As Halloween is quickly approaching, Dr. Zachary Sikora, Clinical Psychologist at Northwestern Medicine, joins Lisa Dent to talk about fear. Although fear is an emotion, Dr. Sikora shares how fear affects us physically as well as mentally.

Paul Lisnek, Political Analyst for WGN-TV, joins Lisa Dent to review Michael Madigan reporting to prison and the government shutdown. Lisnek notes that the longest government shutdown in the history of the Unites States happened during President Trump’s first term, lasting thirty-five days. In these particular political standoffs, Lisnek explains, their resolution is dependent on what the president does. As President Trump continues his trip to the Middle East finalizing the Israel-Hamas cease fire, Lisnek believes that the Republican House and Senate will not move forward with a resolution to the shutdown until President Trump returns to the United States.

Alex Caprariello, National Correspondent for NewsNation, joins Lisa Dent to discuss the last living Israeli hostages being released. Caprariello details the state of the some of the hostages who have been released, and shares that while the agreement provides a solution to the Israeli Palestinian war, the lack of deceased hostages being released is a break in the agreement. In the following days, the Israeli people hope to have all hostages, alive and dead, returned to their families.

Dick Simpson, Political Science Professor at the University of Illinois Chicago and former Chicago Alderman (1971-1979), joins Lisa Dent to discuss his time as an expert witness in the Michael Madigan trial. Simpson shares that his expertise was used to explain how “machine politics” works. He breaks down Michael Madigan’s influence on state politics and how Madigan’s corruption is not unique to Chicago or the State of Illinois.

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

Peter Greenberg, travel expert and host of Eye on Travel on WGN Radio, joins Wendy Snyder, filling in for Lisa Dent, to discuss how the government shutdown is affecting airports, and air traffic controllers. Then, as always, he answers travel questions from listeners.

Dr. Dana Varble, chief veterinary officer for the North American Veterinary Community, joins Wendy Snyder, filling in for Lisa Dent, to discuss various pet questions from listeners.

Ilyce Glink, ThinkGlink.com and the Love, Money + Real Estate newsletter, joins Wendy Snyder, filling in for Lisa Dent, to discuss the latest news around the stock market. The stock market tumbled in its worst day since April after President Trump announced new, increased tariffs on China. Glink explains why gold and silver are at all-time highs, and how the government shutdown is affecting consumers.

Dan Hampton, NFL Hall of Famer and host of the Hamp and O’B show, joins Wendy Snyder, filling in for Lisa Dent, to preview the Bears Week 6 matchup against the Washington Commanders.

While Chicagoans don’t necessarily need an excuse to enjoy pizza, we certainly don’t oppose having National Pizza Month and National Sausage Pizza Day on the calendar.

Our reigning Chicago Pizza Madness Tournament champion, Rosati’s, is celebrating National Sausage Pizza Day (October 11th) by offering free sausage toppings on any 16″ pizza with promo code ROSATISSAUSAGE (either in-store or online) to showcase why theirs stands apart from the rest. Director of Marketing Loredana Gianino joined Wendy Snyder, filling in for Lisa Dent, on WGN Radio to talk about their special promotion, how the team and customers of Rosati’s are like family to them, what makes their sausage pizza so unique, what they are doing for National Pizza Month in October, and more! Learn more at myrosatis.com.