John Landecker

Food Fight is back, and this week we tackle another great food debate. This time it involves the two big coffee chains, Dunkin’ and Starbucks! Listen below as your host John Landecker takes the side of Starbucks and segment cohost Dan Levy takes Dunkin’. Check out Dan’s podcast Barguments! Listen below to hear the debate and who won!

WGN host John Landecker is joined by acclaimed award-winning pianist Lisa Hilton to discuss the Jazz Night Benefit on March 12 at Winter’s Jazz Club. Hilton and her quartet will perform at the event, with proceeds benefiting the life changing programs offered by The Chicago Lighthouse. This years performance marks Hilton’s ten year anniversary performing for the agency. The benefit will take place from 7 PM to 9 PM. To purchase tickets for Jazz Night in Chicago click on the link to see ticket availability.

Food Fight is back, and this week we tackle another great food debate. This time it involves the Whopper versus the Big Mac! Listen below as your host John Landecker takes the side of McDonald’s Big Mac and segment cohost Dan Levy takes Burger King’s Whopper. Check out Dan’s podcast Barguments! Listen below to hear the debate and who won!

Phil Sklar, Co-Founder and CEO National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum, joins your host John Landecker to talk about the new bobbleheads that the museum released in honor of one of the greatest sporting events in American history. Listen below as John and Phil go over the truly unique and clever way of commemorating some of our greatest national icons and legends, and we hear a little bit about how Phil took the bobblehead idea and made it into something more. The National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum is located in Milwaukee WI, at 107 S. 1st St. 2nd Floor. Go check out their website if you want to order any of the Miracle On Ice Bobbleheads or any of their other products. Custom shop is also available.

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 goes over the latest consumerpedia podcast episode which encourages you to shop around for your car insurance! Listen to the interview below and then go listen to the full story at the consumerpedia podcast. Herb has kindly hooked up our listeners with a free guide if you go to checkbook.org/wgnradio/autoinsurance

Food Fight is back, and this week we tackle another great food debate. This time it involves Cinnabon vs. Auntie Anne’s! Listen below as your host John Landecker takes the side of Auntie Anne’s soft pretzels and segment cohost Dan Levy takes the big glazed Cinnabon. Check out Dan’s podcast Barguments! Listen below to hear the debate and who won!

WGN Sports reporter Andy Masur joins John Landecker to talk about the key moments and storylines of the game.

Food Fight is back and this week we tackle another great food debate. This time it involves Buffalo Wings vs. Mozzarella Sticks! Listen below as your host John Landecker takes the side of Buffalo Wings and segment cohost Dan Levy takes Mozzarella Sticks. 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.

This time Herb helps all those who are interested in buying a new car, but BEWARE those shady dealers and their unlawful practices, not all car dealerships are shady but they are out there! Listen below to hear some of them, after the break Herb gives us some helpful tips and tricks when buying a car!

Steve Dale, WGN Radio host and animal expert, joins John Landecker on the show to give us the top dog names of the year. Later on, we hear from Steve about coyote mating season and what we can expect. Did you know that of all cities in the United States, Chicago has the largest wild coyote population? Check out Steve’s website to read some more of his tips and blogs!