Lisa Dent

Lou Manfredini joins Lisa Dent in his weekly segment, Lou’s To Do List. Lou answers any questions you have about projects on your to-do lists.

Jerry Mickelson, President of Jam Productions, joins Lisa Dent talk about being an independent production company. A jury found that Live Nation and Ticketmaster illegally monopolized concert ticketing. Mickelson describes how Live Nation squeezed others production companies out of the competition. He shares how many independent production companies went out of business by getting out bid by Live Nation, while simultaneously increasing the price of a single ticket.

Dr. Sterling Elliott, clinical pharmacist at Northwestern Medicine and assistant professor of orthopaedics at Feinberg School of Medicine, joins Lisa Dent to discuss the recall of Xanax, the popular anxiety medication.

Deborah Witzburg, Chicago Inspector General, joins Lisa Dent for her exit interview. Witzburg leaves the inspector general position next week. “I will be ready for this adventure to be over,” she explains, “but it’s been a tremendous privilege to this job.” The office of the inspector general is an independent, non-partisan watchdog agency in city government that works to maintain the integrity of the operations of city government. Witzburg reviews some of the final investigations conducted by her office in the first quarter of this year. Although Witzburg is leaving the role of inspector general, she quotes Rahm Emanuel, “I’m not done with public service, and I hope public service isn’t done with me.”

Chad Mesbergen, Director of Events & Operations of Tulip Time, joins Lisa Dent to talk about the annual Tulip Time Festival (from May 1st to May 10th, 2026). Hosted in Holland, Michigan, millions of tulips in full bloom offer beautiful scenery alongside live music, family-friendly experiences, and more.

Learn more at TulipTime.com!

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Dr. Missy Cummings, the director of George Mason University’s Autonomy and Robotics Center, joins Lisa Dent to discuss Waymo’s driverless taxis operating in Chicago. Dr. Cummings shares that Chicago offers unique challenges to Waymo’s technology. Potholes, one-way streets, and other traffic features that appear in Chicago are hurdles to the company’s self driving software.

Ald. William Hall, 6th Ward, joins Lisa Dent to discuss Chicago leaders working with Meta to try and combat teen trends. Ald. Hall and other Chicago leaders are attempting to work with Meta directly to stop these gatherings before they happen. While there is no current cooperation, Ald. Hall says there will be meetings with Meta.

Terry Savage, Nationally Syndicated Money Columnist, joins Lisa Dent to share her warning about putting money into private equity. And, as always, she answers questions from listeners.

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