Dean Richards, Dave Schwan and Andy Masur start the show diving deep into the history of Chicago TV pitchmen and reflect on legendary Cubs second baseman, the late Ryne Sandberg.

For today’s Far Flung Forecast, Dave takes us to Helena, Montana.

Dr. Santina Wheat, family medicine physician at Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital in Geneva joins Dean for this week’s health update. They discuss prostate cancer and Ryne Sandberg, Lyme disease and Justin Timberlake’s diagnosis and take listener questions.

Dean kicks off his This Week in Theatre with an interview with actress, comedian and producer Lily Tomlin, who is co-producing the world premiere play about the personal and professional life of tennis icon Billie Jean King. Billie Jean will be showing at the Chicago Shakespeare Theater through Aug. 10.

Jonathan Alsberry dance educator, creator and coach joins Dean to talk about the Chicago Dance Health Fund’s Dance for Life, taking place Aug. 16 at The Auditorium.

Dean is joined by the stars of Superman: David Corenswet, Rachel Brosnahan and Nicholas Hoult, and director James Gunn to discuss what went into bringing one of the most iconic superheroes back to the big screen.

On this week’s Food Time segment Dean talks Hawaiian recipes including poi and spam musubi.