John Williams

Author and registered dietician nutritionist Dawn Jackson Blatner talks with John Williams about the benefits of walking briskly, how to know if the olive oil you are buying is good for you, a delicious cholesterol-free brownie, and the best lunch food for blood pressure. Dawn also answers all of your health and nutrition questions.

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The Mincing Rascals this week are John Williams of WGN Radio, Eric Zorn, Publisher of The Picayune Sentinel, Austin Berg of the Illinois Policy Institute, political pundit Marj Halperin, and Cate Plys, former staff writer at the Chicago Reader and political op-ed columnist at the Sun-Times and Tribune. This week, the Rascals kick things off by discussing the unseasonably warm weather in Chicago. […]

Marc Ganis, sports business expert and President and Co-Founder of Sportscorp Ltd., joins John Williams to talk about White Sox owner Jerry Reinsdorf asking for $1 billion in public funding to build a new stadium in the South Loop. Marc also gives us his thoughts on Soldier Field and if the Bears will most likely […]

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Considered one of the world’s greatest “magiciennes,” French magician Alexandra Duvivier joins John Williams to talk about her show Extraordinaire! with Alexandara Duvivier coming to the Rhapsody Theater in Chicago from February 22-March 10, 2024.

Jim Elliott, Founder & President, Diveheart, joins John Williams to talk about his goal to open the country’s deepest swimming pool in North Chicago. Jim tells John about the work that Diveheart does, the purpose of building this type of pool, how much he estimates this project will cost, who he hopes will help pay […]

Dr. Joel Ostrow, professor, comparative and international politics, Benedictine University, joins John Williams to talk about the death of Alexei Navalny, the leading opposition figure to Vladimir Putin in Russia.

Dr. Marc Sala, pulmonary and critical care specialist and co-director of the Northwestern Medicine Comprehensive COVID-19 Center, joins John Williams to talk about his work at the COVID-19 Center, what they are learning about Long COVID from the work they are doing, how the COVID virus caused such systemic symptoms in certain people, and why you […]

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