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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12/20 - 7am hour
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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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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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7:07am
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Rahill
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Fables (featuring Beck)
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Flowers At Your Feet (Big Dada)
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7:06am
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Too Many Zooz and Big Freedia
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Funky Christmas
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single (self)
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Track Notes: 2020
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7:02am
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Liza Anne
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Treat Me
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Utopian (Anti-Fragile)
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12/20 - 6am hour
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6:59am
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Overmono
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So U Kno
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Good Lies (XL)
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Track Notes: #27
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6:55am
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Charlie Vettuno
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Slow For Me (Intro) (featuring Ericka Corleone)
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Lime Juice (Innovative Leisure)
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Track Notes: #28
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6:52am
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Keys N Krates
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Say You Love Me
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IN:TENSION (Last Gang/MNRK)
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6:46am
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Jamila Woods Local
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Practice (featuring Saba)
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Water Made Us (Jagjaguwar)
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Track Notes: #20 album
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6:42am
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The A's
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He Needs Me
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Fruit (Psychic Hotline)
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6:39am
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The Sundae Painters
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In Came You
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Sundae Painters (Leather Jacket)
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Track Notes: (members of The Bats, Minisnap, The Clean, Tall Dwarfs, Toy Love!!)
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Buy The Sundae Painters Sundae Painters at Reckless Records
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6:33am
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A Giant Dog
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I Believe
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Bite (Merge)
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Track Notes: #29
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6:30am
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Lily Allen
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LDN
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Alright, Still (Capitol)
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6:24am
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Peter Gabriel
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Playing For Time (Bright-Side Mix)
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i/o (Reel World)
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Track Notes: first album in 21 years
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Buy Peter Gabriel i/o at Reckless Records
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6:19am
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Bishop Allen
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You'll Never Find My Christmas
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single ( )
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Track Notes: 2010
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Buy Bishop Allen single at Reckless Records
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6:16am
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Public Enemy
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She Watch Channel Zero ?!
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It Takes a Nation of Millions To Hold Us Back (Def Jam)
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Buy Public Enemy It Takes a Nation of Millions To Hold Us Back at Reckless Records
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6:11am
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DRAMA Local
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As I Am
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Till We Die (STEM c/o DRAMA MUSIC)
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6:07am
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Portugal. The Man
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Dummy
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Chris Black Changed My Life (Atlantic)
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Track Notes: #30
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6:03am
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Midas the Jagaban
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Melanin Pop
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Midas Touch Vol. 2: Return of The Mask (Because)
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6:00am
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Arctic Monkeys
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Hello You
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The Car (Domino)
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12/17 - 11am hour
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11:53am
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Isaiah Collier Local
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Never Back Down
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Parallel Universe (Night Dreamer)
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11:48am
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Patti Smith
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Free Money
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Horses (Arista)
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11:45am
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Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
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Ella Guru
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Trout Mask Replica (Straight)
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11:42am
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David Bowie
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Oh! You Pretty Things
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Hunky Dory (RCA)
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11:35am
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Lonnie Liston Smith, Adrian Younge, & Ali Shaheed Muhammad
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Love Brings Happiness (Tall Black Guy featuring Kaidi Tatham Remix)
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Remixes JID020 (Jazz Is Dead)
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Buy Lonnie Liston Smith, Adrian Younge, & Ali Shaheed Muhammad Remixes JID020 at Reckless Records
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11:31am
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Belouis Some
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Imagination
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Some People (Parlophone)
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11:27am
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The Gaslight Anthem
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The Weatherman
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History Books (Rich Mahogany/Thirty Tigers)
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