Lisa Dent

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

Zach Coppel, 2025 Chicago Ducky Derby Ambassador, and Peter Beale-DelVecchio, President and CEO of the Special Olympics, join Lisa Dent to discuss this year’s Chicago Ducky Derby on August 7. The Darling Ducklings have set their sights on the ambitious goal of selling 17,000 ducks as a team. Ducks can be adopted individually or in packages. Our WGN Radio hosts, Bob Sirott, John Williams and Lisa Dent, are in a friendly competition to see whose team can get the most ducks. Choose your team and adopt a duck today!

Kevin McTigue, Clinical Professor at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, joins Lisa Dent to discuss the Illinois Tollway’s plans to explore dynamic pricing. McTigue shares insight into how this flexible pricing model is already reshaping other industries, from traffic congestion fees to real-time grocery store pricing, and what it could mean for consumers in the U.S.

Karen Conti, partner at Conti & Dolan, LLC, joins Lisa Dent to discuss the latest developments in the Jeffrey Epstein investigation. She explains why House Republicans are issuing subpoenas to the Clintons and former Department of Justice officials and what could happen next.

WGN-TV Chief Meteorologist Demetrius Ivory joins Lisa Dent to discuss how Canadian wildfires continue to affect Chicago’s summer weather and air quality. He shares why there’s little reason to expect improvement, how climate change is driving conditions across North America, and why wildfire smoke could linger for the rest of the summer.

Howard Tullman, American entrepreneur, venture capitalist, educator, writer, lecturer, and art collector, joins Lisa Dent to discuss his latest article, ‘Are Competitors Poaching Your Key People? Here’s How to Keep Them.’

Nationally syndicated financial columnist and author Terry Savage joins Lisa Dent to discuss the latest data from the New York Fed, which shows credit card debt has reached $1.21 trillion, matching last year’s all-time high. Savage also discusses the rising number of bankruptcy filings, what they signal about the state of the economy, and the dangerous traps Americans fall into when they ignore early warning signs.

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

Deborah Conroy, DuPage County board chair, and Adam Forker, executive director of the DuPage County Health Department, join Lisa Dent to discuss the crisis recovery center that’s opening in late August. The CRC will serve as an accessible, trauma-informed hub where residents in crisis can stabilize and connect with critical community resources.

Ald. Daniel La Spata of the 1st Ward joined Lisa Dent to discuss the Chicago City Council’s move to eliminate parking minimums near public transit, a change aimed at increasing housing density and affordability. La Spata explains why the new rules could help spur development and make housing more accessible across the city.