WGN Radio News Director and Olympic correspondent Ryan Burrow joins John Williams to tell us what we need to know about the upcoming Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics. And make sure to listen to Ryan’s podcast, “Quest for Gold,” so you are fully prepared to watch this year’s games!

Dr. Jeffrey Kopin, Chief Medical Officer for Northwestern Medicine Catherine Gratz Griffin Lake Forest Hospital, joins John Williams to talk about how someone typically catches a cold, the flu shot preventing you from getting really sick, the American Academy of Pediatrics departing from the CDC with childhood vaccine revisions, and colorectal cancer now being the leading cause of cancer death in people under 50. Dr. Kopin also answers all of your medical questions.

Eric Zorn, Publisher of The Picayune Sentinel, joins John Williams to talk about the latest on the fatal shooting of ICU nurse Alex Pretti and why he’s not excited for the upcoming Winter Olympics.

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

Dr. Muddassir Siddiqi, President of College of DuPage and Dr. Joe Cassidy, Founder of Innovation DuPage and the Vice President Workforce Innovation and Community Education at College of DuPage, join John Williams to talk about COD’s role in supporting workforce and economic development across the country. Dr. Cassidy and Dr. Siddiqi tell us how community colleges help support small companies, the economic development goals of College of DuPage, the mission to promote economic growth in the community, what we should know about some companies that have benefitted from working with Innovation DuPage, and what they want to tell prospective businesses about COD’s ability to launch new businesses.

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 thermostat settings during this cold snap, what you should know about whole house humidifiers, and to answer all of your home improvement questions.

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

Chuck Klosterman, writer and best-selling author, joins John Williams to discuss his new book, “Football.” Chuck talks to John about his interest in football, why he thinks football is the most important sport, why we care so much about football, the impact TV had on the sport of football, who he thinks is the best football player of all time, the role video games and gambling have played in the popularity of football, and his thoughts on the 2026 Bears. For tickets to see Chuck at the Music Box this week, click here.

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

Connell McShane, anchor of ‘NewsNation Live with Connell McShane,’ joins John Williams to talk about the big stories of the week including the news coming out of the World Economic Forum in Davos, and the status of what’s going on with Greenland.

Sam Panayotovich, Fox Sports Betting Analyst and co-host of the sports betting show ‘Chicken Dinner,’ joins John to recap the Bears loss to the Rams, what he expects the over / under to be for Bears wins next season, the difficulty in NFL teams sustaining success, what we should be looking for when we are watching conference championship weekend, and the incredible season that Indiana football had this year.