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Mary Nedbalski, Marketing and Membership Director of the Lakeview East Chamber of Commerce, joins John Landecker to tell us all about the weekend of fun, music, food, and dancing coming to the Lakeview area next weekend! For information, visit their website! https://chicagoevents.com/event/belmont-sheffield-music-fest/

WGN Radio’s John Landecker is joined by former Motorsports Unlimited Feather Girl Alison Damore to share stories from her time on the popular local access show that caught the attention of Chicagoland area viewers from 1987-2021. Listen in as Alison reminiscences about access cable pioneer Bill Wildt and the motorsports community.

John Landecker is a fan of the folks at the WGN TV weather center, so we decided to invite WGN TV weather producer, storm guru, and meteorological master Bill Snyder for a weekly segment. Listen to Bill give us the weekend weather and some amazing astronomical facts.

John Landecker is joined by Kristen Lappas, the director of the film Full Court Press, which is available on Disney+ now. Listen below as Kristen discusses the process of creating this documentary and the effort she and her team put into telling the stories of the phenomenal athletes Caitlin Clark, Kamilla Cardoso, and Kiki Rice.

John Landecker is joined on the show by another WGN Radio host and racing fan Dane Neal who will be at the Route 66 Raceway near Joliet all weekend with the El Bandido Yankee crew. Listen below as John, Dane and rider of the El Bandido Yankee Tequila Motorcycle Flyin Ryan Oehler discuss everything fans […]

Billy Corgan, Chicago music legend and The Smashing Pumpkins founder and frontman, joins John Landecker on the show to talk about his newest adventure, a reality show about the wild and wacky world of owning a wrestling company, premiering on the CW app Tuesday, May 14th!

Food Fight is back, and this week we tackle another great food debate. Listen below as your host, John Landecker, takes the side of the tequila. And segment cohost Dan Levy takes gin. Yeah, they’re both potatoes, but which do you prefer? Check out Dan’s podcast, Barguments! Listen below to hear the debate and who won!

Longtime WGN-TV weather producer, storm guru, and meteorological master Bill Snyder joins your host, John Landecker, on this evening’s broadcast to educate us on what’s happening above our heads, but more importantly, why it is happening and what we can expect for the next few days.

Charlie Potter, host of WGN Radio’s The Great Outdoors, joins your John Landecker on the program to talk about migratory bird season happening over Illinois as well as his film, Wings Over Water, an IMAX filmed epic about migratory birds and America’s wetlands.

Local artist Julia Hagen is on a mission all of Chicago can get behind. She is going to try to paint every hot dog stand in Chicago. You can find more of Julia’s work on her website. Go check out her work and support your local artists!

John Landecker has a love for sports, especially the WGN Radio softball team and the Chicago Media League. He loves it so much he was nice enough to let our softball team take over the airwaves for the first hour of the show. Listen below to our very own team as well as players and […]

Food Fight is back, and this week we tackle another great food debate. Listen below as your host, John Landecker, takes the side of the French Fry. And segment cohost Dan Levy takes Tater Tots. Yeah, they’re both potatoes, but which do you prefer? Check out Dan’s podcast, Barguments! Listen below to hear the debate and who won!

Not everybody is dreading the summer emergence of cicadas. There are some folks out there gearing up and getting excited to welcome our friends as they emerge from the ground. One of these folks is Nina Salem. She owns and runs The Insect Asylum and they have a fundraiser going on right now called Cicada […]

Your host, the legendary John Landecker, is joined by Herb Weisbaum, The ConsumerMan, an Emmy-award-winning broadcaster and one of America’s top consumer experts. He’s been protecting us for more than 40 years, having covered the consumer beat for CBS News, NBC News, and The TODAY Show, among others. He is currently a contributing editor at Checkbook.org, a […]

Jenny Nguyen, CEO and founder of the Sports Bra, a bar that plays women’s sports at all levels on TV, has seen such huge success that she plans to expand. John Landecker sits down with Jenny to discuss the process of opening a place like this, the huge uptick in interest in women’s sports, and […]

Voula Saridakis, Curator at the Museum of Science and Industry and NASA Solar System Ambassador, joins host John Landecker on the show to discuss the new exhibit set to debut on May 19th! Listen to the conversation below to hear all about it!

The Den Theatre today announced Tom Dreesen: From Harvey to Hollywood, for one performance only on Saturday May 11, 2024 at 4:00 p.m. on The Heath Mainstage, 1331 N. Milwaukee Ave. in Chicago’s Wicker Park neighborhood. Tom joins John Landecker on the show to break down some iconic moments of his career in stand-up comedy, […]

A Red Orchid Theatre debuts the world premiere of Turret, written and directed by Levi Holloway and starring Michael Shannon, Travis A. Knight, and Lawrence Grimm. The show runs from May 2-June 9 at The Chopin Theatre, with more information available at aredorchidtheatre.org. Listen below to a very special Rook on the Road where the […]

Actor Alan Ruck joins your host, John Landecker, on the show to promote an event coming to the Auditorium Theatre this Thursday, May 2nd, hosted by Dave Plier. Hear Alan and John break down some iconic moments of the classic Chicago film, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. For more information on the event and to buy […]

Food Fight is back, and this week we tackle another great food debate. Listen below as your host, John Landecker, takes the side of the Rice Krispie Treat. And segment cohost Dan Levy takes S’mores. Check out Dan’s podcast Barguments! Listen below to hear the debate and who won!