Lisa Dent checks in with the newsroom to hear their stories.

Sol Ashbach, Co-Owner of Wolf & Company, joins Lisa Dent to share Bucktown’s new restaurant. Ashbach shares that it is more than a singular restaurant. It’s a gathering place where they provide everything from a morning coffee to a fresh meat on your way home to work. And if you want to spend an evening on their patio, they have top shelf cocktails.

Howard Tullman, American entrepreneur, venture capitalist, educator, writer, lecturer, and art collector, joins Lisa Dent to discuss his most recent article, ‘Succeeding on Substack Is Harder Than It Looks‘.

Lisa Dent checks in with the newsroom to hear their stories.

Nationally syndicated financial columnist and author Terry Savage joins Lisa Dent to discuss how Social Security is being affected by the ‘Big Beautiful Bill.’ And, as always, Savage answers questions from listeners.

Baljash Cheema, MD, medical director of the Northwestern Medicine Human Longevity Clinic, joins Lisa Dent to discuss the impact that our body’s age has on our health. Dr. Cheema shares some of the contributing factors that determine our health as we age and shares how people can find their body’s age.

U.S. Congressman Darin LaHood (R-IL 16) joins Lisa Dent to discuss The Big Beautiful Bill. Rep. LaHood shares some of the reasons as to why he voted ‘yes’ for the bill and how he says it will help working people and the economy.

Dr. Susan McConnell, founder of Let It Be Us, joins Lisa Dent to discuss Let It Be Us and their effort to help get children-in-waiting adopted by families. McConnell shares some information about adoption in Illinois and how people who are looking to adopt can help connect a child with a family.

Jordan Engerman, Vice President of Partnerships at Choose Chicago, joins Lisa Dent to discuss Choose Chicago’s first digital pass to 25 pizza places across Chicago. Each participating pizza restaurant has their own deals associated with the pass. To get your pizza pass, click here.

Troy Kimmel, South Central Texas meteorologist/emergency management incident response meteorologist, joins Lisa Dent to discuss the National Weather Service in Texas following the major floods over the Fourth of July weekend.