Lisa Dent chats about Jimmy Carter’s public viewing in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda with Ronald Bruce from Tinley Park. He shares his experience from his happenstance attendance at the opportunity for the public to pay their respects to the 39th President.

Dr. Michael Spikes, Professor at Northwestern’s Medill School of Journalism and Director of Teach for Chicago Journalism, joins Lisa Dent to address the big changes in a video from Mark Zuckerberg himself in which he states that Meta/Facebook is ending its fact checking in favor of “community notes”, similar to Twitter/X.

Patrick Crispen, Director of Educational Technology at Keck School of Medicine of USC and frequent contributor on The Steve and Johnnie Show, joins Lisa Dent for an update from the ground in Los Angeles. Patrick and his family are among thousands of other residents who have been forced to evacuate their homes as winds reaching upwards of 50mph rapidly spread massive flames.

Kat Cavanaugh, owner of Dog Gone Pet Recovery, tells Lisa Dent about her history in rescuing dogs and how it led to her using thermal drones to recover lost dogs, including Charlie, a Bernese Mountain Dog that had been missing since last Monday morning in Crystal Lake.

Lisa Dent checks in with the Newsroom team for their top stories of the day! Steve Bertrand tells us about the robber that tried using driverless rideshare Waymo to escape, Kevin Powell tells us about a decades-long-lost Christmas gift, and Mary Van De Velde reports on the eco-friendly way that Germans dispose of their Christmas trees.

Terry Savage, nationally syndicated money columnist and author, joins Lisa Dent to break down the ins and outs of the new Social Security Fairness Act that President Biden passed and how ‘fair’ it actually is. Plus, she answers a number of questions from listeners.

Karen Conti, trial lawyer and partner at Conti & Dolan, chats with Lisa Dent about the latest in former Illinois House speaker Michael Madigan’s ongoing corruption trial. He has now taken the stand with his defense team and Karen gives her own perspective on what to expect going forward and the direction the prosecution may take.

WGN-TV Chief Meteorologist Demetrius Ivory checks in for the first weather update of the year with Lisa Dent! Chicago missed a massive wave of snow but there may be another on the way and Demetrius tells us how much we’ll get as the deep freeze continues, an update on the O’Hare winter delays, and we learn what a sun dog is!

Howard Tullman, American entrepreneur, venture capitalist, educator, writer, lecturer, and art collector, joins Lisa Dent to analyze the serious competition American electric vehicle manufacturers should prepare for as a massive influx of Chinese EV manufacturers is beginning to flood the market.

Attorney Burt Odelson brings Lisa Dent up to speed on the latest developments in the saga of “Super Mayor” Tiffany Henyard. Today’s update is on the two meetings in Dolton and Thornton Township in which she was noticeably absent, which may spell disaster for her ahead of the April 1st general election.