Center Guard Plumbing’s Mike Epping joins Jon Hansen, filling in for Lisa Dent, to answer plumbing questions.

Ron Brown, news anchor for WGN Radio, joins Jon Hansen, filling in for Lisa Dent, to dish out some Brownie Points. This week he reviews Solo Mio, How to Make a Killing, Crime 101, and Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die.

Jon Hansen, filling in for Lisa Dent, checks in with the newsroom to hear their stories including a new bill before Congress that would create “half-daylight saving time” by sliding clocks forward a half hour from where they are now and leaving them there permanently, the debut of the sport of ski mountaineering at the Winter Olympics and the Ralph Lauren Team USA Winter Olympic fashions.

Lou Manfredini joins Jon Hansen, filling in for Lisa Dent, in his weekly segment, Lou’s To Do List. Lou answers any questions you have about projects on your to-do lists.

Ben Szalinski, statehouse reporter, Capitol News Illinois, joins Jon Hansen, filling in for Lisa Dent, to discuss the negotiations between the Bears and Illinois lawmakers. This morning, Indiana lawmakers made an announcement that they have passed their own bill, granting funding for the proposed stadium location in Hammond, Indiana. Szalinski explains how the Indiana bill affects how the Bears will make their decision when choosing where to build their new stadium: Arlington Heights or Hammond.

Attorney Rich Lenkov, Capital Member, Downey & Lenkov, and co-host of “Legal Face-Off” on wgnradio.com, joins Wendy Snyder, filling in for Lisa Dent, to discuss several on-going legal cases across the country. Lenkov gives his thoughts on the national park and conservation groups suing the Trump Administration over National Park Service policies that “erase history and undermine science.” He also covers a suit against Buffalo Wild Wings, and Scott Peterson being attacked in prison during a pickleball game.

Wendy Davis joins to show to share an update to the search for her father, Dan Davis, who went missing last November. Davis joined the Lisa Dent show in December to review the details of her father’s last moments before disappearing. Now, she shares how her and her family are making the search for Dan Davis a nationwide effort.

Dan Kosta, Horticulturist at Vern Goers Greenhouse, joins Wendy Snyder, filling in for Lisa Dent, to discuss grocery produce. Kosta explains how the tomatoes that we buy at the grocery store are red in color, but are not fully ripe. Kosta shares a timeline for when people should start planting seeds for their gardens for the homegrown taste.

Wendy Snyder, filling in for Lisa Dent, checks in with the newsroom to hear their stories, including how the grandson of the inventor of Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups feels that the candy now tastes different but The Hershey Company says that they “are made the same way they always have been.”

Pat Brady, SVP of Mercury Public Affairs, former chairman for the Illinois Republican Party, and former federal and state prosecutor, joins Wendy Snyder, filling in for Lisa Dent, to discuss JB Pritzker’s budget address in Springfield. Brady said the address centered around “maintenance.” “The most interesting part of the address”, Brady continued, “was the last part of it.” JB Pritzker concluded his address by focusing on resisting President Trump and his administration and how important it is.