The John Howell Show Podcast

John Howell is joined by Dr. Amanda Palach, Professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. The American Fitness Index has ranked Chicago as the 10th fittest city in America. Dr. Palach discusses how this ranking is put together and how the Windy City secured their top ten spot. 

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John Howell is joined by Gary Fineout, author of POLITICO’s Florida Playbook. Illinois Governor, JB Pritzker, spoke at the meeting of Florida Democrats over the weekend. Fineout has the details on what was discussed, including how he believes Ron DeSantis is acting like former President Trump. 

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*Ozzie Guillen made headlines multiple times this week, and Jeff Agrest of the Sun-Times breaks down what happened.

*Dr. Veronica Pear at UC Davis tells John how we can make red-flag laws most effective against gun violence.

*Mark Konkol shares his frustration with Democrat officials who go after assault weapons while ignoring killer poverty.

*POLITICO Reporter Marianne LeVine discusses the steps that Senators are taking to address future transfers of presidential powers.

*Plus, Doug Bandow of the CATO Institute talks Biden's Middle East trip, and Chicago musician Edwin Daugherty remembers Capt. Walter Dyett.

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John Howell is joined by Mark Konkol to discuss his recent opinion piece in Patch. According to Konkol, Democrats are lining up to support assault weapon bans while ignoring poverty and letting society decay. He speaks to why he believes this is the case, as well as the differences between the parties in these views. 

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John Howell is joined by Jeff Agrest, Deputy Sports Director at the Chicago Sun-Times. Longtime White Sox analyst, Ozzie Guillen, has had an eventful week: criticizing Tony LaRussa and challenging Jon Heyman to a fight. Agrest believes Guillen is the analyst we all need for the game of baseball. 

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*Highland Park Mayor Nancy Rotering discuss the steps she is taking to prevent another shooting like the one on the 4th of July.*Steve Chapman of Creators Syndicate tells John why Joe Biden shouldn't stand for reelection in two years.*Josh Kraushaar of Axios details how the voter bases for Democrats and Republicans have shifted dramatically.*Dr. Allison Strom at Northwestern University shares what she hopes to learn from her time with the James Webb Space Telescope.*Plus, Walter Shapiro of Roll Call bluntly says that both Joe Biden and Donald Trump are too old to face-off in 2024.

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John Howell is joined by Walter Shapiro, Columnist for Roll Call, Fellow at The Brennan Center, and Political Science Lecturer at Yale. He joins to discuss his thoughts on the 2024 election and the prospect of either Trump or Biden running again. The emphasis on Biden’s age, he reminds us, has obscured the fact that Trump is nearly the same age. Both, he believes, are too old. 

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John Howell is joined by Josh Kraushaar, Senior Politics Reporter for Axios. Kraushaar has been researching and writing pieces on the political realignment we are seeing happen in real time with both parties shifting in demographics. Republicans are becoming more working class and slightly more multicultural, and Democrats are becoming more elite and also female. These and many more statistical observations, on the podcast. 

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*Jim Ryan reports the reaction from Texas officials and parents after the release of the Uvalde school shooting video.

*Nancy Latham of the University of Illinois tells John how staffing shortages are continuing to get worse in Illinois schools.

*Juanita Irizarry of Friends of the Park says that the potential improvements to the Museum Campus make a lot of sense.

*Bloomberg Opinion columnist Jonathan Bernstein looks at what it would take for Democrats to dump Joe Biden in 2024.

*Plus, Mike Emanuel of Fox News stops by, and economic expert Paul A. London describes the inflation terror being felt by the Fed.

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John Howell is joined by Juanita Irizarry, Executive Director for Friends of the Parks Chicago. She speaks with John on why the proposed improvements to the Museum Campus make sense, even if the Bears do not stay at Soldier Field. These improvements would add more green space and outdoor museum activities, as well as improved amenities on the campus. 

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