Jenn Rourke (Ninja) has been a radio DJ since 2001. Ninja first became interested in radio at age 7, listening to Casey Kasem's countdown every Sunday. As a teenager, Ninja's radio obsession shifted to the Dr. Demento Show, Loveline, and several Chicago-based music shows.
The radio name Ninja dates back to 2004 while interning at a Chicago morning show, because at the time, Ninja also operated MidwestNinja - an automated streaming radio station that played only Midwestern artists.
In past lives, Ninja hosted lots of radio shows, including The 2 Blondes Coutdown (countdown show - check), The Dysfunctional Jukebox (comedy music show - check); wrote a column called Hell on Stilts (giving advice to strangers - check), and got fired from writing said column (everyone in radio gets fired at least once - check).
Listen to Ninja's two most recent shows below.
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10/13 - 10am hour
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10:09am
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Katy J Pearson
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Save Me
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Someday, Now (Heavenly/PIAS)
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10:04am
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The WAEVE
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City Lights
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City Lights (Transgressive)
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10:00am
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The Mountain Goats
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Only One Way
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Jenny from Thebes (Merge)
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Track Notes: @ Cahn Auditorium Thu w/ John Vanderslice
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10/13 - 9am hour
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9:58am
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Odonis Odonis
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Shadow Play
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Spectrums (Felte)
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9:55am
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Tasha Local
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Good Song
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All This and So Much More (Bayonet)
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9:50am
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Ginger Root
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Better Than Monday
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SHINBANGUMI (Ghostly International)
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Track Notes: Huntington Beach California native Cameron Lew
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9:47am
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The Bug
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Ganja Baby (featuring Daddy Freddy)
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Fire (Ninja Tune)
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9:42am
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Prince
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7
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The Hits/The B-Sides (Warner Brothers)
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Track Notes: features a sample of the 1967 Lowell Fulson song "Tramp"
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9:36am
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Seefeel
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Multifolds
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Everything Squared (Warp)
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9:29am
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Mykki Blanco
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Carry On (featuring Jónsi)
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Stay Close To Music (Transgressive/PIAS)
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9:25am
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Superchunk
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The First Part
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Foolish (Merge)
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9:18am
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Klaus Johann Grobe
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Try
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Io tu il loro (Trouble in Mind)
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9:15am
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Sho Madjozi
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John Cena
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single (Flourish and Multiply)
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Track Notes: 2019.
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9:12am
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Sofi Tukker
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Throw Some Ass
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BREAD (Virgin)
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Track Notes: @ Aragon Sat.
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9:07am
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Jae Skeese
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EKIN 4
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Ground Level (Drumwork Music Group/Equity)
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9:04am
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Cola Boyy
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You Can Do It (featuring Nit)
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Prosthetic Boombox (Record Makers)
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9:01am
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Blood Orange
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Relax and Run (featuring Erika de Casier & Eva Tolkin)
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Four Songs (RCA)
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10/6 - 11am hour
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11:54am
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Eva Geist
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The Tower
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FFR Compilation #1 (Fourfour)
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11:49am
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Slim Gaillard
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Potato Chips
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Slim Gaillard Cavorts (Verve)
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Track Notes: by request
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11:46am
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Sofi Tukker
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Bread
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BREAD (Virgin)
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11:43am
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The Stinkeyes
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Ghouls Gone Vile
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Out of Spite / Out of Mind (self-released)
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11:41am
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The Replacements
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Tommy Gets His Tonsils Out
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Let It Be (Twin/Tone)
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11:37am
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Céu
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Mucho Oro
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Novela (Urban Jungle/ONErpm)
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Track Notes: @ Schubas Fri
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11:31am
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Morcheeba
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Trigger Hippie
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Who Can You Trust? (Sire)
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11:29am
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Rosie Lowe
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Mood To Make Love
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Lover, Other (Flowers/PIAS)
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11:21am
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Valebol Local
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Tragitos Verditos
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Valebol (Otherly Love)
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Track Notes: Fri @ Chop Shop w./ Mildlife
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11:18am
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Angelique Kidjo
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Africa, One of a Kind (featuring Mr. Eazi & Salif Keita)
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Mother Nature (Verve)
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11:13am
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PROBLEMS Local
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Lacrimosa
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Enter The Annals (The Record Machine)
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11:08am
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Katy J Pearson
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Those Goodbyes
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Someday, Now (Heavenly/PIAS)
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11:04am
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Empress Of
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Kiss Me (featuring Rina Sawayama)
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For Your Consideration (Giant)
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Track Notes: Mon @ Thalia Hall
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