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Pull up a chair and join Emmy Award-winning journalist Sylvia Perez for Supper With Sylvia Perez. In this podcast, Chicago’s most fascinating chefs, celebrities, and changemakers share unforgettable stories over a delicious meal. From Food Network stars to cultural icons, each episode blends mouthwatering conversation with the flavors that make Chicago a world-class food destination. 🌟 Featured Guests Who Inspire and Entertain Past episodes have welcomed an extraordinary lineup, including: A ...
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Mash The Gas

Kevin Batstone, Jeff Davis, NASCARSky

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Rev up your week with "Mash the Gas Podcast," your ultimate pit stop for all things NASCAR. Join hosts Jeff Davis, NASCARsky and Kevin Batstone every Monday night as they take you on a thrilling ride through the world of NASCAR Cup racing. 🏁 Race Recaps: Buckle up as the trio break down the heart-pounding moments from the NASCAR Cup weekend, providing in-depth analysis, race highlights, and unforgettable moments on the track. 🔍 Preview Pit Lane: Get ahead of the curve with their insightful p ...
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The Record Player

Jeff Giles and Matt Wardlaw

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Shuffling music has its rewards, but there's still nothing like listening to a good old-fashioned album, start to finish — and that's what The Record Player is all about. With every episode, we'll dig into the music of and story behind a single LP, with co-hosts Jeff Giles and Matt Wardlaw ("1991: The Year AOR Ate Itself") and special guests acting as your guides.
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Robert's award winning Follow Your Dream Podcast is ranked in the Top 1% of all podcasts with listeners in 200 countries! Each episode is like taking a World Tour! Robert is a professional musician who followed his youthful music dream later in life and became a Rock Star after he turned 60! Since then he has released 13 acclaimed albums including a Billboard #1, has millions of video views and streams, and has performed at festivals and concerts around the world. He also started this podcas ...
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David Bedford and Andrew Phillips are Beatles experts and the authors of “WHAT IF?”, which discusses a number of hypothetical scenarios where The Beatles story could have turned out very differently. Some events would have had minor consequences, but other events could have been catastrophic and changed everything. David hails from Liverpool. He wa…
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This is an Encore Presentation of my October 2021 interview with Joey Dee, star of Joey Dee and the Starlighters. Joey wrote and sang “The Peppermint Twist”, a #1 song in 1962 that became part of the worldwide “twist” dance craze phenomenon. He and the band were the house band at The Peppermint Lounge in NYC, where people lined up each night to get…
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This is an Encore Presentation of my December 2024 interview with Musical Superstar Christian McBride. He’s a renowned Bassist, Composer, Arranger and 8x Grammy Winner. His playing covers Jazz, R&B, Pop, Hip Hop and Classical. He’s performed or recorded with just about everyone including Freddie Hubbard, McCoy Tyner, Herbie Hancock, Pat Metheny, Ch…
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Chase Morrin is a pianist who plays both jazz and classical music. He’s also a composer and educator. He’s the winner of 10 DownBeat Awards and 4 ASCAP awards. He’s performed with artists like John Patitucci. He’s the founder of the Ize Trio. He is a professor at Berklee College of Music. My featured song is “Take Me” from the album PGS 7 by my ban…
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Inbal Segev is a virtuoso Israeli-American cellist. She has been characterized as “a cellist with something to say”. She’s performed with the Helsinki, Dallas and London orchestras among many others. She frequently commissions and champions new works. Her playing can be heard in the 2005 movie “Bee Season” starring Richard Gere and Juliette Binoche…
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Eamon McLoughlin is a Grammy Nominated British born fiddle player. He’s a member of the Grand Ole Opry house band. He specializes in Country, Bluegrass and Americana music. He tours with EmmyLou Harris and Rodney Crowell. And he’s backed many artists including Vince Gill, Nina Simone and the Oak Ridge Boys. My featured song is “My Love” from the al…
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Sky, Kevin, and Jeff are BACK to break down all the madness from the 2025 Chicago Street Race! 🏙️⚡ Get ready for wild race recaps, driver drama, fantasy picks, and a look ahead to Sonoma 🍷🛞 This week’s episode includes: 🔥 Shane van Gisbergen dominates Chicago – his 2nd win of 2025, both on road courses! 🏆 SVG becomes just the 2nd driver ever (after…
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Shawn Okpebholo is a Grammy Nominated Nigerian-American classical composer. He combines his classical training with his African roots. His music has been described as “devastatingly beautiful” and “fresh, new and fearless”. He was named 2024 Chicagoan Of The Year in classical music. He’s won numerous awards. His music has involved themes of Negro S…
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This is an Encore Presentation of my July 2024 interview with Livingston Taylor, renowned singer/songwriter for over 50 years and the brother of James and Kate Taylor. In this interview Liv discusses his family, opening for Joni Mitchell and Jethro Tull, collaborating with Carly Simon and much more. My featured song is “New York City Groove” from t…
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This is an Encore Presentation of my January 2023 interview with Kate Taylor, the female star of the Taylor family which includes her brothers James and Livingston. Kate became a star with her 1971 debut album “Sister Kate” produced by Peter Asher. She took time off to raise her two daughters. Her most recent album is called “Why Wait” again produc…
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Paul Hanson is considered the World’s Best Jazz Bassoonist. He’s played with a Who’s Who including Bela Fleck, Jon Batiste, Wayne Shorter and a number of stars who have been guests on this podcast: Billy Cobham, Peter Erskine, Randy Brecker and Jeff Coffin. He also plays with Raze The Maze, a progressive rock duo, and he plays sax too. My featured …
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Meet me LIVE-⬇️ LIVE - Supper with Sylvia Perez feat. Chef Curtis Duffy - After - Chicago, IL | Tock | Tock TODAY! Meet the powerhouse and visionary behind one of Chicago’s most beloved bakeries: Justice of the Pies. Sylvia chats with Maya-Camille Broussard, who shares how baking became her superpower—and how her late father's legacy, social equity…
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Terry Gibbs is a legendary jazz vibraphonist. He’s 100 years young. He played with most of the greats in jazz music beginning in the Bebop era of the 1940s, including Benny Goodman, Buddy Rich, Woody Herman, Charlie “Bird” Parker and Dizzy Gillespie. He’s won 3 major jazz polls, and he’s recorded 65 albums, his last when he was 94. My featured song…
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Bruce Hanifan is the King of Reality TV Show music! His music has shaped some of reality TVs biggest hit shows including Deadliest Catch, Ice Road Truckers, Swamp People and Pawn Stars. He’s written music for films too. And he started out as a piano tuner and technician to stars like Bob Dylan, Barbra Streisand and Steely Dan. My featured song is “…
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Helen McCookerybook is a ‘70s UK Punk Rock Star with The Chefs and Helen and the Horns. She became an author of two music-themed books: “The Lost Women Of Rock Music”, about female punk musicians, and “She’s At The Controls”, about women producers and sound engineers. And she’s now a touring solo artist. My featured song is “I Just Want To Love You…
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This week on Mash the Gas, Jeff and Kevin go old-school duo as NASCARSky sits out due to technical issues. The guys break down all the action from the Quaker State 400 under the lights at EchoPark Speedway, where Chase Elliott thrilled the hometown crowd with his first win of the year — and second career victory at Atlanta. It wasn’t all smooth sai…
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Robert Pinsky is a Rock Star Poet! He’s the 3x United States Poet Laureate. He’s won many awards and was a Pulitzer Prize finalist. As Poet Laureate he created the “Favorite Poem Project” where everyday Americans would select and read poems they admired by the greats including Emily Dickinson and Langston Hughes. He’s performed with Bruce Springste…
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This is an Encore Presentation of my March 2021 interview with MY FIRST GUEST, “Cousin Brucie” Morrow, the greatest radio personality of the Rock Era. He has remained on the air steadily from the ‘60s when he was the lead disc jockey on WABC-AM in New York City. He went on to work at WCBS-FM, Sirius/XM and now back to WABC-AM. He introduced The Bea…
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This is an ENCORE TRIBUTE PRESENTATION of my February 2024 interview with the great Lou Christie, who passed away last week at 82. Lou was a Hit Machine in the 1960s with his distinctive falsetto voice and songs like “Lightnin’ Strikes” (a #1 smash), “The Gypsy Cried”, “Two Faces Have I”, “Rhapsody In The Rain”, and More. He was featured in Dick Cl…
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Eric Silberger is a virtuoso violinist. He’s a winner of the Tchaikovsky Competition. He’s a soloist, recitalist and chamber musician. He’s performed all over the world at the most prestigious venues and festivals, including the London, Mariinsky, San Francisco and St. Petersburg orchestras and with Itzhak Perlman. He’s the co-founder of the Hawaii…
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Paul Strickland is a Professional Storyteller and theater artist. His repertoire consists of over seven hours of stories including reupholstered folk tales, fairy tales for adults and future adults, tall tales and historical stories that never happened. He was featured at the 2023 National Storytelling Festival. He made his Off Broadway debut in “1…
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Sara Gazarek is a 2x Grammy Winning Jazz Vocalist. She has recorded five albums and done world tours. She has collaborated with luminaries like Kurt Elling, Fred Hersch, Larry Goldings and Billy Childs. She is a founder of Saje, the all-female vocal group. And she is the Jazz Voice Professor at the Eastman School of the University of Rochester. My …
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As Monty Python used to say: “And now for something completely different.” Mohamed Bouabdallah is a French Diplomat. He is the Cultural Counselor of France in the United States. His job is to promote the arts and education between France and the U.S. And he also is responsible for recommending recipients of the prestigious “Arts and Lettres” awards…
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The team is back to break down all the action from the Tricky Triangle — Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pennsylvania! Chase Briscoe pulls off a masterclass in fuel conservation to hold off Denny Hamlin and capture his first win with Joe Gibbs Racing. That makes 11 different winners so far this season… could we see more than 16 before the playoffs? We…
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This is a SPECIAL EPISODE. After 500+ interviews over 4+ years it’s now Robert’s turn to be interviewed. And by none other than Ivor Davis, the renowned Journalist, Investigative Reporter and Author. Over a 60 year career Ivor has covered stories involving music, murder, politics and Hollywood. He traveled with The Beatles on their 1964 American to…
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This is an Encore Presentation of my March 2025 interview with Sharon Isbin, one of the world’s premier classical guitarists and a multiple Grammy winner. She heads the guitar departments at Juilliard and the Aspen Music School. She’s won a boatload of awards and competitions. She studied with Andres Segovia. She’s performed with over 200 orchestra…
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This is an Encore Presentation of Robert’s January 2025 interview with Classical Music Superstar JoAnn Falletta. For 25 years JoAnn has been the Music Director and Conductor of the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra. She was the first female conductor in the United States of a major symphony orchestra. She’s a Juilliard graduate. She studied with Leona…
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Gilad Cohen is an acclaimed composer, performer and theorist in concert music, rock and theater. He plays piano, bass guitar and guitar. In the last year alone his music has been performed in over 40 concerts around the world including in France, Spain, Austria, Lithuania, Canada, Japan and the U.S. He’s won multiple competitions. And he’s a Pink F…
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In the age of social media dominance, influence is currency—and no one understands that better than today’s top Chicago food influencers. In this buzzworthy episode of Supper with Sylvia, we dive fork-first into the high-stakes world of food content creation with two of the Windy City’s biggest tastemakers. First up is Jeremy Joyce, the charismatic…
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Ksenija Komljenović is a celebrated Serbian percussionist and professor. She was the first woman in Serbia to earn a doctorate in percussion, and she currently is the percussion department chair at the University of North Carolina. She won the International Percussion Competition in Luxembourg and she has performed across Europe, Asia and the U.S. …
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Woody Platt is a Grammy Winning guitarist and singer and a founding member of the Steep Canyon Rangers, the celebrated contemporary bluegrass band. They have collaborated with comedian and banjo player Steve Martin. Now a solo performer, Woody’s song, “One Last Goodbye”, co-written with Barry Bales, was the most played bluegrass song in 2022. His n…
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Allison Bumsted is a Teen Magazine Queen and a Beatles SuperFan! On the teen magazine side she’s the author of the book “TeenSet, Teen Fan Magazines, and Rock Journalism: Don’t Let The Name Fool You”. And on the Beatles side she’s written about fandom and the Beatles. She has a Masters Degree in the Beatles. And she even went to live in Liverpool, …
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The crew is back to break down all the thrills, chaos, and strategy from the Viva Mexico 250 at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez! Shane van Gisbergen shook off pre-race illness to dominate the field, leading 60 laps and cruising to a 16-second win over Christopher Bell — officially locking himself into the NASCAR playoffs. Kevin, Sky, and Jeff unpack a…
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This SPECIAL EPISODE introduces my new single “THE CUT OF THE KNIFE”. It’s the last of the four new singles that I’ve released monthly beginning in March. The first was “Rough Rider”, the second was “Moon Shot”, and the third was “Day At The Races”. I wrote “The Cut Of The Knife as a kind of homage to Dave Brubeck, the revered American jazz pianist…
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This is an Encore Presentation of my January 2025 interview with Pop Star Bonnie McKee! She’s a Singer, Songwriter and Performer. She’s written 10 #1 Singles in the US or the UK which have sold over 30 million copies. She and Katy Perry have written mega-hits together including “California Gurls”, “Teenage Dream” and “Roar”. The latter was nominate…
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This is an Encore Presentation of my October 2024 interview with Amanda Warner a/k/a MNDR, who is a Grammy Award winning Electro-Pop artist, songwriter and producer. She’s featured on Mark Ronson’s hit “Bang Bang Bang”. Her debut album Feed Me Diamonds was named a Top 10 pop album by Spin Magazine. Her credits include Kylie Minogue, Rita Ora and Ca…
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Jason Vieaux is a Grammy Winning Classical Guitar Superstar. He’s been called “Elite”. He’s performed as a soloist with over 100 orchestras and he plays with the Escher String Quartet. And he’s the head of the guitar department at the Cleveland Institute Of Music. On top of this he’s also a fan of Jazz Fusion, metal, rap and hip hop. My featured so…
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Buck Johnson is a Singer, Songwriter and Multi-Instrumentalist who tours with Ringo Starr’s All-Starr Band, Aerosmith, The Joe Perry Project and The Hollywood Vampires (Johnny Depp, Alice Cooper, Joe Perry). He’s also toured with the Doobie Brothers. As a songwriter he co-wrote Carlos Santana’s hit song “Just Feel Better” and he had a bunch of coun…
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Daniele Cordisco is an acclaimed Italian Jazz Guitarist and Composer. He has recorded with many artists including The Maestro, Ron Carter. He’s performed at festivals and clubs in the United States, Japan and Europe. He’s also a guitar instructor and teaches at the renowned Master Programs at Siena Jazz. My featured song is my cover of Miles Davis’…
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This is an Encore Presentation of my February 2025 interview with Jeff “Skunk” Baxter, who is remarkably accomplished in two different careers. In the first he’s a legendary World Class guitarist who’s known for his work with Steely Dan, The Doobie Brothers and many others. In the second he’s a world renowned expert in Counterterrorism and Missile …
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The trio is back to break down all the action from the FireKeepers Casino 400 at Michigan! Denny Hamlin led just five laps, but strategic fuel management — and a close call with his gas man on pit road — earned him the win. Hometown favorite Carson Hocevar was once again in contention until a heartbreaking left rear tire blowout ended his day late …
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Vivi Vassileva is a Musical Dynamo! She’s a virtuoso German percussionist. She’s played as a soloist in chamber ensembles and with various orchestras. She uses classical instruments and also instruments from Africa, South America and Asia, and even things like utensils and recycled garbage! She has been celebrated for her technical perfection and h…
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This is an Encore Presentation of my October 2024 interview with Cory Wong, an extraordinary guitarist and performer. He plays jazz, rock and funk. He plays with Vulfpeck, the incredible funk band. He’s played with The Fearless Flyers. And he also packs concert venues and festivals with his Cory Wong band. He commands the stage, jumping, strutting …
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This is an Encore Presentation of my January 2025 interview with Mark Lettieri, a 5x Grammy winning guitarist, composer and producer. He is a Master of instrumental music. He’s a member of Snarky Puppy and The Fearless Flyers, a Vulfpeck adjacent band, along with Cory Wong. He’s recorded with Eryka Badu, David Crosby, The Jacksons, 50 Cent and many…
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Amit Peled is a renowned Israeli-American cellist and conductor who has made a remarkable transition from growing up on a Kibbutz in Israel to becoming a Superstar Cellist and a Professor of Music at Johns Hopkins University. He’s performed at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, the Kennedy Center, Wigmore Hall and the Seoul Arts Center among many other…
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🎙️ Have you ever tried booking a table at one of Chicago’s hottest restaurants only to find every reservation snatched up—or held hostage by a third-party app demanding sky-high fees? You’re not alone. In this eye-opening episode of Supper With Sylvia, Emmy Award-winning journalist Sylvia Perez is joined by Sam Toia, President and CEO of the Illino…
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Scott Williamson is an acclaimed and in-demand Nashville based drummer, producer and mixer. He’s been in Nashville nearly 36 years. He’s worked with just about everyone including Blake Shelton, Alice Cooper, Reba McIntyre, Bob James and many others. My featured song is “Annie And Leni” from the album Bobby M and the Paisley Parade. Spotify link. --…
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Matt and Kari Landry are the husband and wife duo who play saxophone and clarinet and who are the founders of the Akropolis Reed Quintet, the Grammy winning chamber ensemble. The Akropolis is a nonprofit venture run by Kari and for which Matt is the artistic director. The group has been together for 16 years and has premiered and commissioned over …
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Welcome back, race fans! Kevin, Sky, and Jeff return to break down all the thrills, drama, and chaos from the Cracker Barrel 400 at Nashville Superspeedway. Ryan Blaney finally parks it in Victory Lane for his first win of the season, while Carson Hocevar stirs the pot—did he wreck Ricky Stenhouse Jr. on purpose? We discuss the fallout. Denny Hamli…
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Melissa Manchester is a Musical Superstar and Grammy winning singer, songwriter and actress. Her career has spanned over 50 years. She’s written and recorded a number of hit records starting with “Midnight Blue” (1973) which she wrote with Carole Bayer Sager. In 1980 she was the first artist in the history of the Academy Awards to have, and to perf…
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