Dean Richards and Dave Schwan start the show talking about Tatiana Kennedy Schlossberg’s cancer diagnosis and Wicked: For Good taking over cinemas. Tony DeNardis fills in for Andy, and Neal Fischer fills in for Eli providing some Hollywood trivia on this fun episode of the show.

For today’s Far Flung Forecast, Dave takes us out to Lakeville, Connecticut.

Dr. Santina Wheat, program director of the McGaw Northwestern Family Medicine Residency at Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital, joins Dean for this week’s health update. They discuss new flu strains, GLP-1 medications, the do’s and don’ts of Thanksgiving and take listener questions.

To close out the show, the cast of American Blues Theater’s 24th annual production of “It’s a Wonderful Life: Live in Chicago!” joins Dean to preview this year’s run. The ensemble shares music from the show, performs select scenes and gives listeners a look at the 1940s radio-broadcast style that has made this production a beloved Chicago holiday tradition for nearly 25 years. For tickets and more information, visit americanbluestheater.com or call 773-654-3103.

Dr. Santina Wheat, Program Director, McGaw Northwestern Family Medicine Residency Northwestern Medicine, Delnor Hospital, joins Dean Richards for this week’s health update. They discuss new flu strains, GLP-1’s, and the do’s and don’ts of Thanksgiving in order to stay healthy.

Dean Richards, Dave Schwan and Andy Masur start the show talking about the shift in weather and how to avoid cold-weather bugs.

For today’s Far Flung Forecast, Dave takes us out to Athens, Ohio.

Dr. Santina Wheat, Program Director, McGaw Northwestern Family Medicine Residency Northwestern Medicine, Delnor Hospital, joins Dean for this week’s health update. They discuss sinus infections, the medical status of Rev. Jesse Jackson and take listener questions.

Lesley Ann Warren, the original Miss Scarlet from Clue: The Movie, joins Dean to talk about the 40th anniversary screening of the movie at the Studebaker Theater. For more information, visit the Studebaker Theater.

Dr. Santina Wheat, Program Director, McGaw Northwestern Family Medicine Residency Northwestern Medicine, Delnor Hospital, joins Dean Richards for this week’s health update. They discuss sinus infections, the medical status of Rev. Jesse Jackson and take listener questions.

Dean Richards, Dave Schwan and Jack Heinrich start the show talking about the shift in weather in Chicago and their favorite holiday movies.

For today’s Far Flung Forecast, Dave takes us out to River Rouge, Michigan.

Dr. Santina Wheat, Program Director, McGaw Northwestern Family Medicine Residency Northwestern Medicine, Delnor Hospital, joins Dean for this week’s health update. They discuss GLP-1s and their benefits, hand, foot and mouth disease, and take listener questions.

Award-winning writer and speaker Kelly Cervantes joins Dean to discuss her new book, The Luckiest: A Memoir of Love, Loss, Motherhood, and the Pursuit of Self. Kelly, her husband Miguel and Dean will all be at the author event in the Yellow Box Theater at Community Christian Church on November 11, For more information, visit Kelly Cervantes.

Dr. Santina Wheat, Program Director, McGaw Northwestern Family Medicine Residency Northwestern Medicine, Delnor Hospital, joins Dean Richards for this week’s health update. They discuss GLP-1s and their benefits, hand, foot and mouth disease, and take listener questions.

Dean, Dave, Andy, and Jim ring in the holiday season with the annual show at Treetime in Lake Barrington! The crew is joined by Garrett Forrestal from Million Dollar Quartet from the Paramount Aurora Theatre. Blake Montgomery, Julia Noack King and Bill Nolan all stop by as well. Along with performances from The Ides of March and the Chicago Scots! Throughout the show, Dean talks with Laurie and Joe Kane, the owners of Treetime.

During the 11am hour, while Hamp and O’B previewed the Bears game, the Treetime fun continued on Facebook Live:

Jon Hansen, in for Dean Richards, Dave Schwan and Andy Masur start the show talking about the upcoming Treetime event on Nov. 2 and get ready for Halloween.

For today’s Far Flung Forecase, Dave takes us out to Rome, New York.

Dr. Michael Lou, hospital medicine at Northwestern Medicine Palos Hospital joins Jon for this week’s health update. They discuss the best foods to eat to avoid constipation and what to know about CKM syndrome.

Jon kicks off This Week in Theatre by talking with our movie expert, Blake Stubbs. They talk about Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere, A House of Dynamite and One Battle After Another.

On this week’s Food Time, Jon shares an egg casserole recipe.

Dr. Michael Lou, hospital medicine at Northwestern Medicine Palos Hospital, joins Jon Hansen, in for Dean Richards, for this week’s health update. They discuss the best foods to eat to avoid constipation and what to know about CKM syndrome.

Dean Richards, Dave Schwan and Jack Heinrich start the show talking about the gloomy weather and how it throws off their routines and look ahead to Treetime on Nov. 2.

For today’s Far Flung Forecast, Dave takes us out to Bend, OR.

Dr. Santina Wheat, Program Director, McGaw Northwestern Family Medicine Residency Northwestern Medicine, Delnor Hospital, joins Dean for this week’s health update. They discuss pneumonia and the best practices for safety and give the latest updates on vaccines.

Actor and standup comedian Aziz Ansari joins Dean for this week’s A-List Interview during This Week in Theatre to discuss his new movie, Good Fortune.