John Landecker

Jack Heinrich, sports producer, reporter, anchor, and producer of the John Landecker show, joins John Landecker to dive into what’s on Jack’s sports-filled brain for that day!

Billy Dec, Emmy Award-winning TV Personality, actor, entrepreneur, and host of the “Food Roots” documentary, joins John Landecker to talk about his documentary, which follows his journey to find Filipino recipes that run through his family history. There is a screening of “Food Roots,” benefiting the local nonprofit Common Threads, on Tuesday, May 19, at 6:30 pm at the AMC River East 21.

Jack Heinrich, sports producer, reporter, anchor, and producer of the John Landecker show, joins John Landecker to dive into what’s on Jack’s sports-filled brain for that day!

Bill Williams, the man who has been sending daily humor emails for three decades, joins John Landecker to talk about how he started his daily humor emails, his books, and more! For more information, visit internet-humor.com.

Steve Dale, WGN Radio’s pet expert and host of Steve Dale’s Pet World and Steve Dale’s Other World, joins John Landecker to talk about what animal saved Dick Van Dyke’s life, does your dog laugh when you laugh, BARK annual walk to raise money for anti-cruelty, and more!

Linda Godwin, a member of the Astronauts For America steering committee and a retired NASA astronaut, joins John Landecker to explain what the new committee is and how you can join the crew! For more information, visit astronautsforamerica.org.

Dr. Ihab Ahmed, an infectious disease physician at Northwestern Medicine Huntley and McHenry hospitals, joins John Landecker to discuss what hantavirus is, what to do if you contract the virus, and more.

Al Scorch, a multi-disciplinary artist and Chicago performer, joins John Landecker to reminisce about his Ode to Hot Dog poem. Then Al shares about how he draws inspiration from the City of Chicago in his work. For more from Al, visit alscorch.com.

William Pietri, owner of the Chicago Pinball Museum, joins John Landecker to talk about the museum’s move from Pilsen to the Loop. William also shares the deep history of pinball in the city.

Jim Wojdyla, Volo Museum Marketing Director, joins John Landecker to discuss the Volo Museum getting sent a speeding ticket from New York for KITT, the self-driving, talking car from the 1980s TV series Knight Rider. The museum does have a KITT replica on display, but it hasn’t been on the road in years. Unless the car has been going on adventures on its own when nobody is looking…