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271 episodes
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Date created
2019/10/08
Latest episode
2026/11/13
Average duration
46 min.
Release period
1 days
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Hall-of-Fame broadcaster David Kaplan and 25-year sports broadcasting veteran Jonathan Hood are the perfect morning routine for the Chicago sports fan.
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11/13 8AM: Will Venable
2026/11/13
Hour 3: J. Hood & Dionne played Shot or No Shot, took a trip Around The NFL, White Sox Manager and AL Manager of the Year Will Venable, talked to J. Hood & Dionne on the Playoff run, winning AL Manager of the year and more! Plus, the Kap & J. Hood Classic Cut of The Day. ABC 7 Chicago's Dionne Miller was in for Kap.
11/13 7AM: Championship Rings & Things!!!
2026/11/13
Hour 2: J. Hood & Dionne unveiled J Hood's Championship ring from UIC. Are the Cubs in rebuild mode? Will they make the playoffs next season? The 1-8 Chicago Bulls still have strong support from their fans. If your team is losing, should you have to pay to watch them? ABC 7 Chicago's Dionne Miller was in for Kap.
11/13 6AM: Email Outages and Stupid Bears Stadium Talk!
2026/11/13
Hour 1: J. Hood & Dionne discussed a massive global outage that knocked out Outlook, Teams, Copilot, and other Microsoft 365 services across dozens of countries. A group of developers backed by State Sen. Willie Preston, D-Chicago (16th District), and State Sen. Robert Peters, D-Chicago (13th District), unveiled “Bronzeville Lakefront” at Olivet Baptist Church on Thursday morning. The $10-billion development pitch centered on transforming 100 acres of land around the old Michael Reese Hospital site in Chicago’s Bronzeville neighborhood, and included digital mock-ups of what the proposed stadium could look like. ABC 7 Chicago's Dionne Miller in for Kap.
11/12 8AM: Shot or No Shot
2026/11/12
Hour 3: J. Hood & Tyler played Shot or No Shot, took a trip Around the NFL, College Football Playoff Expanding and the Kap & J. Hood classic cut of the day. Tyler Aki was in for Kap.
11/12 7AM: Tom Thayer
2026/11/12
Hour 2: Former Chicago Bears Super Bowl Champion and Bears radio analyst Tom Thayer joined Kap & J. Hood with the latest updates on the Chicago Bears season. J. Hood & Tyler discussed Blackhawks GM Kyle Davidson telling the fans to stay with the rebuild process 5 years later. Shea wants to do a "Hawkcot" and won't support the team anymore. Do you agree?
11/12 6AM: Can The Chicago Bears Win The NFC North Again?
2026/11/12
Hour 1: J. Hood & Tyler discussed the Bears pathway to their goal of a Super Bowl is to win this division, which is the winningest in NFL history through 9 weeks, and got better with the Vikings acquiring Kirk Cousins. How confident are you the Bears will get it done, and do you believe they need to win the division to go deep in the playoffs? Tyler Aki was in for Kap.
11/11 8AM: Shot or No Shot
2026/11/11
Hour 3: J. Hood & Dionne played Shot or No Shot, took a trip Around The NFL, 5 Burning Questions and the Kap & J. Hood Classic Cut of The Day. ABC 7 Chicago's Dionne Miller was in for Kap.
11/11 7AM: Not Tom Waddle
2026/11/11
Hour 2: Former Chicago Bears Wide Receiver and afternoon radio co-host ESPN Chicago Not Tom Waddle joined J. Hood & Dionne with updates and analysis on the Bears and the NFL Trade Deadline. J. Hood & Dionne reaction to the NFL Trade Deadline: Who won the deadline? ABC 7's Dionne Miller was in for Kap.
11/11 6AM: NFL Deadline Day Is Done, Did The Bears Do Enough?
2026/11/11
Hour 1: J. Hood & Dionne discussed the NFL trade deadline; did the Bears do enough? Looking across the league at what a team like the Jags did it. Kirk back to MIN headlines they couldn't have gotten worse at the position, but at the end of the day it's still Kirk Cousins. Are the packers the team to beat in the division? Rivalry aside, who scares you the most? What's the next step for Caleb? I think some people got ahead of their skis with MVP talk, but we know he's also not the guy who threw 4 picks on Sunday. He's somewhere in between, but where does he fall? ABC 7's Dionne Miller was in for Kap.
11/10 8AM: Shot or No Shot/Albert Breer
2026/11/10
Hour 3: NFL Insider for SI.com Albert Breer joined Kap & J. Hood with updates on the Bears and the latest NFL storylines. Kap & J. Hood played Shot or No Shot, took a trip Around The NFL and the Kap & J. Hood Classic Cut of The Day.
11/10 7AM: Chicago Bears Trade Deadline Needs: Cornerback, Running back or Edge Rusher?
2026/11/10
Hour 2: Kap & J. Hood discussed Chicago Bears Trade Deadline Needs: Cornerback, Running back or Edge Rusher? Do you expect the Bears to be even more aggressive before the 3pm deadline after acquiring Jeffrey Simmons? White Sox & Cubs offseason moves, who stays and who goes?
11/10 6AM: NFL Trade Deadline Ends Today! Will The Bears Make Another Move?
2026/11/10
Hour 1: Kap & J. Hood discussed deadline day in the National Football League... Do you expect the Bears to be even more aggressive before the 3pm deadline after acquiring Jeffrey Simmons? Kap reported a few weeks ago that he had heard the Bears were looking at the running back market. Their run game has gone from great to non-existent over the last few weeks. Should they be looking for a back to spark things?
11/9 8AM: Shot or No Shot
2026/11/09
Hour3: Kap & J. Hood played Shot or No Shot, took a trip Around The NFL and the Kap & J. Hood Classic Cut Of The Day.
11/9 7AM: Courtney Cronin
2026/11/09
Hour 2: National Bears Reporter for ESPN Courtney Cronin Joined Kap & J. Hood with updates on the Bears and the latest NFL storylines. Kap & J. Hood reacted to the Bears pulling out the victory over Tampa 27-24, moving to 7-2 on the season. This very much looked like a team in need of a bye week, Turnover regression can be a bitch, but the important thing is they are overcoming it. The definition of survive and advance.
11/9 6AM: Week 9: Reaction To The Bears Beating The Bucs 27-24
2026/11/09
Hour 1: Kap & J. Hood reacted to the Bears pulling out the victory over Tampa 27-24, moving to 7-2 on the season. This very much looked like a team in need of a bye week, turnover regression can be a bitch, but the important thing is they are overcoming it. The definition of survive and advance. Arguably the worst offensive game we've seen from Ben Johnson's Bears, and they still got to 20 points offense and won it... What the hell did we even just watch?
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JarellaFogella 2026/07/15
More show
Stop putting entire radio commercial breaks in the podcast episodes. If I wanted to skip through the ads I would just listen to YouTube.
Also inconsi...
izzy53110 2026/05/29
Remove J Hood everybody else in this show is phenomenal from Kap Shea
This is one of my favorite shows. I’ve been following cap for ever since WGN days and I love capping company when they took it away. It was a big mist...
EB473 2026/03/12
J. Hood > Kap
The show is great but it should be the “J. Hood, Shea , and J. Moore show”. Kap causes me to turn the show off
Saphappens 2026/01/05
Mostly good
J Hoods Bears takes are a repeat of the CHGO Bears postgame takes. Almost point by point from the CHGO pod that drops the night before
dmike12856 2025/12/01
Love the show
I live in Denver, transplanted from Chicago. I need the morning Chicago Bears fix. Get this podcast out ASAP! (-;
GeauxO 2025/09/23
Win lose or draw
No matter what’s happening in Chicago sports, it’s always great waking up to Kap & jhood every morning. Such a good jolt of energy to the day
FCat 25100000 2025/09/17
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
I listen everyday. You should too
Redshadow09 2025/02/25
Drop Episodes Fast again
I used to enjoy the consistent release schedule of new episodes, but now it feels like the wait time is unpredictable. Still a great show though.
Mike Ciganek 2025/02/01
AM Prime
The fella’s, J Hood, Kap & J Moore are a quality trio. Need more J Moore, quality music drops & I like his authentic take on sports. Less Shea would b...
hambonejammer 2025/01/21
JHood is a brutal listen
Stupid sexist comments and constantly thinking he’s the smartest guy in the room is SO painful to listen to. Wish he would go.
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