Episodes

  • 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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  • The Mincing Rascals 3.25.26: Sheridan Gorman murder, No Kings rally, City Hall firings

    The Mincing Rascals 3.25.26: Sheridan Gorman murder, No Kings rally, City Hall firings
    Mar 25 2026
    The Mincing Rascals this week are Eric Zorn, publisher of The Picayune Sentinel, long-time Chicago journalist Cate Plys, publisher of Roseland, Chicago: 1972, Austin Berg, Executive Director of the Chicago Policy Center and author of the The Last Ward on Substack, and Steve Bertrand, host of the ‘Steve Bertrand on Books‘ podcast. This week’s John Williams-less podcast begins with the gang discussing the […]
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  • Elder law attorney Kerry Peck: What happens when you die without a will?

    Elder law attorney Kerry Peck: What happens when you die without a will?
    Mar 25 2026
    Elder law attorney Kerry Peck joins John Williams to answer all your questions about elder law, trusts, wills, and elder abuse.
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  • Betting analyst Sam Panayotovich: Michigan is still the team to beat in the NCAA tournament

    Betting analyst Sam Panayotovich: Michigan is still the team to beat in the NCAA tournament
    Mar 25 2026
    Sam Panayotovich, Fox Sports Betting Analyst and co-host of the sports betting show “Chicken Dinner,” joins John Williams to break down the NCAA Tournament’s Sweet 16. Sam also gives some thoughts on the upcoming MLB season.
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  • Landscape expert Bob Bertog: Will early spring cold cause plant damage?

    Landscape expert Bob Bertog: Will early spring cold cause plant damage?
    Mar 25 2026
    We are ‘Keeping it Green’ with 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. Will last week’s freeze cause damage? And when will you start to see your plants pop? Is it […]
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  • John Williams brings you a round of Speed Jokes, Part MCXXIX, 3.25.26

    John Williams brings you a round of Speed Jokes, Part MCXXIX, 3.25.26
    Mar 25 2026
    John Williams brings you another round of Speed Jokes. Keep sending yours to JohnWilliams@wgnradio.com.
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  • Eric Zorn: Fatal shooting of Loyola student not an argument for mass deportation

    Eric Zorn: Fatal shooting of Loyola student not an argument for mass deportation
    Mar 24 2026
    Eric Zorn, Publisher of The Picayune Sentinel, joins John Williams to talk about the deadly shooting of Loyola student Sheridan Gorman.
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  • Dr. Jeffrey Kopin: How to protect yourself this allergy season

    Dr. Jeffrey Kopin: How to protect yourself this allergy season
    Mar 24 2026
    Dr. Jeffrey Kopin, Chief Medical Officer, Northwestern Medicine Catherine Gratz Griffin Lake Forest Hospital, joins John Williams to talk about coming to the end of flu season, the viruses that we need to be aware of right now, what we should know about tuberculosis, a higher-dose Wegovy shot being approved by the FDA, and what you can […]
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