Category Archives: Recently On WLS-AM
The Legendary Richie Furay’s Return to the Recording Studio
John Howell is joined by Richie Furay, Rock and Roll Hall of Famer and founding member of the legendary and quintessential groups Buffalo Springfield, Poco, and Souther-Hillman-Furay Band. Furay tells...
Jul 19, 2022
Police are Humans, and We Need to Treat Their Mental Health as Such
John Howell speaks with Alexa James, Chief Executive of the National Alliance on Mental Illness Chicago (NAMI) and consultant to the CPD. After a string of CPD suicides, she says that the city is not ...
Jul 19, 2022
Ozzie Guillen is the Real Deal
John Howell is joined by Jeff Agrest, Deputy Sports Director at the Chicago Sun-Times. Longtime White Sox analyst, Ozzie Guillen, has had an eventful week: criticizing Tony LaRussa and challenging Jon...
Jul 15, 2022
‘Leadership needs to wake up.’ -Alderman Brendan Reilly talks support for CPD and Chicago casino
42nd Ward Alderman Brendan Reilly has been in a 2-year cold war with Mayor Lori Lightfoot for more police support. The 42nd Ward Alderman talks to Pete McMurray and Andrea Darlas about what he is doin...
Jul 15, 2022
Walter Shapiro: Both Biden and Trump are Too Old for Re-Election
John Howell is joined by Walter Shapiro, Columnist for Roll Call, Fellow at The Brennan Center, and Political Science Lecturer at Yale. He joins to discuss his thoughts on the 2024 election and the pr...
Jul 14, 2022
The Demographics of Our Political Parties Are Shifting in Front of Our Eyes
John Howell is joined by Josh Kraushaar, Senior Politics Reporter for Axios. Kraushaar has been researching and writing pieces on the political realignment we are seeing happen in real time with both ...
Jul 14, 2022
‘The Royal’ is out in theaters on July 15th!
Amin Joseph stars in ‘The Royal’ as Willie Mays Aikens which shows the promising career of the Kansas City Royals slugger that was later destroyed by his drug addiction. Pete McMurray and ...
Jul 14, 2022
Will the housing bubble burst in 2022?
Over 60,000 home purchase agreements fell through in June. Homeside Financial’s David Hochberg joins Pete McMurray and Andrea Darlas to give his perspective on the state of the housing market in...
Jul 14, 2022
‘There are still opportunities for us to make this the last mass shooting.’ -Mayor Nancy Rotering, Highland Park
The Highland Park community is still mourning victims and rallying for change. Pete McMurray and Andrea Darlas talk to the Mayor of Highland Park to see how the community is recovering after the 4th o...
Jul 14, 2022
How the Illinois Gun-Permitting System Failed In the Highland Park Shooting
Andrea Darlas, in for John Howell, is joined by Annie Sweeney, Chicago Tribune Crime and Courts Reporter. Sweeney, along with colleagues at the Tribune, investigated the Illinois gun-permitting system...
Jul 11, 2022
