Wgn - The John Williams Full Show Podcast

Tom Fortino, Founder and Principal, Alpha Wealth Group, and host of “This Week in Wealth” on WGN Radio, joins John Williams to offer his thoughts on money manager Dr. Bob Froehlich saying on yesterday’s Wintrust Business Lunch that he sees the Fed cutting rates up to eight times and the Dow reaching 44,000 by the end of […]

Author and registered dietician nutritionist Dawn Jackson Blatner talks with John Williams about why we need a snack intervention, tips for snacking smarter, and why you should be eating a better breakfast that is high in protein. Dawn also answers all of your nutrition questions.

John Williams brings you a round of Speed Jokes. Keep sending yours to JohnWilliams@wgnradio.com!

The inaugural John Williams Best Speed Jokes of 2023 Tournament, sponsored by Team Hochberg, continues with Matchup #4. Listen to each joke below: Joke #7 Joke #8 Voting will remain open until Friday morning, January 12th and results will be discussed on the John Williams Show after 10 AM. Graphic by Michael Piff / WGN Radio. […]

The Mincing Rascals this week are John Williams of WGN Radio, Eric Zorn, Publisher of The Picayune Sentinel, and Cate Plys, former staff writer at the Chicago Reader and political op-ed columnist at the Sun-Times and Tribune. John kicks of the pod by congratulating Eric on his Michigan Wolverines winning the CFP National Championship. Congrats, Eric! You rooted like a […]

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. Bob tells us what we should do to our plants in advance of the deep freeze that is heading towards the area.

John Williams brings you a round of Speed Jokes. Keep sending yours to JohnWilliams@wgnradio.com!

The inaugural John Williams Best Speed Jokes of 2023 Tournament, sponsored by Team Hochberg, continues with Matchup #3. [UPDATED] WINNER (with 75% of 683 votes): The inventor of throat lozenges has died. Not surprisingly, there will be no coughin’ at his funeral. OVER: Bartender says we don’t serve time travelers here. Time traveler walks into a […]

Eric Zorn, Publisher of The Picayune Sentinel, joins John Williams to talk about his Michigan Wolverines winning the CFP National Championship, how NIL money is changing the college game, how he feels about the Michigan sign stealing scandal, where he stands on the ‘dibs’ debate, and U.S. Supreme Court declining to review a high court ruling upholding […]

Eye on Travel host Peter Greenberg on the mid-air incident and subsequent plane grounding.

Jerry Haggerty, co-owner of the Haggerty Auto Group, joins John Williams to talk EVs, the current status of the Chevy Bolt electric vehicles, the roadblocks (range anxiety) facing electric vehicles, the range of a typical EV, and why a hybrid vehicle makes a lot of sense right now.

Dr. Jeffrey Kopin, Chief Medical Officer for Northwestern Medicine Lake Forest Hospital, joins John Williams to talk about the benefits of “Damp January,” the nagging cough that many people are suffering from, what to know about the latest COVID strain, why people are not taking Paxlovid, and a new small study about potential treatments for Alzheimer’s. Dr. […]

John Williams brings you a round of Speed Jokes. Keep sending yours to JohnWilliams@wgnradio.com!

The inaugural John Williams Best Speed Jokes of 2023 Tournament, sponsored by Team Hochberg, continues with Matchup #2! [UPDATED] WINNER (with 56% of 764 votes): If I’m ever on life support, just unplug me and then plug me back in real quick and see if that works, ok? OVER: My proctologist gave me two big thumbs […]

Best-selling author Brad Meltzer joins John Williams to talk about the 10-year anniversary of his “Ordinary People Change the World” series of books and the latest book in the collection, “I am Ruth Bader Ginsburg.”

John Williams brings you a round of Speed Jokes. Keep sending yours to JohnWilliams@wgnradio.com!

To kickoff the inaugural John Williams Best Speed Jokes of 2023 Tournament, sponsored by Team Hochberg, we lead off with Matchup #1! WINNER (with 62.2% of 800 votes): What did the elephant says to the naked man? Cute, but can it pick up peanuts. OVER: I got arrested for stealing a full set of encyclopedias. […]

New home construction must have conduits to support EV cars says right to charge law.

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!

The great Mr. Fix-It, Lou Manfredini, joins John to talk about the snowstorm that might be heading our way early next week and how you should prepare your home. Listen to HouseSmarts Radio on WGN each Saturday morning at 6 am.