Segment 1: Tom Fortino, Founder and Principal, Alpha Wealth Group, and host of “The Alpha Wealth Hour” on WGN Radio, joins John talk about how the market typically performs in December, what he’s expecting from tomorrow’s labor report, if the Fed will reduce rates again later in the month, and the impact tariffs might have on the economy.

Segment 2: Bree Fowler, Senior Writer, CNET, joins John Williams to talk about Bitcoin topping $100,000 for the first time, Waymo gearing up to bring its robotaxi service to Miami, and Meta’s largest artificial intelligence data center coming to northeast Louisiana.

Segment 3: Isaac Reichman​​​​, Director, Corporate Communications, Choose Chicago, joins John Williams to talk about the 2025 First Bites Bash and the kickoff of the 18th annual Chicago restaurant week!

Segment 4: Charlie Zieserl aka Charlie The Bacon Guy, joins John Williams to talk about how he started his gourmet bacon business, the way he makes his bacon, how the ‘side hustle’ during COVID became a full-time business, the various bacon flavors he makes, and how people purchase his bacon.