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  • The Mincing Rascals 3.11.26: Iran war, Uber ride options, AI and local news

    The Mincing Rascals 3.11.26: Iran war, Uber ride options, AI and local news
    Mar 11 2026
    The Mincing Rascals this week are John Williams of WGN Radio, Eric Zorn, publisher of The Picayune Sentinel, multi-media journalist Brandon Pope, author of Brandon Pope’s Screening Room, and long-time Chicago journalist Cate Plys, publisher of Roseland, Chicago: 1972. This week, the Rascals start the podcast discussing the war in Iran. How and when does this war end? Last week, HHS […]
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  • How the war with Iran impacts local farmers

    How the war with Iran impacts local farmers
    Mar 11 2026
    Local farmer John Andermann, President of the Will County Farm Bureau, joins John Williams to talk about his farm and his yield last year, what he’s doing with his field right now, how very few farmers turned a profit last year, the cost of fertilizer going up, and how the war in Iran is impacting […]
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  • Bob Bertog: Make sure to get leftover leaves off lawn

    Bob Bertog: Make sure to get leftover leaves off lawn
    Mar 11 2026
    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 says it’s a little too early to start seeding, but definitely get debris cleaned up and make sure to get leftover fall leaves […]
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  • John Williams brings you a round of Speed Jokes, Part MCXXI, 3.11.26

    John Williams brings you a round of Speed Jokes, Part MCXXI, 3.11.26
    Mar 11 2026
    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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  • Dr. Jeffrey Kopin: Could GLP-1 drugs be used to treat addiction?

    Dr. Jeffrey Kopin: Could GLP-1 drugs be used to treat addiction?
    Mar 10 2026
    Dr. Jeffrey Kopin, Chief Medical Officer for Northwestern Medicine Catherine Gratz Griffin Lake Forest Hospital, joins John Williams to talk about being on the back-end of flu season, how most of the respiratory illness they saw in the hospital was influenza, how far we have come with COVID since 2020, if popular weight loss drugs could become a […]
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  • Eric Zorn: Uber’s women-only ride option is good idea

    Eric Zorn: Uber’s women-only ride option is good idea
    Mar 10 2026
    Eric Zorn, Publisher of The Picayune Sentinel, joins John Williams to talk about his thoughts on the current landscape of NCAA sports in the transfer portal era, Uber rolling out their women-only option, and his general observations about the war in Iran.
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  • Lou Manfredini: Go outside and do some early spring clean up

    Lou Manfredini: Go outside and do some early spring clean up
    Mar 9 2026
    The great Mr. Fix-It, Lou Manfredini, joins John Williams to tell us the projects we need to be working on this week. Lou says that it’s time to get outside and do some early spring clean up. Lou also answers all of your home improvement questions. Listen to HouseSmarts Radio on WGN each Saturday morning at 6 am.
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