Lisa Dent

Creator of Smart Dating Academy Bela Gandhi joins Lisa Dent to celebrate National Matchmaker Day as well as what talk about what her organization does to make sure clients can end up in happy and healthy relationships. Later, they address how people who are single after years of marriage can get back into dating without feeling overwhelmed by modern dating methods.

Umi Grigsby, Executive Director of Share Our Spare, joins Lisa Dent to talk about how the organization started as an idea formed by ten moms in a garage and became Chicago’s largest diaper and early childhood essential resource bank as well as the Chicago program partner for Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library.

Alderwoman of the 11th Ward Nicole Lee joins the Lisa Dent Show to discuss Amtrak’s plan to move a maintenance facility from the West Loop over to Bridgeport and the subsequent impact that it will have on the community. She notes that Bridgeport’s main concern is how the process is moving forward too quickly without a word of information being relayed to the people or the Alderwoman herself.

Lisa Dent checks in with the newsroom to hear their stories including a possible return of Zak Starkey to The Who, a sequel to Days of Thunder, and how the newest party college ranking has been released.

Tom Skilling, WGN-TV chief meteorologist emeritus, joins Lisa Dent to discuss his reporting of the EF-5 tornado that hit Plainfield on August 28, 1990 and the devastation it caused. He goes on to address how tornados such these are incredibly rare, noting that the last EF-5 occurred August of 1883 in Rochester, Minnesota. Later, Tom touches on Tropical Storm Dolly.

David Hochberg, Vice President of Lending for Team Hochberg at Atlantic Coast Mortgage and host Home Sweet Home Chicago on WGN Radio, joins the Lisa Dent Show to discuss how more people are canceling their home purchases, how sellers can prevent cancelations, and more!

Lisa Dent checks in with the newsroom to hear their stories including an upcoming movie about the chicken wing chain, Hooters, news on an unreleased Dolly Parton song, and Mary asks, “what’s with” all these verification codes.

Executive Director of the Kane County Health Department Michael Isaacson joins Lisa Dent to discuss that, while there is only one actual case of measles, he is still unsure as to who was exposed to the illness. They both point to the decrease in vaccination rates and the simultaneous rise in measles cases being a clear indicator of a growing problem. Later, they address how it’s possible that certain parents can circumvent schools’ vaccination requirement.

Cook County Clerk Monica Gordon joins Lisa Dent to discuss how she and Representative Raja Krishnamoorthi were among a group to tour the Cook County Election Operation Center where the entire election process is monitored. She takes the time to highlight the new smart ballot drop boxes which will allow voters to track their ballots once they send them. Later, Clerk Gordon addresses the Trump administration’s campaign against mail-in voting.

Christine Shiel, manager of Fischer Farm as well as the Bensenville Park District, joins Lisa Dent to talk about the 5 and a half acre farm on the edge of Bensenville. She explains the origins of the farm, describing how in 1836, Conrad Fischer and his family staked a claim and built a dairy farm bearing his name. Christine later highlights their 10-week summer camp for kids to come to the farm where they will help out with basic farm tasks, play games, and make crafts.