The John Howell Show Podcast

Chris Christie has filed campaign paperwork for the 2024 Presidential election. John Howell is joined by Lisa Kashinsky, Author of Politico's Massachusetts Playbook. They discuss what Christie has done to set himself apart, both from the other GOP candidates and from his prior run for the Oval Office.

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*Justin Finch from ABC has the latest on the standoff between the finance committee and Harlan Crow. 

*The Sun-Times’ David Roeder discusses the threat that electric vehicles pose to Chicago’s AM radio market. 

*Steve Bernas, President & CEO of the BBB of Northern IL and Chicago, has the details on the latest scams to look out for. 

*Plus, Alex Stone reports that illegal border crossings are down 70% since the end of Title 42, and Jason Nathanson has the details on the SAG-AFTRA strike authorization vote.

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Matthew Nelson, one half of the band Nelson and son of the legendary Ricky Nelson, joins John Howell. They discuss honoring family legacy, the power of music, and the Nelson twins’ upcoming show at CD and Me this weekend. For more information, visit https://www.cdandme.co/june10.

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The Chicago Bears, still seemingly determined to leave Chicago, met late last week with representatives in Naperville. IL State Representative Marty Moylan joins John Howell to share his thoughts on the Chicago Bears move and his ideas on a solution.

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*Will Governor Pritzker sign a bill that gives a break to first-time gun offenders? The Chicago Tribune’s Jeremy Gorner joins the show to discuss. 

*ABC’s Andy Field has the details on the NTSB crash investigation into the F-16S scramble near the capitol.

*Ret. Chief Tom Weitzel shares his thoughts on Friday's Humboldt Park police standoff, new Illinois legislation, and more.

*Plus, Mike Dobuski tells us everything he knows about Apple’s latest innovation: a Virtual Reality headset.

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Last Friday, there was a standoff in Humboldt Park between police and a citizen acting in a bizarre way on a rooftop. It’s come to light that there were over 40 calls to police regarding this citizen in the months leading up to Friday’s incident. Why didn’t the police act sooner…could they have?  Ret. Chief Tom Weitzel from Riverside joins John Howell to share his thoughts on this, plus the Parkland trial, new Illinois legislation, and more.

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Apple kicked off its Worldwide Developer Conference today and revealed plans for a brand-new virtual reality headset. This is Apple’s first big move into the VR space. Mike Dobuski, ABC News Technology Reporter, joined John Howell with the details.

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• ABC News Correspondent, Alex Stone, joins John to talk about the access that Ring employees had to all customer cameras.

• Anti-Semitic remarks were shouted at a suburban high school soccer game and the Daily Herald's Russell Lissau talks with John about what we know so far about the incident.

• John is joined by Mo Canady, Executive Director of NASRO, to discuss the trial surrounding the former resource officer of Marjory Stoneman Douglass High School in Parkland, Fl.

• Lindsay Watts, ABC News Correspondent in Washington brings us the latest on the debt ceiling deal.• Plus, Liz Turnbaugh and Ruben Estrada from The Board Room in Libertyville, talk about their new charcuterie restaurant!

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John Howell welcomes Mike Flannery, Political Editor of Fox-32 Chicago, to congratulate him on his retirement after 50 years of keeping the city of Chicago up-to-date on politics and to ask him, "What's next?"

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After Ron DeSantis made his campaign announcement via Twitter, contention has arisen in the Republican Party as to who will come out on top as the GOP candidate. John Howell is joined by Marc Caputo, National Political Reporter, to explain how a former congressman became Republicans' best hope to defeat Donald Trump. 

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