Ted Rossman, Senior Industry Analyst, Bankrate.com, joins John to talk about a federal judge in Texas blocking a Biden administration rule that would have capped credit card late fees at $8. https://serve.castfire.com/audio/4859701/4859701_2024-05-14-234001.128.mp3Oleh wgnradio.com

Eric Zorn, Publisher of The Picayune Sentinel, joins John Williams to talk about CPS teachers heading to Springfield to lobby for more funding, why he disagrees with Amy Dickinson on the advice she offered to a husband whose sister-in-law disclosed romantic feelings for him, and his thoughts on the Soldier Field colonnades. https://serve.castfire.c…

Tom Fortino, Founder and Principal, Alpha Wealth Group, and host of “The Alpha Wealth Hour” (formerly “This Week in Wealth”) on WGN Radio, joins John to talk about the market reacting to inflation data this week, what he expects the Fed to do with interest rates, meme stock activity, the ongoing concern about debt and how much it weighs on the econ…

Dr. Michael Bauer, Medical Director at Northwestern Medicine Lake Forest Hospital, joins John Williams to tell us his thoughts on cold remedies like Cold-EEZE or Zicam, how a person typically catches a cold, the importance of staying hydrated, if we should be wearing face coverings on airplanes, and what we should know about allergy season this yea…

John Williams brings you another round of Speed Jokes. Keep sending yours to JohnWilliams@wgnradio.com! https://serve.castfire.com/audio/4859575/4859575_2024-05-14-190215.128.mp3 More Speed Jokes Recent Posts John Williams Are higher credit card late fees here to stay? .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} Is it okay to remove Soldier Field colonnade…

Major Kendall Mathews, Associate Chicago Area Commander, The Salvation Army, joins John Williams to talk about it being National Salvation Army Week, Illinois Salvation Army Week, and Salvation Army Week in Chicago. Major Mathews tells John what he does for The Salvation Army, the services The Salvation Army provides, how they are able to transform…

John Williams brings you another round of Speed Jokes. Keep sending yours to JohnWilliams@wgnradio.com! https://serve.castfire.com/audio/4858887/4858887_2024-05-13-190027.128.mp3 More Speed Jokes Recent Posts John Williams Are higher credit card late fees here to stay? .cls-3{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} Is it okay to remove Soldier Field colonnade…

Craig Bolanos, Co-Founder and CEO of Wealth Management Group, joins John to talk about the markets having a nice run, the economy performing well overall, the ongoing effort to fight inflation, when we might see prices go down, why he’s not worried about the Fed raising rates, how many rate cuts he expects this year, and what you should be doing wi…

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! https://serve.castfire.com/audio/4857645/4857645_2024-05-10-191145.128.mp3 More Speed Jokes Recent Posts John Williams Are higher credit card late fees here to stay? .cls-3{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} Is i…

Renowned violinist talks about his career as a studio musician in Hollywood and his many years playing for John Williams. Hosted by Maurizio Caschetto More info at https://thelegacyofjohnwilliams.com/2024/05/10/bruce-dukov-podcast/Oleh The Legacy of John Williams

It’s time once again for our Best of the Midwest feature! Are you trying to come up with some vacation ideas that are only a quick getaway from the Chicago area? Well, John Williams has some great recommendations for your trip! Today, we head north and visit with Cari Greving, Executive Director, Visit Racine County! Cari tells John about Racine Co…

John Williams brings you another round of Speed Jokes. Keep sending yours to JohnWilliams@wgnradio.com! https://serve.castfire.com/audio/4857029/4857029_2024-05-09-193629.128.mp3 More Speed Jokes Recent Posts John Williams Are higher credit card late fees here to stay? .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} Is it okay to remove Soldier Field colonnade…

Attorney Rae Kaplan of Kaplan Law Firm joins John Williams to talk about a couple of approaching student loan relief deadlines that you should know about. https://serve.castfire.com/audio/4854158/4854158_2024-05-09-003558.128.mp3 Recent Posts John Williams Are higher credit card late fees here to stay? .cls-3{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} Is it okay…

The Mincing Rascals this week are John Williams of WGN Radio, Eric Zorn, Publisher of The Picayune Sentinel, Austin Berg of the Illinois Policy Institute, and Cate Plys, former staff writer at the Chicago Reader and political op-ed columnist at the Sun-Times and Tribune. The Rascals kick things off this week talking about the pro-Palestinian protes…

Journalist and best-selling author A.J. Jacobs joins John Williams to discuss his latest book, “The Year of Living Constitutionally.” A.J. talks about about why he tried to live like the Founding Fathers, how the book helped him understand how we should interpret the Constitution, what surprised him about the Constitution, and why it’s troublesome …

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. Mother nature is confusing everybody right now so Bob gets you up to speed on what you need to be doing to protect your lawn a…

John Williams brings you another round of Speed Jokes. Keep sending yours to JohnWilliams@wgnradio.com! https://serve.castfire.com/audio/4853578/4853578_2024-05-08-215718.128.mp3 More Speed Jokes Recent Posts John Williams Are higher credit card late fees here to stay? .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} Is it okay to remove Soldier Field colonnade…

Dr. Eman Abdelhadi, Assistant Professor, Comparative Human Development, University of Chicago, joins John Williams to give us an update on the protests currently happening on the U of C campus and to talk about university police clearing the protesters’ tent encampment overnight. https://serve.castfire.com/audio/4849133/4849133_2024-05-07-214833.12…