Meredith Walker, author of Be Yourself and Other Bad Advice: A Teen Girls Guide to Unlearning the Rules, joins Lisa Dent to discuss her book. Walker gives advice to young women to unlearn some of the bad advice given to them to allow them to be themselves.

Lisa Dent checks in with the newsroom to hear their stories including a new Godfather novel, Connie, scheduled for release in the fall of 2027.

Dr. Jim Adams, Chief Medical Officer at Northwestern Medicine, joins Lisa Dent to discuss recent health headlines. He shares whether seniors should take GLP-1s and if people should trust health advice from social media influencers.

Lisa Dent checks in with the newsroom to hear their stories including the Tin Can landline phone for kids that has been previously featured on Your Money Matters with Jon Hansen, pop star Debbie Gibson and Terry “Geezer” Butler, co-founder of the heavy metal band Black Sabbath, praising efforts to find new homes for beagles purchased from dog breeder and research facility Ridglan Farms, and Smoothie King partnering with Grillo’s Pickles for a limited-edition Pickle Smoothie drink.

Terry Savage, Nationally Syndicated Money Columnist, joins Lisa Dent to discuss consumer prices. It’s not just oil, she explains, prices across many categories have increased. Savage shares despite the markets near record highs, consumers, which make up 60 percent of the economy, are being forgotten.

Axios reporter Carrie Shepherd joins Lisa Dent to discuss Senate Bill 1486. The bill passed in the General Assembly in March. If passed through the Illinois Senate, it would give the Illinois Department of Insurance new authority to review and challenge rates.

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

Demetrius Ivory, Chief Meteorologist at WGN-TV, joins Lisa Dent to talk about the weather. He explains just how unusual the weather has been in Chicago and the surrounding area this year. Then he gives the upcoming forecast for the rest of the week.

Harry Maugans, Digital Privacy Expert, joins Lisa Dent to discuss Meta removing a feature that previously prevented them from reading your direct messages on Instagram. Maugans shares that Meta wants to use these messages to better target users with ads and train their AI model.

Dr. Michele Nealon, President of The Chicago School, joins Lisa Dent to discuss the first medical school coming to Chicago in over a century.