Dr. Tasha Arnold, Head of Alpha Schools, joins John Williams to talk about the opening of a Chicago school that will use AI for instruction. Dr. Arnold explains how the children will be learning, what a typical day at the school looks like, how instructors will teach the students, and the way AI makes school more efficient.

Austin Berg, Executive Director of the Chicago Policy Center and author of the The Last Ward on Substack, joins John Williams to explain why a ‘millionaires tax’ would be disastrous for the state of Illinois.

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

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

Darren Bailey, GOP candidate for Illinois governor, joins John Williams to talk about why he and his wife are renting a house in Chicago, his reaction to Rick Pearson’s piece in the Tribune over the weekend, his effort to bring unity to Democrats and Republicans, if he believes the 2020 election was stolen, how much help the state of Illinois should give to the Chicago Bears, and if he believes there should be a ‘millionaires tax.’

Chicago trial attorney Karen Conti, Founding Partner, Conti & Dolan Law, and host of the Karen Conti Show on WGN Radio, joins John Williams to discuss FBI director Kash Patel filing a $250M defamation lawsuit against The Atlantic. Does Karen think this case will go to trial?

Dr. Jeffrey Kopin, Chief Medical Officer for Northwestern Medicine Catherine Gratz Griffin Lake Forest Hospital, joins John Williams to talk about why more people under age 55 are dying of heart attacks, a pancreatic cancer mRNA vaccine showing lasting results in an early trial, and to answer all of your medical questions.  

Eric Zorn, Publisher of The Picayune Sentinel, joins John Williams to talk about Darren Bailey refusing to tell John that Donald Trump lost the 2020 election, the official trailer for the AI or DIE production, ‘PI HARD,’ and the latest on the compromise between CPS and CTU over the May Day protests.

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 of the rain we’ve been getting, now is the time to make sure your sump pump is working properly. Lou also answers all of your home improvement questions.

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Stephen Woldenberg, SVP of Sales for Learning Resources Brands, the plaintiff in the Supreme Court ruling against President Trump’s tariffs, joins John Williams to talk about the launch of the refund system for businesses that paid tariffs that President Donald Trump imposed without the constitutional authority to do so.