Dean Richards, Dave Schwan and Tony DeNardis start the show talking about New Years’ resolutions and preview the upcoming Bears regular season finale.

For today’s Far Flung Forecast, Dave takes us out to Timonium, Maryland.

Dr. Santina Wheat, Program Director, McGaw Northwestern Family Medicine Residency Northwestern Medicine, Delnor Hospital, joins Dean for this week’s health update. They talk about ways to start your health goals for the new year off right, give an update on the super flu variant, and take listener questions!

For This Week in Theatre, Dean looks back to the Treetime show in November, where Garrett Forrestal from Million Dollar Quartet performs.

Dean’s A-List interview this week is with Patricia Heaton, where they discuss her new movie Merv and the anniversary of Everyone Loves Raymond.

Chicago-based comedian Deon Cole joins Dean to talk about his new podcast, “Funny Knowing You.”

On this week’s Food Time, Dean gets recipes from listeners of the best foods to make during the cold weather.