The ALL NEW Big Wakeup Call with Ryan Gatenby

Updated: 21 Aug 2025 • 394 episodes
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Ryan Gatenby chats with actors, authors, athletes, comedians, musicians, and experts in their field in each episode featuring selected interviews from the popular "The Big Wakeup Call" radio program.

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21 Aug 2025 • EN

Juliette Faye

Send us a text Juliette Faye is the bestselling author of 8 novels, including City of Flickering Light and the USA TODAY bestseller The Tumbling Turner Sisters. We discussed her new book, The Harvey Girls, including how the book has a Chicago connection.

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Send us a text Dylan Thuras, cofounder and creative director of Atlas Obscura, and Jennifer Swanson, an award-winning children’s author of more than forty-five nonfiction and fiction books, called in for an entertaining chat about their new book The Atlas Obscura Explorer’s Guide to Inventing the World.

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14 Aug 2025 • EN

Andie Lee Gonzalez

Send us a text As we find ourselves in the middle of another serious heatwave, with temperatures in the mid-90s and high humidity, I"m joined by Dr. Andie Lee Gonzalez, a registered dietitian with nearly 15 years of nutrition and public health experience. Dr. Gonzalez shared important summer hydration tips and resource

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12 Aug 2025 • EN

Tucker Perkins

Send us a text It"s almost back-to-school time! Tucker Perkins, president and chief executive officer for the Propane Education & Research Council, returned to the show to chat about how students can have a safer, healthier ride to school that also benefits teachers, parents, and the community.

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07 Aug 2025 • EN

Candace Bushnell

Send us a text Candace Bushnell joined the show for a chat about her new book "Is There Still Sex in the City?" (From 8-30-19)

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05 Aug 2025 • EN

Gavin Edwards

Send us a text Gavin Edwards is the author of “Kindness and Wonder:  Why Mister Rogers Matters Now More Than Ever.” We discussed what Mr. Rogers meant to us growing up and why its timeless messages can (and should) reach a new generation of kids...and adults. (From 10-31-19)

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