The John Howell Show Podcast

Mayor of the Village of Bellwood Andre Harvey tells Pete and Lisa about what it was like when two water mains break on Christmas Eve and the measure that had to be taken to prevent the citizens from ingesting tainted water.  Water Pressure dropped too low and a boil order was put in effect for precautionary measures.

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*ABC News’ Alex Stone has the latest on the mess that was holiday travel today in the bad weather. 

*Rick Telander from the Sun Times toys with the idea of benching Justin Fields for the last three games. 

*Meteorologist Mark Thibodeau joins with the latest on the movement of the storm and what it says about our climate. 

*Sir John Dempsey, WLS Golf Commissioner Emeritus, and John review this year in golf.

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John Howell is joined by Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune Reporter & Editor of Vintage Tribune. She shares her research about polar vortexes in Chicago, our cold temp records here in the city, and the coldest Bears games in history.

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*The Tribune’s Jason Meisner joins the program with a tale of a great Chicago prison escape that only happened a decade ago.

*Mark Thibodeau, Senior Radio Broadcast Meteorologist, joins to talk about the upcoming winter storm.

*Mike Emanuel, Fox News Chief Correspondent, discusses the biggest national political stories. 

*Plus, we have a listen to Rand Paul’s Christmas wish for America.

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A bill to ban TikTok is making its way through Congress and U.S. Representative Raja Krishnamoorthi joined the John Howell show to discuss why the app should be banned in the United States.

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*Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas joins to catch up with John and talk about her 2023 Calendar Project. 

*Robert Herguth from the Sun-Times shares his investigation into the FBI and the Local 150.

*Steve Bernas, President and CEO of BBB of Chicago & Northern IL, gives us tips on avoiding porch pirates and other scams this holiday season.

*Colyn Ritter, Research Assistant at Ed Choice, explains why Americans want school choice.

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John Howell is joined by Bill Cameron, host of Take One here on WLS. The two remember the life and legacy of the last of the big city bosses. Richard J. Daley died 46 years ago today. 

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*Will Bauer, Metro East Reporter for St. Louis Public Radio, joins the show to give an end-of-year update on the IL counties that would like to secede from the state. 

*Brett Chase from the Chicago Sun-Times brings a story about high lead levels found in paint at a CPS elementary school.

*The Chicago Tribune’s Gregory Pratt joins the show to chat about the mayoral tax returns that were released - and which one was not. 

*Plus, ABC News Correspondent Justin Finch joins with the latest on the Jan 6th Committee’s final public hearing.

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John Howell speaks with Mike Flannery, Fox 32 News Political Editor. Chuy Garcia and Paul Vallas are both beating Lori Lightfoot in polls for Chicago Mayor. Flannery goes through this and other data as we approach 2023 and the mayoral election. 

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*Matt Wolfe, ABC News Entertainment Correspondent New York, previews this weekend’s box office opening for Avatar 2. 

*Neil Steinberg, Chicago Sun-Times Columnist, asks the question: Why does the media keep making predictions?

*RealClearPolitics Contributor, Myra Adams, joins to discuss the potential of Trump running in 2024. 

*Phil Shenon, Former DC and foreign correspondent for the NYT, speaks to the JFK files that were released this week.

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