The John Howell Show Podcast

• ABC News’ Jim Ryan joins John live from Tampa with the latest details on Hurricane Idalia.

• Michelle Nichols, Director of Public Observing at the Adler Planetarium, shares facts about tonight’s rare super blue moon, as well as how to best observe this phenomenon.

• Sam Charles from the Chicago Tribune has the latest details on the White Sox shooting.

• Plus, Mike Emanuel, Fox News Chief Washington Correspondent, joins John to discuss the latest national political stories.

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A lawyer for one of the women struck by gunfire at last Friday's White Sox game denies that she brought a firearm into Guaranteed Rate Field. Sam Charles, who covers the Chicago Police Department and Criminal Justice Topics for the Chicago Tribune, joins John Howell to explain the latest details of this investigation. 

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John Howell welcomes Mike Emanuel, Fox News Chief Washington Correspondent. They once again discuss the debate surrounding the "appropriate" age for politicians to continue to hold office, polling surveys after the first GOP debate, and an overview of happenings in Ukraine. Plus, they go into a bit of golf. 

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• Doug Bandow, Senior Fellow at the CATO Institute, discusses the delicate relationship between America, Ukraine, and Russia.

• The Chicago Tribune’s Rick Kogan joins the show to remember the life of Wendella’s Bob Borgstrom.

• Steve Bernas from the Better Business Bureau warns us about a Kane County Sheriff’s Office phone scam.

• Plus, Alex Isenstadt has the details on Donald Trump’s fundraising after the release of his mugshot.

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Last Friday, during the fourth inning of the White Sox vs. the Athletics, two women were struck by bullets. John Howell welcomes Rick Telander, Sports Columnist for the Chicago Sun-Times, to recount the events & the bizarre mishandling of the aftermath by both the White Sox & the Chicago Police.

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Today, the FBI dismantled and neutralized Qakbot malware, a ransomware botnet believed to be responsible for millions of dollars stolen from unsuspecting online victims. John Howell is joined by Alex Stone, ABC News Los Angeles, to share details on this significant technological operation against cybercriminals.

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• Steven Portnoy, ABC News Washington, joins with the details on Trump’s upcoming court dates. 

• Christopher Borrelli, Columnist for the Chicago Tribune, explains the Chicago-centric legacy of “Risky Business” and how Tom Cruise and Alice Cooper share a Chicago tie. 

• Crain’s Chicago’s John Pletz tells us why physicists from all over the world will be watching Fermilab. 

• Plus, John reviews a report on the accuracy and bias ratings for cable news and networks.

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John Howell is joined by the Chicago Tribune's Ray Long, who (literally) wrote the book on Mike Madigan.  Howell and Long discuss how the conviction of Tim Mapes has uncovered the lies he told to protect his boss, Michael Madigan, and what that may reveal about the federal case against Madigan.

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A West Loop street festival, the Taste of Randolph, used a charity's namesake to collect donations...but the charity says they weren't involved in the logistics. Face the Future Foundation, a Chicago-based non-profit, says they weren't involved in the planning or told how their organization would benefit from the street fest. John Howell welcomes Melody Mercado, reporter for Block Club Chicago, to explain Face the Future's response. 

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*ABC’s Alex Stone walks us through the current situation in Maui and the release of the names of the 388 people still missing.

*Marcelo Balboa, Match analyst for MLS Season Pass and Soccer great, joins John to preview this Sunday’s Chicago Fire game versus the LA Galaxy.

*Charles Lipson, Peter B. Ritzma Professor of Political Science Emeritus at the University of Chicago, shares his analysis of Prigozhin and the man who hired him. 

*Plus, Jason Nathanson previews this weekend’s box office and “Golda,” the story of Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir’s struggle to lead her country through the 1973 Yom Kippur war.

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