Segment 1: Jack Ablin, Chief Investment Officer and Founding Partner, Cresset Capital, talks to John about the escalating trade war, why he believes the stock market losses will be regained, what he’s noticed about the bond market, and the economy overall still being in pretty good shape.

Segment 2: Bree Fowler, Senior Writer, CNET, joins John Williams to talk about French publishers and authors taking Meta to court, accusing the social media company of using their works without permission to train its artificial intelligence model, and the Trump administration cutting millions of dollars in federal funding from two cybersecurity initiatives.

Segment 3: Brian Chernett, Vice President – leasing and acquisitions at Friedman Properties, tells John about some of the properties in their portfolio, how the market has been the last six months, the health of the market in general, how return to work mandates have increased people coming back to the city, the amenities that attract workers to offices, the renovations done to the Reid Murdoch Building, and the new David Byrne immersive experience coming to one of their properties in River North.

Segment 4: Sarah Cox, Curator of Exhibits, Elmhurst History Museum, joins John to tell us everything we should know about their new exhibit, “Acre by Acre: Our Farming Heritage“