Out Chicago (Featured Interviews)
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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...
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WCPT 820 Interview: Cameron Esposito
Scott Duff and Ellen Miller are joined by Cameron Esposito, award-winning comic whose new comedic solo show, “FEAT,” is debuting at the Steppenwolf Oc...
WCPT 820 Interview: Morgan Fox
Scott Duff and Ellen Miller are joined by Morgan Fox for a conversation about Reeling 2025: The 43rd Chicago LGBTQ+ International Film Festival, which...
Out Chicago September 21 2025
On this week's show:
– Cameron Esposito, award-winning comic whose new comedic solo show, “FEAT,” is debuting at the Steppenwolf October 3 and 4...
WCPT 820 Interview: Cameron Rasdaal-Monro and Rikki Beadle-Blair
Scott Duff and Ellen Miller are joined by “Gangsta Baby” playwright and actor Cameron Rasdaal-Monro and director Rikki Beadle-Blair. Open Space Arts i...
WCPT 820 Interview: Jeffrey McHale
Scott Duff and Ellen Miller are joined by Jeffrey McHale, director of “It’s Dorothy,” playing Sunday, September 21, as the Documentary Centerpiece of ...
WCPT 820 Interview: Rob Lindley with Anthony Hudson and Claire Kaplan
Scott Duff and guest co-host Ken Mejia-Beal are joined by (Queer) Sacred Space Salon's curator and creator Rob Lindley, with special guests Anthony Hu...
WCPT 820 Interview: Countess Luann de Lesseps
Scott Duff and guest co-host Ken Mejia-Beal talk to Countess Luann de Lesseps, who brings her show "Marry F Kill" to Chicago's Vic Theatre, Saturday,...
WCPT 820 Interview: Channyn Lynne Parker
Scott Duff and Ellen Miller are joined by Channyn Lynne Parker, CEO of Equality Illinois.
Catch “Out Chicago” Sundays from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p....
WCPT 820 Interview: Ellen Krug
Scott Duff and Ellen Miller are joined by Ellen Krug, trans activist, lawyer, author of “Getting to Ellen: A Memoir about Love, Honesty and Gender Cha...
WCPT 820 Interview: Jess Levine
Scott Duff and Ellen Miller are joined by Jess Levine, associate director of Camper Experience for Action Camp.
Catch “Out Chicago” Sundays from...
WCPT 820 Interview: Anjali Bhimani
Scott Duff and Ellen Miller are joined by Anjali Bhimani of “Dungeons & Dragons The Twenty-Sided Tavern,” now playing at Broadway in Chicago’s Broadwa...
WCPT 820 Interview: Alison Gash
Scott Duff and Ellen Miller are joined by Alison Gash, professor of political science at the University of Oregon, contributor to The Washington Month...
WCPT 820 Interview: Susie Toot
Scott Duff and Ellen Miller are joined by Suzie Toot, the Queen of She Already Done Had Herses, tap dancing star of RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 17, and...
WCPT 820 Interview: Brandon Lee Harris
Scott Duff and Ellen Miller are joined by Chicago’s very own Brandon Lee Harris, star of the multiple Tony Award®-winning musical “MJ,” returning to C...
WCPT 820 Interview: State Sen. Mike Simmons (D-IL)
Scott Duff and Ellen Miller are joined by State Sen. Mike Simmons (D-IL), candidate for Congress in the 9th District of Illinois.
Simmons emphas...
WCPT 820 Interview: Brooke Eden
Scott Duff and Ellen Miller are joined by Brooke Eden, country artist performing August 9 at Northalsted Market Days.
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WCPT 820 Interview: Sasha Velour
Scott Duff and Ellen Miller are joined by Sasha Velour, gender-fluid drag queen and visual artist performing “The Big Reveal Live Show” at Steppenwolf...
WCPT 820 Interview: William Lindsey Cochran of Great Moments in Vinyl
Scott Duff and Ellen Miller are joined by William Lindsey Cochran of Great Moments in Vinyl; they’ll be performing music of The Police August 7 at Eva...
WCPT 820 Interview: Chilina Kennedy
Scott Duff and Ellen Miller are joined by Chilina Kennedy, star of “Billie Jean,” playing through August 10 at Chicago Shakespeare Theatre.
Catc...
WCPT 820 Interview: Charles Askenaizer
Scott Duff and Ellen Miller are joined by Charles Askenaizer, director of Invictus Theatre Co Chicago’s “Angels in America,” playing through September...
WCPT 820 Interview: Michael Herrman of Chicago House
Scott Duff and Ellen Miller are joined by Michael Herrman, chief executive officer of Chicago House.
Catch “Out Chicago” Sundays from 11:00 a.m....
WCPT 820 Interview: Kristen Ford
Scott Duff and Ellen Miller talk to Kristen Ford, singer/songwriter; her new album, "Pinto," will be released 8/22/25.
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Out Chicago 07.06.25
On today's show:
- Tyler Anthony Smith, playwright and cast member in Hell in a Handbag Productions' "Queen for a Day," playing July 13-August...
WCPT's Kerry D'Auben and special guests live from the 54th Annual Chicago Pride Parade
"Hey, Kerry, who you chattin' with?"
– Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson
– Cook County Commissioner Kevin Morrison
– Illinois Governor J...
2025 PRIDE PARADE BROADCAST
Broadcasting live from Chicago's Center on Halsted, Scott Duff and Ellen Miller describe the excitement of the 54th Annual Chicago Pride Parade with s...
WCPT 820 Interview: Leah Rauch
Scott Duff and Ellen Miller are joined by Leah Rauch, education director at the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center, which is hosting autho...
WCPT 820 Interview: Tracy Baim
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 Si...
WCPT 820 Interview: Spencer Tweedy
Chicago-based musician, drummer and songwriter Spencer Tweedy joins Scott and Ellen in studio.
He talked about his upcoming May 30 show at the F...
WCPT 820 Interview: Will Wilhelm
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.
...
WCPT 820 Interview: Chicago Ald. Leni Manaa-Hoppenworth
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...
WCPT 820 Interview: Jaylon C. Crump
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...
WCPT 820 Interview: Jonathan Katz
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 B...
WCPT 820 Interview: John Parker and Jim Pounds of "The Gaily Show"
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.
Catc...
WCPT 820 Interview: Kim Swinton and Linda Martin of Vintage Blonde Chicago
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 C...
WCPT 820 Interview: Shimmy Braun
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 pr...
WCPT 820 Interview: Alderperson Dina Nina Martinez-Rutherford
Scott and Ellen are joined by Alderperson Dina Nina Martinez-Rutherford, the first trans person elected to Madison Common Council. On April 1st she wa...
WCPT 820 Interview: State Sen. Sara Feigenholtz (D-IL)
Scott and Ellen are joined by Illinois State Senator Sara Feigenholtz, who discussed her journey into public service and highlighted Illinois' protect...
WCPT 820 Interview: Buffalo Grove Pride's Carolyn Pinta
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 liv...
WCPT 820 Interview: David Cerda
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 a...
WCPT 820 Interview: Silas Leslie
Scott and Ellen are joined by Silas Leslie, advocacy and community engagement manager for Chicago Therapy Collective.
Catch “Out Chicago” Sunday...