Episodes

  • Dr. Jeffrey Kopin: Get your COVID shot and flu shot separately if you are able

    Dr. Jeffrey Kopin: Get your COVID shot and flu shot separately if you are able
    Nov 25 2025
    Dr. Jeffrey Kopin, Chief Medical Officer for Northwestern Medicine Catherine Gratz Griffin Lake Forest Hospital, joins John Williams to talk about why you should go for a brief walk after having your Thanksgiving meal, why he suggests getting a COVID shot and a flu shot in separate arms, Pfizer’s mRNA flu shot outperforming the standard flu vaccine in […]
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  • Eric Zorn: Chicago’s winter parking rules are a cash grab

    Eric Zorn: Chicago’s winter parking rules are a cash grab
    Nov 25 2025
    Eric Zorn, Publisher of The Picayune Sentinel, joins John Williams to talk about the best Thanksgiving food, why he thinks Chicago’s winter-parking rules are more of a cash grab, and his idea to get rid of divisions in the NFL.
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  • John Williams brings you a round of Speed Jokes, Part MLXIV, 11.25.25

    John Williams brings you a round of Speed Jokes, Part MLXIV, 11.25.25
    Nov 25 2025
    John Williams brings you another round of Speed Jokes. Keep sending yours to JohnWilliams@wgnradio.com.
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  • The Mincing Rascals 11.24.25: Marjorie Taylor Greene resigns, sedition accusation, CTU audit, favorite Thanksgiving food

    The Mincing Rascals 11.24.25: Marjorie Taylor Greene resigns, sedition accusation, CTU audit, favorite Thanksgiving food
    Nov 24 2025
    The Mincing Rascals this week are John Williams of WGN Radio, Eric Zorn, publisher of The Picayune Sentinel, Austin Berg, Executive Director of the Chicago Policy Center and author of the The Last Ward, and Jon Hansen of WGN Radio and Block Club Chicago. This week, the Rascals kick off the podcast with ‘News or Noise.’ What are the news stories that are […]
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  • Meet the pilot whose story was featured in the Tony Award-winning musical ‘Come From Away’

    Meet the pilot whose story was featured in the Tony Award-winning musical ‘Come From Away’
    Sep 12 2025
    Beverley Bass, the first female pilot at American Airlines, whose story about having the flight she was piloting diverted to Newfoundland on 9/11, joins John Williams to talk about having her story featured in the Tony Award-winning musical ‘Come From Away.’ Beverley tells John when she knew she wanted to become a pilot, how the […]
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  • Get healthy strategically with VitaLife

    Get healthy strategically with VitaLife
    Nov 24 2025
    Davis Jaspers, Founder & CEO of VitaLife, joins John Williams to talk about their weight loss and wellness program, how they are able to figure out what the body needs, their focus on getting metabolism working the way it should, what their weight loss program looks like and the typical client they serve, if they […]
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  • Kelly Leonard: Should revenge be treated like an addiction?

    Kelly Leonard: Should revenge be treated like an addiction?
    Nov 24 2025
    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 podcast he recorded with Dr. James Kimmel about his new book, “The Science of Revenge: Understanding the World’s Deadliest Addiction and How to Overcome It.” Kelly […]
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  • Lou Manfredini: The best way to clean your dishwasher

    Lou Manfredini: The best way to clean your dishwasher
    Nov 24 2025
    The great Mr. Fix-It, Lou Manfredini, joins John Williams to tell us the projects we need to be working on this week. Lou has some amazing advice on how to pre-clean your dishwasher before Thanksgiving. And as always, Lou answers all of your home improvement questions. Listen to HouseSmarts Radio on WGN each Saturday morning at 6 am.
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