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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12/29 - 6am hour
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6:14am
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BassKase Local
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Get Two for Sister Sara
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Very High Noon (Soundpoint)
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Track Notes: #20
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6:06am
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El Búho
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Ley de Origen (featuring Minük)
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Strata (Wonderwheel)
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6:04am
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Beabadoobee
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Talk
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beatopia (Dirty Hit)
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6:01am
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Tegan and Sara
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Whatever That Was
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Crybaby (Mom + Pop)
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12/20 - 8am hour
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8:56am
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Kurt Vile
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Cool Water (Single Mix)
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Back To Moon Beach (Verve)
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8:52am
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Lana Del Rey
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Did You Know That There's a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd
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Did You Know That There's a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd (Polydor)
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Track Notes: #21
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8:45am
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Velvet Vision
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Quit
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Together (Self-Released)
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Track Notes: #16 album
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8:43am
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Carly Rae Jepsen
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It’s Not Christmas till Somebody Cries
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single (604/Interscope)
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Track Notes: 2020
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Buy Carly Rae Jepsen single at Reckless Records
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8:39am
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Caroline Polachek
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Bunny Is a Rider
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Desire, I Want To Turn Into You (Perpetual Novice)
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Track Notes: #22
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8:36am
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Phil Ranelin & Wendell Harrison, Adrian Younge, & Ali Shaheed Muhammad
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Running With The Tribe (DJ Nyack Remix)
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Remixes JID020 (Jazz Is Dead)
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8:31am
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Janelle Monae
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Know Better (ft. CKay, Seun Kuti, Egypt 80)
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Age of Pleasure (Wondaland)
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Track Notes: #17 album
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8:28am
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Haiku Hands
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Ma Ruler
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Pleasure Beast (Spinning Top)
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8:24am
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Mystery Science Theatre 3000
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Let’s Have a Patrick Swayze Christmas
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single (Best Brains)
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8:18am
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Jake Shears
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Too Much Music
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Last Man Dancing (Boys Keep Swinging/Mute)
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8:15am
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Sunny War
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Whole
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Anarchist Gospel (New West)
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Track Notes: #23
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8:12am
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DJ Manny
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I Can Luv U
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Hypnotized (Planet Mu)
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8:06am
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The Chemical Brothers
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The Weight
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For That Beautiful Feeling (Republic)
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Track Notes: #18 album
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8:03am
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Margo Price
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Radio (featuring Sharon Van Etten)
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Strays (Loma Vista)
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Track Notes: #24
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8:01am
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They Might Be Giants
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Santa Claus
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In... Holidayland (Restless)
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12/20 - 7am hour
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7:57am
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Jeremy Messersmith
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All the Cool Girls
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Late Stage Capitalism (Glassnote)
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7:53am
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Josienne Clark Local
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Chicago
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Seedlings All (Rough Trade)
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Track Notes: by request
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7:47am
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Aesop Rock
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Pigeonometry
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Integrated Tech Solutions (Rhymesayers)
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7:44am
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El Búho
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Alarma de Emergencia
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Strata (Wonderwheel)
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7:41am
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We Are Scientists
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Turn It Up
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Lobes (100%)
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Track Notes: #25
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7:35am
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Shabazz Palaces
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Hustle Crossers
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Robed in Rareness (Sub Pop)
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7:31am
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Niki and the Dove
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DJ Ease My Mind
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Instinct (Sub Pop)
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7:28am
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Gorillaz
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Baby Queen
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Cracker Island (Parlophone)
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Track Notes: #19 album
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7:22am
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Atmosphere
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Rotary Telephone
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Talk Talk (Rhymesayers)
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7:18am
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jaimie branch Local
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take over the world
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Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die ((world war)) (International Anthem)
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Track Notes: #26
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Buy jaimie branch Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die ((world war)) at Reckless Records
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7:15am
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Spongebob Squarepants
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Don’t Be a Jerk (It’s Christmas)
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Spongebob's Greatest Hits (Nickelodeon)
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