Lisa Dent

Sarah Moskowitz, executive director of the Citizens Utility Board, joins Lisa Dent to discuss AI data centers, Illinois electricity and more. Moskowitz reports that unless something is done to “reign in this unchecked data center growth,” our electricity bills could increase drastically over the next five years.

Laura Dignani, DREAM Team Advisor and Camila, DREAM Team Student Member, joins Lisa Dent to discuss the DREAM team raising money for their classmates with parents in immigration detention. Camila shares first-hand experience of seeing her classmates’ parents taken, and the effect it has on those kids. She shares the goal of the DREAM team, and how its adapted from its original mission, to help the kids attending the school’s largely immigrant population.

Pat Brady, SVP of Mercury Public Affairs, former chairman for the Illinois Republican Party, and former federal and state prosecutor, joins Lisa Dent to discuss the death of Rob Reiner and President Trump’s public response to it on Truth Social. Then, Brady shares the results of the Georgia run-off election, indicating that Democrats have won an election in a heavily Republican area.

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Terry Savage, nationally syndicated money columnist, joins Lisa Dent to discuss her latest column addressing identity theft. She breaks down the steps people should take when they discover their accounts have been compromised and are at risk of identity theft. And, as always, she answers questions from listeners.

Wendy Davis joins to show to review the information surrounding the disappearance of her father, Dan Davis, on November 25th.

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Dr. Jim Adams, Chief Medical Officer of Northwestern Medicine, joins Lisa Dent to discuss several health topics. Dr. Adams addresses the medication used in the newly-passed ‘medical aid in dying’ bill. He shares the latest information about medical cannabis, and how 2025 has been a year of unraveling progress in health.

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Howard Tullman, American entrepreneur, venture capitalist, educator, writer, lecturer, and art collector, joins Lisa Dent to discuss his latest article, “Saving Your Way to Success: Why You Can’t Do It.”

Deborah Witzburg, Chicago Inspector General, joins Lisa Dent to discuss investigations into CPD misconduct. Witzburg calls the for the city of Chicago to have a “robust and transparent and predictable” police disciplinary system that instills trust in both the public and the police department. The “staggeringly complex disciplinary system” Witzburg explains, renders it opaque, both to the public and to members of the police department. And it’s this opaqueness that creates some “fairness challenges.” “So long as police disciplinary proceedings” Witzburg continues “are visible to the public, that is the most important question. Which forum they take place in is in my mind, less important when fostering public trust.”