Johnnie Putman and Steve King are back for another year of fun guests, conversations and stories! Kick up your feet and sit by the fire because, baby, it’s cold outside.

Our first guest is the one and only Charlie Meyerson, journalist, editor and most notably former newscaster right here on WGN Radio. He tunes in to catch up on the good old days at the Chicago Tribune, WXRT, WGN and with Johnnie at WAUR/WMRO! He tells us about Chicago Public Square, his online independent news source, which is much needed when many networks and publications are facing higher costs and corporate pressure.

Patrick Crispen, Director of Educational Technology at Keck School of Medicine at USC, checks in for a regular update on all things technology. We dive deep into more cyberspace with more hacking and AI shenanigans and we get the scoop on Patrick and his son Joseph’s driverless Waymo ride.

We have plenty of words to discuss(and words to dispose of), some Sports Between the Sheets with Gabe Salgado to close out the Bears season and everyone’s NYE recap.