds
02/01/2021
CFR 023 - A Good 49 Seconds
COMING IN EARLY 2021 - The relaunch of the podcast is at hand. Dr. Ken hosts a teaser on some of the technical demos Chus and I have been doing to work with this new-fangled 2021 technology. There are changes ahead for the CFR cast so stay tuned. Until we launch fully in the next few weeks, get your feeds ready for non-stop Dr. Ken. It's good to be back.
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CFR 022 - I'd Like To Meet Julia Child
10/09/2017
CFR 022 - I'd Like To Meet Julia Child
And we're back with JORR and I discussing some of the local music scene. Also a shoutout to WILL-TV, the PBS station in Urbana that is to blame for this podcast. Stick around to the end to hear an amazing song about our favorite French chef courtesy of JORR and his band Hazardous Youth. Find us on iTunes and leave a review or catch us at . Shoot us an email contribution at . Be a Viking and call in to the voicemail line at 331-251-1072. Thanks for listening.
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CFR 021 - Peoria Math
07/24/2017
CFR 021 - Peoria Math
Join the conversation at www.chicagofanatics.com or follow us on Twitter @CFRCast or shoot us an email at [email protected].
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CFR Movies 003 - Star Trek: The WRank of Khen
06/25/2017
CFR Movies 003 - Star Trek: The WRank of Khen
Resident Movie & Entertainment expert Wheaton Zack rejoins the podcast for a very special one-off movie ranking of the following films - Star Trek: The Motion Picture Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan Star Trek III: The Search for Spock Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home Star Trek V: The Final Frontier Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country Star Trek: Generations Star Trek: First Contact Star Trek: Insurrection Star Trek: Nemesis Star Trek Star Trek Into Darkness Star Trek Beyond Yes, I feel very nerdy. It's good stuff, though, you should listen. Join the conversation at or follow us on Twitter @CFMBCast or shoot us an email at . Until next time, have a great decade!!
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CFR 020 - The Danny Parkins Project
06/15/2017
CFR 020 - The Danny Parkins Project
Danny Parkins joins the podcast in a No-Holds-Barred free for all. As a Mid-Day host for WSCR / 670 The Score - he shares his opinions on the state of sports radio today and the best ways to address important news stories as they happen. I'd give a breakdown but, no need. You should listen to all of it. Also, other stuff. Join the conversation at Please leave a rating or review on iTunes for Chicago Fanatics Review. You can email us at or follow us on Twitter @CFMBCast Until next time, have an undetermined amount of time, Thanks for listening.
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CFR 019 - The Devil Prefers Ketchup
06/12/2017
CFR 019 - The Devil Prefers Ketchup
Wheaton Zack joins the podcast to discuss a bit more doxxing and summer movie blockbusters. 00:00 - Intro 01:51 - What Are We Drinking? 07:16 - How Was Your Week? / A History of Doxxing (yeah, we went back to it) 30:06 - Summer Movie Preview - Wonder Woman / Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.2 / Marvel / DC / General Superhero movies 1:00:46 Outro Join the conversation at . Please leave a rating or review on iTunes for Chicago Fanatics Review. You can email us at or follow us on Twitter @CFMBCast. Until next time, have a great period of time. Thanks for listening.
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CFR 018 - Dude, Where's My Car Keys
06/05/2017
CFR 018 - Dude, Where's My Car Keys
Chus rejoins the "weekly" podcast for Cubs, Sox, Doxxing, and Ask Chus. Bonus discussion on the best rock BAND singers of all time. OF ALL TIME. Also, a bit of Star Trek history. 00:00 - Intro 02:39 - What Are We Drinking / How Was Your Week (past 45 minutes)? 17:25 - Cubs / Sox / Hawk Harrelson 30:33 - Doxxing 44:57 - Ask Chus / Rock Band Singers / Random Garbage 1:09:08 - Outro Join the conversation at . Please leave a rating or review on iTunes for Chicago Fanatics Review. You can reach out to us on Twitter @CFMBCast or send us an email at Until next time, have a great week (or two).
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CFR 017 - Just Kind of Negative
05/22/2017
CFR 017 - Just Kind of Negative
Join us this week as Juice's Lecture Notes joins the program for the first time - looking and sounding like a professional as we discuss the Chicago Cubs, WSCR 670 The Score, Matt Abbatacola, and what it is like to break into the radio / communication business. 00:00 - Intro 02:17 - What Are We Drinking? 09:00 - How Was Your Multiple Weeks? 17:22 - Kyle Schwarber / Joe Maddon / The Cubs 39:32 - 670 The Score / Drinky / DiCaro / Twitter Trolls 1:07:33 - Juice on breaking into broadcasting 1:20:28 - Outro Join the conversation at , follow us on Twitter @CFMBCast, or email us at . Please head out to iTunes and tell us how bad we suck and leave a review. Juice can also be heard on The K&P Show podcast. Check them out on iTunes. Enjoy the podcast and we will see you again soon!
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CFR 016 - The Lost Bad Episode
04/22/2017
CFR 016 - The Lost Bad Episode
Join us this week as I sort of explain the hiatus and provide a "LOST EPISODE" of a podcast I was going to release but thought it was not good enough to do so. But, I'm still going to do it anyway. Enjoy. 00:00 - Special Drunk Announcement 00:45 - Intro 03:45 - What Are We Drinking? 04:32 - Weekly Recap - Brockmire on IFC 07:10 - Ask Dr. Ken 18:42 - Outro Join the community at or email us at or on Twitter @CFMBCast. Have a great week!!!
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CFR 015 - Interestingly Dank
03/27/2017
CFR 015 - Interestingly Dank
A first for Chicago Fanatics Review - a three man booth as Ugie and Frank join me to discuss The Masters, Cubs and White Sox broadcast teams, and various definitions of candy bars. Also, a special programming note to start. This is the episode with so many potential titles that I just couldn't decide. You were realclose to "A Tornado of Arrogance". PROGRAMMING NOTE - No podcast next week but Dr. Ken Bond will return in two weeks. 00:00 - Special Programming Note 00:25 - Intro/How Was Your Week? 08:27 - The Masters Preview 31:47 - White Sox & Cubs Broadcasters discussion 51:00 - Candy "Bar" free-for-all 1:06:15 - Outro If you enjoyed this, God Help You, but please support us by leaving a rating or review on iTunes or you can always reach out to us at or on Twitter @CFMBCast. Have a great 2 weeks.
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CFR 014 - Ramble On
03/21/2017
CFR 014 - Ramble On
Couple things going on this week. I did a little solo action leading into Ugie and I talking golf and Chus and I discussing how we met our wives In between there's some March Madness discussion and thoughts about "The Jewels". 00:00 - Intro / What Are (Am I) Drinking? 01:45 - How Was Your Week? Solo Rambling. 05:19 - Spiegel & Parkins 07:35 - Various March Madness discussions 14:20 - Ugie has good golf thoughts - Dr. Ken has rambling golf thoughts. 34:12 - Chus joins me to discuss how we met our wives - Dr. Ken gets too real for a minute and then we get back to it.... 45:43 - Outro... Help out the podcast if you can by going to iTunes and leaving a Rating or Review to help us out with the search results. Or, you can always get in touch by emailing us at or on Twitter @CFMBCast. Have a great week!
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CFR 013 - Pro and Anti-Sauce
03/13/2017
CFR 013 - Pro and Anti-Sauce
Hello again, welcome back, this week Frank Coztansa joins us for the first time to discuss retail theft, Mike Glennon and the Chicago Bears, some post-game from last week, and the best fast food items in America. 00:00 - Intro 04:02 - How Was Your Week? 14:45 - Last Week Post-Game 28:39 - Super Bears! Super Bowl! Jim Harbaugh vs. Erik Kramer 41:35 - Best Fast Food in America 70:20 - Outro Help out the podcast and leave a review on iTunes or shoot us an email at or on Twitter @CFMBCast. Have a great week.
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CFR 012 - The Perfect Podcast
03/08/2017
CFR 012 - The Perfect Podcast
It's a Cavalcade of Stars to make up for last week's lack of podcast. I am joined by The Bandit, Ugie, and Nas to discuss Board (Bored) History - are Men smarter than Women, is MacGyver good-looking, and so much more. 00:00 - Intro 01:25 - What are we drinking? 04:07 - Are men smarter than women? 12:30 - J-Nice / Chicago Gabe & MacGyver / SNL talk 25:10 - '80s Clip Show - Board History w/Ugie (remastered and including never released footage!!) 42:19 - Nas gives us "The Rest of The Story" Outro Come join the community at or email me at . Find us on Twitter @CFMBCast and join us again next week at Chicago Fanatics Review for more weird stuff.
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CFR 011 - The Mac Conspiracy
02/20/2017
CFR 011 - The Mac Conspiracy
While Dan McNeil is "on vacation", Chus rejoins us to discuss the current state of Chicago radio and dip into some conspiracy theories. 00:00 - Intro / What Are We Drinking 04:39 - How Was Your Week? 09:13 - The Dan McNeil podcast recap 18:00 - Reviews on Parkins & Spiegel and your doorman hitting on your girlfriend 31:08 - Conspiracy Theories 57:04 - Outro - I remembered the name of the podcast. Come join the community at or contact the podcast at or on Twitter @CFMBCast. Join us next week at Chicago Fanatics Review. Have a great week! http://chicagofanatics.libsyn.com/
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CFR 010 - Name Dropping with Dan McNeil
02/13/2017
CFR 010 - Name Dropping with Dan McNeil
Chicago Radio Legend, Dan McNeil joins the podcast to discuss the Bulls, Chicago Blackhawks hockey, the current state of Chicago sports radio - ESPN / MVP 1000 - WSCR, Sportsradio 670 The Score, and random stuff. I'd give a breakdown but we basically shotgun sports media. Join the conversation at or on Twitter at @CFMBCast or find some weird conversations at . Have a great week!
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CFR 009 - Insert Team Name Here
02/06/2017
CFR 009 - Insert Team Name Here
Join us this week as Ugie returns and shares some thoughts on dining option in Jefferson City, MO, professional Heineken drinking, Super Bowl, Patriots, TV, Movies, Saturday Night Live, and more. Is Indiana Jones and The Temple of Doom discussed again? It sure is. 00:00 - Intro / What Are We Drinking? 05:56 - How Was Your Week? 11:07 - Super Bowl discussion / Patriots / Brady / Garoppolo & The Chicago Bears 22:13 - Movies / TV / Saturday Night Live hosts 49:40 - Sign Off - Will Dr. Ken forget both the name of his podcast and its email address? SPOILER ALERT - He will. Come join the community at ChicagoFanatics.com or contact the podcast at or on Twitter @CFMBCast. Have a great week! Join us next week potentially for something special. PROGRAMMING NOTE - Going forward, we will be releasing the podcast on Tuesday mornings. I continue to be serious.
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CFR 008 - BREAKING NEWS
01/30/2017
CFR 008 - BREAKING NEWS
Join us this week as the boss shows up, Nas is here to discuss high school choices, the Super Bowl, Cubs/Sox, the Bulls, and some BREAKING NEWS. 00:00-04:22 - Intro / What Are We Drinking? 04:22-08:48 - How Was Your Week? 08:48-25:15 - Super Bowl discussion which, of course, leads to Cubs/Sox 25:15-38:57 - DWade, Jimmy Butler, and THE BULL 38:57-49:09 - BREAKING NEWS - not podcast related... 49:09-END - Sign Off Come join the community at ChicagoFanatics.com or contact the podcast at or on Twitter @CFMBCast. Have a great week! PROGRAMMING NOTE - Going forward, we will be releasing the podcast on Tuesday mornings. I'm serious.
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CFR 007 - A View To A Grill
01/24/2017
CFR 007 - A View To A Grill
The flu has ravaged the podcast. Join Chus and I as we discuss our favorite grilling/smoking methods. Also, a primer on pea production. There's a lot going on. I couldn't pass up the 007 label without a Bond reference.
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CFR 006 - 50 Touches of Grey
01/16/2017
CFR 006 - 50 Touches of Grey
Chus rejoins us on short notice to discuss Dr. Ken's poor NFL Playoff analysis, the Grateful Dead, Phish, bad insurance, Porkins, and all kinds of other stuff. PROGRAMMING NOTE - The podcast will be released on Tuesdays going forward. I'm serious.
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CFR 005 - It's A Brent, Brent, Brent, Brent World
01/09/2017
CFR 005 - It's A Brent, Brent, Brent, Brent World
Chus rejoins us and all paths lead back to Brent Musburger as we discuss the NFL Playoffs, Gambling, Great NFL QBs, Twitter, and a host of other topics. Programming Note - the podcast release schedule will be changing to Tuesday mornings going forward. Hope you can find time to listen. Email us at or on Twitter @CFMBCast and don't forget to check out all the happenings at . Have a great week!
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CFR 004 - Ugie Only Lives Twice
12/29/2016
CFR 004 - Ugie Only Lives Twice
Ugie rejoins us along with a special guest for a special year-end edition to review some of the happenings at Chicagofanatics.com in 2016. Tales of secret meetings, board police, and pregnant sporting events...and there is champagne. Don't forget to join us again in 2017 when our regular schedule resumes with discussion on all things Chicago sports, radio, and entertainment. Have a Great New Year and see you in 2017! Credit to: TimmySean on YouTube for the opening and closing music.
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