“We still have a lot to say!” says Lori Barghini, explaining why her “retirement” from broadcasting only lasted a little more than year.
Barghini and Julia Cobbs stepped away from their myTalk 107.1 radio show in June 2024, after 22 years on the air, citing the demands of a daily, year-round show. Starting Oct. 1, though, they’ll be back — with “Lori & Julia Still Loud!,” a podcast that will post new episodes every Wednesday and Friday on Hubbard Radio’s Gamut Podcasting Network (Hubbard was also the home of their radio program).
The women, who were friends before they became sisters-in-law (Barghini is married to Cobbs’ brother), have hosted occasional live events in the last year and recently returned from leading a group trip to France. So they’ve stayed in touch.
“After 22 years on the radio, Lori and I are back at the mic and this time as a podcast. We’ve missed the laughs, the connections and can’t wait to chat,” said Cobbs in a news release Tuesday.
Hubbard Radio CEO Ginny Hubbard said that although the two will shift formats, their signature brand of humor, show-biz savvy and gossip will make the transition.
“They defined ‘talk radio for women’ in the Twin Cities and will bring their totally unique, authentic and often downright hilarious perspective of pop news and culture and human relationships to the podcast universe,” said Hubbard, noting, “I guess retirement didn’t work for them.”
ABC pulled the talk show host off the air last week after the network got pushback from a monologue Kimmel made about the assassination of Charlie Kirk.
Jimmy Kimmel is set to return to late-night television Tuesday after a nearly weeklong suspension that triggered a national discussion about freedom of speech and President Donald Trump’s ability to police the words of journalists, commentators and even comics.