Welcome in to the House of L podcast. This is episode 96 and I just realize that in my

stupidity I may have done something brilliant with this episode. Why? Because even though

Nina and I recorded this a little while ago.

It is episode 96 and Nina Hagen

who is my guest is the morning person at B 96.

I promise you I didn't do this on purpose. It wasn't until I started to record the open that I realized what I had done and how it kind of looks brilliant, even though it wasn't brilliant at all. Let me tell you why she's on the

podcast. She's on the podcast because her and Gabe Ramirez, who was on episode 60 of our podcast, do the morning show of B96.

They are a dynamic duo.

They have incredible chemistry on the air.

Their show is a lot of fun.

They take it into a lot of different directions,

and I enjoy them both immensely.

Nina didn't grow up here, which is something you'll find out in the episode, but she's acclimated to Chicago very well since getting here a couple years ago.

I really like... since getting here a couple years ago.

I really like what she does on her podcast.

So you know, you're supposed to get ready to talk to your guests,

so you do all of the homework that you can't you talk to their friends you

listen to some of their work and I listened to her podcast and it blew my mind. I was so entertained that in the first three minutes of

listening to the first episode of her podcast, I subscribed because it was that interesting.

The name of that podcast is called Guilty Pleasures and Growing Pains with Nina.

And Nina tells a lot of stories and being someone who has worked on the FM side of radio

and has been around a lot of stars and has been through a lot of

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