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NewsNation Now anchor Connell McShane joins John Williams to talk about the upcoming inauguration of Donald Trump and to discuss the future of TikTok now that the Supreme Court ruled to uphold the TikTok ban.

Elijah Wald, musician, writer, historian, and author of “Dylan Goes Electric! Dylan, Seeger, Newport, and the Night that Split the Sixties,” the book that inspired “A Complete Unknown,” joins John Williams to talk about how his book differs from the movie, how the first scene in the movie impacted him and how it made it […]

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!

Deneen Jackson-Gillespie, Vice President, External Relations & Communications, U of I System, joins John Williams to talk about a new guaranteed transfer policy for Illinois high school graduates that takes effect in the 2025 fall semester.

Attorney Rae Kaplan of Kaplan Law Firm joins John Williams to talk about the government ramping up their collection agencies to come after people that are defaulting on their student loans. What do you need to know if your student loan is in forbearance? Rae also answers all your student loan questions.

Author and registered dietician nutritionist Dawn Jackson Blatner joins John Williams to talk about her preferred workout routine, a new study that shows vegetables are the healthiest part of healthy diet, and an easy way to eat more vegetables. Dawn also answers all of your nutrition questions!

John Williams brings you another round of Speed Jokes. Keep sending yours to JohnWilliams@wgnradio.com.

The Mincing Rascals this week are John Williams of WGN Radio, Eric Zorn, Publisher of The Picayune Sentinel, Brandon Pope, of WCIU, political pundit Marj Halperin, and longtime Chicago journalist Cate Plys! This week the Rascals debate the proposed legislation that aims to increase the age for seniors to retake driver’s test from 79 to 87. Where are the Rascals on this controversial […]

Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias joins John Williams to talk about the push to pass new bipartisan legislation that will increase the age at which drivers must take a behind-the wheel driving test from 79 to 87. Secretary Giannoulias also shares his thoughts on a Wall Street ratings agency downgrading Chicago’s credit rating, and his future […]

Kelly Leonard, Vice President, Creative Strategy, Innovation and Business Development at The Second City and host of the “Getting to Yes, And…” podcast, joins John Williams to talk about a recent interview he did with Dr. Sunita Sah who talks about the power of ‘no.’ Kelly also talks about an interview he did with author Kurt […]

John Williams brings you another round of Speed Jokes. Keep sending yours to JohnWilliams@wgnradio.com.

Dr. Jeffrey Kopin, Chief Medical Officer for Northwestern Medicine Lake Forest Hospital, joins John Williams to talk about when COVID became real for him as a health care professional, child vaccination rates falling, if it’s too late to get a flu vaccine, and why you should get a COVID vaccine if you are older or immunocompromised.

The great author and Sun-Times columnist Neil Steinberg joins John Williams to talk about his column remembering the five year anniversary of COVID coming to Chicago. When do recall first hearing or worrying about COVID?

Eric Zorn, Publisher of The Picayune Sentinel, joins John Williams to talk about Chicago possibly lowering the default speed limit from 30 to 25, the effort to raise the age for mandatory road tests to 87 for older drivers, and if he believes that people with felony convictions should be barred from holding elected office.

John Williams brings you another round of Speed Jokes. Keep sending yours to JohnWilliams@wgnradio.com.

The great Mr. Fix-It, Lou Manfredini, joins John Williams to tell us the projects we need to be working on this week. Lou gives us some tips to keep your house comfortable during this cold snap. Lou, as always, answers all of your home improvement questions. Listen to HouseSmarts Radio on WGN each Saturday morning at 6 am.

John Williams brings you another round of Speed Jokes. Keep sending yours to JohnWilliams@wgnradio.com. Joining John in-studio today is WGN Radio’s own Michael Piff, who helps John kick off our Best Speed Jokes of 2024 Bracket Challenge. Vote for your favorite joke of 2024 here.

Last year we launched the inaugural Best Speed Jokes Tournament, sponsored by Team Hochberg, with more than 10,000 votes casted as 16 of John Williams’ favorite jokes faced off. This year, the Best Speed Jokes Tournament returns with 2024’s best 16 Speed Jokes, as selected by John, Pete Zimmerman and Speed Jokes expert and WGN […]

Craig Bolanos, Founder and Wealth Advisor at VestGen Wealth Partners, joins John Williams to talk about why today’s terrific labor report is bad for the market today, what this means for a long-term investor, how the Fed will react to this data, how many rate hikes he expects next year, his thoughts on cryptocurrency, and the hot […]

Andrew Van Dam, columnist at the Department of Data, The Washington Post, joins John Williams to tell us what the data reveals about the breakdown of household chores between men and women. John also takes your calls and text about the division of household chores.