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. https://serve.castfire.com/audio/7147020/7147020_2025-01-13-205120.128.mp3 Listen to HouseS…

Hosted by Tim Burden, Maurizio Caschetto, Mike Matessino Featuring Special Guests Jon Burlingame, Jeff Bond, Neil Bulk, Deniz Cordell, Annie Pasqua, Miguel Andrade, Jason LeBlanc, John Takis Sing a song for the glorious season! The Legacy of John Williams presents a special Christmas episode of its podcast series to celebrate the music of the Maest…

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. https://serve.castfire.com/audio/7147001/7147001_2025-01-13-205301.128…

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 Radio listener Marge …

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 areas to invest in…

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. https://serve.castfire.com/audio/7144615/7144615_2025-01-10-203615.128.mp3 Recent Po…

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/7144614/7144614_2025-01-10-203814.128.mp3 Recent Posts John Williams Is there anything wrong with private firefighters? .cls-4{fill:#000;} Mr. Fix It: How to protect your ho…

Author and registered dietician nutritionist Dawn Jackson Blatner joins John Williams to talk about the FDA approving a new definition of ‘healthy,’ and new research about coffee consumption. And as always, Dawn answers all of your health and nutrition questions. https://serve.castfire.com/audio/7142742/7142742_2025-01-09-204542.128.mp3 Recent Post…

Ray Long, the great investigative reporter at the Chicago Tribune, joins John Williams to give us all the details on the last couple days of the Mike Madigan corruption trial when Madigan took the stand in his defense. https://serve.castfire.com/audio/7142737/7142737_2025-01-09-201737.128.mp3 Michael Madigan Trial Recent Posts John Williams Is ther…

John Williams brings you another round of Speed Jokes. Keep sending yours to JohnWilliams@wgnradio.com. https://serve.castfire.com/audio/7142732/7142732_2025-01-09-201532.128.mp3 More Speed Jokes Recent Posts John Williams Is there anything wrong with private firefighters? .cls-4{fill:#000;} Mr. Fix It: How to protect your home in cold weather .cls…

The Mincing Rascals this week are John Williams of WGN Radio, Eric Zorn, Publisher of The Picayune Sentinel, Austin Berg of the Illinois Policy Institute, political pundit Marj Halperin, and longtime Chicago journalist Cate Plys! This week the Rascals start the podcast talking about the seamless certification of the 2024 election. Wasn’t it nice to…

Mortgage and real estate expert David Hochberg joins John Williams to talk about the ban on the inclusion of medical debt in credit scoring, and why mortgage interest rates are at a level not seen since 2001. https://serve.castfire.com/audio/7141117/7141117_2025-01-08-221717.128.mp3 David hosts “Home Sweet Home Chicago” on Saturdays from 10am to 1p…

Austin Berg, Vice President of Marketing, Illinois Policy Institute, joins John Williams to talk about former Speaker of the House Michael Madigan testifying in his corruption trial. Austin was ‘shocked’ that Madigan took the stand. Austin gives us some of the other key takeaways from Madigan’s first and second day on the stand. https://serve.castf…

Nicholas Grossman, Professor of Political Science, University of Illinois, joins John Williams to talk about President-elect Donald Trump refusing to rule out using military or economic action to pursue acquisition of the Panama Canal and Greenland. Are Greenland and the Panama Canal important to U.S. interests? https://serve.castfire.com/audio/714…