John Williams

Chris Collins, head basketball coach at Northwestern, joins John Williams and Dave Eanet to talk about the challenges the team has faced this season, how he is proud of the resiliency and fight of his players, the incredible leadership that the older players have shown this year, how deep the league has been this year, and the importance of the last three (two at home) games.

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

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 longtime Chicago journalist Cate Plys! This week, the Rascals start the podcast discussing the results of the election in Dolton where controversial Mayor Tiffany Henyard lost her reelection bid. Speaking of unpopular, the Rascals discuss Mayor Brandon Johnson’s dismal approval numbers. Eric even wonders if Johnson will run again. Today, a plan to borrow $830 million to finance infrastructure improvements was approved by the Chicago City Council. Austin gets us up to speed on what we need to know. State Senator Linda Holmes wants Illinois to allow medical aid in dying for terminally ill patients. Where are the Rascals on this issue? Governor JB Pritzker made the case in his budget address for banning cell phones in Illinois public schools. Do the Rascals support this idea? Jeff Bezos, the owner of the Washington Post, announced a change to the opinion section. Was this a mistake by Bezos?

Robert Mark, business jet pilot, former Chicago-area air traffic controller, and publisher of Jetwhine.com, joins John Williams to talk about yesterday’s near collision between two planes at Midway Airport. How close did we come to seeing a major accident?

Andrew Van Dam, columnist at the Department of Data, The Washington Post, joins John Williams to break down the data on how much federal employees work. Does the data show that federal workers are lazy? Andrew gives us the details.

Elder law attorney Kerry Peck joins John Williams to answer all your questions about elder law, trusts, wills, and elder abuse. Today, Kerry explains the differences between a revocable and irrevocable trust.

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

Dr. Jeffrey Kopin, Chief Medical Officer for Northwestern Medicine Lake Forest Hospital, joins John Williams to talk about how this flu season has compared to previous years, the importance of getting a flu shot ever year, how concerned we need to be about bird flu, his thoughts on the coronavirus found in bats in China, when you should get a shingles vaccine, and if you will need an updated measles booster shot. Dr. Kopin also answers all of your medical questions.

State Senator Linda Holmes (D-Aurora) joins John Williams to talk about a new piece of legislation that would allow a mentally capable adult who is terminally ill the option of ending their own life. Senator Holmes explains the details of the legislation, how the law would work if passed, who would administer the medication, and why this issue is so personal for her.

Eric Zorn, Publisher of The Picayune Sentinel, joins John Williams to talk about the 5 things he accomplished last week, his thoughts on the Medical Aid in Dying legislation working its way through the Illinois General Assembly, how the state handles government corruption, and the cuts being made to the federal government by DOGE.