The John Howell Show Podcast

President of Daily Planet Productions, Scott Marvel, joins the John Howell show to remember the Joseph Kromelis, known as the Walking Man. Scott raised $5,000 for Kromelis by printing and selling T-shirts after he was beaten in 2016, then sold another round of shirts after Kromelis was set ablaze that raised $8,000. He plans to give the money to Kromelis’ family to help fund his recovery.

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*Luke Barr, ABC News Justice and Homeland Security Reporter, joins the show to discuss the level of hate crimes committed in the United States versus the level of hate crimes reported to the FBI.

*President & CEO of the Illinois Manufacturers' Association, Mark Denzler, talks about Illinois' workforce development programs aimed at helping minority contractors.

*Salena Zito, prolific National Political Reporter, discusses changes in the Senate with Sinema's move to the independent party.

*ABC News Correspondent, Derricke Dennis, talks with John about masks and their usefulness in this 'tripledemic.'

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Public safety is on the mind of Chicago's residents and mayoral candidate Paul Vallas joins the John Howell show to talk about his anti-crime program that he would implement if elected mayor of Chicago.

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Crime in Chicago is up and the business community is hoping for public safety improvements from the city's leadership. Laurence Msall, President of the Civic Federation, joins the John Howell show to talk about how to improve public safety in the city.

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*John plays the audio of a Willie Wilson aide allegedly bribing a member of Ja'Mal Green's team to drop their challenges.

*University of Illinois Play-by-Play announcer Brian Barnhart recaps a big win over the #2 ranked Texas Longhorns, and looks ahead to more Big Ten play.

*Russell Lissau of the Daily Herald details how the community has responded strongly to the news that the Pickwick Theatre could be closing down.

*Bruce Abramson, Director at the American Center for Education & Knowledge shares what America needs for the 2024 election.

*Plus, Andrea Darlas stops by to discuss this week's episode of Show & Tell that offers great hotel deals for those spending the holidays in Chicago.

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Sen. Sinema declared on Friday that she will become a registered Independent. David Winston a long time advisor to congressional republicans broke down how the Senate will be affected moving forward.

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*Brad Garrett, ABC News Crime and Terrorism Analyst, joins the show to talk about Brittney Griner’s release from Russian prison. 

*WTTW’s Amanda Vinicky discusses her recent report on social equity licenses and cannabis dispensaries in Illinois. 

*Long time political analyst Jeff Greenfield discusses the recent changes in primary schedules, including Iowa’s and New Hampshire’s. 

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John Howell speaks with Patrick De Haan, Head of Petroleum Analysis for Gas Buddy. De Haan joins with the good news that gas prices are projected to continue to drop during the holiday season. He also explains why gas prices have soared so high, how the Keystone Pipeline issues have affected this, and what we can expect going forward. 

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John Howell is joined by Richard Pearson, Executive Director of the Illinois State Rifle Association. Pritzker has proposed an assault weapons ban, and it is likely to face legal challenges. Pearson and Howell discuss the different pieces of the proposal and how Pearson plans to challenge each of them.

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John Howell is joined by Dr. Jingmai O’Connor, Field Museum paleontologist. Dr. O’Connor is currently the lead on a project to attempt to answer an ages-old question: why are t-rex arms so short? Dr. O’Connor discusses how they formulated the study and what they hope to learn from here. 

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