Lisa Dent

Dr. Jim Adams, Chief Medical Officer at Northwestern Medicine, joins Lisa Dent to discuss recent health headlines. He addresses topics including encouraging people to get their flu vaccine soon due to a mutated flu virus going around, how high volumes from earbuds and headphones can damage Gen Z’s hearing, and a nasal spray that makes use of toad venom to help those with depression.

Dermatologist at Northwestern Medicine Dr. Alan Zhou joins Lisa Dent to highlight the new mRNA vaccine for melanoma that can be tailored to the patient and can reduce the chance of the cancer to return.

WGN-TV Morning News Anchor and Reporter, Marcus Leshock joins Lisa Dent to talk about how Six Flags Great America will be adding seat belts to the Raging Bull roller coaster following the news of someone fatally falling off of a similar roller coaster in Georgia.

Lisa Dent checks in with the newsroom to hear their stories including how actor Steven Graham has been excitedly talking about his time filming Heat 2, Cheerios introducing a box that can be sealed using Ziploc, and The Pitt‘s Noah Wyle being named People’s Sexiest Man Alive for 2026.

Terry Savage, nationally syndicated money columnist, joins Lisa Dent to discuss how Anthropic is going public and allowing people to purchase stocks in the company while at the same time warning people about the very same A.I. it created.

Chief meteorologist at WGN-TV Demetrius Ivory and WGN-TV weather producer Bill Snyder join Lisa Dent to talk about the weather. Together, our Forecasters discuss how much ice we can expect to see on the Chicago River and Lake Michigan given this year’s track record of higher than normal temperatures. Later, they addresses whether or not it will rain on Halloween.

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

Chicago Police Department Sergeant Ambar Toledo joins Lisa Dent to highlight City of Hope Cancer Center Chicago‘s Pink for a Purpose fashion event that she will be featured in happening on Tuesday evening. The event consists of sharing the stories of City of Hope breast cancer survivors, such as Ambar, as they model new pieces by icon Barbara Bates, who is a cancer survivor herself. Ambar later shares her own breast cancer survival story with Lisa.

Lisa Dent checks in with the newsroom to hear their stories including how Caleb Williams has been fined for wearing Caddix cleats, the death of the most recent voice actor to portray Bugs Bunny, Eric Bauza, and Bob shares some candy corn facts ahead of National Candy Corn Day.

Dr. Corinne Low, author of Having It All: What Data Tells Us About Women’s Lives and Getting the Most Out of Yours, joins Lisa Dent to highlight her lecture for the Glenbard Parents Series happening Wednesday, October 28th. The talk spotlights women who are experiencing burnout from both work and home responsibilities and the importance of achieving true equity at home between partners.