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.

Dr. Sterling Elliot, Clinical Pharmacist at Northwestern Medicine and Assistant Professor of Orthopedics at Feinberg School of Medicine, joins Lisa Dent to discuss a variety of pharmacy-related questions from WGN Radio listeners but tackles the big news of a new bill aiming to lock out pharmacy benefit managers, or PBMs, from owning a pharmacy.

Lisa Dent checks in on our Newsroom staff! Steve Bertrand, Mary Van De Velde and Kevin Powell share their own favorite stories of the day. Steve has an infinitely circling Waymo ride, Kevin breaks bad, and Mary fawns over Zendaya’s new ring and her height.

Mark Mathews, Founder and Director of the Wild Felid Advocacy Center, chats with Lisa Dent about the outbreak of bird flu that struck a number of big cat species at a Washington state wildlife sanctuary. Mark talks about what his organization has been doing in response to the outbreak, the danger of the outbreak, and what they believe may have been the cause.