Life 2.0

So, what happens when the police find a body on the railroad tracks? A million extra people flood the Chicago area expressways heading downtown (John is one of them), and then there's the unfortunate person who got...

29 years ago today, John Denver lost his life in a plane crash in Monterey Bay, California. He was just 53 years old. In the nearly three decades since his death, I have been able to put together a "connect-the-dots"...

The average cost for a family of 4 to attend Da Bears game is over $2K (tickets/parking/food/beers), which is well over the NFL average of $1400 bucks per gridiron match. Too much? Not enough? Is there an end in sight...

I can count on one hand the people who have influenced my life. Coach Frank Preo is on that list. He passed away last week at the age of 88, leaving a legacy of leadership, character, and a voice and presence that I...

So, what do John Hinkley Jr's podcast, Burt Reynolds toupee, Broderick Crawford, Chuck Connors, Case Keenum, Casey Kasem, Rudy Ruettiger, Da Bears, the NCAA, the NFL, Bill Kurtis, and George Washington Carver have in...

Thirty years ago, this past week, I walked from the little town of Rapid River, Michigan, to Chicago (where we had just moved from) with Duane Kinnart and Joe Johnson. I barely knew Duane and had never met Joe. But they...

After a two-week hiatus, Garry and John are back at it, this time dissecting John's recent foray to Egypt, his ongoing challenge with "Travelers' Gut" that was only made bearable by Dude Wipes (and a $5 tip to a guy at...

Back after a self-imposed hiatus, a 12-day trip to the African continent, and a cruise up (and down) the Nile River in Egypt. This episode could easily be titled "The Heat of Egypt" because it's the hottest place I've...

A hiatus is defined as: "a gap or interruption in space, time, or continuity; a break." And that's exactly what I'm going to do for a few weeks. But before that starts, I came across a piece of paper with words I wrote...

So, what do the rage-fest of Burning Man, the late Dolly Parton's songwriting prowess, Earth Matters with Bill Kurtis, and cryptocurrency have in common? Probably nothing, but in this episode of Saints & Sinners, GM and...

Long before NFL players had teams of trainers, nutritionists, therapists, agents, and other specialists, the dynastic Green Bay Packers of the 1960s relied on a different kind of support staff: their wives. In Lambeau...

So what do a Double Beaver, ME-TV, and live radio have to do with this episode of Saints & Sinners? As it turns out, Garry starts his day with a double dose of "Leave It to Beaver" to stay balanced in the 21st century...

I first met Dino over 30 years ago, when we were both working on a big sports memorabilia project focused on Joe DiMaggio. Selling high-end fine sports art wasn't on my dance card, but I knew there was more to this...

Have we lost our collective perspective on the rapture of being alive? Has unsocial media bent our joy factor totally out of whack? Are the billionaires (and millionaires) who live lives filled with stuff, bells and...

You might be asking yourself, "Why is John doing an episode on an office chair?" Well, if you listen, you will learn about the puzzle pieces that led to me getting a new chair called "The Vortex" have more to do with...