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Sound Opinions on the Future of Music - Chicago Humanities Festival

Greg Kot & Jim DeRogatis: Sound Opinions (on the Future of Music)

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  • ABOUT Greg Kot

    Since 1990, Kot has been a music critic at the Chicago Tribune, where he has comprehensively covered popular music—from hip-hop to rock en espanol—and reported on music-related social, political and business issues. With Jim DeRogatis, Kot cohosts Sound Opinions, "the world's only rock 'n' roll talk show," on national public radio. The show has a worldwide audience via its Web site, soundopinions.org, and is nationally syndicated through its home base at Chicago Public Radio, WBEZ-FM 91.5.

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  • ABOUT Jim DeRogatis

    Born in Jersey City, New Jersey, the year the Beatles arrived in America, Jim DeRogatis began voicing his opinions about rock ’n’ roll shortly thereafter. Together with Greg Kot, he co-hosts Sound Opinions, the world’s only rock ’n’ roll talk show, originating from Chicago Public Radio and syndicated nationally via American Public Media. He is also a professor at Columbia College Chicago and blogs for Chicago Public Radio's Vocalo.org

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Recorded music is in a period of seismic change unrivaled since the introduction of the phonograph more than a century ago. Everything is affected: how people make, sell, and, most importantly, listen to and enjoy music. And it’s happening very fast, with new developments all the time, such as Apple’s introduction of its cloud music service. It’s impossible for the courts, consumers, and creators to keep up. Greg Kot and Jim DeRogatis, of WBEZ’s Sound Opinions—the world’s only rock ’n’ roll t alk radio show—are all over the biggest story on the music beat in their lifetimes. Join them for entertaining thoughts and fascinating facts and figures.

This program is generously underwritten by Jim and Kay Mabie.

Partnership support is provided by the Chicago International Movies and Music Festival.

Learn More

  • leaders & thinkers

    Website The Sound Opinions podcast on WBEZ's site.
  • good reads

    Chicago MagazineAn article about the success of the podcast and the journey it's taken to today.
  • online resources

    We Greg Kot's Website
    WebsiteJim DeRogatis Website

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