# rockford (audio feeds) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 3 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover rockford. Page: Feed: --- ## [Now Introducing Dr. Huff](https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rps205-communications/episodes/Now-Introducing-Dr--Huff-e3nj75h) _2026-08-19 · Rockford Public Schools · 205 VIBE_ Stephanie Pearson and Aaron Hill sit down with Dr. Larry Huff. RPS' new superintendent as he talks about himself and the future of RPS. [Listen](https://anchor.fm/s/69dfe80/podcast/play/124410481/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-7-18%2F430098362-44100-2-0bd65f402fa38.m4a) ## [Sessions from Studio A - Evon J. Sams Nonet](https://www.northernpublicradio.org/wnij-news/2026-08-13/sessions-from-studio-a-evon-j-sams-nonet) _2026-08-13 · stritt2@niu.edu (Spencer Tritt) · Sessions from Studio A_ Composer, educator, and saxophonist Evon J. Sams stopped by WNIJ with his nonet to perform at our Studio A Concert Series. [Listen](https://cpa.ds.npr.org/s528/audio/2026/08/ejs-sessionspodcast.wav) ## [Sessions from Studio A - Smooth Rogers](https://www.northernpublicradio.org/wnij-news/2026-08-06/sessions-from-studio-a-smooth-rogers) _2026-08-06 · stritt2@niu.edu (Spencer Tritt) · Sessions from Studio A_ Smooth Rogers is back in Studio A to play songs from their new album Call It What You Want. [Listen](https://cpa.ds.npr.org/s528/audio/2026/08/sr-sessionspodcast.wav) ## [Sessions from Studio A - Logan Metz](https://www.northernpublicradio.org/wnij-news/2026-07-30/sessions-from-studio-a-logan-metz) _2026-07-30 · stritt2@niu.edu (Spencer Tritt) · Sessions from Studio A_ The genre-blending, storytelling singer-songwriter Logan Metz stops by Studio A to play live and tell us about his new, upcoming album. [Listen](https://cpa.ds.npr.org/s528/audio/2026/07/lm-sessionspodcast.wav) ## [Sessions from Studio A - Steph Strings](https://www.northernpublicradio.org/2026-07-23/sessions-from-studio-a-steph-strings) _2026-07-23 · stritt2@niu.edu (Spencer Tritt) · Sessions from Studio A_ We packed up our gear and headed to Rockford to catch a set from Melbourne-based singer-songwriter Steph Strings. [Listen](https://cpa.ds.npr.org/s528/audio/2026/07/ss-sessionspodcast.wav) ## [Sessions from Studio A - Park Hills Circle](https://www.northernpublicradio.org/wnij-news/2026-07-09/sessions-from-studio-a-park-hills-circle) _2026-07-09 · stritt2@niu.edu (Spencer Tritt) · Sessions from Studio A_ Park Hills Circle stops by Studio A ahead of the release of their debut album All of a Sudden. [Listen](https://cpa.ds.npr.org/s528/audio/2026/07/phc-sessionspodcast.wav) ## [Sessions from Studio A - Blind Eye Willis Band](https://www.northernpublicradio.org/wnij-news/2026-07-02/sessions-from-studio-a-blind-eye-willis-band) _2026-07-02 · stritt2@niu.edu (Spencer Tritt) · Sessions from Studio A_ Blind Eye Willis Band joins us this week to share their story and their songs. [Listen](https://cpa.ds.npr.org/s528/audio/2026/07/bew-sessionspodcast.wav) ## [Sessions from Studio A - Aaron Krings Quartet](https://www.northernpublicradio.org/wnij-news/2026-06-25/sessions-from-studio-a-aaron-krings-quartet) _2026-06-25 · stritt2@niu.edu (Spencer Tritt) · Sessions from Studio A_ The Aaron Krings Quartet stops by Studio A to chat with us and play original compositions. [Listen](https://cpa.ds.npr.org/s528/audio/2026/06/ak-sessionspodcast.wav) ## [Sessions from Studio A - Riley Martin Organ Trio](https://www.northernpublicradio.org/wnij-news/2026-06-18/sessions-from-studio-a-riley-martin-organ-trio) _2026-06-18 · stritt2@niu.edu (Spencer Tritt) · Sessions from Studio A_ Guitarist Riley Martin stops by with his organ trio to play live and talk with us. [Listen](https://cpa.ds.npr.org/s528/audio/2026/06/rm-sessionspodcast.wav) ## [Sessions from Studio A - Lavenoak](https://www.northernpublicradio.org/wnij-news/2026-06-11/sessions-from-studio-a-lavenoak) _2026-06-11 · stritt2@niu.edu (Spencer Tritt) · Sessions from Studio A_ Lavenoak recently made the move from northern Illinois to Los Angeles to pursue her music. Before leaving, she stopped by Studio A to share her songs and story. [Listen](https://cpa.ds.npr.org/s528/audio/2026/06/lo-sessionspodcast.wav) ## [Trade Smarter With IBKR (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/PFFoD7WTP9At) _2026-06-11 · **Sponsored**_ Join Interactive Brokers through a referral and start investing with low-cost global access. ## [Sessions from Studio A - Dogcatcher](https://www.northernpublicradio.org/wnij-news/2026-05-28/sessions-from-studio-a-dogcatcher) _2026-05-28 · stritt2@niu.edu (Spencer Tritt) · Sessions from Studio A_ Dogcatcher brings their signature Prairie Rock to Studio A this week to play new songs and to tell us about an upcoming EP. [Listen](https://cpa.ds.npr.org/s528/audio/2026/05/dc-sessionspodcast.wav) ## [Episode 56: The Quad](https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rps205-communications/episodes/Episode-56-The-Quad-e3duova) _2026-01-21 · Rockford Public Schools · 205 VIBE_ Stephanie Pearson talks with John Cusimano, the Principal of the Quad, to talk about the building's unique opportunities for students and the upcoming open house event. [Listen](https://anchor.fm/s/69dfe80/podcast/play/114303402/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-0-20%2F416509527-44100-2-51b13126b99ab.m4a) ## [Episode 148: Marlowe (1969 Movie)](https://twohundredaday.fireside.fm/148) _2025-11-23 · n.d.paoletta@gmail.com (Nathan Paoletta) · Two Hundred A Day_ We're back! We watch the 1969 movie Marlowe, starring James Garner, Rockford Files alums-to-be Rita Moreno and William Daniels as well as Carroll O'Connor and Bruce Lee. An adaptation of the Raymond Chandler story "Little Sister," contemporary reviewers seemed to find it lacking as compared to the classic Humphrey Bogart interpretation of Phillip Marlowe, but we really enjoyed it! Of course we are… [Listen](https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/460dbedc-28b1-434a-bd44-a465945e8955/69d6c988-e571-40ac-b5e7-190e4ececb07.mp3) ## [Episode 55: Brothers for Change](https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rps205-communications/episodes/Episode-55-Brothers-for-Change-e371qd9) _2025-08-20 · Rockford Public Schools · 205 VIBE_ School Board Secretary, June Stanford, and Chief of Culture and Student Engagement, Dr. Antoine Reed, sit down with Stephanie Pearson to Brothers for Change and the positive impact they've already created. [Listen](https://anchor.fm/s/69dfe80/podcast/play/107063145/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2025-7-19%2F405916107-44100-2-e1b7ba4378bd.m4a) ## [Episode 54: ISBE Kennedy](https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rps205-communications/episodes/Episode-54-ISBE-Kennedy-e301hej) _2025-03-12 · Rockford Public Schools · 205 VIBE_ Our host, Stephanie Pearson, sits down with Kennedy Middle School Principal, Kourtni Gray to discuss the schools improved scores and their unique challenges. [Listen](https://anchor.fm/s/69dfe80/podcast/play/99713939/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2025-2-11%2F396395601-44100-2-24b648e596422.m4a) ## [Episode 53 - ISBE Report Card: Rolling Green](https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rps205-communications/episodes/Episode-53---ISBE-Report-Card-Rolling-Green-e2tghtu) _2025-01-15 · Rockford Public Schools · 205 VIBE_ Host, Stephanie Pearson, rolls out the red carpet for Rolling Green Principal, Amy Powell, as they discuss the success and growth at Amy's school. [Listen](https://anchor.fm/s/69dfe80/podcast/play/97060222/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2025-0-14%2F393085376-44100-2-c1265c1c5e4b1.m4a) ## [Episode 52: ISBE Report Card STEAM Academy](https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rps205-communications/episodes/Episode-52-ISBE-Report-Card-STEAM-Academy-e2s47om) _2024-12-11 · Rockford Public Schools · 205 VIBE_ Our host, Stephanie Pearson, sits down with Loree Leathers to discuss her success and improvement at the STEAM Academy at Haskell. [Listen](https://anchor.fm/s/69dfe80/podcast/play/95608022/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2024-11-9%2F391278114-44100-2-b8dd1ad56e416.m4a) ## [Episode 147: Deadlock in Parma](https://twohundredaday.fireside.fm/147) _2024-11-24 · n.d.paoletta@gmail.com (Nathan Paoletta) · Two Hundred A Day_ Well friends, here we are. Nathan and Eppy take a day trip with Jim to Parma, CA in the series finale episode. The sixth season of The Rockford Files was cut short by James Garner's medical needs, so this last episode was not intended to be a goodbye to the series. Thankfully, we found that it did feel like an appropriate way to bid adieu to Jim, the Firebird, and all of the Rockfordishness we… [Listen](https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/460dbedc-28b1-434a-bd44-a465945e8955/fe22b665-b671-4cfd-b2de-382500079b48.mp3) ## [Episode 146: Plus Expenses #81](https://twohundredaday.fireside.fm/146) _2024-11-19 · n.d.paoletta@gmail.com (Nathan Paoletta) · Two Hundred A Day_ In this Plus Expenses we talk about: \*\*It’s the official “crossover” Plus Expenses, James Garner handing off a baton to a wizard, feelings about ending Two Hundred a Day (but Two Hundred a Day will remain!), actually ending a thing, starting a new podcast: Unwritten Earths Symposium , how Plus Expenses will fit into the new show, the early days of Dread, building our new Discord so it’s a place… [Listen](https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/460dbedc-28b1-434a-bd44-a465945e8955/00795cbf-6057-41a1-9f34-96feda4430b0.mp3) ## [Episode 51: State Report Card Overview 2024](https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rps205-communications/episodes/Episode-51-State-Report-Card-Overview-2024-e2qt5d7) _2024-11-13 · Rockford Public Schools · 205 VIBE_ Superintendent Dr. Ehren Jarrett sits down with our host, Stephanie Pearson, to discuss what the State Report Card means for Rockford Public Schools [Listen](https://anchor.fm/s/69dfe80/podcast/play/94327655/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2024-10-12%2F389698948-44100-2-b290526e483be.m4a) ## [Stop CI/CD & Supply-Chain Attacks (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/aG8CulCw4Iu3) _2024-11-13 · **Sponsored**_ Per-PR: 17 CI/CD checks and package malware scans with inline Check Run findings. ## [Episode 145: The Kirkoff Case](https://twohundredaday.fireside.fm/145) _2024-11-10 · n.d.paoletta@gmail.com (Nathan Paoletta) · Two Hundred A Day_ Nathan and Eppy start from the beginning with S1E1 The Kirkoff Case. Jim's client is a real slimeball who's been arraigned, but not prosecuted, for murdering his own parents. The money is too good for Jim to drop the case, and then it gets personal when he takes a beating from not a "goon", but a "labor organizer". This series premiere episode shows us that this PI gets beat up a lot, but he… [Listen](https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/460dbedc-28b1-434a-bd44-a465945e8955/723341b4-c5a8-445c-af2d-af5b84624bd9.mp3) ## [Episode 144: Backlash of the Hunter](https://twohundredaday.fireside.fm/144) _2024-10-27 · n.d.paoletta@gmail.com (Nathan Paoletta) · Two Hundred A Day_ Nathan and Eppy go to where it all began with the TV movie pilot for The Rockford Files: 1974's Backlash of the Hunter. It's a good excuse to talk about the roots of Rockfordishness, the greatness of the casting, and the changes to come for the main show. While we obviously can't watch it with fresh eyes, it is a solid Huggins story elevated with first looks at all of our favorite elements as well… [Listen](https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/460dbedc-28b1-434a-bd44-a465945e8955/ae77a1b6-b9d9-4ad2-bce9-01b2f20f0979.mp3) ## [Episode 143: If It Bleeds... It Leads](https://twohundredaday.fireside.fm/143) _2024-09-29 · n.d.paoletta@gmail.com (Nathan Paoletta) · Two Hundred A Day_ Nathan and Eppy bid a bittersweet farewell to Rita with the final Rockford Files TV Move: If It Bleeds... It Leads (1999). This was a hard one! Rita's husband, schoolteacher Ernie (Hal Linden) is falsely accused of a series of child sexual assaults, and while Jim helps to clear his name, it's not enough to prevent a series of tragedies. While this one has wonderful performances and some great… [Listen](https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/460dbedc-28b1-434a-bd44-a465945e8955/76a5ffea-ad44-4f5d-ab0d-03745d7df5ea.mp3) ## [Episode 142: Speculative Episode Draft Special!](https://twohundredaday.fireside.fm/142) _2024-09-15 · n.d.paoletta@gmail.com (Nathan Paoletta) · Two Hundred A Day_ It's a special episode! Nathan and Eppy are drafting elements from The Rockford Files to construct two pitches for Rockford Files episodes that never were. It's a great excuse to talk a little bit about our favorite bits of the show, and we have some great Patron suggestions to help us along. Show Notes : Here's the Archive.org link to the 1981 BBC Radio Lord of the Rings recording . Nathan's… [Listen](https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/460dbedc-28b1-434a-bd44-a465945e8955/8a540998-b569-4838-992e-adb901d1c831.mp3) ## [Episode 141: No Fault Affair](https://twohundredaday.fireside.fm/141) _2024-08-25 · n.d.paoletta@gmail.com (Nathan Paoletta) · Two Hundred A Day_ Nathan and Eppy get re-acquainted with national treasure Rita Moreno in S6S8 No Fault Affair. After Jim's friend Rita, a sex worker, gets beat up badly by her pimp, he nurses her back to health - and she falls for him in the process. He has to navigate her emotions while she's trying to get out of her current life, but of course it's not going to be quick or easy. This is the last "regular"… [Listen](https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/460dbedc-28b1-434a-bd44-a465945e8955/c99a34ba-f8d7-4329-854b-fb754002bb75.mp3)