John Williams

Eric Zorn, Publisher of The Picayune Sentinel, joins John Williams to talk about the Sun-Times discontinuing editorials, the Trump administration’s Signal leak, and the results of his poll about the length of the baseball season. Do the Picayune Sentinel readers believe the baseball season is too long?

Tom Fortino, Founder and Principal, Alpha Wealth Group, and host of “The Alpha Wealth Hour” on WGN Radio, joins John to talk about how the market has been performing the last few weeks, why he still believes in the strength of the market overall, his thoughts on consumer confidence slipping, and the anticipation of good things happening in the economy moving forward.

Dr. Michael Bauer, Medical Director at Northwestern Medicine Lake Forest Hospital, joins John Williams to talk about the seriousness of the measles outbreak, who should be worried about getting the measles, how we handled the COVID pandemic and what we learned, the impact of vaccine hesitancy, his concern over the US withdrawing from the World Health Organization. Dr. Bauer also answers your medical questions.

John Williams brings you another round of Speed Jokes. And this one features rookie Speed Joke submitters! Keep sending your jokes to [email protected].

The great Mr. Fix-It, Lou Manfredini, joins guest host Wendy Snyder, filling in for John Williams, to tell us the projects we need to be working on this week. And as always, Lou answers all of your home improvement questions.

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Steve Bernas, President & CEO of the Better Business Bureau of Chicago and Northern Illinois, joins guest host Wendy Snyder, filling in for John Williams, to talk about the riskiest scams of the year including investment / cryptocurrency scams.

Alexander Zalben, Host / Producer, Comic Book Club, joins Wendy Snyder, filling in for John Williams, to discuss the TV shows you need to be watching right now. Alexander talks about ‘The White Lotus,’ ‘The Righteous Gemstones,’ ‘The Pitt,’ ‘The Residence,’ and ‘Severance.’

Bob Zeni, aka the Chicago Tomato Man, joins Wendy Snyder, filling in for John Williams, to talk about his new online store, what we should look for when buying tomatoes, the different varietals of tomatoes they sell, and when should we get our tomato seeds in the ground.

John Williams brings you another round of Speed Jokes. Keep sending yours to [email protected].

State Representative Blaine Wilhour (R-Beecher City), Vice Chair, Freedom Caucus, joins John Williams to talk about a bill in Illinois that would put new requirements on homeschooling. Sen Wilhour explains why he’s opposed to this bill.