Lisa Dent

Lisa Dent checks in with the newsroom to hear their stories, including Prince Harry and Meghan Markle switching Archie and Lilibet’s school, Bob Dylan’s 39-Disc box set of Rolling Thunder Revue, and James Bond.

Robert Simonson, Cocktail writer and co-founder of Chicago’s Martini Expo, joins Lisa Dent to talk about how the first martini recipe appeared in a Chicago-published book in 1988. For more information on the Martini Expo, visit www.martiniexpo.com.

Dr. Santina Wheat, Program Director, McGaw Northwestern Family Medicine Residency at Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital, joins Lisa Dent to talk about strength and balance as we age. Plus, how hot beverages affect your esophagus and more!

Terry Savage, nationally syndicated money columnist, joins Lisa Dent to discuss Treasury Direct accounts, the stock market, and tax refunds.

Demetrius Ivory, Chief Meteorologist at WGN-TV, and WGN-TV weather producer Bill Snyder join Lisa Dent to talk about the weather. The trio talks about how Chicago could see its warmest winter since 1941.

Howard Tullman, American entrepreneur, venture capitalist, educator, writer, lecturer, and art collector, joins Lisa Dent to discuss his latest article. Howard and Lisa discuss the need to be contributing citizens and how companies may need to take responsibility for developing the next generation of employees into concerned, committed, and informed citizens.

Lisa Dent and Kevin Powell talk with Blackhawks host Charlie Roumeliotis about Connor Bedard being named the franchise’s 37th captain. He becomes the team’s second-youngest captain. Charlie talks about the Players’ Tribune piece that Connor wrote, plus the new era of Chicago sports.

Annette Prince, Director of Chicago Bird Collision Monitors group, joins Lisa Dent to talk about the migrating birds flying through Chicago. Annette talks about how birds can sometimes get confused by the glass on buildings which explains so many birds falling from the sky during these migrations and talks about the sheer muscle power needed […]

Lisa Dent checks in with the newsroom to hear their stories, including the new Tom Cruise movie “Digger,” Oprah Winfrey at The Sphere in Las Vegas, and remembering iconic fashion and costume designer Bob Mackie.

What happens when a school has only a fraction of the students it was built to serve? Hal Woods, Chief of Policy for Kids First Chicago, joins The Lisa Dent Show to discuss declining CPS enrollment, underused school buildings, student opportunities, and the complicated decisions facing Chicago’s public schools.

Humana is exiting some Medicare Advantage plans, potentially affecting 600,000 members nationwide. Sandy Leith, SHIP Director (State Health Insurance Assistance Program) from the Illinois Department on Aging, joins The Lisa Dent Show to talk about what Illinois residents should do if their coverage changes. Sandy talks about key Medicare deadlines and where to get trusted […]

Kristen Knutson, Associate Professor of Neurology at Northwestern’s Feinberg School of Medicine, joins The Lisa Dent show to talk about new studies talking about too much light during nighttime sleep potentially damaging your heart. Professor Knutson talks about how light is important to resetting our internal biological clock but having it at the wrong time […]

Digital privacy expert with Privacy Bee Harry Maugans joins the Lisa Dent Show to talk about the world’s biggest AI rivals agreeing that it may need to be slowed down and perhaps this generation’s version of a space race. Harry talks autonomous drones, automatic hacking, open source models, virtual persona agents, and more. With some researchers […]

In the wake of Judy Markey’s death, Lisa Dent is joined by the Kathy & Judy family, Kathy O’Malley, Steve Bertrand, and Kurt Vanderah, to share stories of not only the show and the humor shared between the four, but the tenacity and fearlessness emanated by Judy to go on air and be her truest […]

Lisa Dent checks in with the newsroom to hear their stories, including Kevin celebrating Jack’s second birthday themed after Toy Story, Nashville International Airport is in the process of renaming itself in honor of Dolly Parton, and Mary asks, “what’s with” college football players wearing crop tops.

Clarendon Hills resident Stu Breslow joins the Lisa Dent Show to share his story of September 11, 2001 where he was on the 40th floor of the North Tower as the attack on the World Trade Center happened. He addresses every moment from meeting the first responders headed up the tower, to finding shelter away […]

Science Director for the Center for Food Safety Bill Freese joins Lisa Dent to talk about how the Trump Administration is being sued for approving the use of a pesticide containing the “forever chemical,” trifludimoxazin, which has links to cancer, when growing a wide variety of foods.

Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi of the 8th District joins Lisa Lisa Dent to discuss how former researchers from OpenAI and Anthropic have stated that AI could be the catalyst that will bring the end of humanity. They address how it’s imperative that the race to advance AI be stopped before it continues to spiral out of […]

Lisa Dent checks in with the newsroom to hear their stories, including Kim Kardashian’s new project involving travel baseball, Disney teasing “Infinity-vision” ahead of Avengers: Doomsday, and the two beverages people shouldn’t order when on a flight.

Teresa Murray, consumer watchdog with the U.S. Public Interest Research Group (PIRG), joins Lisa Dent to discuss the recalls of the Ricky Joy Sour Crush Candy Bottles, Vet Plus Inc.’s Fi dog supplements, 1,500 pounds of Prime Line Distributors pork, and more.

Ron Brown, news anchor for WGN Radio, joins Lisa Dent to dish out some Brownie Points. This week he reviews the documentary Peter Asher: Everywhere Man as well as the fast-paced Korean action film Hope.

Senior Director of Fiscal and Economic Analysis at the Illinois Policy Institute Bryce Hill joins the Lisa Dent Show to discuss how last year, the top fifty of Illinois’ state pensioners each averaged about $437,000. Together, they discuss the factors that could lead to such an unsustainable system and what measures need to be made […]

The Chicago River Swim, happening Sunday, September 20th, is kicking off the weekend events on Friday the 18th with the return of The Big Jump. Founder of the Chicago River Swim, Doug McConnell joins Lisa Dent to discuss how people can register for the jump and raise money for ALS research and youth swim education […]

Terri Reifsteck, Vice President of Destination Branding and Development at Experience Champaign-Urbana joins the Lisa Dent Show to talk about the increase in population as well as what visitors can explore now that the area is busier. She spotlights activities such as the start of performing arts season at Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, […]

Lisa Dent checks in with the newsroom to hear their stories, including Nathan Fielder’s documentary of Elizabeth Holmes, several bugs named after Taylor Swift, and Angine de Poitrine will be the featured on The Tonight Show.

Former Governor of Illinois, Pat Quinn joins Lisa Dent to highlight Wednesday morning’s ceremony at Daley Civic Center Building commemorating those who lost their lives after the September 11th attack on the World Trade Center. The ceremony features the Portrait of a Soldier memorial which consists of 300 hand-drawn portraits of the fallen service members […]

Dr. Leiszle Lapping-Carr, Psychologist at Northwestern Medicine joins Lisa Dent to talk about the differences between postpartum depression and postpartum psychosis in the wake of the Lindsay Clancy trial as well as Corie Walsh’s alleged murder of her two-year-old son, Barrett, in Frankfort, Illinois.

Pat Brady, SVP of Mercury Public Affairs, former chairman for the Illinois Republican Party, joins Lisa Dent to continue the conversation regarding Mayor Johnson’s upcoming announcement, as well as discuss the impact social media influencers have on a candidate’s path towards election.

Lisa Dent checks in with the newsroom to hear their stories including, Lori Loughlin’s divorce from Mossimo Gianulli, the newest “Moment in Heat-story,” and the 60th anniversary of Star Trek.

Terry Savage, nationally-syndicated money columnist, joins Lisa Dent to discuss how 94 tons of gold was moved from North America to London and what that says about other countries’ trust in the United States. Later, she addresses your financial questions.

Dr. Sterling Elliott, clinical pharmacist at Northwestern Medicine and assistant professor of orthopedics at Feinberg School of Medicine, joins Lisa Dent to discuss how to properly take Tylenol, are certain antibiotics safe to take with others, the side effects of post-breast cancer medication, and more!

WGN-TV weather producer Bill Snyder join Lisa Dent to talk about the weather. Together, Lisa and our Forecaster discuss the how the unusually warm weather has made it the second hottest start to September since 1960. Later, they address a potentially warmer than normal winter.

Howard Tullman, American entrepreneur, venture capitalist, educator, writer, lecturer, and art collector, joins Lisa Dent to discuss his latest article.

Lisa Dent checks in with the newsroom to hear their stories including the release of new, gluten-free, whole grain, protein Goldfish crackers, the anniversary of the NFL on Fox theme song, and Mary asks, “what’s with” certain word pronunciations.

Dr. Dana Varble, chief veterinary officer for the North American Veterinary Community, joins Lisa Dent to talk all things pets. Together, they address the third tragic death of a beluga at the Shedd Aquarium, the difference between 1 and 3-year rabies vaccinations for pets, and more! Afterwards, Dr. Varble takes your pet questions.

Registered Dietician at the Digestive Health Center of Northwestern Medicine Bethany Doerfler joins Lisa Dent to discuss a recent 60 Minutes interview of former FDA Commissioner, Dr. David Kessler, where he states how the human body wasn’t made to consume the ultra-processed foods we’ve been eating for the last forty years. Bethany highlights that while […]

Lisa Dent checks in with the newsroom to hear their stories including what the act of “scromiting” means, an extended runtime for The Odyssey in 70mm, and Burger King is starting a chicken nugget war with McDonald’s.

Ron Brown, news anchor for WGN Radio, joins Lisa Dent to dish out some Brownie Points. This week he reviews Coyote vs. ACME, which almost never saw the light of day, and Ridley Scott’s new film, The Dog Stars.

Attorney Rich Lenkov, Capital Member, Downey & Lenkov, and co-host of “Legal Face-Off” on wgnradio.com, joins Lisa Dent to discuss the beginning of the civil trial for the shooting at a White Sox game in August 2023. Together they question various parts of the incident, including why the people involved are staying anonymous, how the gun got into […]

Lisa Dent checks in with the newsroom to hear their stories including the Bears announcing their gameday giveaways, a potential comeback for CDs, and Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce bought another house.

Dawn Mancuso, co-owner of Clear Waters Salon & Day Spa and the Green Grocer & Deli in Lake Geneva, joins Lisa Dent to spotlight the 30th anniversary of the Fat Tire Charity Ride happening on September 19th, as well as showcase the stores and venues visitors bikers can explore while on the ride.

Pat Brady, SVP of Mercury Public Affairs, former chairman for the Illinois Republican Party, joins Lisa Dent to talk about the announcement Mayor Brandon Johnson will have on September 13th, President Trump’s visit for the President’s Cup in Medinah, and the improvements he would like to see in the city.

Alderman of the 2nd Ward Brian Hopkins joins Lisa Dent to update the audience on the situation with the DuSable Lake Shore Drive bridge, which has finally been fixed after being stuck in its raised position since Wednesday morning. Later, he addresses his conversation with Lou Weisbach regarding the debate on where the Bears will […]

Annette Prince, Director of Chicago Bird Collision Monitors group, joins Lisa Dent to talk about the millions of birds that are gathering as we get closer to migrating season. They later address why Chicago is an important area for bird migration, but simultaneously, a dangerous one.

Stacey Wahlberg, president and co-founder of pediatric cancer foundation Cal’s Angels, joins Lisa Dent to kick off Pediatric Cancer Awareness Month and highlight her organization named after her stepson, Cal Sutter, which has invested $5 million in pediatric cancer research and millions more to help create the Cal’s Angels Advanced Leukemia Clinical and Research Program […]

Karen Conti, Partner at Conti & Dolan, LLC, joins Lisa Dent to share her thoughts and expertise on the embezzlement charges against the former chief financial officer of Loretto Hospital, a CBP agent trying to have his sexual assault and robbery case thrown out because it was handled by the same “tainted” grand jury that […]

Terry Savage, nationally-syndicated money columnist, joins Lisa Dent to discuss how the war in Iran has been causing not only the prices of oil and gasoline to rise, but the price of diesel to rise as well. Later, Terry takes financial questions from listeners. Price Trends for Chicago

WGN-TV weather producer Bill Snyder join Lisa Dent to talk about the weather. Together, Lisa and our Forecaster discuss the beginning of meteorological fall and the closing of Chicago beaches for the season. Later, Bill introduces the audience to WGN-TV’s newest meteorologist, Justin Hobbs.

Lisa Dent checks in with the newsroom to hear their stories including the chance to be an international ice cream taster for Snoop Dogg, a new dating method called “pheromone maxxing,” and Miley Cyrus announcing that she will be going by just her first name from now on.

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 Belmont Cragin and he updates listeners on his upcoming plans and shares how you can support his journey.