John Landecker

After a wonderful of selling gelato and wowing their customers with some fantastic tricks, chef Jay Bliznick, owner of Sideshow Gelato, joins John Landecker in the studio with two of the performers who will be attempting some Guinness World Records on Saturday, June 1st. Sanjula Vamana, one of seven blockhead performers in the world, as well as Cassidy Rose, a sword swallower who will also be attempting to break a record! Not only are they breaking some records but they make some of the best gelato we have ever had, seriously! We recommend the Penn Jilletto, it was amazing. Go see them on Saturday, June 1st, at 1 pm at their location at 4819 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60625. Visit their website here!

WGN-TV weather producer, storm guru, and meteorological master Bill Snyder joins your host, John Landecker, on the program to discuss the weekend weather this first weekend of June. Bill not only knows the weather but also takes the time to educate us on why it is happening.

Having fun isn’t hard when you’ve got a library card! For this month’s Your Hometown, we focus on Bensenville. In doing our part in helping educate our listeners, John is joined by Chris Sloan, the director of the Bensenville Community Public Library. Chris expounds on some of the events taking place at the library over the summer as well as some of the features that the library offers to its members.

Todd Muench joins John Landecker in the studio to talk about the Antenna TV Nostalgia Stories Podcast, this time Todd breaks down some of the May segments and some of the exciting interviews they have coming up in the month of June like Mackenzie Phillips, Mike Reno (Loverboy), Scotty Morris (Big Bad Voodoo Daddy), and Leslie Easterbrook.

Following Memorial Day weekend, we love any opportunity to help out veterans from the community. This evening, we had Illinois Treasurer Michael Frerichs joins John Landecker on the show to talk about Operation Purple Heart, a mission to return Purple Heart medals to their rightful owners. Visit Operation Purple Heart’s website to learn more!

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

Dr. BBQ Ray Lampe, Chicago Legend and Hall of Fame BBQ expert, joins your host, John Landecker, on the show to talk about the BBQ Cards he has available now, give us some tips and tricks about BBQ and grilling, and tell us how to prepare for Memorial Day grilling.

Director of Research at Landmark Pest Management joins us for another cicada update live on the scene as the little insects begin to emerge. Rebecca is an expert in all things insect and critter and provides us with some insight on the emergence as well as some really useful tick tips!

WGN-TV weather producer, storm guru, and meteorological master Bill Snyder joins your host, John Landecker, on the program to break down what we can expect over the Memorial Day weekend, an update on hurricane season from the National Hurricane Center, which you will want to listen to, as well as the Flower Moon appearing this evening.

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.

Herb has worked on his most recent article about buying a new and reliable car, you can find his article here!