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Car Con Carne

Dec 23, 2015

"What goes on here? This is like a boarding school." This week's episode finds James and comedian Paul Faravhar sitting a few doors down from Allende, a dive-y burrito place in Chicago's Lincoln Park. As they sit and talk about the band Rush, the art of comedy and the simple joys of a steak burrito with no sour cream,...


Dec 15, 2015

"I am so bloated and full right now, I thought my seatbelt was on." And so goes Car Con Carne's trip to legendary Chicago hot dog establishment Superdawg. Jesse Valenciana, founder of meat-loving social club ManBQue, sits shotgun for a chat that covers ManBQue's core principles of meat, beer and rock & roll.


Dec 10, 2015

One of my favorite comic strips is "Beardo," the daily cartoon mirror of creator Dan Dougherty's life. I started up a bromance with Dan months ago at the C2E2 comic book convention, and the culmination of it finds him sitting shotgun for Car Con Carne. We visit the Greektown location of Chicago-area chain Taco...


Dec 1, 2015

This episode is a Car Con Carne first: A live-to-tape in-car performance, courtesy of Smoking Popes lead singer Josh Caterer! While parked in the lot of The Texan in Algonquin, Josh plays a couple of Popes songs, a song from Jackson Mud (his blues band), and a couple of "instant request" cover songs. The conversation...


Nov 22, 2015

Felonious Munk isn't your typical stand-up comedian; he's also a whip-smart commentator and observer of the human condition. For this episode of Car Con Carne, Munk sits shotgun for a trip to Jim's Original in Chicago. Munk skips the Maxwell Street Polish, opting for a burger instead. As cold, wet snow starts to...