The John Howell Show Podcast

*Russell Lissau from the Daily Herald joins the show with an update on a Mundelein candidate who made some questionable comments during a forum.

*John “Bulldog” Drummond, legendary crime reporter, shares his memories of reporting on Jimmy I, who has now been revealed to be an FBI informant.

*Bret Gogoel, WLS Defacto Sports Director, talks Patrick Kane’s departure from the Blackhawks.

*Plus, Tom Johnson from the Better Business Bureau shares with us the latest Spring break travel scams, COVID test scams, and phishing scams for Facebook users.

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Dominion Voting and Fox News are deep in a $1.6 Billion defamation lawsuit as Rupert Murdoch admits that some hosts at Fox "were endorsing" the narrative that the 2020 election was stolen. Colby Hall is the Founding Editor of Mediate.com and joined the John Howell show to talk about how a November 2020 column of his was referenced in Murdoch's defamation testimony.

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Disgraced South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh took the witness stand and testified to the jury, admitting that he lied to investigators when he said that he was not at the scene before his wife and son were fatally shot in June 2021. Andrew Stoltmann is a Chicago attorney & Northwestern adjunct law professor and he joins the John Howell show to discuss how taking the stand likely damaged Murdaugh's own defense.

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*Chris Placek, Staff writer for the Daily Herald, has the latest on the Bears potential move and possible lobbyist involvement. 

*Jake Norman from the NW Herald has the details on a McHenry County ruling regarding non-governmental flags flying on city buildings. 

*Plus, Andy Field has the updates on the potential origins of COVID due to a new agency report. 

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In conjunction with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, Take it Down is a way for teens or adults to get explicit images of themselves taken down from the internet. Derricke Dennis joins John Howell to discuss the details of this new program.

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The Chicago mayoral candidates have been pushing for every last vote in the last few days before the election. Greg Pratt joins John Howell to discuss the latest moves, the February surprises, and tomorrow's election.

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Rex Huppke, humor columnist from USA Today, discusses MTG’s idea for a “national divorce” and why he’d be for it. 

Jason Nathanson, ABC News Entertainment correspondent, has the low down on “Cocaine Bear.”

Bill Cameron, Host of Take 1 on WLS, previews his interview with Mayor Lightfoot and gives his predictions for Tuesday’s election. 

Plus, Steve Cochran and John look ahead at their Election Night special.

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The Chicago City Council had a contentious meeting with CPD officials this week, questioning why they haven’t moved more aggressively against officers who were involved in hate groups and connected to the capitol riot. John Howell speaks with Alderman Matt Martin from Chicago’s 47th Ward to discuss.

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With Lou Dobbs’ 2020 election fraud lies coming to light, he may cost Fox News a lot of cash. It seems like this could help Dominion Voting’s lawsuit against the company. John Howell is joined by Jacob Sullum, Senior editor at Reason Magazine, to discuss.

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*Kim Komando, America’s Digital Goddess and host of the Kim Komando show on WLS, joins John to talk about tightening up security & ChatGPT. 

*Royal Oakes, ABC News Legal Analyst, asks if the foreperson in the Georgia Trump case could undermine future cases.

*Peter Hancock, Statehouse Reporter for Capitol News Illinois, has the details on the equitable restroom bill. 

*Plus, listeners share their thoughts on MTG's proposed "National Divorce" and the equitable restroom bill.  

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