John Landecker

Jen Jolly, tech reporter and founder of Techish.com, joins John Landecker to talk about the best tech gadgets to get your mom for Mother’s Day!

Emmy and SAG Award winner, and Ted Lasso co-creator, writer, and star as Coach Beard, Brendan Hunt joins John Landecker to talk about growing up in Chicago, his comedy in Amsterdam, the new season of Ted Lasso, and his new one-man show, The Movement You Need – An Evening With Brendan Hunt, now playing at the Steppenwolf Theatre! For tickets and more, visit steppenwolf.org.

 Listen below as your host, John Landecker, and segment co-host, WGN Radio’s Ashley Bihun, battle out which chip is better: Pringles® or Fritos®.

Mike McMains from Tours With Mike joins John Landecker to talk about the Route 66 Trolley Bus Tour they are offering that shows Route 66 history in Chicago. For more information, visit tourswithmike.com/route-66-tour

Rebecca Fyffe, Director of Research at Landmark Pest Management, joins John Landecker to talk about the Asian Needle Ant and share warnings to watch for if you see one around your home. Then Rebecca shares about how to protect yourself from mosquitoes as we enter summer.

Pat Tomasulo, WGN Morning News Sports Anchor, joins John Landecker to talk about his annual Laugh Your Face Off event that helps raise money for the Facial Pain Research Foundation, which
funds research to cure trigeminal neuralgia, a rare pain condition that Pat’s wife, Amy,
suffers from.

WGN-TV weather producer Bill Snyder joins John Landecker to talk about the severe weather we have already seen during spring. Then, Bill shares a warning that even though it is April, you can get a sunburn! To wrap up, Bill gives us the weekend forecast.

Christopher Monica, AKA Luigi Primo, the wrestler known for slinging pizza at his opponents, joins John Landecker to talk about his wrestling journey and how pizza got involved.

Annette Prince, Director of the Chicago Bird Collision Monitors group, joins John Landecker to discuss the mating season for birds. Then Annette talks about the migration season.

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!