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Comedy

• Monday, February 8, 12 to 12:30 p.m. This past month, comedy band The Flavor Savers played a concert in the Lincoln Park Gorilla house and one of the chimpanzees started freaking out when they played, "Push It," and they had to turn it down.

• Thursday, February 11, 6 to 7 p.m. Comedy troupe Blackout in studio.

• Friday, February 12, 11:15 to 11:45 a.m. In late 2008, Nicky Margolis and Boaz Reisman decided to join forces and create Chicago’s premiere Alt-Folk-Rock-Comedy Duo, Margolis & Reisman. Nicky has been performing improv and sketch comedy in Chicago for over 11 years, and is a proud alumnus of The Second City Etc. and the Second City Touring Company.  Boaz also toured with the Second City as musical director and has been composing and writing music for 19 years. Together they create music and stories that evoke both the power of Beatnik Cafes and the terror of Canada's logging industry.

• Friday, February 12, 3 to 4 p.m. Corey Bailey is a comedian, an actor and a motivational speaker.

Culture and Politics

• Tuesday, February 9, 3:20 to 4 p.m. Freelance photographer and moderator of the blog everyoneisfamous.com, Clayton Hauck.

• Wednesday, February 10, 2:20 to 2:30 p.m.  Latoya, editor of the blog Racialicious, discusses the intersection of race and pop culture.

• Friday, February 12, 7:30 to 8 a.m. Joe Arnold brings news of the Lake Michigan Region.

• Friday, February 12, 3:20 to 3:40 p.m. Editor of Café Magazine, Alejandro Riera, tells us about this weekend's 9th annual Chicago International Salsa Congress, Canteca de Macao at the Green Dolphin (one of the big acts of Flamenco Fest) and a new exhibit at the National Museum of Mexican Art called "Translating Revolution: U.S. Artists Interpret Mexican Muralists."

General Interest

• Monday, February 8, 8 to 9 a.m. Mike Puente, reporter for Chicago Public Radio, talks to us about the impact of the Toyota recall. Among the suppliers under the gun for the faulty break pedal is CTS in Elkhart Indiana.

• Monday, February 8, 10:20 to 10:40 a.m. Alden Loury, who has been the publisher of the Chicago Reporter since 1999, will come in each week ready to talk about a story that's grabbed his attention in the last week.

• Monday, February 8, 2:30 to 2:40 p.m. Therese Rowley is an intuitive healer. She's on to discuss her latest client and the breakthorugh that they have made.

• Tuesday and Thursday, February 9 and 11, 7:15 to 7:30 a.m. Vocalo.org user AnalyticalDiva cruises the Twitterverse for weird news.

• Tuesday, February 9, 8:30 to 8:50 a.m. Helen LaBuda from Midwest Dachshund in northwest Indiana checks in with the latest dogs up for adoption. She will describe the dog's personality and why they should be adopted.

• Tuesday, February 9, 1:30 to 2 p.m. Over the past year, discussion of the relationship between population and the environment has reached the national stage. Predictably, it's also drawing attacks from naysayers. In the spirit of encouraging further dialogue, the Population Institute is kicking off its second annual Global Population Speak Out (GPSO) in February 2010. Environmental journalists, scientists and academics from around the world will challenge the taboo against talking about population. They've pledged to publicly speak out in February, to educate the public about the links between population and the environment. We’ll have Robert Walker, Vice President of the Population Institute, on the air.

• Tuesday, February 9, 3 to 3:20 p.m. Betty Clayton of the Humane Society of Northwest Indiana checks in with the latest dogs, cats, puppies and kittens up for adoption. She will describe the dog's personality and why they should be adopted.

• Wednesday, February 10, 8:30 to 8:40 a.m. Professor and Associate Director of the Center for Sexual Health Promotion at Indiana University Debby Herbenick is a sex columnist whose column is carried by Time Out Chicago and Men's Health Magazine.

• Wednesday, February 10, 1 to 2 p.m. Nona Willis-Aronowitz, author of GirlDrive, is our new regular Feminist Wednesday talking head. But don't worry: she's a nice feminist.   

• Friday, February 12, 9:15 to 9:45 a.m. Krissy Hokanson is in to recap the latest celebrity gossip.

Movies

• Friday, February 12, 12 to 1 p.m. Reggie Ponder, The Reel Critic, discusses the latest movies.

Music

• Tuesday, February 9, 2:10 to 2:40 p.m. Oscar Salinas is the lead singer and composer for Violet Winter, a electronic rock band that evokes thoughts of Nine Inch Nails and Stabbing Westward. He is in Studio to play track off of Violet Winter's latest CD.

• Thursday, February 11, 1 to 2 p.m. Chicago freestyle artist Dat Boy Hot.

• Thursday, February 11, 5 to 6 p.m. Chicago rapper Young Ghost.

• Thursday, February 11, 2 to 3 p.m. John and James are a DJ duo who spin dusty 45s. They're also big time geeks and will be teaching us about the history of soul music in and around the region.

• Thursday, February 11, 6:20 to 6:30 p.m. Andrew is the facilitator of Chicago hip-hop blog, Fake Shore Drive. He's on to talk about the latest postings on his blog, i.e. local acts to be on the lookout for, events, what's happening on the music scene, etc.

Spirituality and Religion

• Tuesday, February 9, 9 to 10 a.m. Chris Stedman’s Interfaith Roundtable discusses the experience of being a Muslim doing good work in the region.

• Friday, February 12, 11 to 11:20 a.m. Skye Jethani is from Christianity Today Magazine. He's on to discuss the latest news in religion as well as do a bible breakdown segment.