On August 14th, 2024, Steve Grzanich shares today’s potential market drivers:

Steven Gaines, author of ‘All You Need Is Love: The Beatles in Their Own Words,’ joins Bob Sirott to talk about who was interviewed for the book and why Paul McCartney wanted to try to keep The Beatles together in the later years. He also discusses how the other Beatles members looked up to John Lennon and his time spent interviewing McCartney.

Social media strategist Scott Kleinberg joins Bob Sirott to talk about different ways you can approach social media, whether it’s just for casual use or for a small business. He discusses which platforms you should use depending on what you want to use them for, including your audience, and answers this week’s genius bar question.

Dean Richards, entertainment reporter for WGN, joins Bob Sirott to provide the latest news in entertainment. Bob and Dean discuss a compiled list of celebrities considered to be “full of themselves,” and Vince Vaughn’s star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. They also talk about Dean’s interview with Carol Burnett.

Journalist and editor of ‘Ukrainian Freedom News’ Joseph Lindsley joins Bob Sirott from Ukraine to deliver the latest news on the Ukraine-Russia War, including a Ukrainian tradition of women singing to soldiers who are going to war and the progress of Ukraine’s forces in the Kursk region. You can find more updates on Joseph’s website, ukrainianfreedomnews.com. To donate to Joseph and his team’s efforts to distribute supplies throughout Ukraine, click here. View the Ukrainian Freedom News YouTube page here.

On August 13th, 2024, Steve Grzanich shares today’s potential market drivers:

Chief Medical Officer of Northwestern Medicine’s Northwest region of hospitals Dr. Irfan Hafiz joins Bob Sirott to look at some shocking new numbers for long COVID and health issues that can contribute to an increased risk of dementia. We also learn about some new health risks to come from a key ingredient called erythritol in Stevia and other sugar substitutes and some interesting long-term effects from cannabis.

Dean Richards, entertainment reporter for WGN, joins Bob Sirott to provide the latest news in entertainment. We recap the closing Paris Olympics show presenting Los Angeles as the next host, which featured Tom Cruise bearing the Olympic flag and handing it off to LA athletes. The box office is dominated by Hollywood’s favorite couple Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively, there are some new Disney projects, and we feature Dean’s chat with Cate Blanchett and Jamie Lee Curtis for the Borderlands movie premiere.

Journalist and editor of ‘Ukrainian Freedom News’ Joseph Lindsley joins Bob Sirott from Ukraine to deliver the latest news on the Ukraine-Russia War. Ukrainian forces have now sustained a week of occupying Russian territory in the Kursk region and are demonstrating precision by targeting Russian military. Over the weekend, blame was deflected between the two sides over whom may have caused a fire at a power plant in Zaporizhzhia.

Marianne Murciano, Bob Sirott’s wife and founder of Savvy-Planet, joined Bob this morning to talk about things you disliked when you were a kid that you like as an adult, like taking naps and watching documentaries.