The Steve Dahl Podcast (Free Edition)
These free episodes of The Steve Dahl Show take listeners through the Steve's day-to-day life as a broadcaster, husband, father and grandfather. Steve is joined on this daily journey by Dag Juhlin and Brendan Greeley. No topic is off-limits! Whether you are a lifelong fan, or just discovering Steve and his crew you will love having his show available to you anytime, anywhere. The DahlCast is Steve Dahl at his funniest without all of the interruptions and structure of traditional radio. Get your daily dose of The Steve Dahl Podcast at https://dahl.com/membership. Subscribers say it's the best $10.95 a month they've ever spent. Join the Dahl Podcast family today!
Episodes
April 9, 2025 • 103 mins
Janet declares that her Florida world is far too beige, and puts the blame on Steve’s notoriously suspect couch-buying skills. He’s envisioning a life as well-kept Florida houseboy, but it might not be all it’s cracked up to be, ultimately. There’s also a flood of Pasadena memories for Steve, as we dig deeper into the origin of some famous local graffiti that he saw as a child and never forgot.
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March 5, 2025 • 96 mins
Steve doesn't know how to feel about ringing the bell after his final radiation treatment.The father and son who golfed before him left the hitting surface strewn with tees and balls. Dag is in Washington, District of Columbia. He didn't get to see many sights, but he did crush a shrimp taco (and an English breakfast roll?). Burger giant Red Robin is considering shuttering some locations. The chain's name comes from the early 1900s...
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February 7, 2025 • 96 mins
Steve returns with details of his Radiation Simulation, along with updated stats on his bladder’s storage capacity. A visit to The Honey Bee for a late morning breakfast was a much needed highlight. Steve and Janet are hosting a Super Bowl viewing party but the menu is still in flux. Brendan and Dag are undecided in their game watching plans. Jim Fabbrini is a proud Dahlcast sponsor. He's offering subscribers three lovely arrangeme...
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January 8, 2025 • 96 mins
Steve got his prostate biopsy results toady. We discuss. He is also planning on attending the Chicago Boat Show in Rosemont this weekend. He is not sizing up votes for a Viking funeral. Dag checks in from Studio 6B ahead of his appearance with Michael Shannon on The Tonight Show Staring Jimmy Fallon. Another Steve; Steve Guttenberg made a live announcement on KTLA amidst the wildfires in Pacific Palisades. He is not recognized at f...
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December 23, 2024 • 113 mins
Big doings at the Dahl house over the weekend, as Steve recovered from his medical procedure (lots of details from both Steve and Janet on that today), and Matt (mostly) moved out. Mike Dahl drops by to outline how a whiskey trade works, and to try and sell Tom Thayer on a Netflix program about Aaron Rogers. Steve’s got a good question for Bears interim head coach Thomas Brown, and Tom is planning to get the question over to him. T...
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November 27, 2024 • 118 mins
We’ve got the honest to goodness "Bomber" on the line today. That’s right, Joe Walsh phones us for his and Steve’s yearly birthday check-in. We hear some great stories about Famous guitars and guitarists, The Sphere, songwriting, recording and so much more. Once at the Sphere, Joe became transfixed by a giant display of his own nose. Deacon Frey had to remind him he was supposed to start singing. It seems like Steve and Joe agree o...
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October 3, 2024 • 98 mins
Steve recalls that while he was a California kid, he watched Kris Kristofferson practicing his songs by a pool. Not long after that, a young Rick Dahl distracted Linda Ronstadt with a frozen dessert mishap at a The Troubadour in LA. Janet joins us today to answer subscriber email and make a book recommendation. Steve has married two older women. Janet also recalls being banned from her family piano as a child, and how her first day...
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September 23, 2024 • 104 mins
Steve has found himself as the voice of encouragement for people’s sobriety stories on Threads. He made Janet her favorite cake for her birthday. Dag defends cake for breakfast against an indignant Brendan. Talk To Me Tuesday has been moved up a day to Monday (Tom Thayer will join us tomorrow), The Dahls discover a heretofore unexplored feature on their leaf blower. Brendan could be on the receiving end desk from a listener.
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August 5, 2024 • 97 mins
Steve continues to be a late night TV viewer of just about anything, but there’s a program that has frightened even him. Dag is giving a talk to some educators this afternoon. Tom Thayer reports on the emotional celebration of Steve McMichael’s Football Hall of Fame induction. Tom’s home today, waiting for a new concrete driveway to be poured. Steve and Janet are in Michigan, and endured a mighty storm.
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July 12, 2024 • 104 mins
Today marks the 45th anniversary Disco Demolition Night. Steve is hearing some stories from a former WLUP General Manager, for the first time, parts of which need their accuracy double-checked. We finish up the phone calls from our subscribers this week. A thoughtful Dag ponders his golden years in the U.P., but feels he still might need regular access to the Norwegian culture of Duluth. Steve didn't make the drive back to CG's Co...
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June 28, 2024 • 110 mins
How you doin’, man? It’s our last show before vacation and we’re helping Steve prep for a condo board meeting in Michigan. Things can get testy up there, but Steve will bring the quiet heat. Steve discovers a wildly popular internet meme, while also turning us on to a coffee commercial from 1968 that probably wouldn’t get made today. The incredible Craig Gass joins us, and shares some great stories, including one of the greatest pr...
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May 30, 2024 • 115 mins
Steve is listening to an online instructor in an attempt to absorb some music theory knowledge. So far, though, it’s more of a sleep aid. We talk to Tami Sagher, and she has lots of thoughts about A.I. (especially the songs Steve’s been commissioning) and ink pen collecting. Brendan got stuck in traffic on Lake Shore Drive, but at least he got a nice photo of a gigantic fish. Dag’s new television antenna allows him to watch both Mi...
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April 8, 2024 • 105 mins
An eerie occurrence takes place after the death of longtime friend of the show, Chef Hans. Luckily both Brendan and Steve had a chance to visit with him recently. What are you doing for the eclipse? Tom Skilling is back on TV with an eclipsophile’s perspective from southern Illinois. Tom Thayer has some wonderful memories of the Chef as well. A launch party at a Nashville bar resulted in the launching of a chair from the sixth floo...
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March 26, 2024 • 115 mins
Before heading off to the zoo with his family (where he’s figured out the way to save money on tickets, of course), Mike Dahl joins us for a quick chat. He suggest that Steve find a sleep camp, to help him with his nocturnal troubles. Mike for not utilizing the bell on his bicycle. Emmett got a mustard stain on his Lionel Messi jersey. The kids have been drinking Grandpa's orange juice. Steve is trying to move his production studio...
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February 21, 2024 • 94 mins
It's Valentine's Day show, but we're recording the night before. Joe's father-in-law passed away recently. Rosie doesn't like the late show. Roger once walked in on Steve and Rick enjoying illegal party favors. Tea keeps Steve up at night and he once walked in on Roger and Carol. He then hid beneath a redwood picnic table for two days. Joe worked in the flower delivery business, although not for Fabbrini's. A new off-Broadway play ...
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January 26, 2024 • 116 mins
Steve receives an economically worded and instructive email with ideas about how to obtain information on the Internet. He’s been tasting a lot of dirt these days. We also learn that there are two couches in the Dahl household, each with a very specific purpose. Mike Dahl is keeping a close, and very Steve-like, eye on the upcoming family trip to Hawaii. Janet joins us today, with some stories about motel sanitization from her chil...
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December 14, 2023 • 103 mins
Steve has a bilingual morning, as he has finally had Rosie’s invisible fence repaired. He seems to have regained his childhood command of Spanish, and it’s been accompanied by all sorts of other recollections from his early years. Jon Bon Jovi and Abe Lincoln team with Steve and Brendan to comfort a despondent Dag, who imbibed a little too much at Simon’s last night, and derailed the Expo’76 set closer. He’s hoping to get back in h...
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November 9, 2023 • 92 mins
Today we celebrate the on-air craziness of the late Captain Whammo, a major figure in late ‘70s Chicago radio. His airchecks are out of this world, so hold on tight. Though their relationship was complicated at the start, Rosie seems to be missing Cooper around the house. Steve worked late into the night perfecting the recording of the Zanies show, which is set for delivery tomorrow. Janet joins us to break down the Ward & June Cle...
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October 23, 2023 • 100 mins
Today we attempt to answer the raging question: what’s new with David Byrne? We’re joined by Buzz Kilman, who once swam in a pool with the rock legend, during the formulation of an epic cinematic idea. Buzz is also confused by a Dag lookalike on Facebook. This week’s Virginia Monologues is a forest of comedy gold. Rosie finds a mouse in the backyard; did she eat it? Brendan brings some sad news about a Chicago landmark, a place whe...
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September 11, 2023 • 97 mins
Today we celebrate the Union League Club building in downtown Chicago, and the awesomeness of old buildings in general. Steve turns to AI for a creative experiment, and The Buzz Brothers are born. We learn of Smokey Robinson’s most recent album, Gasms, and we spin a few choice hot moments of that collection. There’s good news from the world of Mexican/Tex-Mex food: Steve is finally eating his rice and beans. Also, at long last, Tal...
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