WGN-TV weather producer Bill Snyder joins John Landecker on the show to talk about varying fall conditions, from hot, to cold, and rainy. Bill explains the how and why of what is going on above our heads and previews some warm weather on the way!

Food Fight is back, Sponsored by Andersons Candy Shop. This week, we tackle another excellent food debate. Listen below as your host, John Landecker, takes the side of the Chocolate Truffles. Segment cohost Dan Levy takes peanut butter-filled Buckeyes. Check out Dan’s podcast, Barguments! Listen below to hear the debate and who won!

Your host, the legendary John Landecker, is joined by Herb Weisbaum, The ConsumerMan, an Emmy-award-winning broadcaster and one of America’s top consumer experts. He’s been protecting us for more than 40 years, having covered the consumer beat for CBS News, NBC News, and The TODAY Show, among others.

He is currently a Contributing Editor at Checkbook.org, a nonprofit organization that helps consumers get good service and low prices. He also hosts their Consumerpedia podcast.

Together they discuss some “light remodeling” tips and ideas that you can use to refresh your kitchen or bathroom. After the break, hear some tips on how to hire the right contractor. Check out the link checkbook.org/wgnradio/contractors for more!

WGN TV Weather Producer Bill Snyder joins John Landecker on the program to give us some jaw-dropping statistics on Hurricane Milton and the tornadoes that happened before, our sunny October, the drought we are currently facing, rainfall numbers, and a little bit of a hot streak coming up.

Jon Hansen filling in for John Landecker is joined by John LaFlamboy, owner and operator of Hellsgate Haunted House in Lockport. Producer Breandan Rook went and gave his full report on air. Listen below to the most haunted Rook on the Road yet!

John Landecker is joined by Joseph Burton and Jim DeRogatis of the Military Miniature Society of Illinois to talk about their 49th annual show. Listen below to hear the history of MMSI and what their show and group is all about!

Food Fight is back, and this week we tackle another excellent food debate. Listen below as your host, John Landecker, takes the side of the Coke and segment co-host Dan Levy takes the Pepsi. Check out Dan’s podcast, Barguments! Listen below to hear the debate and who won!

Jon Hansen, host of Your Money Matters and Let’s Get Legal, as well as a producer and host at Block Club Chicago, joins John Landecker on the program for some good news all across Chicago for another segment of Extremely Landecker News. We have baseball, art galleries and… a meat bush in Ravenswood? Tune in below to find out what that’s all about!

John Landecker is joined by Will Clinger, host of WTTW’s Wild Travel and best known as the host of Wild Chicago, a show about the unusual, the odd and the downright strange. With segments covering ventriloquists in Kentucky and a Kinetic Sculpture Race in Maryland, they perfectly capture the essence of everything Wild Travel is.

WGN-TV weather producer Bill Snyder joins John Landecker on the show to talk about fallout from Hurricane Helene and the astounding numbers that are still coming as the American South continues to recover, all while we in the Midwest are sitting comfortably transitioning into fall.