The John Howell Show Podcast

Memphis, Tennessee city officials released the disturbing footage of the fatal confrontation between Tyre Nichols and Memphis police officers. Brad Garrett, ABC News Crime and Terrorism Analyst, joins John Howell to discuss what the footage reveals about the encounter and how it affects the police force nationwide.

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*Craig Wall, ABC 7 Political Reporter, has the details on the latest mayoral forum. 

*Alee Quick, Civic Marketing Manager for the News Literacy Project, explains how building public trust in the media is essential to democracy. 

*ABC News’ Alex Stone has the details on the Paul Pelosi call and footage that were released today. 

*Plus, Doug Cummings explains why he updated his book, “Escaping the O-Zone.”

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You can find bobbleheads of nearly anything these days…even congressmen. Phil Sklar, Co-Founder and CEO of the National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum, joins the John Howell show to discuss their brand new George Santos bobblehead and what else they have at the museum.

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The Tyre Nichols video is set to be released later today. What do we expect the reaction to be, why was it released now, and where do we go from here? John Howell speaks with Jim Ryan from ABC News in Memphis to try and tackle those and other questions. 

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*Rep. Daniel Didech from IL District 59 joins the show to talk about being named chair of the House Gaming Committee. 

*Kim Komando has the latest tech stories of the week, including “woke” Xboxes and TVs that are spying on us all. 

*Colby Hall from Mediaite explains that Vice Presidents CAN, in fact, declassify documents. 

*Plus, ABC News’ Anne Flaherty talks about the possibility of a yearly COVID vaccine, similar to the flu.

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Public financing for elections has had a positive impact in several cities in the US. Now, it’s being proposed in Chicago. John Howell speaks with Alisa Kaplan, Executive Director of Reform for Illinois, about the mechanics and what she believes to be the benefits. 

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“Place-based resentment” is the feeling that rural areas are ignored, fundamentally misunderstood, and disrespected by lawmakers and cityfolks. Residents in Southern Illinois are speaking out against Pritzker after his victory in the gubernatorial election, even though they have not been ignored by the state legislature. John Howell speaks with Ted McClelland, Author and Contributor at Chicago Magazine. 

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*Dave McKinney of WBEZ details the economic plans released by each of the Chicago mayoral candidates.

*Fox News Chief Washington Correspondent Mike Emanuel discusses the latest on the classified documents scandals.

*Evan Bleier of InsideHook tries to discern Tom Brady's future after he curses out the host of a podcast.

*Plus, longtime political analyst Jeff Greenfield tells John that trying to predict the results of the 2024 election is a fool's errand.

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The M Room is a first-of-its-kind concept from the teams behind Roka Akor and The Macallan. Jason Huffman, bar manager for The M Room, joins John Howell and Bret Gogoel to talk about some of the whiskey you can try at The M Room.

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The World Economic Forum is attended by CEOs, lawmakers, presidents and prime ministers, but little news and little change comes out of the conference. Charles Gasparino, FOX Business Network Senior Correspondent & New York Post columnist joins the John Howell show to talk about the conference.

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