WGN Radio News Director and Olympic Correspondent Ryan Burrow joins John Williams to talk about the events he’s most looking forward to watching during the games, when we will see the gymnastics, swimming, and the track & field events, and how athlete training has changed since he’s started covering the Olympics. https://serve.castfire.com/audio/54…

Tommy Tedesco (1930-1997) was an American guitarist who worked for almost 40 years and had one of the greatest careers as a studio musician in Los Angeles and Hollywood. He performed on a gazillion of recording dates, including thousands of film and television scoring sessions for virtually all the major film composers in Hollywood. Tedesco was par…

FBI Agent Siobhan Johnson joins John Williams to talk about the security plans for the upcoming DNC in Chicago. Agent Johnson explains the importance of the public’s work in preventing violence at large scale events like the upcoming DNC. https://serve.castfire.com/audio/5406309/5406309_2024-07-26-205309.128.mp3 Recent Posts John Williams Olympic e…

Mack I. Julion, assistant secretary-treasurer, National Association of Letter Carriers, joins John Williams to talk about what needs to be done to protect letter carriers from becoming victims of violence. https://serve.castfire.com/audio/5406302/5406302_2024-07-26-192802.128.mp3 The urgent need to protect USPS letter carriers Recent Posts John Wil…

Enjoy this edition of “The Best of Speed Jokes.” What was your favorite joke of the week? Keep sending your jokes to JohnWilliams@wgnradio.com! https://serve.castfire.com/audio/5406292/5406292_2024-07-26-194932.128.mp3 More Speed Jokes Recent Posts John Williams Olympic events to watch this weekend .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} Is the city of…

WGN Radio News Director and Olympic Correspondent Ryan Burrow joins John Williams to preview the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. What local athletes should we keep an eye out for? What are the new events this year? What events should we be most excited for? Ryan has all the details! https://serve.castfire.com/audio/5400930/5400930_2024-07-25-215130.128.m…

Trent Blasco, member of the Lake County Model Railroad Club, joins John Williams to talk about the club, how many people make up the club, when the club typically meets, what they do when they get together, why it is such a great hobby, the process to become a member, how special it is when members bring younger generations in, and how the club is …

Phil Castello, owner, The Side Lot in Wauconda, joins John Williams to talk about how the Side Lot is coming on nine years in business, their focus on local beers, the challenges of working in the hospitality industry, why they came up with the name, their popular dinner and wine events, and why they still keep Hamm’s beer on draft! https://serve.c…

It’s time once again for our Best of the Midwest feature! Are you trying to come up with some vacation ideas that are only a quick getaway from the Chicago area? Well, John Williams has some great recommendations for your trip! Today, we head to charming Princeton, Illinois and chat with Victoria Yepsen, the Tourism Director for Princeton! Victoria…

Craig Bolanos, Co-Founder and CEO of Wealth Management Group, joins John to talk about how many interest rate cuts he thinks we’ll see this year, a second-quarter GDP report that showed the economy growing, why he believes the Fed has done a good job curbing inflation, what he makes of today’s market rally, how he anticipates the markets moving thr…

John Williams brings you another round of Speed Jokes. Keep sending yours to JohnWilliams@wgnradio.com https://serve.castfire.com/audio/5400690/5400690_2024-07-25-191630.128.mp3 More Speed Jokes Recent Posts John Williams Olympic events to watch this weekend .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} Is the city of Chicago prepared for the DNC? .cls-7{fil…

The Mincing Rascals this week are John Williams of WGN Radio, Austin Berg of the Illinois Policy Institute, Cate Plys, former staff writer at the Chicago Reader, and political op-ed columnist at the Sun-Times and Tribune, and political pundit Marj Halperin! This week, the Rascals start the podcast talking about President Biden announcing on Sunday …

Dr. Carrie Steiner, a licensed clinical psychologist currently in private practice as a police and public service psychologist, joins John Williams to talk about the police shooting of Sonya Massey. Dr. Steiner shares her thoughts on how the police handled the situation, why she believes the officer felt threatened, what the ‘use-of-force continuum…

Mark Lach, Creative Director for “Titanic: The Exhibition,” and Ted Wachholz, Executive Director, Eastland Disaster Historical Society, join John Williams to talk about the 109th anniversary of the Eastland disaster, what we should remember about the tragedy, and its connection to the Titanic. https://serve.castfire.com/audio/5394440/5394440_2024-0…

Bob Bertog, president of Bertog Landscape Co. in Wheeling and a certified landscape professional with the National Association of Landscape Professionals, joins John Williams to answer all of your lawn and garden questions. Bob talks about how the combination of rain and hot weather has brought on a rise in lawn disease. https://serve.castfire.com/…

John Williams brings you another round of Speed Jokes. Keep sending yours to JohnWilliams@wgnradio.com https://serve.castfire.com/audio/5393992/5393992_2024-07-24-202732.128.mp3 More Speed Jokes Recent Posts John Williams Olympic events to watch this weekend .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} Is the city of Chicago prepared for the DNC? .cls-7{fil…

Dr. Jeffrey Kopin, Chief Medical Officer for Northwestern Medicine Lake Forest Hospital, joins John Williams to talk about hospitals taking care of an aging population, the importance of having an advance directive for medical care, what we need to know about the current COVID guidelines, and when should we get the next booster shot. https://serve.…

State Representative Bob Morgan (D-Deerfield) joins John Williams to talk about Vice President Harris’ campaign for the presidency, what we can expect at the upcoming DNC, President Biden’s decision to step aside, what VP Harris needs to do to win the election, his reaction to some people saying the process to pick Harris was undemocratic, who he t…