Lisa Dent

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

Karen Conti, Partner at Conti & Dolan, LLC, joins Lisa Dent to discuss how the family of Chester Weger, who has become known as the “Starved Rock killer,” in a rare event, is requesting that Governor J.B. Pritzker pardon him following his death last year.

Senior member of the Freedom to Read team at PEN America Philomena Polefrone joins Lisa Dent to discuss the report she authored detailing how there have been 12,000 instances of books being banned from public school libraries in the past year.

Lisa Dent checks in with the newsroom to hear their stories including Robert Palmer’s estate makes a deal with Private Wave Music to use his name, image, and likeness, Tom Hanks declares 2001: A Space Odyssey as his favorite movie, and the announcement of the third installment in the Sicario movie series.

Dr. Sterling Elliott, clinical pharmacist at Northwestern Medicine and assistant professor of orthopedics at Feinberg School of Medicine, joins Lisa Dent to discuss the best way to dispose of prescription drugs that people no longer need, why certain people have physical reactions to COVID and flu vaccines, and what happened during Christa Pike’s lethal injection. Later, Dr. Elliott answers listener’s prescription drug questions.

Digital privacy expert with Privacy Bee Harry Maugans joins the Lisa Dent Show to talk about how AI hasn’t been just attacking larger names at certain organizations anymore, but many of the everyday workers as well. They also address how AI has made phishing attempts seem even more realistic than people have been trained for. Later, Harry highlights how many Social Security numbers have already been compromised.

Alderman of the 47th Ward Matt Martin joins Lisa Dent to discuss how federal authorities used Chicago cameras in their case against Marimar Martinez following her shooting. He goes on to highlight the legislation he has introduced which would create an audit of Chicago’s systems and keep Chicagoans’ data out of the wrong hands.

Dan Hampton, NFL Hall of Famer and host of the Hamp and O’B show, joins Lisa Dent to preview the Bears’ game against the Jets on Sunday, October 4th.

Investigative correspondent for NewsNation Rich McHugh joins Lisa Dent to share updates on the situation with the Cornell 7 and the alleged “gang rape” of a female student. He informs the audience on what was addressed at New York Governor Kathy Hochul’s press conference, including the appointment of Attorney General Letitia James to further investigate the case.

Lisa Dent checks in with the newsroom to hear their stories including some backstory on the song “At This Moment” that found new popularity from the TV show Family Ties, Kevin shares how he has been using AI to help with his home landscaping project, and Mary asks, “what’s with” restaurants in other countries being hesitant to allow customers to share meals?