Lisa Dent

Kathy Papcke, Chair of the Women’s Weekend Committee for the Geneva Lake Women’s Association (GLWA) & Anne Guye-Kordus, Long-Time GLWA Member, joins Lisa Dent to talk about the Women’s Weekend coming up this month, April 24th to 26th. The Geneva Lake Women’s Association is sponsoring this fundraising event. All proceeds from Women’s Weekend go to GLWA’s Philanthropic Fund, supporting charities across Walworth County.

Annette Prince, Director of Chicago Bird Collision Monitors group, joins Lisa Dent to talk about birds getting caught up in fishing line. Fishing season is in its spring peak. Prince shares how birds are being affected by the pollution of improperly disposed fishing gear.

Nationally syndicated financial columnist and author Terry Savage joins Lisa Dent to discuss how much money someone needs to comfortably retire. And as always, she answers questions from listeners.

Lisa Dent checks in with the newsroom to hear their stories including the menu for Rory McIlroy’s Masters Club Champions Dinner.

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

Michelle Nichols, Director of Public Observing, The Adler Planetarium, joins Lisa Dent to discuss Artemis II observing the far side of the moon. The crew will lose contact with Earth for about forty-five minutes. Nichols shares some background information on the people in the crew as they travel somewhere that few humans have gone before and a distance none have gone before.

Kelley Kitley, licensed clinical social worker and author of Myself: An Autobiography of Survival, Recovery and Empowerment, joins Lisa Dent to talk about the second edition of her autobiography. Kitley shares how her life has changed since the book originally came out.

Dr. Sterling Elliott, clinical pharmacist at Northwestern Medicine and assistant professor of orthopaedics at Feinberg School of Medicine, joins Lisa Dent to discuss some of the latest health headlines. He shares why certain drugs have seen dramatic price increases and shares ways that the prices can be brought down. He also discusses the effectiveness of other drugs and more.

Lisa Dent checks in with the newsroom to hear their stories including the Artemis II astronauts receiving a wake-up call from Apollo 13 commander Jim Lovell, recorded before his death last August, and naming a fresh lunar crater “Carroll” in honor of commander Reid Wiseman’s wife who died of cancer in 2020 and a small human skull found partially buried during a family’s Easter egg hunt at a Southern California park on Sunday.

Louisa Chu, Chicago Tribune Food Critic, joins Lisa Dent for Foodie Friday. She highlights a Black-women owned grocery store in the Austin neighborhood, talks about the James Beard Awards, and more.