Podcasts about Newsmakers

Kathy Barnette full 1468 Fri, 10 Jan 2025 16:08:13 +0000 uXCnDDig9virWDqhrCw4mI4AWgVENVeZ news The Dawn Stensland Show news Kathy Barnette Dawn Stensland breaks down the local and cultural issues of the day. Interviewing all the top Newsmakers and taking your calls! Tune in 10 AM - 12 PM EST weekdays on Talk Radio 1210 WPHT; or on the Audacy app! 2024 © 2021 Audacy, Inc News False https://player.amperwavepodcasting.com?feed-link=https%3A%2F%2Frss.amperwave.n

Paula Scanlan full 1151 Fri, 10 Jan 2025 16:36:20 +0000 c6no2wDpbemIfbNBWVPvNMRZGXFr4e64 news The Dawn Stensland Show news Paula Scanlan Dawn Stensland breaks down the local and cultural issues of the day. Interviewing all the top Newsmakers and taking your calls! Tune in 10 AM - 12 PM EST weekdays on Talk Radio 1210 WPHT; or on the Audacy app! 2024 © 2021 Audacy, Inc News False https://player.amperwavepodcasting.com?feed-link=https%3A%2F%2Frss.amperwave.ne

Tom Mockaitis, DePaul professor and terrorism expert, joins Wendy Snyder, in for Lisa Dent, to get an update on the war in Gaza, the potential for retrieving any of the living hostages, and we look to any signs pointing to a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas conflict .

TJ Callahan, co-founder of Farm Bar with locations in Lakeview and Ravenswood, joins Wendy Snyder, in for Lisa Dent, to talk about his restaurant. Farm Bar, which is one of the nearly 500 restaurants participating in the 17-day Chicago Restaurant Week. TJ tells us about what they’ll be serving during Chicago Restaurant Week, the restaurant’s […]

Dr. Dana Varble, chief veterinary officer for the North American Veterinary Community, joins Wendy Snyder, in for Lisa Dent, for some listener questions and she also looks at the rescue efforts in LA for all of the animals and pets affected by the catastrophic blaze tearing through parts of Los Angeles.

Guests: Tracy Wilson, Nevada State Director, American Wild Horse Conservation Nicole Hayes, Conservation Scientist, American Wild Horse Conservation Kris Thompson, Business Development and Transaction Specialist, L Lance Gilman Commercial Real Estate Services

U-S Supreme Court hears TikTok case...North Dakota trying to post Ten Commandments in Public Schools...and Anita Bryant dies at 84.

Dr. Aaron Pomerantz full 1561 Thu, 09 Jan 2025 16:56:22 +0000 5UUvHQvEju3p4rXEqtM3FyrCdN8Ng4pW news The Dawn Stensland Show news Dr. Aaron Pomerantz Dawn Stensland breaks down the local and cultural issues of the day. Interviewing all the top Newsmakers and taking your calls! Tune in 10 AM - 12 PM EST weekdays on Talk Radio 1210 WPHT; or on the Audacy app! 2024 © 2021 Audacy, Inc News False https://player.amperwavepodcasting.com?feed-link=https%3A%2F%2Frss.amperw

Mr. Fix-it, Lou Manfredini, joins Lisa Dent for Ask Lou, a segment in which Lou answers listeners’ household questions. Today’s questions are pertaining to fireplace options, top of the line humidifiers and ideal stone for kitchen countertops.

Lisa Dent chats about Jimmy Carter’s public viewing in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda with Ronald Bruce from Tinley Park. He shares his experience from his happenstance attendance at the opportunity for the public to pay their respects to the 39th President.

Bob Pishue, Transportation Analyst at INRIX and author of the 2024 Global Traffic Scorecard, talks to Lisa Dent about INRIX’s ranking for the most traffic congested highways in the US, all of the associated data, and the costly effects of time spent in traffic.

WGN-TV Political Analyst Paul Lisnek joins Lisa Dent to look at the rare sight of all currently living presidents together at the funeral for 39th President Jimmy Carter. They analyze the seating, some of the highlights, and the surprising interactions between the presidents and their spouses.

David Hochberg, Vice President of Lending for Team Hochberg at Homeside Financial and host of Home Sweet Home Chicago, talks to Lisa Dent about Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Sandra Thompson and her plan to resign before the inauguration of President Elect Trump as well as the good that her departure may bring to mortgage […]

Laura Neuman, Senior Advisor of the Carter Center, joins Lisa Dent to reflect on the humanitarian work the organization has done over the decades all over the world. They also discuss what was said in the eulogies at President Jimmy Carter’s state funeral. The 39th president was later laid to rest after a private service […]

Susanna Wickham, CEO of PAWS Chicago, talks to Lisa Dent about the amazing work that PAWS Chicago does to save countless animals from kill shelters and their partnership with Piece Pizzeria, Hot Doug’s, and many more for the Third Annual “Slice to Meet You” Campaign all for the benefit of homeless pets. We also learn […]

Lisa Dent checks in with the Newsroom team for their top stories of the day! Steve Bertrand reports on a new brew crafted in honor of Jimmy Carter, Mary Van De Velde reports on Olympic swimmer Gary Hall Jr. losing medals to the LA fires, and Kevin Powell tells us about an opportunity for tourists […]

Guests: Geoff Schumacher, VP, Exhibits and Programs, The Mob Museum Part Two

Dr. Steven Quay full 1216 Wed, 08 Jan 2025 16:18:40 +0000 tNewh2NUoyU5aJ3GgnRE5zPnZE890utg news The Dawn Stensland Show news Dr. Steven Quay Dawn Stensland breaks down the local and cultural issues of the day. Interviewing all the top Newsmakers and taking your calls! Tune in 10 AM - 12 PM EST weekdays on Talk Radio 1210 WPHT; or on the Audacy app! 2024 © 2021 Audacy, Inc News False https://player.amperwavepodcasting.com?feed-link=https%3A%2F%2Frss.amperwave.

Linda Kerns full 1389 Wed, 08 Jan 2025 16:40:25 +0000 1fts66sw8B4guU5zru0eAaDFtOaxJQcv news The Dawn Stensland Show news Linda Kerns Dawn Stensland breaks down the local and cultural issues of the day. Interviewing all the top Newsmakers and taking your calls! Tune in 10 AM - 12 PM EST weekdays on Talk Radio 1210 WPHT; or on the Audacy app! 2024 © 2021 Audacy, Inc News False https://player.amperwavepodcasting.com?feed-link=https%3A%2F%2Frss.amperwave.net%

Dr. Michael Spikes, Professor at Northwestern’s Medill School of Journalism and Director of Teach for Chicago Journalism, joins Lisa Dent to address the big changes in a video from Mark Zuckerberg himself in which he states that Meta/Facebook is ending its fact checking in favor of “community notes”, similar to Twitter/X.

Patrick Crispen, Director of Educational Technology at Keck School of Medicine of USC and frequent contributor on The Steve and Johnnie Show, joins Lisa Dent for an update from the ground in Los Angeles. Patrick and his family are among thousands of other residents who have been forced to evacuate their homes as winds reaching […]

Kat Cavanaugh, owner of Dog Gone Pet Recovery, tells Lisa Dent about her history in rescuing dogs and how it led to her using thermal drones to recover lost dogs, including Charlie, a Bernese Mountain Dog that had been missing since last Monday morning in Crystal Lake.

Guests: Geoff Schumacher, VP, Exhibits and Programs, The Mob Museum Part One

Ryan Mackenzie full 1064 Tue, 07 Jan 2025 16:41:41 +0000 TGCBxrBLlXoQtp7HviXaTOMMauQ5Nt42 news The Dawn Stensland Show news Ryan Mackenzie Dawn Stensland breaks down the local and cultural issues of the day. Interviewing all the top Newsmakers and taking your calls! Tune in 10 AM - 12 PM EST weekdays on Talk Radio 1210 WPHT; or on the Audacy app! 2024 © 2021 Audacy, Inc News False https://player.amperwavepodcasting.com?feed-link=https%3A%2F%2Frss.amperwave.n

Howard Tullman, American entrepreneur, venture capitalist, educator, writer, lecturer, and art collector, joins Lisa Dent to analyze the serious competition American electric vehicle manufacturers should prepare for as a massive influx of Chinese EV manufacturers is beginning to flood the market.

Lisa Dent checks in on our Newsroom staff! Steve Bertrand, Mary Van De Velde and Kevin Powell share their own favorite stories of the day. Steve has an infinitely circling Waymo ride, Kevin breaks bad, and Mary fawns over Zendaya’s new ring and her height.

Dr. Sterling Elliot, Clinical Pharmacist at Northwestern Medicine and Assistant Professor of Orthopedics at Feinberg School of Medicine, joins Lisa Dent to discuss a variety of pharmacy-related questions from WGN Radio listeners but tackles the big news of a new bill aiming to lock out pharmacy benefit managers, or PBMs, from owning a pharmacy.

Attorney Burt Odelson brings Lisa Dent up to speed on the latest developments in the saga of “Super Mayor” Tiffany Henyard. Today’s update is on the two meetings in Dolton and Thornton Township in which she was noticeably absent, which may spell disaster for her ahead of the April 1st general election.

Lisa Dent checks in with the Newsroom team for their top stories of the day! Steve Bertrand tells us about the robber that tried using driverless rideshare Waymo to escape, Kevin Powell tells us about a decades-long-lost Christmas gift, and Mary Van De Velde reports on the eco-friendly way that Germans dispose of their Christmas […]

WGN-TV Chief Meteorologist Demetrius Ivory checks in for the first weather update of the year with Lisa Dent! Chicago missed a massive wave of snow but there may be another on the way and Demetrius tells us how much we’ll get as the deep freeze continues, an update on the O’Hare winter delays, and we […]

Terry Savage, nationally syndicated money columnist and author, joins Lisa Dent to break down the ins and outs of the new Social Security Fairness Act that President Biden passed and how ‘fair’ it actually is. Plus, she answers a number of questions from listeners.

Only way out is to explain himself - Attorney Karen Conti on Madigan testifying.

Guests: Holly Welborn, Executive Director, Children

Guests: Holly Welborn, Executive Director, Children

Mark Mathews, Founder and Director of the Wild Felid Advocacy Center, chats with Lisa Dent about the outbreak of bird flu that struck a number of big cat species at a Washington state wildlife sanctuary. Mark talks about what his organization has been doing in response to the outbreak, the danger of the outbreak, and […]

Rich McHugh, correspondent for NewsNation, joins Lisa Dent to talk about the growing discussion surrounding smart cars in relation to the Las Vegas truck explosion and how Tesla had information on the truck owner by accessing his Cybertruck’s data. This raises the question: How much of our lives can these cars monitor and what can […]

Illinois Congressman Darin LaHood of the 16th District talks to Lisa Dent on the anniversary of the January 6th, 2021 insurrection that occurred when many violently opposed the 2020 results. With the 2024 results certified, Rep. LaHood also tells Lisa about what he’s looking forward to leading up to the inauguration and what he’s hoping […]

Dr. Hermene Hartman, Chicago media pioneer and Founder of N'Digo, joins Lisa Dent to discuss the increased toll prices for New York drivers going in and out of Manhattan and what it means for those who are in and out of the city daily. This change was rolled into effect January 5th by New York’s […]

Northwestern Medicine on surgeon general's call for warning labels on alcohol.

Newsmakers with JR editor Jerry Roberts talks about his switch to Substack as a distribution platform in the latest episode of Santa Barbara Talks with Josh Molina. Roberts explains what the change means, and his vision for the site, created in 2014 with Hap Freund, which provides analysis, commentary and enterprise journalism about Santa Barbara public affairs. Roberts also discusses the broader media landscape and his disgust with Donald Trump. Molina and Roberts also talk about Roy Lee, Das Williams, Wendy Santamaria and what Sheila Lodge no longer on the Santa Barbara Planning Commission means for the city. Check out the latest episode of Santa Barbara Talks with Josh Molina and consider a financial contribution to support these podcasts at www.santabarbaratalks.com. Also, please hit subscribe on YouTube. Joshua Molina is a journalist and college instructor who creates dynamic conversations on the topics of housing, politics, education, culture and business. Please hit subscribe on YouTube.

With the Bears disappointing season winding down, NFL Hall of Famer Dan Hampton comes on the show to talk with Lisa Dent about what is next for the Bears, including what went wrong this season and some potentials for the head coaching vacancy.

Chef Erick Williams, Executive Chef at Virtue Restaurant and Daisy’s Po-Boy, discusses with Lisa Dent what exactly is going on with this amazing campaign. Chef Williams talks about making change in the hospitality industry with the best chefs in Chicago coming together to raise funds for this great initiative.

Monica Eng, reporter for Axios, comes on the show to talk with Lisa Dent about her 5 favorite dishes in 2024. From turmeric soups to dobladas, the two talk about all the best dishes to get in Chicago.

Amy Snerison, Equal Pay Manager of the Illinois Department of Labor, joins Lisa Dent to talk about new labor laws coming in 2025. Of the many changes, pay transparency is one of the major changes and Amy goes into detail about the change and how it can affect employees throughout Illinois

Lisa Dent checks in on our Newsroom staff. Steve Bertrand, Mary VanDeVelde and Kevin Powell all have stories that have interested them today. From Kevin’s upcoming trip to Augusta for the Masters to figuring out what a sumo orange is with plenty of laughs in between. New travel requirements affecting both domestic and foreign flights

CBS News Travel Editor and host of Eye on Travel, Peter Greenberg, joins the show to analyze the new changes made to travel requirements affecting both domestic and foreign flights. Lisa Dent and Peter discuss all the changes being made and a few fines that have already started to appear against airlines.

From New Year’s resolutions to a chess prodigy, Lisa Dent, Mary Van De Velde, Steve Bertrand and Kevin Powell discuss unusual stories in the news.

Lisa Dent is joined by Joe Chura, founder of Go Brewing in Naperville, who discusses Dry January and non-alcoholic beer. Listen in while Joe discuss what he thinks is behind the growing movement for non-alcoholic drinks and the want for a sober lifestyle.

Former WGN-TV Chief Meteorologist Tom Skilling comes out of retirement and give us a weather update for Lisa Dent’s first show back in 2025. Tom also joins the show to talk about he has in store for 2025.