John Landecker

Dr. Michael Adkesson, President & CEO of Brookfield Zoo Chicago, joins John Landecker to discuss Brookfield Zoo Chicago unveiling a $500 million Century Plan to transform its campus, which is already underway! Listen below to hear Dr. Adkesson break down the whole plan for us.

Food Fight is back, and this week we tackle another excellent food debate. Listen below as your host, John Landecker, takes the side of sweet tea. Segment cohost Dan Levy takes lemonade. Check out Dan’s podcast, Barguments! Listen below to hear the debate and who won!

John Landecker is joined by Tribune Reporter Kori Rumore, whose newest articles are about some longstanding Chicago traditions and history. The first half, John and Kori talk about her article on The Chicago Air and Water Show and all the tips and tricks she has compiled for us. After the news break, hear about her latest Vintage Chicago Tribune article all about the final days of Public Enemy number 1, John Dillinger. Listen below and then go check out Kori’s articles.

On the 55th anniversary of the Apollo 11 launch, John Landecker is joined by Editor in Chief of Ad Astra Magazine and a man with his eyes on the stars, Rod Pyle. He walks us through some of the facts and fiction that have come up over the 55 years of celebrating landing on the moon!

Food Fight is back, and this week we tackle another excellent food debate. Listen below as your host, John Landecker, takes the side of egg salad. Segment cohost Dan Levy takes chicken salad. Check out Dan’s podcast, Barguments! Listen below to hear the debate and who won!

Daren Dochterman, Movie Concept Artist/Illustrator and Set-Designer who has worked on films such as Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Get Smart, Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole
Christmas, Sleepless in Seattle, and more, joins John Landecker to highlight his part in the Creation Entertainment Sci-Fi Convention, STLV Trek 2 Vegas, in Las Vegas from Aug 1-4. Additionally, the two discuss his new podcast ‘Inglorious Treksperts‘ and what his career as an illustrator and set designer looks like.

Patrick Bertoletti, American competitive eater and winner of this year’s annual Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July Hot Dog Eating Contest, just set the world record for the most blueberries consumed in 8 minutes this past Saturday (July 13th) in the World Blueberry Eating Contest. He Joins John Landecker to highlight this experience and what life is like as a competitive eater!

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, John and Herb go through the eyewear industry, and some of the information may surprise you! Listen below to hear the breakdown, and visit www.checkbook.org/wgnradio/eyes for their free breakdown of Optometrists in our area! Expires August 15th!

John Landecker is joined by Tanera Marshall, Associate Professor of Theatre at UIC and a voice and dialect coach for some major television and film productions like The Bear, Chicago Fire, and on! Listen to the interview below to hear all about how she got into coaching as well as teaching actors the very recognizable Chicago accent.

John Landecker is joined once again by one of the best weather producers ever to produce the weather, Bill Snyder of WGN TV. Bill, as he does every week, comments on the week of weather and gives us a preview of what is to come! Bill breaks down what is happening and why it’s happening!