The John Howell Show Podcast

Evan Drellich is an author, former Houston Chronicle beat writer, and now a national writer for The Athletic. He joins John Howell to discuss his book "Winning Fixes Everything: How Baseball's Brightest Minds Created Sports' Biggest Mess," and how a culture of cheating had spread through the Astros organization.

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The Chicago Teachers Union has been forced to make changes in their election filings otherwise they risk violating state law. WTTW Chicago Tonight Co-Anchor and Political Correspondent Paris Schutz joins John Howell to discuss how donations exceeding one-million dollars to Brandon Johnson's campaign has created problems in the CTU.

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Mike Emanuel, Fox News Chief Washington Correspondent, reviews the latest national political stories & gives the latest on Jimmy Carter’s reported condition. 

Illinois comptroller Susana Mendoza discusses her legislative effort to protect CPD officers and firefighters who were disabled by COVID. 

ABC News’ Andy Field gives the details on Biden’s proposed new limit on how migrants can seek asylum in the US.

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As election day approaches next week, there are dozens of alderpersons vying for your vote. Justin Kaufmann from Axios joins John Howell to discuss some of the most contentious and interesting races happening this time around. 

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The Supreme Court is hearing arguments on social media immunity laws and reviewing section 230. In Gonzalez versus Google, judges are appearing reluctant to throw out three decades of precedent. John Howell is joined by Eric Segall, Author and Professor of Law at Georgia State University, to discuss.

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Reverend Dr. Kenneth Phelps from Concord Baptist Church discusses the Chicago 4 All initiative, which is providing resources to the migrants living in a former elementary school in Woodlawn. Visit chicago4all .org for more information. 

Crain’s Chicago’s Greg Hinz reveals his two big questions about the Chicago Mayoral race. 

Faith Abubey, ABC News Correspondent Washington, discusses Biden’s trip to Kyiv and Poland. 

Plus, Mack Liederman introduces us to a unique paczki just in time for Fat Tuesday.

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John Howell speaks with Max Bever, Director of Public Information for the Chicago Board of Elections. Early voting has begun with a great turnout ahead of next week’s election. Howell and Bever discuss the stats, the expected turn out, and where you can vote today or on election day.

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Ron DeSantis spoke in Elmhurst over the weekend on a one-day, three city, Back the Blue tour in Illinois. His visit caused quite a stir in surrounding areas. John Howell is joined by Russell Lissau, veteran reporter covering politics, education and other areas of interest for the Daily Herald. Lissau discusses Desantis’ visit, as well as his findings on where the Uihleins sent their cash last Fall.

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* Russel Lissau from the Daily Herald shares the story of a Mundelein candidate who’s in hot water due to some comments over Asian people.

* The Sun-Times’ Jon Seidel has the latest on feds seeking a sentence for R Kelly that would guarantee he never walked free. 

* Bob Herguth, Investigative reporter for the Sun-Times and part of the Watchdogs team, explains how Boeing’s misconduct hasn’t stopped IL politicians from taking their cash. 

* Plus, John reflects on the E2 nightclub disaster that was 20 years ago this week.

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A new Dominion court filing says that Fox News anchors and producers privately acknowledged that the allegations of election fraud in the aftermath of the 2020 election were false. ABC News Correspondent, Em Nguyen, talks with John Howell about the private text messages that were sent between the employees of the company.

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