Bob Bertog, president of Bertog Landscape Co. in Wheeling and a certified landscape professional with the National Association of Landscape Professionals, joins John Williams to answer all of your lawn and garden questions. Bob talks about tree bark, training vines, and beetle infestations.

See Bob Bertog at Lurvey Home and Garden this Saturday, July 19. HouseSmarts Radio with Lou Manfredini will be broadcasting live from 6-10am and Bob Bertog joins the show as a special guest, 9-10am

Elder law attorney Kerry Peck joins John Williams to answer all your questions about wills, trusts, and what really happens when family and inheritance collide.

Jon Hansen, WGN Radio host of Your Money Matters and Let’s Get Legal and executive producer of the Block Club Chicago Podcast, joins John Williams for a look back at WGN 100 years ago. Hansen talks about the major storm that silenced WGN Radio’s broadcast of the The Scopes Monkey Trial in 1925.

Chief TV Critic for the Hollywood Reporter Daniel Fienberg joins John Williams to go over the recent Emmy nominations. From “Severance” to “The White Lotus,” Fienberg talks about his favorites from this year.

Dr. Jeffrey Kopin, Chief Medical Officer for Northwestern Medicine Lake Forest Hospital, joins John Williams to talk about shingles, summertime ticks carrying Lyme disease, and seemingly decreasing incidents of measles. Dr. Kopin also answers listeners questions.

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

Eric Zorn, Publisher of The Picayune Sentinel, joins John Williams to talk about Trump’s impact on the economy, the upcoming Major League Baseball All-Star Game, and Mike Madigan’s conviction.

Joe Khalil, NewsNation’s Washington, D.C. correspondent, joins John Williams to talk about the Jeffrey Epstein case. Khalil dives into the question of whether “the list” of Epstein’s clients exists and the differences between the Trump administration versus the Biden administration’s responses to the potential release of the Epstein files.

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

The great Mr. Fix-It, Lou Manfredini, joins John Williams to tell us the projects we need to be working on this week. In the wake of what happened in Texas and New Mexico, do you have supplies in your home now to be ready just in case? Lou shares some suggestions. And as always, Lou answers all of your home improvement questions.

Listen to HouseSmarts Radio on WGN each Saturday morning at 6 am.