Rick Kaempfer

Rick Kaempfer is the co-founder and publisher of Eckhartz Press (www.eckhartzpress.com), a boutique Chicago publishing company dedicated to serving the brave new 21st century publishing world. Rick is also the author of The Loop Files, Back in the DDR, Father Knows Nothing, $everance, Records Truly Is My Middle Name (with John Records Landecker), The Living Wills (with Brendan Sullivan), The Radio Producer’s Handbook (with John Swanson) and all seven editions of everycubever. Before founding Eckhartz Press in 2011, Rick was a member of the Chicago media for more than twenty years as the executive producer of two Hall of Fame radio shows (Steve Dahl & Garry Meier and John Records Landecker), and still covers the industry as the media critic for the Illinois Entertainer. Rick and co-publisher David Stern host a weekly podcast on the Radio Misfits Podcast Network called Minutia Men. One of their frequent topics of conversation is the Chicago Cubs. Follow Rick on Facebook in three places (Rick Kaempfer)(Eckhartz Press)(Just One Bad Century), or on Instagram (Minutiamenofficial), Blue Sky (rickkaempfer.bsky.social), X (rickkaempfer), Threads (minutiamenofficial) or whatever else is invented in the future. In the summer he can often be found in his favorite place in the world, Wrigley Field, usually accompanied by one of his sons Tommy, Johnny, or Sean, or his lovely wife Bridget.