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Ald. Martin: Day care worker arrested by ICE

Lisa Dent ·

2025/11/07

Ald. Matt Martin, 47th Ward, joins Lisa Dent to discuss the day care worker arrested by ICE in front of children in Roscoe Village. Ald. Martin shares that there aren’t any updates on the worker’s condition as she remains in the Broadview ICE facility, but he reports the actions of ICE leading up and during […]

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Lou’s To Do List: Insulation, rat repellents, and more

Lisa Dent ·

2025/11/07

Lou Manfredini joins Lisa Dent for Lou’s To Do List, sponsored by Perma-Seal. Lou answers any questions you have about projects on your to-do lists.

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Newsroom Story Time: 11/6/25

Lisa Dent ·

2025/11/07

Lisa Dent checks in with the newsroom to hear their stories.

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Jahmal Cole checks in from Brighton Park

Lisa Dent ·

2025/11/06

Jahmal Cole, founder and CEO of My Block, My Hood, My City, joins Lisa Dent to talk about his mission to live in all 77 of Chicago’s neighborhoods. This month, he’s in Brighton Park, and he updates listeners on his upcoming plans and shares how you can support his journey.

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Road Trippin’ with Lisa: Dutch Winterfest

Lisa Dent ·

2025/11/06

Gwen Auwerda, Executive Director of Tulip Time, joins Lisa Dent to highlight their Dutch Winterfest event. Located in Holland Michigan, Tulip Time celebrates their community spirit with Dutch traditions. Dutch Winterfest Runs December 2-6, 2025, with events happening across the city. To find out more, visit their website.

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Newsroom Story Time: 11/5/25

Lisa Dent ·

2025/11/06

Lisa Dent checks in with the newsroom to hear their stories.

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Innovation DuPage: Helping small businesses take a...

Lisa Dent ·

2025/11/06

Managing Director of Innovation DuPage Dan Facchini joins Lisa Dent to discuss how their programs are helping businesses and organizations grow. Dan discusses their new Clean Energy Incubator Program and how individuals can get involved

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Pat Brady: Democrats’ election success, Trump’s tariffs

Lisa Dent ·

2025/11/06

Pat Brady, former chairman for the Illinois Republican Party and a former federal and state prosecutor, joins Lisa Dent to for their weekly Wednesday check-in. Brady gives his reaction to the election results. California’s Prop 50 and Zohran Mamdani’s historic win in New York City topped the list of an election night dominated by Democrats. […]

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State Rep. Janet Yang Rohr details new coupon...

Lisa Dent ·

2025/11/05

State Rep. Janet Yang Rohr, 41st District, joins Lisa Dent to discuss Illinois legislation, House Bill 45. Rep. Rohr shares that customers have complained about the reliability and consistency of digital coupons. She explains what the bill is proposing, giving details how digital coupons would be made available offline.

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Terry Savage: Is there an AI bubble?

Lisa Dent ·

2025/11/05

Terry Savage, nationally syndicated money columnist, joins Lisa Dent to discuss the markets. As fear grows over a possible AI bubble, Savage gives her take on the reality of the AI market and how Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway’s cash holdings might signal the market could be in danger. Then, as always, she answers questions […]

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Newsroom Story Time: 11/4/25

Lisa Dent ·

2025/11/04

Lisa Dent checks in with the newsroom to hear their stories.

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Howard Tullman: Making lasting deals

Lisa Dent ·

2025/11/04

Howard Tullman, American entrepreneur, venture capitalist, educator, writer, lecturer, and art collector, joins Lisa Dent to discuss his latest article, “4 Keys to Making a Deal That’s a Keeper“

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Kale My Name gives away food during SNAP cuts

Lisa Dent ·

2025/11/04

Nemanja Golubovic, owner of Kale My Name, joins Lisa Dent to share the restaurant’s effort to help those that are going without SNAP benefits amid the program’s lack of funding during the ongoing government shutdown.

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Everything you need to know about FAFSA

Lisa Dent ·

2025/11/03

Lynne Baker, Managing Director of Communications of the Illinois Student Assistance Commission joins Lisa Dent to share everything you need to know when applying for Federal Student Aid.

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Newsroom Story Time: 11/3/25

Lisa Dent ·

2025/11/03

Lisa Dent checks in with the newsroom to hear their stories.

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Ted Rossman talks rising prices impacting holiday plans

Lisa Dent ·

2025/11/03

Ted Rossman, Senior Industry Analyst at Bankrate, joins Lisa Dent to discuss how rising prices will impact holiday plans. Ted shares that many holiday shoppers and travelers plan to use credit cards and to utilize debit card’s ‘buy now, pay later services (BNPL)’ per Bankrate’s 2025 Holiday Spending Report. Then, Rossman breaks down more details […]

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Former Chicago Blackhawks defenseman Brent Sopel...

Lisa Dent ·

2025/11/03

Former Blackhawks defenseman Brent Sopel join Lisa Dent to talk about dyslexia and highlights his own struggles. They also talk about Brent’s charitable foundation, The Brent Sopel Foundation, which is dedicated to helping people with dyslexia.

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Paul Lisnek on government shutdown, SNAP benefits and...

Lisa Dent ·

2025/11/03

WGN-TV political analyst Paul Lisnek joins Lisa Dent to talk about the latest on the government shutdown, the Trump Administration paying 50% of SNAP benefits in November, and the latest on the ICE raids taking place throughout Chicago.

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The pharmaceutical drug recall recap with Dr....

Lisa Dent ·

2025/11/03

Dr. Sterling Elliott, clinical pharmacist at Northwestern Medicine and assistant professor of orthopedics at Feinberg School of Medicine, joins Lisa Dent to discuss several pharmaceutical stories. And, as always, he answers questions from listeners.

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Breadfruit trees planted by Trees that Feed...

Lisa Dent ·

2025/10/31

Mary and Mike McLaughlin, Co-Founders of Trees that Feed Foundation, plant fruit trees around the world to provide food to countries and their communities that are low income. Their flagship tree are breadfruit trees. They join Lisa Dent following the damage done by Hurricane Melissa in Jamaica. The breadfruit trees planted by Trees that Feed […]

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