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Spiegel shares his best Chicago baseball story of this year & a beautiful send-off for Justin Verlander (Hour 3)

2

Steve Stone saw the White Sox's success coming in May & it looks like Shota Imanaga won't start for Cubs in wild-card round (Hour 2)

3

Exciting times as both Cubs and White Sox make playoffs & Alex Bregman's influence on Pete Crow-Armstrong has been great to watch (Hour 1)

4

Brendan Miller breaks down Cubs' pitching struggles & James Fegan talks White Sox's need for better starting pitching (Hour 3)

5

Ryan Zeferjahn talks about his pitching process & Cubs don't trust Javier Assad as much as they should (Hour 2)

6

Reacting to Cubs' series win & White Sox's struggles, we take calls (Hour 1)

7

Jon Lester talks about how MLB pitching has changed (Hour 3)

8

Andrew Berlin talks South Bend Cubs & Pete Crow-Armstrong is pulling away in NL MVP race (Hour 2)

9

Pete Crow-Armstrong homers 3 times as Cubs celebrates 150th anniversary & Jake Arrieta interview (Hour 1)

10

Alex Bregman has been on a tear since the All-Star break (Hour 1)

11

Kennedi Landry previews upcoming White Sox-Rangers series (Hour 2)

12

Scott Merkin shares the latest on the White Sox (Hour 3)

13

Pete Crow-Armstrong reflected on the changes he made to his plate approach & Joshua Baez had an MLB debut to remember (Hour 3)

14

Assessing the White Sox's catching situation & Team of the Moment (Hour 2)

15

White Sox are doing whatever it takes to win & Steve Stone interview (Hour 1)

16

Get to know new Cubs pitchers Kevin Gausman & Clay Holmes (Hour 4)

17

Radiothon winner Scott Derenger tells stories from working Cubs suites & Bryan Hudson talks excitement around the White Sox (Hour 3)

18

Ozzie Guillen's No. 13 is for Venezuela & Pete Crow-Armstrong has become a complete player (Hour 2)

19

What a great weekend in Chicago baseball & Ozzie Guillen/White Sox had a great day (Hour 1)

20

More MLB trade deadline talk with listeners, What will be Cubs and White Sox biggest moves at MLB trade deadline?

21

Dodgers beat writer Fabian Ardaya talks about Dodgers trade for Skubal, Steve Stone breaks down the White Sox trade for pitcher Luis Castillo, White Sox and Cubs fans tell us what the teams should do at trade deadline.

22

Lance Brozdowski talks Cubs potential moves at MLB trade deadline, What is it going to cost the Cubs to get pitchers at trade deadline, Listeners talk about potential trade targets for the Cubs and White Sox.

23

White Sox trade for Mariners pitcher Luis Castillo, What do the Cubs and White Sox still need to do this trade deadline, Pete Crow-Armstrong thrives in the biggest moments.

24

Can Pete Crow-Armstrong win NL MVP? (Hour 1)

25

Jim DeShaies discusses Cubs - This weeks edition of Team of the Moment (Hour 2)

26

Radiothon winner John Hennessy joins Matt Spiegel to talk Cubs and White Sox (Hour 3)

27

Memories from 2016 Cubs World Series season and this weekend of celebration, Craig Counsell talks pitching pregame.

28

Eno Sarris talks AI in baseball and his NL Cy Young prediction, Anthony Rizzo & David Ross talking about their 2016 memories, Team of the Moment: Red Sox AGAIN!

29

Jim Thome talks his son being drafted by White Sox and this team is fun, Listeners talk about potential trades for the White Sox, White Sox fans continue to give their thoughts on trade deadline

30

What a great weekend to be a Chicago baseball fan, Five Things the Cubs Need to do to catch the Brewers, Anthony Rizzo catches Busch's Homerun

31

Joe Maddon breaks down the 5 stages of a MLB ball player, White Sox Tristan Peters gets a cycle and is named to All-Star team, Team of the Moment-Red Sox

32

Gordon Wittenmyer talks MLB Draft and Cubs/Reds series, James Fox talks about a potentially GREAT White Sox draft, Cubs go pitching in 2026 MLB Draft

33

White Sox are having an unbelievably GREAT weekend, White Sox listeners rejoice over this great weekend for them.

34

Jay Johnson interview, Bruce Levine talks Cubs-Cardinals 'fog game' (Hour 4)

35

Meghan Montemurro talks Cubs, we hand out midseason awards (Hour 3)

36

What should the Cubs & White Sox do at the trade deadline? James Fegan interview (Hour 2)

37

Pete Crow-Armstrong and Miguel Vargas are All-Stars, Jason Kempf interview (Hour 1)

38

Team of the Moment: Houston Astros (Hour 4)

39

Are the Cubs bad at developing pitching? (Hour 3)

40

Listeners think the Cubs are boring, but Spiegs disagrees (Hour 2)

41

David Peterson was solid in his Cubs debut, Ian Happ is much better than average (Hour 1)

42

Ryan McGuffey thinks Logan Webb would be a great addition for the White Sox (Hour 3)

43

Meghan Montemurro talks Nico Hoerner's struggles, Cubs' pitching (Hour 2)

44

Biggest issue for Cubs & White Sox is pitching (Hour 1)

45

Is lack of velocity a problem for the Cubs pitching staff? (Hour 3)

46

White Sox will be aggressive at the MLB trade deadline (Hour 2)

47

What's it going to take to believe in the Cubs? (Hour 1)

48

Legendary manager Dusty Baker reflects & discusses how music influenced the clubhouse (Hour 3)

49

Cubs dugout seems low on energy & we have trade suggestions (Hour 2)

50

White Sox offense is still producing without Munetaka Murakami (Hour 1)

51

Legendary Manager Dusty Baker Talks Music, How Music Influenced the Clubhouse, and Life

52

Could the Cubs go on another 10-game winning streak in June? (Hour 3)

53

Steve Stone: White Sox truly believe they can win every game (Hour 2)

54

Will the White Sox be able to survive without Munetaka Murakami? (Hour 1)

55

Cubs are slumping hard after their 7th straight loss — how do they get out of it? (Hour 1)

56

Losing is a disease — can the Cubs snap out of it? (Hour 2)

57

Jim Margalus has enjoyed what he has seen from this White Sox team (Hour 3)

58

Patrick Mooney talks Cubs slumping during their 7-game losing skid (Hour 4)

59

With the White Sox, Derek Hill is having the best time of his MLB career (Hour 4)

60

Bruce Levine previews Cubs-White Sox series finale (Hour 3)

61

Listeners share their thoughts on the Crosstown Classic (Hour 2)

62

Hoby Milner & Steve Stone interviews (Hour 1)

63

Eric Nadel previews Cubs-Rangers series finale (Hour 3)

64

White Sox director of hitting Ryan Fuller joins the show (Hour 2)

65

Reaction to Cubs' loss & White Sox's win Saturday (Hour 1)

66

Cubs beat D-Backs again to win for 14th time in 17 games (Hour 1)

67

Lance Brozdowski interview, White Sox's offense is starting to heat up (Hour 2)

68

Scott Merkin breaks down White Sox's recent hot streak (Hour 3)

69

Analyzing Cubs & White Sox lineups for series finales (Hour 4)

70

Cubs' 10-game win streak comes to an end at the hands of the Dodgers (Hour 1)

71

What can Cubs fans expect from Pete Crow-Armstrong this season? (Hour 2)

72

'Night Train' Veeck talks Joliet Slammers' 'Big House Ballgame' in Joliet (Hour 3)

73

Examining the surprising state of the NL Central (Hour 4)

74

Munetaka Murakami shines in White Sox' uneven series against A's (Hour 3)

75

Cliff Floyd talks Cubs: Nico Hoerner's leadoff success, platooning Moises Ballesteros (Hour 2)

76

Craig Counsell successfully doubles down on pinch-hitting for Moises Ballesteros (Hour 1)

77

Are you hitting the panic button on the Cubs? (Hour 1)

78

Cubs right-hander Ben Brown shares his mindset this season (Hour 2)

79

Bob Costas is back on NBC and discusses the state of the Cubs (Hour 3)

80

Extra innings: Getting you set for Cubs-Pirates (Hour 4)

81

Cade Horton's forearm injury has Cubs fans on pins and needles (Hour 1)

82

Miguel Vargas joins us after his monster game in White Sox's win Saturday (Hour 2)

83

Team of the Moment: New York Yankees — and Spiegel hates it (Hour 3)

84

Cubs lock up Nico Hoerner on a long-term contract extension (Hour 1)

85

Ryan McGuffey isn't overreacting to the White Sox's slow start (Hour 2)

86

Doug Glanville, our favorite storyteller, joins us from Seattle (Hour 3)

87

Matt Armstrong, Pete Crow-Armstrong's dad, joined the Spiegel & Holmes Show (Hour 4)

88

Eno Sarris has a bold baseball prediction that could be trouble for the for Cubs (Hour 3)

89

'Pitching Ninja' Rob Friedman talks new book 'Unhittable' on baseball's pitching dominance (Hour 2)

90

Cubs have a shot to win the World Series (Hour 1)

91

Who has more pressure on them: Cubs or Brewers? (Hour 2)

92

Cubs-Brewers hype train! (Hour 1)

93

Special postgame: Cubs beat Padres, 3-1, in Game 1 of NL wild-card series

94

Breaking down what the Cubs' playoff roster will look like (Hour 1)

95

Boog Sciambi outlines Cubs' potential rotation for playoffs (Hour 2)

96

Brian Bannister talks White Sox's upward trajectory in the 2nd half (Hour 3)

97

Cubs looking for a sweep in Colorado - is a September hot streak coming? (Hour 1)

98

Jordan Shusterman of Baseball Bar-B-Cast returns & Team of the Moment (Hour 2)

99

Radiothon guest host Doug Meyer joins us in-studio for the next hour (Hour 3)

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Kyle Tucker and the Cubs are surging on the West Coast (Hour 1)