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Dr. Jeffrey Kopin, Chief Medical Officer for Northwestern Medicine Lake Forest Hospital, joins John Williams to talk about former President Joe Biden battling an aggressive, stage-4 prostate cancer. Dr. Kopin also talks about the FDA clearing the 1st blood test to help diagnose Alzheimer’s disease, and the FDA setting new requirements for COVID vaccines in healthy adults and children.
John Williams brings you another round of Speed Jokes. Keep sending yours to [email protected].
Acclaimed Broadway Producer (‘Rent,’ ‘Hamilton’) Jeffrey Seller joins John Williams to discuss his new book, ‘Theater Kid: A Broadway Memoir.’ Jeffrey talks about how some of the stories in the book were things he had written when he was young, what he considers to be his greatest gift, how making a play is like making life, how he dealt with his sexual awakening, how he came upon ‘Rent’ and working with Jonathan Larson, how the first iteration of ‘Rent’ wasn’t working, what led to him to ‘Hamilton,’ what he remembers most about ‘Hamilton,’ and why ‘Hamilton’ is making a return to Chicago.
The great Mr. Fix-It, Lou Manfredini, joins John Williams to tell us the projects we need to be working on this week. Lou tells us what we need to know about portable air conditioners, and to give us tips for cleaning your windows…especially after Friday’s dust storm!
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John Williams brings you another round of Speed Jokes. Keep sending yours to [email protected].
Kevin Powell of WGN Sports and Ryan Burrow, WGN News Director and host of ‘The Stadium Club‘ podcast, join John Williams to talk about the news that the Chicago Bears are now making progress on building a new stadium in Arlington Heights.
NewsNation Now anchor Connell McShane joins John Williams to talk about yesterday’s Supreme Court hearing about birthright citizenship. What were the biggest takeaways?
Realtor Steve Budzik joins John Williams to talk about the boyhood home of Pope Leo XIV going up for auction in June. Why did the owner decide on an auction?
Enjoy this edition of “The Best of Speed Jokes.” What was your favorite joke of the week? Keep sending your jokes to [email protected]!
It’s time once again for our Best of the Midwest feature! Are you trying to come up with some vacation ideas that are only a quick getaway from the Chicago area? Well, John Williams has some great recommendations for your trip! And today, we head north to Wisconsin as John is joined by Savannah Schindler, Public Relations Specialist for Visit Beloit. Savannah tells John about how far Beloit is from the Chicago area, the boutique hotels in downtown Beloit, where you can eat and drink during your stay, and the fun activities you can do while you visit like seeing Beloit’s minor league baseball team, checking out live music at Harry’s Place, or visiting the Downtown Beloit Street Dance. Sound good? If so, enter the Summer Getaway Sweepstakes.
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