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John Landecker Food Fight: Rainbow Cone vs Coldstone

John Landecker ·

2024/06/12

Food Fight is back, and this week we tackle another great food debate. Listen below as your host, John Landecker, takes the side of the Chicago Classic Rainbow Cone. And segment cohost Dan Levy takes singing Coldstone Creamery. Check out Dan’s podcast, Barguments! Listen below to hear the debate and who won!

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Rod Pyle with Space X and Boeing news

John Landecker ·

2024/06/12

Rod Pyle, Editor in Chief of Ad Astra Magazine, joins John Landecker on the show to give us news on the Space X Starship launch and Boeing Starliner astronaut mission. Rod is the guy to give us all our space news. He has his ear to the stars. Use your ears to listen to what […]

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Bill Snyder’s weekend weather outlook: Northwesterly...

John Landecker ·

2024/06/07

WGN-TV weather producer, storm guru, and meteorological master Bill Snyder joins your host, John Landecker, on the program to tell us why the humidity of the week went down, plus weekend wind and some nice weather over the weekend.

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The Murder Mystery Co.

John Landecker ·

2024/06/06

Scott Cramton, founder of The Murder Mystery Co., joins host John Landecker on the program to talk about this really fun and fascinating event happening in our area. The Murder Mystery Company brings the fun of solving a murder right to you. With a variety of different plotlines, venues and types of mysteries to solve, […]

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Marnie Shure serves up new food stories

John Landecker ·

2024/06/06

Marnie Shure, Chicago-based food writer featured in Block Club Chicago and Food and Wine, is back on the John Landecker show to give us stories on a Krispy Kreme and Dolly Parton Partnership, a new goldfish flavor, Olympic Reese’s Cups, and more!

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The Rumore Report: 130 years of the Field Museum

John Landecker ·

2024/06/06

Chicago Tribune reporter Kori Rumore joins host John Landecker on the program from time to time to give us some history of the city we live in. She is one of the authors of Vintage Chicago Tribune, a great way to flip through the pages of Chicago’s history, including the latest one about the 130-year […]

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Updates on electric vehicles with Herb Weisbaum

John Landecker ·

2024/06/05

Your host, the legendary John Landecker, is joined by Herb Weisbaum, The ConsumerMan, an Emmy-award-winning broadcaster and one of America’s top consumer experts. He’s been protecting us for more than 40 years, having covered the consumer beat for CBS News, NBC News, and The TODAY Show, among others. He is currently a contributing editor at Checkbook.org, a […]

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John Landecker Food Fight: Gelato vs sherbet

John Landecker ·

2024/06/04

Food Fight is back, and this week we tackle another great food debate. Listen below as your host, John Landecker, takes the side of the sherbet. And segment cohost Dan Levy takes Italian-invented gelato. Check out Dan’s podcast, Barguments! Listen below to hear the debate and who won!

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Two Minds gives a personal look into legendary...

John Landecker ·

2024/06/04

Callie Siskel, an accomplished poet and daughter of the late Gene Siskel, joins program host John Landecker to talk about her new collection of poetry, Two Minds, which has works that anybody everywhere can relate to. It is excellent, it is heartfelt, and if you love works like that you will love this. If you […]

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Hear the history of the crosstown rivalry in Chicago

John Landecker ·

2024/06/04

Linze Rice, contributing reporter at Block Club Chicago, joins John Landecker on the show to discuss the history of the North and South Side baseball teams, from secret meetings in bars to full-fledged crosstown classics year after year. Listen below to hear John and Linze briefly overview it all. You should visit Linze’s article to […]

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3rd Annual Windy City Hot Dog Fest

John Landecker ·

2024/05/31

Maizy Lind, the Marketing Coordinator for Vienna Beef, joins John Landecker on the program to give us some details on the 3rd annual Windy City Hot Dog Fest. This one will be even better than the last. The event will be held Saturday and Sunday, June 1-2 from noon to 10 p.m. on Milwaukee Avenue […]

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Celebrating one year of Sideshow Gelato

John Landecker ·

2024/05/31

After a wonderful of selling gelato and wowing their customers with some fantastic tricks, chef Jay Bliznick, owner of Sideshow Gelato, joins John Landecker in the studio with two of the performers who will be attempting some Guinness World Records on Saturday, June 1st. Sanjula Vamana, one of seven blockhead performers in the world, as […]

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Bill Snyder’s weekend weather outlook: June 1st

John Landecker ·

2024/05/31

WGN-TV weather producer, storm guru, and meteorological master Bill Snyder joins your host, John Landecker, on the program to discuss the weekend weather this first weekend of June. Bill not only knows the weather but also takes the time to educate us on why it is happening.

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Your Hometown Bensenville: Bensenville Community...

John Landecker ·

2024/05/31

Having fun isn’t hard when you’ve got a library card! For this month’s Your Hometown, we focus on Bensenville. In doing our part in helping educate our listeners, John is joined by Chris Sloan, the director of the Bensenville Community Public Library. Chris expounds on some of the events taking place at the library over […]

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Antenna TV Nostalgia Stories May and June

John Landecker ·

2024/05/31

Todd Muench joins John Landecker in the studio to talk about the Antenna TV Nostalgia Stories Podcast, this time Todd breaks down some of the May segments and some of the exciting interviews they have coming up in the month of June like Mackenzie Phillips, Mike Reno (Loverboy), Scotty Morris (Big Bad Voodoo Daddy), and Leslie Easterbrook.

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Operation Purple Heart

John Landecker ·

2024/05/29

Following Memorial Day weekend, we love any opportunity to help out veterans from the community. This evening, we had Illinois Treasurer Michael Frerichs joins John Landecker on the show to talk about Operation Purple Heart, a mission to return Purple Heart medals to their rightful owners. Visit Operation Purple Heart’s website to learn more!

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John Landecker Food Fight: Italian ice vs. sorbet

John Landecker ·

2024/05/29

Food Fight is back, and this week we tackle another excellent food debate. Listen below as your host, John Landecker, takes the side of Italian ice. And segment cohost Dan Levy takes sorbet. Check out Dan’s podcast, Barguments! Listen below to hear the debate and who won!

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Ray Lampe and some Memorial Day BBQ tips

John Landecker ·

2024/05/24

Dr. BBQ Ray Lampe, Chicago Legend and Hall of Fame BBQ expert, joins your host, John Landecker, on the show to talk about the BBQ Cards he has available now, give us some tips and tricks about BBQ and grilling, and tell us how to prepare for Memorial Day grilling.

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Rebecca Fyffe on cicada update and some tick tips

John Landecker ·

2024/05/24

Director of Research at Landmark Pest Management joins us for another cicada update live on the scene as the little insects begin to emerge. Rebecca is an expert in all things insect and critter and provides us with some insight on the emergence as well as some really useful tick tips!

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Bill Snyder’s weekend weather outlook: Memorial Day...

John Landecker ·

2024/05/24

WGN-TV weather producer, storm guru, and meteorological master Bill Snyder joins your host, John Landecker, on the program to break down what we can expect over the Memorial Day weekend, an update on hurricane season from the National Hurricane Center, which you will want to listen to, as well as the Flower Moon appearing this evening.

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