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  • Tom Fortino: There is justification for tariffs

    Tom Fortino: There is justification for tariffs
    Dec 15 2025
    Tom Fortino, Founder and Principal, Alpha Wealth Group, and host of “The Alpha Wealth Hour” on WGN Radio, joins John to talk about some year-end tips and things to be aware of before 2026, a reminder about your RMD, the economic data being released later this week, the Supreme Court decision on President Trump’s tariffs, what […]
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  • Film critic Michael Phillips: Rob Reiner had an enormous heart

    Film critic Michael Phillips: Rob Reiner had an enormous heart
    Dec 15 2025
    The great film critic Michael Phillips joins John Williams to talk about the life and legacy of the great Rob Reiner, the award-winning Hollywood actor and director, who along with his wife, Michele, were found stabbed to death in their home on Sunday.
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  • Lou Manfredini: What is the optimal thermostat setting for winter?

    Lou Manfredini: What is the optimal thermostat setting for winter?
    Dec 15 2025
    The great Mr. Fix-It, Lou Manfredini, joins John Williams to tell us the projects we need to be working on this week. Lou talks about dripping water to avoid your pipes freezing, and the best setting for your thermostat during the winter. Lou also answers all of your home improvement questions. Listen to HouseSmarts Radio on WGN each Saturday morning […]
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  • Cate Plys: How to make garbage fees more equitable

    Cate Plys: How to make garbage fees more equitable
    Dec 15 2025
    Cate Plys, long-time Chicago journalist, Mincing Rascal panelist, and publisher of Roseland, Chicago: 1972 on Substack, joins John Williams to talk about how Chicago can make the city’s trash fee more equitable.
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  • John Williams brings you a round of Speed Jokes, Part MLXXIV, 12.15.25

    John Williams brings you a round of Speed Jokes, Part MLXXIV, 12.15.25
    Dec 15 2025
    John Williams brings you another round of Speed Jokes. Keep sending yours to JohnWilliams@wgnradio.com.
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  • 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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  • Rae Kaplan: What does end of SAVE plan mean for student loan borrowers?

    Rae Kaplan: What does end of SAVE plan mean for student loan borrowers?
    Dec 12 2025
    Attorney Rae Kaplan of Kaplan Law Firm joins John Williams to talk about The Education Department announcing a proposed settlement with the state of Missouri that it said would terminate the SAVE plan. What does this mean for student loan borrowers? Rae breaks it all down.
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  • Connell McShane: Indiana lawmakers defied President Trump

    Connell McShane: Indiana lawmakers defied President Trump
    Dec 12 2025
    NewsNation Now anchor Connell McShane joins John Williams to talk about Indiana lawmakers voting against a redistricting effort favored by President Trump, and what we should know about the seizure of an oil tanker near Venezuela.
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