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The Interview Show With Mark Bazer

by Mark Bazer

The Interview Show With Mark Bazer is a talk show in a bar. Held at The Hideout, in Chicago, and FitzGerald's, in Berwyn, IL, and occasionally elsewhere. Est. 2008.

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  1. The Interview Show With Mark Bazer: Paige Lewis

    Paige Lewis' first novel is called "Canon," and it’s a real pleasure. Thoughtful, idiosyncratic and epic, and very funny. Paige is also the author of the poetry collection "Space Struck" and coeditor of "Another Last Call: Poems on Addiction and Deliverance." Paige also teaches at the University…

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  2. The Interview Show With Mark Bazer: Friko

    We saw Friko perform a sold-out album release show at Metro and had been looking forward to having them on The Interview Show ever since. They didn't disappoint. We hope you'll enjoy this brief convo with all four members of the Chicago-based band, along with a performance of "Seven Degrees," a...

  3. Special Episode: The Thursday Murder Club's Richard Osman (The Book Cellar x City Winery)

    Hi there. Well, I loved this conversation with Richard Osman. The author of "The Thursday Murder Club Mystery" series, including the latest one, "The Impossible Fortune," was as funny and as warm as his books. We also talked about his pre-author days as a quiz show (using the UK term out of...

  4. Special Episode: Rob Reiner on the Making of Spinal Tap (WBEZ Events)

    Sometimes it's good to meet your heroes. WBEZ, Chicago's wonderful public radio station, brought director Rob Reiner to Chicago on Sept. 17, as part of its Events series. Reiner is the author of the new book "A Fine Line Between Stupid and Clever: The Story of Spinal Tap." Some 800 people filled...

  5. The Interview Show With Mark Bazer Ep. 6: The Lemonheads' Evan Dando

    Evan Dando, frontman of The Lemonheads, has a memoir out, "Rumors of My Demise." He made Chicago—more specifically our show on Oct. 5 at FitzGerald's, in Berwyn—the first stop on the book tour. The Lemonheads also have a forthcoming album. He didn't perform any songs off it on our show. Instead…

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  6. The Interview Show With Mark Bazer Ep. 5: Sarah Spain

    Sarah Spain is one of my favorites, she is an Emmy and Peabody Award-winning sports journalist; is the host of the first ever daily women's sports podcast, iHeart's “Good Game with Sarah Spain;” and has been a jack of all trades in her more than two decades in the sports business. But here we...

  7. The Interview Show With Mark Bazer Ep. 4: Samantha Harvey

    Our interview with author Samantha Harvey. Her latest book is "Orbital," which won this past year's Booker Prize. We recorded the interview at FitzGerald's, in Berwyn, right outside Chicago, on March 20, 2025. Next on our live show front is a show at The Hideout, in Chicago, on May 30, with…

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  8. The Interview Show Episode 3: Carrie Coon

    Our interview with actor Carrie Coon, from Jan. 10, 2020, as she prepared for "Bug" at Steppenwolf Theatre, in Chicago. Filmed at The Hideout, also in Chicago. Originally aired on WTTW, Chicago's PBS station. Our next live show is March 20 at FitzGerald's!...

  9. The Interview Show With Mark Bazer Ep. 2: CharlieTrotter

    We thought we'd revisit this interview with the late chef Charlie Trotter from ... 2010. June 4, 2010, to be exact. We had a great time that night at The Hideout. Chef Trotter has very much been on people's minds of late — thanks to the "Love, Charlie" documentary (of which video clips from this...

  10. The Interview Show With Mark Bazer Ep. 1: Robert Sean Leonard, Sima Cunningham

    The first podcast episode from the long-running live, Chicago-based talk show The Interview Show With Mark Bazer! Interview guest is: — Actor Robert Sean Leonard (House, Dead Poets Society), who is in the Goodman Theatre's production of Harold Pinter's Betrayal, alongside Helen Hunt and Ian...

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

The Interview Show With Mark Bazer is a talk show in a bar. Held at The Hideout, in Chicago, and FitzGerald's, in Berwyn, IL, and occasionally elsewhere. Est. 2008.

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Mark Bazer

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