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Say More with Mary Dixon & Patrick Smith — 247 episodes
Happy birthday, Say More!
Refresh your TV viewing: What we’re watching this fall
Reflecting on 25 years since the Sept. 11th attacks
How does your job protect your health?
What is a poem that has stuck with you?
How do you enjoy poetry in Chicago?
Chicago on one year since Midway Blitz
Can we really separate the art from the artist?
Will Chicagoans call it ‘Lake America’?
What would you do with a year off?
Congress is back. What do you want your reps to focus on?
What Chicago civic improvement project would you spend $2 billion on?
Are you protein-maxxing?
Cozy up with these fall books
What does Dolly Parton mean to you?
What to do about all these food recalls?
Too many online influencers are loud and wrong – but we believe them
Time is running out: What’s left on your summer bucket list?
How helpful is your insurance after a bad storm?
Is Chicago doing enough to combat rats?
Should colleges and universities require standardized test scores for admission?
What has eight legs and lurks in your home’s corners? These guys
Chicago Air & Water Show: Love it, hate it, or do you have mixed feelings?
How do you feel about surveillance?
How is artificial intelligence affecting Chicago workers?
The many languages of Chicago
What are you voting for?
What could it look like if Chicago’s top priority was climate change?
Who gets to claim being a Chicagoan?
Everybody loves a park. How would you improve yours?
You have 24 hours left in Chicago. What do you do?
What classic film do you think is due for a reboot?
Should you take your kids to Lollapalooza?
What song keeps the blues away?
Where are you a regular?
What Chicago business would you bring back?
What can American democracy learn from… Lithuania?
What do you want?
Dish about your (secret) family recipes
The Onion’s plans for conspiracy site Infowars: ‘You can’t degrade something this stupid’
How to maintain friendships in adulthood
Who should replace Chicago police superintendent Larry Snelling
How do you make friends as an adult?
What’s your song of the summer?
Summer balling on a budget
What do recent SNAP changes mean for Chicago?
How has Chicago been impacted by changes to SNAP?
On FX’s ‘The Bear,’ she taught the actors how to be chefs
They’re spreading irritation – and even disease – across Illinois
How are Americans feeling about the U.S.?
What keeps you in Chicago?
John Mulaney on being famous in Chicago: ‘It is 99% friendly, and when it’s hostile, it’s hilarious’
How safe does your community feel?
How are changes to student loan repayment affecting you?
Nick Offerman returns to Chicago and takes your questions
What’s the local impact of recent Supreme Court decisions?
What to do after a scam?
What’s your connection to summer produce?
Marking America’s 250th with NPR’s ‘StoryCorps’
World Cup soccer is for everyone
What would you do if you were the mayor?
Summer road trip season has officially begun. Where are you heading on your next big drive?
Can you slow down for the summer?
What’s the best Chicago suburb?
4,000 miles later: This guy is the first to run every single street in Chicago
Should the Supreme Court be reformed?
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Illinois’ AG is in the hot seat! What do you want to ask him?
How would you fix air travel?
What’s your favorite piece of public art in Chicago?
SM - Bears in Indiana
What the heck is green infrastructure? And how can it help me?
How are you celebrating Pride in Chicago?
How Chicago is turning to collective action
Is Chicago really that progressive?
Illinois spring legislative ends without vote on Bears stadium bill
What’s your favorite thing to do at the lakefront?
What would you ask Pope Leo XIV?
As Illinois lawmakers consider housing bills, ‘Say More’ asks: What makes a ‘good home’?
SM - Music festivals yay or nay
What does the Chicago Federal Reserve do for you?
Tips on managing your money in turbulent economic times
Is small talk good for you?
E-books and audiobooks are costing libraries an arm and a leg
Cook County Public Defender Sharone Mitchell takes questions from WBEZ listeners
What’s the key to creating art with family?
Chicago shares its appreciation for nurses
A.I.? Data centers? Facial recognition? ‘Say More’ listeners discuss the tech that’s stressing them out
Illinois Treasurer Frerichs answers your money questions
How are you coping with higher prices?
Bad bridges, scary potholes and iffy overpasses, oh my!
Are the kids alright? The answer might surprise you.
Chicago-area home prices are skyrocketing. What’s it like in your neighborhood?
How Chicagoans are celebrating May Day
Prom, graduations, kids’ concerts and much more: Chicagoans weigh in on ‘Maycember’
Illinois business owners navigate system for tariff refunds
What’s the power of neighborhood connections?
What would make you feel safer on the CTA?
Chicagoans grapple with higher health insurance premiums
Chicago Public Library commissioner discusses books, branches, resources for readers and more
How Chicagoans are leaning into sustainability this Earth Day
Say More about a Spring fling!
vChicago weed culture six years on from legalization Producers: Cianna Greaves
What’s the status of vaccines right now? What are your questions for an infectious disease expert?
Chicago on the president’s criticism of the pope
Chicago TikTok runner says goodbye to the city he’s fallen in love
Gillian Flynn on what makes a great mystery novel
Cycling in the city: Say More’s spoke to nuts guide on biking Chicago
Would you travel to the moon?
A Congressman, an Iranian refugee and a military vet on war in Iran and Lebanon
A Congressman, an Iranian refugee and a military vet on Iran
College graduates are not OK
New spring wardrobe? Head to the thrift shop
Brendan Hunt on Chicago, The Beatles and ‘Ted Lasso’
Say More sits down with Chicago’s top watchdog
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Property tax call in with maria pappas
No Kings, war in Iran, SCOTUS: How are you handling the headlines?
What are your favorite springtime activities in the Chicago area?
Should sports owners get stadium handouts?
Social media is making us miserable. So why can’t we quit it?
Revisiting – and letting go of – our ‘heroes’
Mind the (pay) gap
It’s the first day of spring, so get to cleaning!
The cost of ICE, and the cost of travel
Who turned out for the Illinois primary?
Protecting voter rights in the Midwest
And the Oscar goes to: How accurate were our 2026 Oscar predictions?
What to know about creating a living will
Your advice for ‘Say More’ co-host Patrick Smith as he turns 40
Pop Quiz! Are you ready for the primary?
For the love of the craft
A tribute to the female friendships that shape us
Honoring women’s unpaid labor
Chicago, it’s time to get started on that spring garden
The things we do to fall back in love with Chicago
Is ‘when we are’ who we are?
‘Say More’ discusses Epstein files and the U.S. bombing of Iran
What makes a Chicago accent?
Should Illinois ban cell phones from classrooms?
‘The State Of Our Union Is _____’: Listeners fill in the blank
Your package has been delivered… via robot
And then a hero comes along: Chicagoans sound off on real-life stories of courage
When the dog whistles become foghorns in the U.S.
From memes to policy: When the dog whistles become foghorns in the U.S.
Will you be a good ancestor?
Angry at the government? What steps can you take to speak out?
From Lunar New Year, Ramadan and Mardi Gras: It’s time to celebrate!
How are you dealing with rising grocery prices?
Swing and a miss? Your cringy Valentine’s Day stories
What’s contributing to Chicago’s stark youth unemployment numbers?
What traffic controls will make Chicago safer?
What issues are top of mind for you this election season?
The ‘Say More’ guide to the 2026 Winter Olympics
How do you want to see $500,000 used to improve Chicago’s parks?
What’s driving the historic drop in Chicago crime and violence?
How are Chicago’s indie venues adapting to growing challenges?
The cold weather doesn’t stop Chicagoans from being active
GROUNDHOG DAY
What oversight of ICE do you want to see?
What’s Your Favorite Protest Song?
Back to basics: What’s fueling the surge of interest in analog hobbies
Get out there and join a club, Chicago!
What’s next for Chicago-area public transit?
Best Chicago movie ever?
New year, new job?
What should Say More say more about?
How second Trump admin impacted Chicago during first year
Are Chicagoans really drinking less? The ‘why’ behind the data
You’re not a-loan: All you need to know about wage garnishment
Maybe breaking your resolutions isn’t so bad
Chicago, we’ve gathered here together…
Tips and tricks for making Chicagoland a winter wonderland
Bearing down for Saturday night
USDA has turned the food pyramid upside down
What does Chicago need to be safer in 2026?
New Year’s Resolutions – Fun Or Un-Fun?
Talk it up: National Day of Dialogue
Your ‘roses’ and ‘thorns’ for 2025
Becoming Bovino
Da Bears, Da Stadium, Da Penny
The ‘Real Housewives of WBEZ’ discuss the best reality TV of the year
How do I make my home more sustainable?
A Holiday Extravaganza with Ari Shapiro and Ebeneezer Scrooge
‘Say More’ debates the best movies of 2025
Chicago book worms share the best things they read in 2025
One-time NPR host David Greene talks sports in America and running his hometown newspaper.
Chicagoans on the pursuit of happiness
Ideas for new winter holiday traditions and activities
The Workers Who Make Chicago Work
Chicago, let’s make Small Biz Saturday every day!
What needs to change to improve Chicago’s Loop?
Your holiday horror stories and snafus
How to communicate across generations this holiday season
What do you admire about other generations?
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Getting into the holiday spirit of volunteering
Homeownership isn’t for young Americans anymore
How are Chicagoans combating climate change every day?
A bioethicist and WBEZ listeners discuss ‘medical aid in dying’ bill
Lessons learned from Operation Midway Blitz
Hari Kondabolu: What’s So Funny about Chicago?
The liberal label: how’d it become a political insult?
Chicagoans sound off on looming spike in healthcare costs
Honoring U.S. veterans today and every day
SAY MORE 11-10-25, GOV SHUTDOWN AND BEST RESTAURANTS
How to talk to kids about ICE and Border Patrol
Private Equity = Bad Company?
Democratic wins, immigration enforcement, Cubs gold gloves and the Chicago band Tortoise
Cricketers send help to Jamaica; Feds have eyes on us Producers:
Should we get rid of daylight saving time
Everyone’s got a ghost story. What’s yours?
Why do we need horror films in this day and age? Plus, spooky cemeteries in Chicagoland
Filmmaker John Waters on cult classics. Plus, author Stefan Fatsis on new words entering the dictionary
Betting on gambling revenue: Illinois now second-largest market for sports wagers in U.S.
Say More citizen test
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Why is everyone in Chicago sick right now?
How to support immigrant-owned businesses in Chicago amid immigration crackdown
How to face that difficult conversation head on
Chicago turns out for No Kings demonstrations. Plus, are you taking part in ‘Sober October’?
What’s needed to protect free speech on college campuses?
How comedy can help us handle life’s challenges
Architecture? Protests? ‘Say More’ talks No Kings and Open House Chicago
How would you fix Chicago-area public transit?
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Should dogs be allowed in restaurants?
How is the government shutdown affecting you?
WBEZ listeners weigh in on ICE, National Guard
What we can learn from Kapwa
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What makes college radio so special?
Q Brothers bring hip-hop ‘Julius Caesar’ to Chicago Shakespeare Theater. Plus, will the Cubs advance?
What’s the local impact of the government shutdown?
Chicago, what do you think of AI?
Do you feel safe? Examining what influences our perception of crime
Who do you trust when it comes to vaccine guidance?
SAY MORE 9-29-25
Calling all extroverts, introverts, spider haters and lovers
Who do you trust when it comes to vaccine guidance?
Chicago, what’s your idea of the perfect fall day?
Rosh Hashanah Confessionals
Hey old pal! On finding former friends years later
‘Wrigley food sucks,’ ‘Chicago winters rule’: What’s YOUR Chicago hot take?
What power and rights do bystanders have during ICE encounters?
ICE can’t stop Chicago’s Mexican Independence Day celebrations
As WBEZ makes a change with ‘Say More,’ the team asks: How can we master change?