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 north and visit with Cari Greving, Executive Director, Visit Racine County! Cari tells John about Racine Co…

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Attorney Rae Kaplan of Kaplan Law Firm joins John Williams to talk about a couple of approaching student loan relief deadlines that you should know about. https://serve.castfire.com/audio/4854158/4854158_2024-05-09-003558.128.mp3 Recent Posts John Williams What is your favorite style of Chicago pizza? .cls-4{fill:#000;} Best of the Midwest: Visit R…

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, and Cate Plys, former staff writer at the Chicago Reader and political op-ed columnist at the Sun-Times and Tribune. The Rascals kick things off this week talking about the pro-Palestinian protes…

Journalist and best-selling author A.J. Jacobs joins John Williams to discuss his latest book, “The Year of Living Constitutionally.” A.J. talks about about why he tried to live like the Founding Fathers, how the book helped him understand how we should interpret the Constitution, what surprised him about the Constitution, and why it’s troublesome …

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. Mother nature is confusing everybody right now so Bob gets you up to speed on what you need to be doing to protect your lawn a…

John Williams brings you another round of Speed Jokes. Keep sending yours to JohnWilliams@wgnradio.com! https://serve.castfire.com/audio/4853578/4853578_2024-05-08-215718.128.mp3 More Speed Jokes Recent Posts John Williams What is your favorite style of Chicago pizza? .cls-4{fill:#000;} Best of the Midwest: Visit Racine County! .cls-7{fill:#fff;fil…

Dr. Eman Abdelhadi, Assistant Professor, Comparative Human Development, University of Chicago, joins John Williams to give us an update on the protests currently happening on the U of C campus and to talk about university police clearing the protesters’ tent encampment overnight. https://serve.castfire.com/audio/4849133/4849133_2024-05-07-214833.12…

Noted pet expert Steve Dale, in light of the stories about Governor Kristi Noem killing her dog and President Biden’s dog Commander biting secret service agents, tells John Williams what you can do if you have a dog with behavioral issues. https://serve.castfire.com/audio/4849128/4849128_2024-05-07-214628.128.mp3 Recent Posts John Williams What is …

Dr. Binisa Shah, Immediate Care doctor at Northwestern Medicine, joins John Williams to talk about an expert panel on recommending starting regular mammography screening at age 40, what we know about two new COVID variants, and a new study that shows Alzheimer’s disease may be inherited more often than previously known. https://serve.castfire.com/s…

Eric Zorn, Publisher of The Picayune Sentinel, joins John Williams to talk about local author Jonathan Eig winning a Pulitzer Prize for his book, “King: A Life,” cultural blind spots, and to share his thoughts about the protests happening on college campuses across the country. https://serve.castfire.com/audio/4848936/4848936_2024-05-07-202336.128.…

John Williams brings you another round of Speed Jokes. Keep sending yours to JohnWilliams@wgnradio.com! https://serve.castfire.com/audio/4848788/4848788_2024-05-07-195728.128.mp3 More Speed Jokes Recent Posts John Williams What is your favorite style of Chicago pizza? .cls-4{fill:#000;} Best of the Midwest: Visit Racine County! .cls-7{fill:#fff;fil…

America’s Toy Scout, Joel Magee, joins John Williams to take some calls and answer questions about your old toys. Do you have any collectibles sitting around that house that could be worth money? Joel has the answers. Joel will be in the Chicago area this week and you can find all the details here. https://serve.castfire.com/audio/4841812/4841812_2…

Dr. Eman Abdelhadi, Assistant Professor, Comparative Human Development, University of Chicago, joins John Williams to talk about the role she’s played in the student-led protests on the University of Chicago campus and the latest on the negotiations between the protesters and the University of Chicago administration. https://serve.castfire.com/audi…

John Williams brings you another round of Speed Jokes. Keep sending yours to JohnWilliams@wgnradio.com! https://serve.castfire.com/audio/4841291/4841291_2024-05-06-193131.128.mp3 More Speed Jokes Recent Posts John Williams What is your favorite style of Chicago pizza? .cls-4{fill:#000;} Best of the Midwest: Visit Racine County! .cls-7{fill:#fff;fil…

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/4816272/4816272_2024-05-03-195412.128.mp3 More Speed Jokes Recent Posts John Williams What is your favorite style of Chicago pizza? .cls-4{fill:#000;} Best of the Midwest: V…

Rabbi Evan Moffic from Makom Solel Lakeside in Highland Park joins John Williams to discuss the student protests happening around the country and why he’s concerned with the hostile environment and the overt antisemitism, hatred, and aggression that he’s seeing. https://serve.castfire.com/audio/4803636/4803636_2024-05-02-204036.128.mp3 Campus Prote…