Segment 1: Ilyce Glink, owner of Think Glink Media, joins John Williams to talk about the winners of this year’s Nobel Prize for Economics, Broadcom and Open AI announcing a massive deal to build specific chips, the latest on the government shutdown, details of the Road to Housing Act, and a tour that she’s taking of a container factory in Buffalo Grove that turns used containers into affordable housing.

Segment 2:  Mike Spriggs, Head of Consumer Insights at Fiserv, joins John Williams to break down Fiserv’s September Small Business Survey. According to September’s data, consumers maintained caution when shopping at some businesses.

Segment 3: Scott Friedland, shopkeeper at Timeless Toys in Lincoln Square, tells John about the top holiday toys for 2025, that reflects a broader industry trend toward STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics), imaginative, active and high-tech toys. Scott talks about how business has been going this year, and the impact that tariffs have on their store.