John Landecker

Teresa Murray, consumer watchdog with the U.S. Public Interest Research Group (PIRG), joins John Landecker to talk about the latest recalls, including Utz, Chocolate, and more!

Listen below as your host, John Landecker, and segment co-host, WGN Radio’s Ashley Bihun, battle out which type of coffee is better: freeze-dried coffee or instant coffee.

The John Landecker group chat, where youngins Ashley Bihun, Jack Heinrich, and Eli Berk join John to talk about whatever comes to mind. Listen in, you never know where the conversation will head next!

WGN-TV weather producer Bill Snyder joins John Landecker to talk about the wild weather we have seen this year, not just in Chicago but across the country. Then Bill talks about the cold start to May and when things might heat up, and shares the weekend forecast!

Attorney Rich Lenkov, Capital Member, Downey & Lenkov, and co-host of “Legal Face-Off” on wgnradio.com, joins John Landecker to talk about the latest legal entertainment news, including Cubs and Wrigley Rooftop lawsuit, Taylor Swift, and more!

Dr. John Pandolfino, Chief of Gastroenterology and Hepatology and Director of the Northwestern Medicine Digestive Health Institute, joins John Landecker to discuss a new technology Northwestern has been working on and developing that could allow doctors to make a “digital twin” of your body part to help with treatment.

Byron Reese, Speaker, Author, Entrepreneur and Futurist, joins John Landecker to explain AI. Byrson talks about how AI works and how it comes up with information when you punch questions and actions into it, and more!

Sgt. Frank Veselak, World War II veteran who threw out the first pitch at a White Sox game in April, joins John Landecker to talk about his life story from the military to Sears to the Brookfield Zoo! Frank also talks about how staying active helps you live longer.

Tom Appel, Publisher of Consumer Guide Automotive and host of the Consumer Guide Car Stuff podcast, joins John Landecker to discuss Honda delaying new models until the 2030s, what E-15 Gas is, why we may see it in Illinois, and more!

Dr. Emily Margolis, Curator of Contemporary Spaceflight at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum, joins John Landecker to talk about Alan Shepard Jr., who became the first American in space on this date in 1961.