Lisa Dent

Pat Brady, SVP of Mercury Public Affairs, former chairman for the Illinois Republican Party, joins Lisa Dent to address the gubernatorial debate between Governor J.B. Pritzker and candidate Darren Bailey. Later, he shares his thoughts on the debut of the new Press Secretary Katie Zacharia.

Lisa Dent checks in with the newsroom to hear their stories including a couple who won $675,000 in a scratch-off after winning $2.5 million 8 years prior, Joni Mitchell officially becoming an American citizen, and Chicago introducing a playable pinball museum called The Flip.

Diagnostic radiologist with Northwestern Medicine Dr. Georgia Spear joins Lisa Dent to highlight a new law in Maryland requiring mammography centers to inform patients when their scans show signs of breast arterial calcification, a warning sign for heart disease.

Professor at DePaul University and author of Terminal Town: A History of Chicago’s Transportation Hubs, Joseph Schwieterman joins Lisa to discuss the combination of factors that make O’Hare International Airport increasingly inconsistent with their flight and taxi times as well as if we can expect to this get worse in the future.

WGN-TV weather producer Bill Snyder join Lisa Dent to talk about the weather. Our lone Forecaster addresses the surprisingly hot days we’ve had with some areas having reached up to the 90’s as well as the weather people experienced while running in the Chicago marathon. He later highlights the upcoming showers and potential thunderstorm predicted to start later Tuesday evening.

Howard Tullman, American entrepreneur, venture capitalist, educator, writer, lecturer, and art collector, joins Lisa Dent to discuss his latest article.

Dustin Rikert, director of Holiday Touchdown: A Bears Love Story, joins Lisa Dent to spotlight the red carpet premiere of the Christmas-themed movie featuring the likes of Cole Kmet, Colston Loveland, Ben Johnson, and even Dan Hampton! He takes the time to highlight the players’ performances and share some funny moments from the set.

Mike Boshardy from The Pocket Protector joins Lisa Dent to talk about changes to Medicare and why it’s a crucial time to review them.

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Musician and close personal friend of the recently departed Mike Ditka, John Vincent, talks with Lisa Dent to reflect on his relationship with Da Coach, including how they met, what Mike meant to him and his family, and much more.

NewsNation’s Leland Vittert talks with Lisa Dent to detail some of the more unusual developments regarding the war between Russa and Ukraine, including Russian President Vladimir Putin’s angle of creating chaos and uncertainty.