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Lisa Dent

The Lisa Dent Podcast from 720 WGN

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Poor credit can affect cost of homeowners insurance

Poor credit can affect cost of homeowners insurance

Natalie Todoroff, Insurance Expert at Bankrate, joins Lisa Dent to talk about home insurance. Todoroff details how homeowners insurance costs a little over 3 percent of household income in Illinois. …

Wed 27 Aug 2025
Tom Skilling talks history of Chicago weather patterns

Tom Skilling talks history of Chicago weather patterns

Tom Skilling, WGN-TV chief meteorologist emeritus and Frank Wachowski, the Midway Airport Observer for the National Weather Service, joins Lisa Dent to talk about Wachowski’s illustrious career. Wach…

Wed 27 Aug 2025
Can babies go on the carnivore diet?

Can babies go on the carnivore diet?

Dr. Mark Fishbein, pediatric gastroenterologist and Medical Director of the Pediatric Feeding and Swallowing Disorder Clinic at Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital, joins Lisa Dent to discu…

Wed 27 Aug 2025
Howard Tullman: Like it or not, Rahm Emanuel is going to run for President

Howard Tullman: Like it or not, Rahm Emanuel is going to run for President

Howard Tullman, American entrepreneur, venture capitalist, educator, writer, lecturer, and art collector, joins Lisa Dent to discuss his latest article, ‘4 Reasons You Need to Right-Size Your AI’. An…

Wed 27 Aug 2025
Dr. Jim Adams: The plague, food allergies, and more

Dr. Jim Adams: The plague, food allergies, and more

Dr. Jim Adams, Chief Medical Officer of Northwestern Medicine, joins Lisa Dent to discuss some of the latest health headlines.

Tue 26 Aug 2025
Conversations with Demetrius: How long will this cool weather last?

Conversations with Demetrius: How long will this cool weather last?

WGN-TV Chief Meteorologist Demetrius Ivory joins Lisa Dent to discuss the weather during the month of August. Ivory gives some landscaping advice to Steve Bertrand. Despite the current weather, Ivory…

Tue 26 Aug 2025
Ben Bradley talks legality of deploying National Guard to Chicago

Ben Bradley talks legality of deploying National Guard to Chicago

Ben Bradley, WGN-TV News Emmy Award-winning investigative reporter, joins Lisa Dent to talk about the likelihood and the legality of President Trump deploying the National Guard to Chicago. Yesterday…

Tue 26 Aug 2025
Cook County Public Defender talks cashless bail

Cook County Public Defender talks cashless bail

Sharone R. Mitchell Jr., Cook County Public Defender, joins Lisa to discuss President Trump’s executive order ending cashless bail. Mitchell shares the details about the cashless bail system, highlig…

Tue 26 Aug 2025
Max Armstrong: The 2025 Farm Progress Show

Max Armstrong: The 2025 Farm Progress Show

Former WGN agri-business broadcaster Max Armstrong joins Lisa Dent to talk about the Farm Progress Show.

Tue 26 Aug 2025
AI data centers pose a threat to Illinois drinking water

AI data centers pose a threat to Illinois drinking water

Helena Volzer, Water Policy Expert for the Alliance for the Great Lakes, joins Lisa Dent to discuss the threat that AI data centers pose to the great lakes. Volzer explains why data centers require s…

Tue 26 Aug 2025
Dr. Hartman: Grocery shopping experience

Dr. Hartman: Grocery shopping experience

Dr. Hermene Hartman, Chicago media pioneer and founder of N’Digo, joins Lisa Dent to discuss her latest article which recounts her experience at a grocery store.

Tue 26 Aug 2025
Ald. Sposato: Trump sending the National Guard to Chicago would be ‘a recipe for disaster’

Ald. Sposato: Trump sending the National Guard to Chicago would be ‘a recipe for disaster’

38th Ward Alderman Nicholas Sposato joins Lisa Dent to discuss President Trump’s plan to send the National Guard to Chicago. Ald. Sposato calls that an “idle threat” he doesn’t believe will become re…

Mon 25 Aug 2025
Newsroom Story Time: 8/25/25

Newsroom Story Time: 8/25/25

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

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Mon 25 Aug 2025
Peter Greenberg: TSA’s biometric scanning

Peter Greenberg: TSA’s biometric scanning

Peter Greenberg, travel expert and host of Eye on Travel on WGN Radio, joins Lisa Dent to discuss TSA’s biometric scanning at airports. Then Greenberg answers questions from listeners.

Fri 22 Aug 2025
Kuipers Family Farm opens for the fall this weekend

Kuipers Family Farm opens for the fall this weekend

Joe Kuipers, General Manager of Kuipers Family Farm, joins Lisa Dent to talk about the Kuipers Family Farm opening for the fall season this weekend, August 23rd.

Fri 22 Aug 2025
The Revelry Food & Wine Festival 2025

The Revelry Food & Wine Festival 2025

Chef Dominic Zumpano, Chair of Revelry Fest and Executive Chef/Co-owner of The Cotton Duck Hospitality Group: The Gallery, The Peanut Gallery, Cream Bake Shop, joins Lisa Dent to talk about the Revel…

Fri 22 Aug 2025
Newsroom Story Time: 8/22/25

Newsroom Story Time: 8/22/25

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

Recent Posts

Fri 22 Aug 2025
Ilyce Glink: Jerome Powell’s effect on the markets

Ilyce Glink: Jerome Powell’s effect on the markets

Ilyce Glink, thinkglink.com and the Love, Money + Real Estate newsletter, joins Lisa Dent to discuss Jerome Powell’s latest statement concerning the interest rates. Then, Glink shares some thoughts o…

Fri 22 Aug 2025
Does GLP-1 drug usage increase risk of blindness?

Does GLP-1 drug usage increase risk of blindness?

Dr. Sterling Elliott, clinical pharmacist at Northwestern Medicine and assistant professor of orthopaedics at Feinberg School of Medicine, joins Lisa Dent to discuss a study that tied use of GLP-1 m…

Fri 22 Aug 2025
Chicago doctors reject CDC advice, advocate for children getting COVID shots

Chicago doctors reject CDC advice, advocate for children getting COVID shots

Dr. Ravi Jhaveri, head of the Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago’s infectious disease division, joins Lisa Dent to urge parents to get COVID shots for their children. Dr. Jhaveri explains that RFK …

Fri 22 Aug 2025
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