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Keep up to date with Radio Legend Dick Purtan as he navigates from radio into cyber space. Features include "If it is in the news it is news to us", personal anecdotes and other stories that catch Dick's eye and ear.
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Purtan Podcast #30: The Most Important Podcast I'll Do All Year... | Today I welcome Dale Johnson to the table to discuss the Salvation Army Bed & Bread Club Radiothon coming up next Friday, February 24th. The 16-Hour live broadcast has become the biggest one-day/single station Radiothon in the country. I began it 25 years ago... and to date we've raised over $25 million dollars to feed the neediest men, women and children in the most impoverished areas of Metro-Detroit. This year I'm coming out of retirement to sit down behind the mic along with "Purtan's People", for the Radiothon which can be heard on 760 WJR and will be streamed live on WJR.com. To donate to this vital program, which feeds 5000 people a day, 365 days a year, call 1-248-258-0760 or go to WJR.com. And to find out how your donation can literally change lives... listen to today's Podcast with the Salvation Army's Dale Johnson. | Free | View In iTunes |
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Purtan Podcast #29: J.F.K's Newly Revealed 19-Year Old Girlfriend... And A Girl He Had His Eye On That Hits Much Closer To My H | Today we gather around the old dining room table and discuss the new revelation about the 19-year-old girl who just came clean about her 18-month affair with JFK when she was a White House Intern (And to think Bill Clinton thought he came up with that idea!). I'll also share a personal story about an encounter I had with Kennedy and his rather overt attention to my wife! Plus we explain how we could have won World War II in much less time using something you may have in your kitchen cupboard right now. | Free | View In iTunes |
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Purtan Podcast #28: From Valentine's Gifts... To Giving From the Heart! | What do "Toilet Texting" and what women want for Valentine's Day have in common? Fortunately, absolutely nothing! But we talk about both, along with my new "drink of choice" and how Morgan Freeman dumped his step-Grand Daughter/girlfriend for a new squeeze. Plus - details about my upcoming return to the microphone to host the 25th Anniversary of the nation's largest one day/one station Radiothon, benefiting the Salvation Army's Bed & Bread Club which feeds 5000 men, women & children 365 days a year. | Free | View In iTunes |
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Purtan Podcast #27: A Bunch About Brady... Not Marcia, Tom! | Today we welcome back Tom DeLisle, a former writer/performer on my radio show back in the 60's, 70', and 80's. He also spent a lot of time in Hollywood writing monologues for the Tonight Show and other TV sit-coms. Tom took a seat at my dining room table for a discussion including France's announced plans to build "Napoleanland" (it's the perfect vacation-destination for familes who enjoy sharing a good guillotining!) Also... we reveal our favorites to win the Superbowl and share a fascinating story about former UofMer and New England Patriot's quarterback Tom Brady that you may not have heard. Plus an update on my newest Grandson Brayden Alexander Johnson! Yep... I got myself a new Johnson! All that and a whole bunch of other stuff, that to be honest, I can't remember! | Free | View In iTunes |
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Purtan Podcast #26: Purtan Podcast #26: Star Gazing... Part II | Today, we bring you Part II of our visit with Tom DeLisle - a longtime friend who worked on, and wrote character bits (including “The Whoa Boys”), for my show back in the 60’s, 70’s and 80’s. He’s a fascinating guy who has always referred to himself as a “Bystander to the Stars”. He spent many years in Hollywood (in fact he wrote 24 monologues for the “Tonight Show”). Tom “rubbed elbows” with many of the rich and famous - from movie stars to politicians to sports legends - and today shares some of his priceless stories with us! | Free | View In iTunes |
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Purtan Podcast #25: I'm No Mathematician... But That's Almost Halfway To 50! | On this our 25th Podcast (Do you give gifts for the 25th Podcast? A silver "Mr. Microphone"?) we cover the gamut from "No Pants Day" on subways around the world to the split-second decision that cost me $50 thousand dollars, and a slip of the tongue that almost got Jackie kicked off morning radio in NYC. On a personal note we'll give you a "Reader's Digest" version of how I became involved with Children's Hospital of Michigan more than 30 years ago. They are giving my wife Gail and yours truly an award Friday evening - but the award should go to them... They saved my daughter's life. | Free | View In iTunes |
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Purtan Podcast #24: Welcome to "Two-Thousand & Twelve"... Or Is It "Twenty-Twelve" | Today we cover everything under the Kim Jong Il's Son - Un! A pudgy 26-year-old dictator with his own nuclear arsenal - talk about a chick magnet! Speaking of "Pudgy", we'll tell you about a boxed brownie mix that lets you enjoy your just desserts without feeling guilty. Think of it as "Taste Great. Less Fattening". Plus... the story of a man who shot himself in the testicles not once, but twice. He really started the New Year off with a bang! | Free | View In iTunes |
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Purtan Podcast #23: "Things Are So Crazy... We Should Be Sent To A Home For The Holidays!" | If you think Santa covers a lot of ground on Christmas Eve... check this out! My special Pre-Christmas "Podisode" touches on everything from soup to chestnuts. Bill Clinton joins us to complain that neither he, Hillary, nor any of his girlfriends made Barbara Walters' "10 Most Fascinating People of the Year" list, and I relay the story-behind-the-story of something hilarious that allegedly happened on the Jay Leno show. Plus, I'll tell you a CLEAN joke you can tell at your office party that's actually FUNNY! And we even have a special musical guest! (Nothing says "Merry Christmas" like a ten year old playing "Three Blind Mice" on the recorder!) All that, plus more stuff than you'll have in your "gifts to return" pile on December 26th! | Free | View In iTunes |
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Purtan Podcast #22: Nude, Rude, and Lewd Celebrities - It Must Be The Holidaze! | Today Bill Clinton joins us to discuss his latest appearance on "The View" and how he made Whoopi! We'll tell you why Muslim women are being banned from touching cucumbers and how a 7-year-old boy was accused of sexual harassment after kicking a bully where the sun don't shine. And speaking of "Boys Gone Wild", we'll give you the skinny on the fathead move that got Alec Baldwin kicked off an airplane. Plus a sneak peak at Lindsay Lohan's full frontal (and backal!) shots for Playboy! | Free | View In iTunes |
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Purtan Podcast #20: An Especially Fowl Edition! | In this special "recorded-the-day-before and aired-the-day-after" Holiday edition of our podcast, we talk about everything from Turkeys (and not just the ones in Washington) to "Sexting while Sleeping". (It's a newly recognized medical condition, and therefore a great excuse if you get caught by your spouse!) President Obama joins us to discuss "Black Friday" and the White House "Country Music Night". Plus we talk about "Shrinky Dinks", why you may never have to visit the dentist again, and a grandmother-groping ghost! Plus... info on how to reserve your copy of my 10th and final "Best of Dick Purtan & Purtan's People" CD - featuring 40 never before released bits from my last years on the air, benefiting two great military charities, available at DickPurtan.com. | Free | View In iTunes |
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Purtan Podcast #19: A Pilot Who Had To Pee and How To Get My New CD! | Today we welcome Regis Philbin to the Podcast - the man who holds the record for the most time ever on television at 16,700 hours - just edging out Ryan Seacrest! We also talk about two pilots: one who's potty break caused a terrorist scare and another who literally ran out of gas! Plus, I'll tell you about my back (which is out) and speaking of "out"... I'll tell you exactly how you can reserve your copy of my new CD, "The Best of Purtan - Vol. 10" starting Monday, November 21st, at DickPurtan.com, benefiting two Military charities. | Free | View In iTunes |
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Purtan Podcast #18: From Perry to Paterno to the brand-spanking new “The Best of Purtan – Volume 10" | Today we discuss Rick Perry’s Texas-sized brain freeze, Howard Cosell checks in from that great broadcast booth in the sky with his take on “Paternogate”, we have our weekly showbiz round-up including everything from Bill Bonds to Lady Gaga (both of whom wear “hair extentions”)! Plus details on exactly how and when you can order “The Best of Purtan – Volume 10” CD on Amazon.com. It features the “Best Of” my last few years on the air and benefits two Michigan Military Charities. | Free | View In iTunes |
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Purtan Podcast #16 - From Rubber Duckies to Ghadafi Didn't Duck! | Today - along with special guests Larry King, Bill Clinton, and a bunch of other people who showed up at my house unannounced, we cover everything from Moammar Ghadafi's toupee to Geraldo Rivera's love life. (Neither very pretty!) Plus a full celebrity round-up and more info on my upcoming brand new CD: "The Best of Purtan #10." | Free | View In iTunes |
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Purtan Podcast #17: From the Sublime to the Ridicul-ASS! | Today we take an in-depth look at the stories Americans really care about… the economy and jobs. NOT! How about Kim Kardashian and Lindsay Lohan?! Plus more information about my new “Best of Purtan Volume 10 CD” – what it is, who it benefits, and when and where you can buy it in plenty of time for the holidays! | Free | View In iTunes |
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Purtan Podcast 15: October 21, 2011 - The End Of The World Podcast w/special guests "The Story Lady" & Wendell Ledbetter | Harold Camping, the famous prognosticator who wrongly predicted that the world would end last May, says the REAL "End of the World" will happen TODAY! Just in case he's right this time, we wrap up a few key issues that need addressing before the cataclysmic moment arrives. | Free | View In iTunes |
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Purtan Podcast #14 - Is your son gay? There's an app for that. | Today Big Al joins us to talk about the Lions, Tigers and safe skydiving sex. | Free | View In iTunes |
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Purtan Podcast #12: Winning Tigers, A Talking Horse and A Whole Pantload of Hummingbirds. | In today's edition we welcome Big Al, The Queen, Jack Stewart, Jim Leyland and Rush Limbaugh. Our "panel" discusses among other things, the actor whose movies are most often boycotted because of his personal political views. Plus how the latest from the Michael Jackson Trial may provide a permanent solution to Dick's ongoing sleep problems. | Free | View In iTunes |
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Purtan Podcast #11: A Rapid Fire Look At This Week's Newsworthy -- and not so Newsworthy -- Events | Today, Dick and Jackie sit down for a fast-paced Purtan-style take on (OMG!) women finally being allowed to drive in Saudi Arabia...in four years! Plus, a roll of toilet paper rejected by the Beatles and why al-Qaeda has "unfriended" Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on facebook! | Free | View In iTunes |
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Purtan Podcast #10: 9/23/11 | Today, among other topics, we discuss some actual, funny and bizarre things some of "Purtan's People" had to go through in order to conceive their children. | Free | View In iTunes |
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Purtan Podcast #9: 9/16/11 | Today I welcome Tom DeLisle to the Podcast. He's a former writer for my radio show as well as the writer/producer of my Emmy Award winning TV special that aired on Channel 4 in Detroit in the 80's. Tom also worked extensively with some major sports icons including Bo Schembechler and Sparky Anderson and has some fascinating stories to tell! | Free | View In iTunes |
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Purtan Podcast #5 | Today we welcome back one of my favorite members of "Purtan's People" who brought a lot of laughs to my radio show for a lot of years! | Free | View In iTunes |
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Here We Go! Our First Podcast! | Well today’s the day! My first Podcast. Jackie and Big Al join me to sit around and shoot the breeze! And let’s face it, the breeze needs to be shot because it’s hotter than hell! Stay cool and I hope you enjoy our first leap into cyber-casting! | Free | View In iTunes |
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Purtan Podcast #4 | Welcome to Friday and Podcast #4! Today we cover everything from Kwame Kilpatrick to Jackie Kennedy, Falling Stocks to Bill Bonds, and Bill Clinton to a Woodpecker (one has nothing to do with the other, honest!) Plus there are two big surprises… One for one of our listeners - and another for a member of the Purtan Family! (Stay tuned… it’s at the end! And it’s a big one! No, Gail’s NOT pregnant!) | Free | View In iTunes |
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From Birthdays to Woodpeckers... It's All In Our 2nd Podcast! | It’s Friday… and that means it’s time for our second-ever Podcast! Just click on the link below to find out what I’ve been up to this week. BTW… for those of you who mentioned wanting to have something to “look at” while you’re listening, we’re working on that and will have something up soon. For now, you’ll have to settle for this picture of Pippa’s “Rear Royale” - which I thought in these troubled times is a pleasant thing to look at! | Free | View In iTunes |
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Purtan Podcast #8: 9/9/11 | Today we talk about the man who broke into Celine Dion's mansion in Montreal -- (she's devastated, but says her "heart will go on"), the time Big Al "butt dialed" Jackie at a rather embarrassing moment, the massive residual check Al just received from his appearance on the now defunct "Detroit 1-8-7"... and our thoughts (and some warnings) as we approach the 10th anniversary of 9/11. | Free | View In iTunes |
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Podcast #3 | It’s Friday… and time for our 3rd weekly Podcast! Today I welcome back Big Al as we discuss everything from the Financial meltdown to the emotional meltdown that I’m about to have following the “Return of the Woodpecker”… Yes, he has returned! Hear it all… and lots more… by simply clicking on the link below! | Free | View In iTunes |
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Purtan Podcast #6: August 26, 2011 | Today I welcome Jim Ochs -- the former voice on my radio show of Casey Kasem, my agent Sol, and Soupy Sales' favorite dog White Fang. Plus Jim "sings" an original new song he penned in honor of the first place Tigers. (Listen fast 'cuz it goes by quicker than a Justin Verlander pitch!) | Free | View In iTunes |
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Purtan Podcast #7: The Return of Big Al | Happy Labor Day Weekend! On this week’s Podcast Jackie and I welcome Big Al back after a few weeks away. (Despite rumors to the contrary, he wasn’t off auditioning for the upcoming season of “Survivor: Zug Island”). We also enjoy a surprise visit from “The Queen” and we discuss the exciting new scientific research into the manufature of bio-fuel using Panda Poop. (True!) Also in the mix… a new study confirming the heart health advantages of chocolate and an in-depth discussion about a very “painful” injury suffered by Al! Just click, and as they say at your local eatery… “Enjoy!” | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 28 Episodes |



