Rob Sherman 
Rob Sherman 
The #1 Morning Drive interview show in Chicago.
Weekday Mornings, Monday through Friday, from
7 to 8 a.m.
AM 1530 WJJG Chicago
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Sherman has retired from radio broadcasting after 22 years in the business.
The final show was on Friday, November 30, 2007.
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The Rob Sherman Show has been honored by the Chicago Sun-Times as one of the Chicago area's best radio shows by frequent inclusion in the Sun-Times Radio Highlights column. Inclusion was very prestigious because only three shows made it each day out of approximately 500 daily radio shows in the Chicago area (approximately 60 Chicagoland area radio stations each airing eight to ten shows daily). All nine editions of the Rob Sherman Show in the winter and spring of 2007 scored the Sun-Times Radio Highlights in 2007. The Sun-Times discontinued their Radio Highlights column on April 4, 2007.
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"Newsmaker Interviews, Blockbuster Guests"
The Rob Sherman Show is the Morning Drive show on WJJG 1530 AM Chicago, airing weekdays from 7 to 8 a.m. The show features newsmaker interviews with blockbuster guests, discussing the important social and political issues of the day.
While other radio talk shows start topics about newsmakers, the Rob Sherman Show features discussions with those newsmakers, who tell the audience, first-hand, what they are doing and why they are doing it.
While commercials are the main ingredient of the 50,000 watt stations in downtown Chicago, giving you 20 minutes or more of commercials each hour and with commercial breaks coming as often as once every three minutes, the main ingredient of the Rob Sherman Show is newsmaker interviews with blockbuster guests. If it seems like, every time you turn on a downtown station their playing a commercial, check out the Rob Sherman Show, where the main ingredient is content, not commercials.
No topic is off limits with Rob Sherman and, since this isn't corporate radio, the Rob Sherman Show tells you the truth without having to worry about offending big corporate sponsors. The Rob Sherman Show features the kind of commentary that you just don't get anywhere else.
Rob thanks Carl Giammarese and The Buckinghams for allowing the use of their music as the opening and closing theme songs.
Friday, November 30: John Jansen of the Pro Life Action League and Ken Kramer of Christian Liberty Academy School System offered their views on the state of social justice in our community and in the world today. Final show. Rob Sherman retired from the radio business today.
Thursday, November 29: Joe Solmonese of the Human Rights Campaign discussed gay rights. Joining the conversation, in the studio, was be my son, Rick Sherman, and his business partner Sean Lang. Then, Rich Gore, our entertainment concierge, made a return visit to tell us what's happening on the Chicago area entertainment scene for the Winter Solstice Holiday season.
Wednesday, November 28: Phil Kerpen, Director of Policy at Americans for Prosperity, opposes an a la carte model by the FCC to allow consumers to pick which cable channels to pay for, rather than consumers being stuck paying for many channels that they have no interest in, such as religious broadcasting. Naturally, I support the FCC proposal. Phil was on during the first part of the show. Then, Ed Fallon, Jr., co-founder of the progressive organization I'm for Iowa (An Independence Movement for Iowa), a former seven-time Iowa State Representative and an Iowa consultant with the John Edwards for President campaign, and Scott Bludorn of the Ron Paul for President campaign discussed the early caucus and primary system and whether Iowa and New Hampshire voters should have so much influence in picking presidential candidates. Ed will be speaking on this subject, at noon, today, at the American Constitution Society for Law and Policy luncheon at DePaul University in downtown Chicago. Laura Morask, a supervisor in the office of the Cook County State's Attorney and a Republican candidate for Cook County Circuit Court Judge, was scheduled to be the guest during the second part of the show, but she cancelled on Monday. I'm not surprised, because I let her know that I was going to ask her whether it is a blatant conflict of interest for her to be adjudicating cases in which the prosecutor who is present the case comes from the same office in which Linda has spent her career doing everything she can to make sure that the prosecutor wins. Where's the fairness and impartiality in that? Linda's cancellation seems to make the answer to that question quite obvious.
Tuesday, November 27: Peter Oprisko, the Chicago area's most fabulous standards and private event singer, with over 350 engagements annually, was in the studio to sing songs that even Joe Gentile would have liked. Peter is in the process of joining the stable of acts of Rob Sherman Concerts.
Monday, November 26: Celeste Sherman, the best wife that a guy could ever have, the perfect wife, perfect in every way, joined me in celebrating our 29th wedding anniversary, which is today, to talk about what it's like to be married to me and to tell you what I'm really like. Callers offered Celeste their sympathies and congratulations.
Friday, November 23: No show, again, today. Another piece of equipment at the transmitter was down. The appearance of Chris Elliott, America's greatest and most popular travel writer, has been cancelled.
Thursday, November 22: Thanksgiving Day. I took the day off. George Bliss sat in for me.
Wednesday, November 21: Eric Zorn of the Chicago Tribune, the most highly regarded newspaper columnist in the city, discussed his impressions of the mandatory school prayer law controversy, including what people have been e-mailing him on his blog. Then, John Degonia of Aircraft Manufacturing and Development ("AMD") returned to discuss the new Sport Pilot License that is making it easier and more economical to become an airplane pilot. We also spoke about the new light airplanes, such as AMD's Zodiac XLi, that are making it more affordable to become the owner and pilot of a new, real airplane.
Tuesday, November 20: Ed Smith, a Democratic candidate for Cook County Recorder of Deeds, spoke about his campaign for that office. Ed is a big hero because, as a Chicago City Council alderman, he sponsored the City's anti-smoking ordinance. That's the piece of legislation that pushed the Illinois General Assembly to ban indoor smoking state-wide beginning in six weeks on January 1st.
Monday, November 19: Kambiz "Kamy" Akhavan, Managing Editor of ProCon.org discussed his marvelous organization, which provides an internet forum that offers the best arguments from experts on both sides of the top controversial issues of the day.
Friday, November 16: No show, today. The transmitter was down. The appearance of Chris Elliott, America's greatest and most popular travel writer, has been rescheduled to the day after Thanksgiving, Friday, November 23rd.
Thursday, November 15: Trisha Ketelsen, a 19-year-old champion professional show horse rider from Iowa, explained to us suburban types about her wonderful, amazing life as a professional show horse rider. Trisha owns many horses and rides them in Iowa horse show competitions, where she often wins the show championship award. Trisha's other family business is Ketelsen RV, a major Iowa dealer of recreational vehicles.
Wednesday, November 14: Two guests: Both guests at 7 a.m. Rabbi David Oler, Ph.D. of Congregation Beth Or in Deerfield, IL, and Dr. Val Webb, an author of several books and a theologian who has taught at universities in the United States and in her home country of Australia, discussed whether ancient religions are relevant today.
Tuesday, November 13: Rick Sherman of Ferrum Technology talked about ways in which his remote information technology service company solves computer problems. Our originally scheduled country music singer cancelled at the last minute due to car problems.
Monday, November 12: Jerry Johnson, a candidate for the Democratic nomination for Illinois Senate from the 30th District and former mayor of North Chicago, explained why he should replace Terry Link in the Illinois General Assembly. Among other issues, Jerry supports the much-needed extension of Route 53 through Lake County, something that Terry has been blocking for decades.
Friday, November 9: Andrew Gause discussed the proposal to eliminate the penny, which Andrew opposes and I support, plus the sub-prime mortgage meltdown, unfunded Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security obligations, and the war on terror. Andrew is the author of two books, "The Secret World of Money" and "Uncle Sam Cooks the Books," and a newsletter called "World of Money."
Thursday, November 8: Ian Cron, pastor of Trinity Church in Greenwich, Connecticut, expressed his concern with the way that evangelical Christians have increasingly identified themselves with right-wing extremist conservative politics.
Wednesday, November 7: Brian McClure, one of the great philanthropists in the history of the Chicago area, was live, in the studio, to tell us about his projects of kindness, his phenomenal success as a businessman and his Universal Flag.
Tuesday, November 6: Pamela Furr, the "open minded conservative," provided us with the pulse of Springfield, Illinois, at a time when the General Assembly can't pass a budget, can't get lap/shoulder seatbelts on school busses, but has plenty of time to pass a law requiring public school students to pray at the beginning of each school day.
Monday, November 5: Sally Favia, National Sales Manager of Apple Vacations, America's favorite travel company, told us what the hottest travel destinations will be for getting away to this winter with your lover and/or family.
Friday, November 2: I took the day off again today, but I'll be back on Monday. We turn back the clocks one hour when Daylight Saving Time ends on Sunday morning, so sign-on time starting Monday will be 6:45 a.m.
Thursday, November 1: The sign-on time, today, tomorrow and Saturday, for the radio station was 7:45 a.m. Central Daylight Saving Time, so I took the day off rather than doing a show for ten or fifteen minutes.
Wednesday, October 31: Paulette Reynolds, the High Priestess of the Sanctuary of the Crescent Moon and co-facilitator of the Wiccan Interfaith Council, discussed the real meaning of Halloween.
Tuesday, October 30: Mike Bruccoleri and Bobby Abrams of Brock and Abrams sang and previewed their big upcoming shows that will be taking place this Friday, November 2nd, and six weeks later on Friday, December 14th, at Louie's Chop House in Shorewood, Illinois. Shorewood is located just west of Joliet. Louie's Chop House is on US 52, Jefferson Street, a half mile west of the US 52 exit on Interstate 55, which is I-55 Exit 253, and a block west of Illinois Route 59. The appearance of Brock and Abrams at Louie's Chop House was arranged by Rob Sherman Concerts.
Monday, October 29: Two guests: Peter Ferrara, General Counsel of the right-wing American Civil Rights Union, complained that the City of Philadelphia will no longer allow their tax dollars to be used to fund discriminatory, private youth education programs. If you want tax dollars to pay for the cost of operating a youth education program in Philadelphia, you can't exclude from your program children on the basis of their theological opinions or sexual orientation, and Peter doesn't like it at all. Peter also responded to the issue of the unconstitutional Illinois mandatory school prayer law. Then, Dawn Sherman discussed her federal lawsuit against Buffalo Grove High School, challenging the bizarre unconstitutional Illinois mandatory school prayer law.
Friday, October 26: Dana Thomas, author of Deluxe: How Luxury Lost It's Luster, was in the studio to express her belief that most of what you're paying for in luxury items is hype and marketing.
Thursday, October 25: Two guests: Brian Bown, the award-winning teacher who was fired from his teaching job at a public school in Georgia for refusing to violate the constitutional rights of his students by forcing them to participate in an unconstitutional, state-mandated prayer session called "Moment of Silent Reflection," spoke about how he and his Waukegan middle school are dealing with the new, unconstitutional law in Illinois that is even worse than the Georgia law. Then, Dave Baum, the Chat Champ of Chicago and the greatest radio talk show host of all time, joined me to talk about 40 years of talk radio in Chicago.
Wednesday, October 24: Lt. Eric Shine, who is a whistleblower, exposee corruption and unconstitutional conduct by our federal government, particularly within the military.
Tuesday, October 23: Mikey Weinstein of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation told us about his war to stop the Air Force and the other branches of the military service from becoming an Army of God or Soldiers for Christ.
Monday, October 22: Three guests: Jake Lawrence, a senior at Crystal Lake (Illinois) High School, talked about the substantial student and staff opposition at his school to the unconstitutional new Illinois mandatory school prayer law. Then, Dr. Morris Papernik, who practices at Rush Presbyterian St. Lukes Medical Center in Chicago, discussed chronic fatigue syndrome. Patrick Holaday, who has been suffering from the disease for a long time, joined the discussion.
Friday, October 19: JG Lenhart, an award-winning scientist, explained that his scientific formula proves that there really is a god, but his proof consisted of changing the definition of God from an entity to merely a concept, like warmth or love.
Thursday, October 18: Jennifer Brost, a pastor's wife, explained to me (and you) how I can improve my relationship with God and find inner peace.
Wednesday, October 17: Bill Nye the Science Guy entertained us with the latest concepts in teaching science to young people, including how to ensure that your kid doesn't end up with "Computer Vision" from staring at the monitor too much.
Tuesday, October 16: Peter Pitts, former Associate Commissioner of the US Food and Drug Administration, and President of the Center for Medicine in the Public Interest, pulled a no-show without bothering to cancel. He has not followed up, even after the show, to explain himself. I sent a message to his booking agent, Mark Coyle, asking for an explanation, but he has refused to respond to me.
Monday, October 15: Steve Hindi of Showing Animals Respect and Kindness, also known as SHARK, told us about his great successes in exposing animal abuse in American rodeos and in getting corporations to drop their sponsorships of this cruel sport.
Friday, October 12: Jay Stewart, Executive Director of the Better Government Association, explained how corruption, cronyism, mismanagement and incompetence have caused our tax bills to skyrocket way beyond what's necessary to cover the cost of government in the Chicago area.
Thursday, October 11: Emma Martens, a senior and the President of the Student Worker Club at Boulder (Colorado) High School, talked about her fantastic success as a social activist by getting one hundred students to walk out of her public high school in protest of the religious oppression that occurs as a result of the daily, coercive Pledge of Allegiance ceremony. Emma also told us about a new, much more sensible, replacement version of the Pledge that she wrote and is promoting, a version that does not refer to any make-believe deity-parent.
Wednesday, October 10: Rich Gore, our entertainment concierge, made a return visit to tell us what's happening on the Chicago area entertainment scene in October.
Tuesday, October 9: Robert East, a nutrition expert from Florida, discussed how to properly balance your nutrition intake while maintaining proper weight.
Monday, October 8: Rick Perlstein of the Campaign for America's Future spoke about the liberal agenda of the Campaign for America's Future.
Friday, October 5: Jim Purcey, author of Am I the Only American Who Thinks This Way? discussed such hot, controversial issues as immigration, wire tapping, public education, our reliance on foreign oil and the exporting of American jobs overseas.
Thursday, October 4: Seth Rosenthal of the American Constitution Society for Law and Policy spoke about changing the process by which nominees to the Supreme Court of the US are confirmed.
Wednesday, October 3: Roger Hickey of the Campaign for America's Future explained Hillary's health care plan and talked about many of the other great liberal advocacy projects of the CAF.
Tuesday, October 2: Two guests: Steve Brown, spokesman for Illinois Speaker of the House Michael Madigan, updated us on what's happening with Budget Wars in Springfield. Then, Sheila Moore, author of Abadaba Alphabet, discussed the importance of teaching children phonics, rather than sight reading. Our visit with our long-time entertainment concierge, Rich Gore, is postponed, temporarily.
Monday, October 1: Chris Elliott, America's greatest and most popular travel writer, discussed all the latest hot travel news and trends. Read Chris Elliott's column in the Daily Herald.
Friday, September 28: Joel Bogorad, of Concert Entertainment, is the famous rock concert and doo-wop concert promoter from Detroit. He was in the studio to talk about some of the many great stars that he works with and will be bringing to the Chicago area next year for concerts.
Thursday, September 27: Two guests: Sam Kazman, General Counsel of the Competitive Enterprise Institute, discussed proposed federal legislation to have the Food and Drug Administration regulate tobacco. The CEI is a conservative organization. The FDA bill is sponsored by liberals Jan Schakowsky and Bobby Rush, both of the Chicago area. Then, Gary Banovitz of The Reflections spoke about the band's big upcoming dinner-theater concert at Genitti's Hole-in-the-Wall in Northville, Michigan (15 miles northeast of Ann Arbor and 20 miles northwest of Detroit), this week on Saturday evening, September 29th, at 6:00 p.m. CENTRAL Daylight Saving Time (7:00 p.m. local [Eastern] time). John Leinen of the Sheraton Chicago Northwest and the fabulous CocoKey Resort Water Park had a flat tire, coming in to the studio, so his visit was postponed. Out-of-town guests of the Rob Sherman Show stay at the Sheraton Chicago Northwest. Jessy Schram found it necessary to postpone her visit to the Rob Sherman Show due to a last-minute scheduling conflict.
Wednesday, September 26: Eric Scheidler of the Pro Life Action League discussed the controversy surrounding the Aurora Planned Parenthood proposed facility. The appearance of Steve Trombley, the President and CEO of Planned Parenthood of Chicago, is postponed.
Tuesday, September 25: Julie and John Giljam of Cool Amphibious Manufacturers International told us about their incredibly cool motorhomes and cars that both drive down the highway and float down the river and across the lake.
Monday, September 24: Three guests: Edwin Yohnka, communications director of the left-wing American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois commented on the nomination of Judge Michael Mukasey for the position of United States Attorney General. Drew Shaw, a resident of Vancouver Island, in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of British Columbia, spoke about how wonderful it is to live in a religion-free community. Horace Cooper of the right-wing American Civil Rights Union also commented on the nomination of Judge Michael Mukasey for the position of United States Attorney General.
Friday, September 21: Sandy Edwards, the director of sales and marketing for Jungle Island, along with Linda Jacobs and Patrick the bird trainer told us all about their paradise of a vacation attraction. Jungle Island is located at 1100 Parrot Jungle Trail on Watson Island in Biscayne Bay, just off the MacArthur Causeway between Miami and Miami Beach.
Thursday, September 20: Two guests: Cameron Davis, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Alliance for the Great Lakes, spoke about how his organization is leading the national effort to stop British Petroleum from polluting Lake Michigan and the air from its plant in Whiting, Indiana. Then, Beckie Weinheimer, author of Converting Kate, took us for a look at what Mormonism is really all about.
Wednesday, September 19: Red Carter, the greatest swimsuit designer in the history of the world, talked about his fabulous career designing the best-looking swimwear of all time, the hot Miami fashion scene, and how his life as a record-breaking competitive swimmer gave Red the opportunity to become intimately familiar with every aspect of a swimmer's body.
Tuesday, September 18: Dave Warwak is a vegan and a public school teacher who is in a stand-off with school officials in Fox River Grove. Dave thinks that the school system should stop feeding murdered animals to the students for lunch, and stop feeding other animal products, such as milk, to the students. We talked about the merits of his vegan philosophy on today's show.
Monday, September 17: Laura Dion-Jones Casey, author of "Commit to Get Fit" and a diet and fitness motivational maven, presented her plan to shed those unwanted pounds.
Friday, September 14: Two guests: Brian Ross, ABC News Chief Investigative Correspondent, discussed the major international journalism scam in which ex-ABC News reporter Alexis Debat, who worked for Ross, claimed that he paid $500 to "Rob Sherman, a freelance journalist from Chicago," for interviewing Barack Obama and for sending the notes to Debat so that Debat could publish "Rob Sherman's" purported story about Barack under Debat's name and take credit for the purported work of Rob Sherman of Chicago. Debat has since admitted, in an e-mail to me yesterday afternoon, that I am not the Rob Sherman that he was referring to. Brian Ross and I agree I am the only journalist named Rob Sherman in Chicago and that Debat lied when he falsely attributed to me the fictitious story about Barack that Debat actually created. Then, at 7:15 a.m., Daniel Gilbert, a conservative Republican candidate for President of the United States, discussed his campaign platform, including the common-sense Fair Tax to replace the wide array of time-consuming tax schemes, such as the income tax, that needlessly consume huge quantities of Americans' time to figure out.
Thursday, September 13: Bart Jones, a reporter for New York Newsday and author of "Hugo! The Hugo Chavez Story - from mud hut to perpetual revolution," helped those of us who live far from the Caribbean to find out what Mr. Chavez is really all about.
Wednesday, September 12: Bob Dane of the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) refuted all of the phony arguments of illegal immigrants that their rights are supposedly being violated by having to comply with our laws as a condition for entering into and staying in our country.
Tuesday, September 11: Charles Saylors, the new President-elect of the National PTA, discussed public education, the "Every" Child Left Behind law fiasco, the latest best practices regarding parental involvement with their children's education, and a major national event that the PTA will be holding in Chicago this week on Friday.
Monday, September 10: Two Guests: Damien Lavera, a spokesman with the Democratic National Committee, told us that polls consistently have revealed that the most popular Republican candidate for President is None of the Above. Damien also explained what the 50-State Campaign is all about. David Becker, senior attorney in Washington, D.C., for People for the American Way, filled us in on Barack's Senate bill to make Republican Party election deception fraud tactics a felony.
Friday, September 7: Two Guests: Tony Peraica told us about his plans to put public safety ahead of politics and engage in a war against corruption when he becomes the next State's Attorney of Cook County. Chris Simcox of the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps spoke about whether the Census Bureau is saving illegal aliens from deportation.
Thursday, September 6: Two guests: John Cavanagh, the Director of Communications for Bridge Multimedia, provided extensive information and resources regarding emergency preparedness. September is National Emergency Preparedness Month. Then, State Representative and House Republican Leader Tom Cross of Plainfield joined us to talk about the fiscal crisis in Springfield, and especially the transit funding dispute. The interview with Bob Dane of the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) was postponed to next Wednesday, September 12, because Bob was sick today.
Wednesday, September 5: Dr. David Eigen, author of Men - the Gods of Love (hey, that sounds just like me), spoke about celebrities who live double lives, such as pervert Senator Larry Craig of Idaho, who confessed earlier this year to soliciting an undercover male cop for homo sex (well, that's definitely the kind of thing that I would have no interest in).
Tuesday, September 4: David Johnson of Strategic Vision discussed the many GOP scandals and how seriously they will affect Republican election prospects.
Monday, September 3, Labor Day: Guest host George Bliss sat in for Rob on Labor Day.
Friday, August 31: Rob's fever fluctuated between 99.2 and 103.3 on Thursday, so today's show with Tony Peraica was postponed to Friday, September 7th, when Tony will tell us about his plans to put public safety ahead of politics and engage in a war against corruption when he becomes the next State's Attorney of Cook County. John Davida sat in, again today, for Rob.
Thursday, August 30: Rob Sherman had a fever if 101.0 degrees at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, so today's show with Cameron Davis, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Alliance for the Great Lakes, is postponed to Thursday, September 20th, at 7 a.m.
Wednesday, August 29: Dr. Christopher Croner, author of Never Hire a Bad Salesperson Again, was in the studio to discuss personnel selection technique.
Tuesday, August 28: Rock legend Gary Puckett spoke about his FREE CONCERT IN BOLINGBROOK that he will be presenting tomorrow night (Wednesday, August 29th), on the big stage behind Village Hall. Gary also spoke about his wonderful songs from his days with the Union Gap; his Christian faith and the challenges of incorporating his Christian songs into the concerts that he does now; life on the Florida Suncoast; and, most importantly, his 2007 concert tour where you can see and hear him live with the Gary Puckett Band.
Monday, August 27: Kristina Coia discussed her Shine Through program that teaches self-esteem, self-respect and honesty to girls in fifth through eighth grade.
Friday, August 24: Todd Wooten, the black author of White Men Can't Hump discussed the controversy regarding whether Barack is "balack" enough.
Thursday, August 23: Susan Maddox, co-owner with husband Michael of Le Titi de Paris, previews the 35th anniversary celebration of the world famous, world class restaurant that will take place this weekend. We also spoke about the controversies surrounding bottled water and foie gras.
Wednesday, August 22: Barry LePatner, one of the nation's leading experts on public infrastructure, explained the right way to resolve America's crisis of aging and obsolete roads and bridges.
Tuesday, August 21: Mike Bruccoleri and Bob Abrams of Brock and Abrams were live, in the studio, to sing the greatest hits of the '50s and '60s.
Monday, August 20: Chris Elliott, America's greatest and most popular travel writer, discussed all the latest hot travel news and trends. Read Chris Elliott's column in the Daily Herald.
Friday, August 17: Two guests: Roger Claar, the mayor of southwest suburban Bolingbrook, Illinois, previewed this year's municipal summer festival, Jubilee Days, and spoke about his many great successes in creating economic growth and cultural diversity in his village. Jim Pilster, leader of the Cryan' Shames, who will be performing on Sunday at Jubilee Days, had considered showing up, too, but realized that he wouldn't be able to drag himself out of bed that early, so he joined us by phone.
Thursday, August 16: Devlin Steele, a Life Coach with Tools to Life, discussed what a life coach does and how some companies are fining employees for being overweight. The appearance of Tony Peraica has been rescheduled to August 31.
Wednesday, August 15: Two guests: Gary Banovetz and Tony Micale of The Reflections, the world's greatest doo-wop group, discussed their blockbuster hits, such as "Just Like Romeo and Juliet" (as seen on this 1964 black-and-white video), the history of doo-wop, their new CDs and previewed their four upcoming live shows during the next four days in Michigan and Ohio.
Tuesday, August 14: John C. Armor of the right-wing American Civil Rights Union and a Republican candidate for Congress in North Carolina, discussed the ruling by a federal court that bans communities from prohibiting landlords from renting to illegal immigrants and prohibits employers from hiring illegal immigrants.
Monday, August 13: Bill Moyer, Executive Director of the Backbone Campaign, spoke about what his organization is doing to embolden citizens and leaders to stand up for our future.
Friday, August 10: Rick Sherman of Ferrum Technology Services discussed the complex issue of how his company ensures that corporate computers are protected from cyber attacks and how his company ensures that company computers are operating at peak efficiency.
Thursday, August 9: Melissa Kasnitz, the legal superstar who is the managing partner of Disability Rights Advocates of Berkeley, California (the spiritual home of Liberal America), told us about her litigation to end the betrayal of America's veterans by Duh-bya's administration and obtain the full medical benefits for our veterans that they've earned through their service and sacrifice. Melissa will discussed her other litigation in behalf of the oppressed, such as eliminating obstructions from sidewalks at intersections in Sacramento that block handicapped people from crossing the street.
Wednesday, August 8: Two guests: Brenda Merry, Washington State's most famous waitress, talksd about her experiences serving celebrities such as the richest man in the world, Bill Gates of Microsoft, and Chicago Cubs manager Lou Pinella. Brenda works at the Top Notch Cafe in Colfax, Washington. Rich Gore, our entertainment concierge, made a return visit to tell us what's happening on the Chicago area entertainment scene in August. When Rich was on last week, there was a problem with the phone line at the radio station transmitter, so our interview was cut short.
Tuesday, August 7: Two guests: At 7:00, August Berkshire, who lives in Minneapolis just a few blocks from the Interstate Highway bridge that collapsed last week, explained the impact that the disaster is having on his city. Jim Demski, service manager of Bill Sullivan Pontiac in Arlington Heights, explained how his fabulous team of Misters Goodwrench kept my 1989 Bonneville SSE on the road for over 300,000 miles. We also spoke about the auto industry and things that you should know about car maintenance.
Monday, August 6: Two guests: Edwin Yohnka, communications director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois, explained what's wrong with the spy bill that Duh-bya signed into law yesterday. Then, Joe Scheidler of the Pro-Life Action League spoke about his successes in reducing the number of unborn children who are secretly murdered in this country by their mommies simply because they are too small to defend themselves. Joe also told us about the Feast of the Transfiguration, which is commemorated on August 6th.
Friday, August 3: Luke Handyside, director of new product development at Four Winds International, home of the Fun Mover, such as The Rob Sherman Show mobile unit, discussed the sixteen lines of RVs (recreational vehicles) that he is responsible for freedom that comes with owning a motorhome.
Thursday, August 2: Rick Zarek, a paid-on-call member of the Berkeley Fire Department, discussed his near-death experience involving bad stuff growing in his lungs.
Wednesday, August 1: Larry Pratt of Gun Owners of America explained why the Fairness Doctrine should really be called the Un-Fairness Doctrine, and also spoke about the importance of gun ownership in reducing crime.
Tuesday, July 31: Two guests: At 7:00, our entertainment concierge, Rich Gore, told us what's happening on the Chicago area entertainment scene in August. Then, after the Traffic Report at 7:35 a.m., Chicago rock star Bobby Abrams of Brock and Abrams played his guitar and sang the greatest hits of the '50s, '60s, '70s and '80s.
Monday, July 30: Two guests: At 7:00, Sheldon Drobny (pictured at left), one of the great philanthropists of our time, a fabulous businessman and a close friend of Bill and Hillary, spoke about the upcoming Democratic Landslide of 2008, including an in-depth discussion of the candidates and the issues. Shelly and his wife, Anita, are well known for being a founding partner of Air America Radio. Then, after the 7:35 a.m. traffic report, Steve Brown, the spokesman for Speaker of the Illinois House Michael Madigan, updated us on the fiscal negotiations in Springfield that will produce the new Illinois state budget.
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April 2: Six guests. Mike Meehan of American Delivery (pictured here with Jim Peterik of the Ides of March, from November 21, 2006, when Jim was the featured guest on the Rob Sherman Show) was in the studio to comment on current affairs. George Hobbs of Native Way Watersports in Grand Cayman called in to say how much he enjoyed his visit to Chicago and the Rob Sherman Show on March 12th. World famous chef Rick Tramonto of Cenitare Restaurants in Wheeling told us about his newest restaurant ventures. That same evening, my wife, Celeste, and I went to Rick's Tramonto Steak House for dinner to celebrate my 54th birthday. Steve Hindi of SHARK (Showing Animals Respect and Kindness) update us on his international campaign to out corporate thugs who seek to profit by sponsoring animal abuse for entertainment, known as rodeos, and the ritual torture murder of cattle before laughing and cheering audiences, known as bullfights. Bryan Martin of the Chrome Shop Mafia discussed some of the many ways in which you can trick your truck, and how his boys are going to trick MY truck, the Sherman-ator. John Degonia of Aircraft Manufacturing and Development ("AMD") discussed the new Sport Pilot License that is making it easier and more economical to become an airplane pilot. We also spoke about the new light airplanes, such as AMD's Zodiac XLi, that are making it more affordable to become the owner and pilot of a new, real airplane. The Rob Sherman Show thanks the Chicago Sun-Times for including today's show in it's Radio Highlights, and I thank Joe Gentile for allowing me to sit in for him to do his morning show on Mondays for nine weeks while Joe was on his winter vacation in Florida.
March 26: Four guests: Dick Kay, formerly of Channel 5 and now a spokesman for healthcare policy for Governor Blagojevich, explained Rod's health care plan for Illinois citizens who lack their own health care insurance. Herman Hefler of Sign-a-Rama of Buffalo Grove discussed his many philanthropic efforts and also spoke about the sign business. Kristen Mackie of Guerin Prep High School invited everyone in the audience to attend one of three performances at the school this weekend (March 30, 31 and April 1) of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Steve Brown, spokesman for Illinois Speaker of the House Michael Madigan, discussed the Speaker's plans to revive the much-needed Crosstown Expressway along the Cicero Avenue and 75th Street railroad corridors in Chicago, as well as what we Democrats are doing right in Springfield and why Barack will be the next President of the United States. The Rob Sherman Show thanks the Chicago Sun-Times for including today's show in it's Radio Highlights.
March 19: Five Guests: Throughout the show, music historian Tom Meros discussed 50 great years of rock-and-roll. Gary Banovitz of The Reflections spoke about the band's big upcoming dinner-theater concert at Genitti's Hole-in-the-Wall in Northville, Michigan (15 miles northeast of Ann Arbor and 20 miles northwest of Detroit), this week on Saturday evening, March 24th, at 6:00 p.m. CENTRAL Daylight Saving Time (7:00 p.m. local [Eastern] time). Girl Scouts of Chicago cookie lady, Susan Rakis, spoke about this year's delicious Girl Scout Cookie campaign. Toby Young, President of Exhibit Management Associates, previewed the Mid-America Trucking Show, where you can get ideas on tricking your truck. The show is coming up this weekend in Louisville, Kentucky. Erin Manning discussed the future of photography, including digital and film photos and video. The Rob Sherman Show thanks the Chicago Sun-Times for including today's show in it's Radio Highlights.
March 12: Six guests, four live in the studio, two by phone: Jeff Liberman was in the studio to sing political protest songs, along with keyboard artist Scott May, famous (or not) for "Scott May and his One-Armed Orchestra." George Hobbs of Native Way Watersports flew in from Grand Cayman, compliments of Cayman Airways, just to do the radio show. George is a professional musician and photographer. He spoke about his day job, in which he photographs tourists interacting with stingrays at Stingray City. In these two pictures, George photographed my wife, Celeste, and me swimming with the stingrays in the Caribbean Sea just off the Cayman Islands and getting a welcome kiss from a stingray. Please tell George how much you like those two pictures by e-mailing him at journey_travelled@yahoo.com. George also promoted on the radio show tourism to the Cayman Islands, talked about how stingrays are calm and friendly types, and sang his original songs. Joining him in the studio was Barbara Reimers of the Chicago area office of the Cayman Islands Department of Tourism. We continued our conversation from last week with Ali Muhammad, the tour guide from Roatan, Honduras, which was interrupted last week by difficulties with our international telephone service. The Rob Sherman Show thanks the Sheraton Chicago Northwest for providing hotel accommodations for George Hobbs during his stay in Chicago. The Rob Sherman Show also thanks Eldon Ebanks and Sharon Heard-Ebanks of Native Way Watersports for allowing George time off from work to appear on the show. Be sure to contact Native Way Watersports for your trip to Stingray City the next time that you visit Grand Cayman. The Rob Sherman Show thanks Cayman Airways for providing to George complimentary round-trip air transportation between Grand Cayman and Chicago so that George could appear on the show today. The Rob Sherman Show also thanks the Cayman Islands Department of Tourism for all of the work that they did to make possible George's in-person appearance on today's show. The Rob Sherman Show thanks the Chicago Sun-Times for including today's show in it's Radio Highlights.
March 5: Rock legend Gary Puckett spoke about his wonderful songs from his days with the Union Gap; his Christian faith and the challenges of incorporating his Christian songs into the concerts that he does now; growing up in Hibbing, Minnesota, and elsewhere all across the country; life now on the Florida Suncoast; and, most importantly, his 2007 concert tour where you can see and hear him live with the Gary Puckett Band. Then, live from Roatan, Honduras, tour guide Ali Muhammad took us on a radio visit to his beautiful Caribbean island. Then, our long-time entertainment concierge, Rich Gore, told us about many of the exciting places to go to around Chicagoland to have fun with your favorite loved one. The Rob Sherman Show thanks the Chicago Sun-Times for including today's show in it's Radio Highlights.
February 26: Lori Lipman Brown of the Secular Coalition of America discussed the Hein case that the Supreme Court will be hearing this week regarding the constitutionality of public funding of Christian proselytizing in America's prisons. Alvaro Vargas Llosa, Senior Fellow and Director of the Center on Global Prosperity, discussed how Barack is regarded in Latin America and in Europe. Tim O'Brien, author of The Power of Personal Branding, explained why Barack is hot and Hillary is not. The Rob Sherman Show thanks the Chicago Sun-Times for including today's show in it's Radio Highlights.
February 19: America's favorite travel writer, Chris Elliott, discussed proposed federal legislation for a Passenger Bill of Rights. Jeanette Henderson, author of There's No Such Thing as Public Speaking, discussed the differences in presentation styles between Barack and Hillary, and how it will affect their runs for the White House. America's favorite French chef, Michael Maddox of Le Titi de Paris French restaurant in Arlington Heights, discussed the incomparable dietary delights of French cuisine. The Rob Sherman Show thanks the Chicago Sun-Times for including today's show in it's Radio Highlights.
February 12: Two issues: Parasailing expert Chance Beatch, of Blue Water Beach Parasailing, live via phone from Grand Cayman, British West Indies, in the Caribbean. See three large-file, slow-loading images Photo 1 Photo 2 Photo 3 of Celeste and Rob Sherman parasailing on January 24, 2007, off Seven Mile Beach in Grand Cayman, British West Indies. Photos by Chance Beatch. Then, a discussion of my presentation last week to the Alabama Governor's panel on lap/shoulder seat belts on school busses. Four high school students were killed, and many others severely injured, when their school bus went over the side of Interstate 565 in Huntsville, Alabama, on November 20, 2006. The Rob Sherman Show thanks the Chicago Sun-Times for including today's show in it's Radio Highlights.
February 5: Three guests: Gary Banovetz and Tony Micale of The Reflections, the world's greatest doo-wop group, discussed their blockbuster hits, such as Just Like Romeo and Juliet (as seen on this 1964 black-and-white video), the history of doo-wop, their new CDs and previewed their upcoming live shows in Michigan, in Florida and in Atlanta. Then, Brandt Goldstein discussed his book, Storming the Court, which is the story of a group of Yale Law students who fought to have detainees released from Guantanamo in the 1990s. The Rob Sherman Show thanks the Chicago Sun-Times for including today's show in it's Radio Highlights.
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