John Landecker

In this episode of Rook on the Road, producer Breandan Rook goes on a walk across the river to interview some of the athletes of the Special Olympics Illinois including the 2022 Duck Ambassador and multi medal winner Kyle Tuckey.

Ron Onesti, President & CEO of Onesti Entertainment and the Producer of Chicago’s Little Italy Festa on Taylor Street, joins John Landecker on the show to talk about the Taylor Street Little Italy Fest happening August 11th – 14th.

Sinhue Mendoza, The Director of Communications for the Chicago Architecture Center, joins John Landecker. Sinhue explains that it might be better for the Bears to build a new stadium. Sinhue breaks down all of John’s worries and brings some unique insight to the situation.

Registered Patent Attorney John Rizvi, a.k.a., The Patent Professor, joins John Landecker to discuss the article detailing how Mexican drug lord Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo trademarked his own name in the hopes of creating a merchandise and clothing empire.

In the wake of sportscasting legend Vin Scully’s death on August 2nd, WGN Radio sports anchor Andy Masur joins John Landecker to chat about the Dodgers broadcaster’s legacy. They highlight his time with the Dodgers back when they were playing in Brooklyn, the 1988 World Series, as well as his impact on his fellow broadcasters.

President of the Illinois Shuffleboard Association, Kevin Reedy, joins John Landecker to discuss their first National Shuffleboard Tournament this Saturday and Sunday, August 6th-7th, at the Royal Palm Shuffleboard Club in Chicago. Later, Kevin gives John the ins and outs of how to play shuffleboard.

Kevin Leonard, University Archivist at Northwestern University, joins John Landecker to talk about 70 years of WGN Radio audio that will be archived at Northwestern Libraries, after it was announced that Nexstar Media Group would be gifting the audio to Northwestern University earlier this week.

New England Sports betting analyst Sam Panayotovich joins the show to talk about Tony La Russa fighting to stay awake during the White Sox game, Cleveland Browns QB Deshaun Watson’s suspension, Tiger Woods turning down the LIV Golf Series, and the Miami Dolphins tampering punishments.

Vincent Zurzolo, comic book expert and COO/Co-owner, of ComicConnect.com, joins John Landecker to talk about C2E2 coming to town this weekend in Chicago August 5th-7th at McCormick Place. Then Vincent takes us through the steps on how to invest in vintage comic books.

Dan Aykroyd and Jim Belushi will appear at the inaugural convention, Aug. 19-20.