Dr. Joel Ostrow, professor, comparative and international politics, Benedictine University, joins John Williams to offer his assessment of President Trump’s meeting with Vladimir Putin and to break down the meeting between President Trump, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and other world leaders.

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Melissa Nelson, Marketing Director for Skydive Chicago, tells John about what Skydive Chicago is, why Ottawa is a perfect area to experience skydiving, and the skydiving records they are going to try to break this week. Also joining John is skydiver Lane Paquin and other athletes that are participating in the attempts to break the records.

Eric Zorn, Publisher of The Picayune Sentinel, joins John Williams to talk about California Governor Gavin Newsom trolling President Trump on social media, the latest on the redistricting efforts in Texas, Chicago Tribune film critic Michael Phillips announcing that he accepted a buyout, MSNBC rebranding to MS NOW, and if he thinks we should use AI (or some other method) on DuSable Lake Shore Drive to curb speeding.

Dr. Jeffrey Kopin, Chief Medical Officer for Northwestern Medicine Lake Forest Hospital, joins John Williams to talk about the importance of stretching as we age, if there are benefits to taking supplements, a nasal spray flu vaccine approved by the Food and Drug Administration being available for purchase for self-administration, when new COVID vaccines will be available, and what we know about new blood pressure guidelines.

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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign computer science professor Dr. Sheldon Jacobson joins John Williams to talk about his recent Chicago Tribune Op-ed that suggests that ‘Made in America’ is alive and well. What are we getting wrong about the term ‘Made in America?’ And how is the American consumer being impacted by tariffs? Professor Jacobson also tells John about the integration of AI into our lives.

The great Mr. Fix-It, Lou Manfredini, joins John Williams to tell us the projects we need to be working on this week. Lou says with all the rain we’ve been getting over the last week that now is the time to check your gutter, downspouts, and pumps.

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Christina Hunger, a speech-language pathologist and author of “Your Dog Can Talk: A Step-By-Step Guide to Button Training,” joins John Williams to talk about how her career in speech pathology led her to teach her dog how to communicate. Christina explains how the teaching process works, the huge potential for language learning, how many words her dog Stella has in her vocabulary, and the importance of consistency when teaching your dog.