John Williams

WGN fan-favorite John Williams has developed an app. VibeScore allows you to “score the news,” and we think that’s pretty cool! You can hear John and Ross explain VibeScore to Steve on this podcast, but we want you to download the app for yourself! It’s part social media, part news aggregation, part enlightened conversation, and overall a cool app that you can get in on “the ground floor” and influence the conversation. It’s only Apple for now, but you Droid […]

John Williams talks to Peter Schweizer about his book Clinton Cash, which has been in the headlines for it’s corrections.

John Williams takes calls call on short term memory loss, in response to the Amtrak engineer not remembering what had happened just before the accident outside of Philidelphia.  Peter Schweizer, the author of Clinton Cash discusses some of the corrections that have been published about his book.  Brian Tallerico of RogerEbert.com talks about the series ending of Mad Men.  John Williams and producer Kristin Decker discuss John’s new app called Vibescore.  (Cheap plug: Download it on the Apple App store […]

John Williams talks about the game winning Derek Rose shot, the Illinois pension mess with Rick Pearson of the Chicago Tribune, and TV cancellations with Brian Tallerico of RogerEbert.com.

John Williams has his weekly conversation with Thomas Jefferson.  This week, just ahead of Mother’s Day, they talk about Jefferson’s mother and wife.  They also continue to revise TJ’s campaign slogan if he were to run today. Clay Jenkinson is a public humanities scholar, the author of ten books, and one of the leading Jefferson scholars in the United States. He is the author of Becoming Jefferson’s People: Re-Inventing the American Republic in the Twenty-First Century. You can learn more […]

John Williams, Eric Zorn, and Steve Bertrand discuss some of the biggest headlines of the week like deflategate, the “draw Mohammed” event in Texas, and the Supreme Court ruling that Illinois pension fix was unconstitutional.

Jennifer Solheim, a specialist in North African and Middle Eastern culture in French at the University of Illinois at Chicago, goes through the most recent Charlie Hebdo fanzine with John and explains the meaning behind the different cartoons.

Tim Calkins, a clinical professor of marketing at the Kellogg School joins John to discuss the big advertising trends for the 2015 Super Bowl and why some brands score big and others fumble.

John Williams talks to Tim Calkins about the 11th annual Kellogg School Super Bowl Advertising Review.  They run through the different Super Bowl ads that will be appearing.  Jennifer Solheim from the University of Illinois at Chicago goes through the most recent Charlie Hebdo fanzine with John and explains the meaning behind the different cartoons.  Matt Roush from TV Guide Magazine talks about what shows will be returning and leaving the airwaves.

John Williams discusses #deflategate, talks about the man who posted a YouTube video calling out his daughters bullies.  The little old lady who reviewed her town’s Olive Garden is back with a review of all the McDonald’s.  He also catches up with Mark Bazer of The Interview Show.  John ends the show with The Bright Side of Life!  

John discusses the proposal for the new Obama Library.  The Victory Auto Wreckers commercial turns 30 and Jessie Padilla, the marketing director for Victory Auto Wreckers joins John to talk about their updates.  John takes calls about hiding money from your spouse.  Nancy Kelly from Kelly Cruises talks about the amazing cruise that still has some openings on it.  The Wrigley Rooftop owners are suing the Cubs and Chicago Tribune reporter Jared Hopkins has the latest in the story.  John […]

John Williams talks about the State of the Union speech with WGN-TV political analyst Paul Lisnek.  Richard Dye, professor in the Institute of Government and Public Affairs at the University of Illinois talks about the economic mess that Illinois is in.  Dave Eanet talks to John about the claims that the Patriots cheated in their playoff game.

John Williams discusses the Michael Moore tweet about snipers being cowards.  He also talked to Jim De Felice, the coauthor of American Sniper.  Steve Sullivan, an urban ecologist at the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, discussed the proper way to get rid of a bat in the house.

John Williams tells the tale of finding a bat in his house.  Steve Sullivan, an urban ecologist at the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, joins him to talk about the best way to handle getting the bat out of the house.

John Williams talks to David L. Hoyt, Jumble author, about the live Jumble event that will take place on March 7, 2015, at 1p.m.  Prove you’re the best Jumble player in a variety of interactive games, learn about the history and day-to-day creation of this popular daily word game and help create an original Jumble on the spot with David and Jeff. Word games lovers of all stripes, but especially Jumble fans, this is a day made just for you.  […]