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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2/25 - 10am hour
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10:41am
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G. Love and the Special Sauce
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Garbage Man
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G. Love and the Special Sauce (Sony)
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Track Notes: by request
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10:37am
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Troubled Hubble Local
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I Like Doing the Marquees Better Than I Like Doing the Garbage
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Slow Plant Entrance EP (The Magic Spot)
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Buy Troubled Hubble Slow Plant Entrance EP at Reckless Records
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10:33am
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Ana Tijoux
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Bailando Sola Aqui
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Vida (Victoria Producciones)
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10:27am
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My Morning Jacket
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Lullabys, Legends, and Lies
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Twistable, Turnable Men: A Musical Tribute to the Songs of Shel Silverstein (Sugar Hill)
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Track Notes: by request
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Buy My Morning Jacket Twistable, Turnable Men: A Musical Tribute to the Songs of Shel Silverstein at Reckless Records
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10:23am
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Unicycle Loves You Local
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Garbage Dump
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Failure (Mecca Lecca)
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10:20am
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Royel Otis
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Fried Rice
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PRATTS & PAIN (OURNESS)
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10:16am
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Bad Religion
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White Trash (2nd Generation)
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80-85 (Epitaph)
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Track Notes: by request
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10:14am
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Rosie Flores & The Pine Valley Cosmonauts Local
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Whose Gonna Take Your Garbage Out?
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Girl of the Century (Bloodshot)
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Buy Rosie Flores & The Pine Valley Cosmonauts Girl of the Century at Reckless Records
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10:12am
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Shel Silverstein Local
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Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout Would Not Take the Garbage Out
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Freakin' at the Freakers Ball (Columbia)
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Buy Shel Silverstein Freakin' at the Freakers Ball at Reckless Records
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10:06am
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Laura Jane Grace Local
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Punk Rock in Basements
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Hole in My Head (Polyvinyl)
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10:03am
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IDLES
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Gift Horse
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TANGK (Partisan)
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10:00am
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Mazzy Star
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By My Angel
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She Hangs Brightly (Rough Trade)
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2/25 - 9am hour
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9:57am
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The Lawrence Arms Local
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Drunk Mouth Kitchen Smile
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Greatest Story Ever Told (Fat Wreck Chords)
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Buy The Lawrence Arms Greatest Story Ever Told at Reckless Records
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9:50am
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Grandaddy
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Long as I'm Not the One
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Blu Wav (Dangerbird)
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9:47am
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Ryan Adams
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When The Stars Go Blue
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Gold (Lost Highway)
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9:44am
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Gorillaz
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Tarantula
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Cracker Island (Parlophone)
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Buy Gorillaz Cracker Island at Reckless Records
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9:38am
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Gaby Moreno
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Solid Ground
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Dusk (Cosmica)
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9:35am
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The Shins
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Caring is Creepy
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Oh, Inverted World (Sub Pop)
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Buy The Shins Oh, Inverted World at Reckless Records
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9:31am
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The Smashing Pumpkins Local
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Whir
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Pisces Iscariot (Virgin)
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Buy The Smashing Pumpkins Pisces Iscariot at Reckless Records
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9:23am
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American Patchwork Quartet
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The Devil's Nine
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American Patchwork Quartet (Carolina Jasmine, Inc)
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Buy American Patchwork Quartet American Patchwork Quartet at Reckless Records
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9:21am
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Upchuck
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Crashing
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Bite The Hand That Feeds (Famous Class)
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Buy Upchuck Bite The Hand That Feeds at Reckless Records
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9:17am
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Ducks Ltd.
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The Main Thing
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Harm's Way (Carpark)
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9:13am
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Waxahatchee
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Right Back to You (ft. MJ Lenderman
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Tigers Blood (Anti-)
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Track Notes: by request
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Buy Waxahatchee Tigers Blood at Reckless Records
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9:07am
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Jordan Mackampa
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I'VE FOUND MY HOME IN YOU
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Welcome Home, Kid! (AWAL)
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Buy Jordan Mackampa Welcome Home, Kid! at Reckless Records
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9:03am
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Sufjan Stevens
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Year of the Ox
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Enjoy Your Rabbit (Asthmatic Kitty)
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9:00am
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Katy J Pearson
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Alligator
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Sound of the Morning (Heavenly/PIAS)
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2/18 - 11am hour
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11:55am
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Blur
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Coffee & TV
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13 (Food)
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Buy Blur 13 at Reckless Records
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11:50am
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sponj Local
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Delicious
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Epcot (self-released)
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Buy sponj Epcot at Reckless Records
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11:44am
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Bob Marley
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Exodus
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Exodus (Island)
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Track Notes: by request
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Buy Bob Marley Exodus at Reckless Records
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11:38am
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Katie Pederson
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Rain (Dead of Winter Reprise)
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single (self)
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Track Notes: 2024
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Buy Katie Pederson single at Reckless Records
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