John Williams

Eric Zorn, Publisher of The Picayune Sentinel, joins John Williams to talk about people eating popcorn with a spoon, President Trump wanting the Washington Commanders to change their name back to Redskins, the DOJ expected to meet with Ghislaine Maxwell, what will the Epstein controversy mean for Trump and his supporters, his thoughts on the Coldplay ‘Kiss Cam Couple,’ and the debate over fair pay in the WNBA.

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Curtis Granderson, Chicago native and former MLB All-Star, joins John Williams to talk about the amount of statistics used in baseball, the on field accomplishment he’s especially proud of, the season that former Cub great Javy Baez is having in Detroit, how the game has changed since he stopped playing, his work with the Chicago Baseball & Educational Academy, the non-profit that he founded at UIC, his thoughts on robot umpires, and the upcoming launch of the Youth Collector Clubs Initiative.

The great Mr. Fix-It, Lou Manfredini, joins John Williams to tell us the projects we need to be working on this week. Lou talks about his recent remote with our landscape expert Bob Bertog, what a heat pump does, and what you should be doing to take care of your established plants.

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

Chicago Tribune theater critic and editorial page editor Chris Jones joins John Williams to discuss the Tribune editorial about the cancellation of ‘The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.’

Karen Conti, Founding Partner, Conti & Dolan Law, joins John Williams to discuss whether or not Coldplay and/or Chris Martin are liable for exposing Astronomer CEO Andy Byron allegedly cheating on his wife with the company’s head of HR.

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Sue the Dinosaur’s Discoverer and Field Paleontologist Sue Hendrickson tells John how she happened upon the bones of Sue, the Dinosaur, who is soon being moved from her lobby territory in the Field Museum. Then, she tells us her surprising reaction to Sue’s move, and her next dig goal. (Originally posted September 19, 2017.)

Amanda Anisimova lost 6-0, 6-0 in the women’s final at Wimbledon and then had to give an interview after the blowout loss. John Williams shares Anisimova’s story and discusses how her emotional post-match interview is a lesson in being graceful in defeat. You can watch or listen to the on-court interview here.