Monday Jul 16, 2012
Big John and Amy - 7/16/12 Hour 1
John Howell and Amy Jacobson
Ron Paul will not have his name officially put in for the Republican nomination in Tampa. His backers failed to win a plurality of delegate slots at the Nebraska GOP convention Saturday. The Top 5 @ 5. Bob Costas has weighed in on the Louis Freeh report on the Jerry Sandusky scandal. The local drainage commission may have saved Amy’s life during her weekend at a cabin in Michigan.
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Friday May 24, 2013
Big John and Amy - 5/24/13 Hour 2 With John Howell and Amy Jacobson
John and Amy talked about the president's plans to once again try to close Gitmo. They also talked about the British scout leader who confronted the London terrorists who killed a British soldier on the street. Then, they talked about a dust-up involving neighbors and firearms.
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Friday May 24, 2013
Big John and Amy - 5/24/13 Hour 3 With John Howell and Amy Jacobson
Bret Baier from FOX News joined the show to talk about the ongoing investigation of FOX News reporter James Rose by the Department of Justice, as well as the IRS scandal and President Obama's national security speech. Then, John and Amy talked about the ongoing fight between Chicago teachers' union president Karen Lewis and Mayor Rahm Emanuel. They also talked about a dust-up between the governor of Maine and that state's legislature.
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Friday May 24, 2013
Big John and Amy - 5/24/13 Hour 4 With John Howell and Amy Jacobson
John and Amy talked about a woman who called 911 and was told there weren't any police officers available due to budget cuts. Then, they talked about Anthony Weiner's mayoral campaign. Jed Babbin joined the show to offer his reaction to President Obama's speech on national security.
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Friday May 24, 2013
Big John and Amy - 5/24/13 Hour 1 With John Howell and Amy Jacobson
A wallaroo is on the loose in DeKalb County, and police are on the lookout. Anthony Weiner's mayoral campaign has gotten off to a rocky start. A Houston high school teacher gave birth and was then brought back to life.
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Thursday May 23, 2013
Big John and Amy - 5/23/13 Hour 4 With John Howell and Amy Jacobson
As residents continue to take stock of what they've lost, President Obama will travel to Oklahoma to survey the tornado damage on Sunday. Do you think the President should visit disaster areas? A family was kicked out of a mall for wearing hats that honored their mother who recently died of cancer. The hats said “(Expletive) Cancer.” Wussification of America or coarsening of our culture? Plus, Dennis Miller.
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Thursday May 23, 2013
Big John and Amy - 5/23/13 Hour 3 With John Howell and Amy Jacobson
James Goodale represented the New York Times in the Pentagon Papers case and the author of the new book "Fighting for the Press: The Inside Story of the Pentagon Papers & Other Battles" joined John and Amy to talk about the revelations that the Department of Justice was targeting Fox News reporter James Rosen. A bill headed to Gov. Bobby Jindal's desk would subject journalists to a $10,000 fine and up to six months in jail for publishing the names of concealed carry permit holders. Caitlin Huey-Burns the Political Reporter for Real Clear Politics joined John and Amy to talk about Lori Lerner's decision to plead the 5th in the House investigation of the IRS. Plus, some of the parents protesting the proposed school closings in Chicago may have hurt their cause.
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Thursday May 23, 2013
Big John and Amy - 5/23/13 Hour 2 With John Howell and Amy Jacobson
Simon Owen with Fox News Radio in London joined John and Amy with the latest on the beheading of a British soldier in London by a suspected terrorist. Attorney General Eric Holder sent a letter to Congress admitting that drone strikes have killed four Americans overseas. A Utah family is forcing their child to wear clothing from a thrift store as punishment. The child had been teasing a classmate for the way they dressed. Are they the world's greatest parents or is this cruel and unusual punishment?
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Thursday May 23, 2013
Big John and Amy - 5/23/13 Hour 1 With John Howell and Amy Jacobson
A listener emailed to say that he thinks that he was targeted by the Illinois Toll Way for traveling to see our One Night Only event just before the Presidential election. The Top 5 @ 5. A Brooklyn city councilman wants Anthony Weiner to pay the state back for the cost of the special election to replace him in Congress. Plus, some of the parents protesting the proposed school closings in Chicago may have hurt their cause.
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Wednesday May 22, 2013
Big John and Amy - 5/22/13 Hour 4 With John Howell and Amy Jacobson
Fox News Legal Analyst Lis Wiehl joined John and Amy with reaction to the news that the Department of Justice targeted Fox reporter James Rosen in an investigation into State Department leaks. A Senate committee voted yesterday that the US should help to arm rebels in Syria. Fox Chicago Meteorologist Tammie Souza joined John and Amy to talk about where the storm in Oklahoma ranks in historic storms, and also what people should do when they find themselves in a tornado.
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Wednesday May 22, 2013
Big John and Amy - 5/22/13 Hour 3 With John Howell and Amy Jacobson
Once again the US Court of Appeals has ruled that the Osama bin Laden death pictures ought not be released. Judicial Watch had filed a FIOA request. It’s been a while, do you need to see them? Ben Shapiro is the Editor-at-large at Breitbart.com, he joined John and Amy with reaction to Anthony Weiner making a comeback in the race for Mayor in New York. Glenn Beck joined John and Amy from Moore, Oklahoma where is broadcasting in the wake of Monday's devastating tornado. Plus, Steve Cochran joined John and Amy to talk about the Honor Flight Chicago Golf Outing June 6th at Bolingbrook Country Club.
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Wednesday May 22, 2013
Big John and Amy - 5/22/13 Hour 2 With John Howell and Amy Jacobson
In the wake of the tornado in Oklahoma, some are calling on schools to build tornado "safe rooms." Do you think that's a good use of money considering the odds of a tornado hitting a school? His guest Mark McBride isn’t a Congressman, he’s a state representative. Colorado State Representative Bill Cadman had a run-in with the father of a victim of the Aurora theater shooting. Plus, CNN’s Chris Cuomo scolded a Congressman for people in Washington politicizing thing like disaster aid in the wake of the Oklahoma tornado.
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Wednesday May 22, 2013
Big John and Amy - 5/22/13 Hour 1 With John Howell and Amy Jacobson
Former Republican Presidential candidate Michele Bachmann has inspired a new steamy romance novel. In it, an uptight politician is trying to “bone up” on foreign policy, and ends up stranded in the woods with an attractive stranger. The Top 5 @ 5. A Moore, Oklahoma woman who lost her house was reunited with her dog live on TV. She had been separated from the dog and call for it when she climbed out of the ruble, so she thought that it had been killed.
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Tuesday May 21, 2013
Big John and Amy - 5/21/13 Hour 4 With John Howell and Amy Jacobson
Fox News Radio White House Correspondent Mike Majchrowitz joined John and Amy to talk about the Department of Justice affidavit that labeled his colleague James Rosen as a possible co-conspirator in a leak investigation. Amy thinks that there is an easy way to rescue as many kids as possible in the aftermath of the tornado in Oklahoma Send in the moms. Do you think that would help or hurt the rescue effort Reporter Jerry Bohnen joined John and Amy live from Oklahoma with the latest on Monday's tornado. Plus, CBS made a smart move on Monday night, canceling an episode of the sit-com Mike & Molly that dealt with a tornado in the wake of the storm in Oklahoma.
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Tuesday May 21, 2013
Big John and Amy - 5/21/13 Hour 3 With John Howell and Amy Jacobson
Carl Cannon the Washington Editor for Real Clear Politics told John and Amy that while comparisons between the current scandals and Watergate may be far-fetched, but President Obama is beginning to look similar to Richard Nixon. The official death toll is 51, many of them children with the medical examiner’s office expecting to get about 40 more bodies after a tornado hit Moore, Oklahoma on Monday. Illinois State Senator Dan Kotowski joined John and Amy to talk about the effort to ban high-capacity magazines in Illinois in the wake of the Sandy Hook shooting. Plus, Mike North joined John and Amy to talk about the Blackhawks playoff series against the Detroit Red Wings.
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Tuesday May 21, 2013
Big John and Amy - 5/21/13 Hour 2 With John Howell and Amy Jacobson
Amy thinks that there is an easy way to rescue as many kids as possible in the aftermath of the tornado in Oklahoma: Send in the moms. Do you think that would help or hurt the rescue effort? Senator Sheldon Whitehouse said that Republicans are to blame for the tornado Oklahoma because of their denial of man-made global warming. Lauren French the Tax Policy Reporter for Politico joined John and Amy to talk about the latest developments in the IRS scandal. Plus, there are some amazing stories of survival coming out of the tornado in Oklahoma.
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Tuesday May 21, 2013
Big John and Amy - 5/21/13 Hour 1 With John Howell and Amy Jacobson
The official death toll is 51, many of them children with the medical examiner’s office expecting to get about 40 more bodies after a tornado hit Moore, OK on Monday. The Top 5 @ 5. Plus, CBS made a smart move on Monday night, canceling an episode of the sit-com Mike & Molly that dealt with a tornado in the wake of the storm in Oklahoma.
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Monday May 20, 2013
Big John and Amy - 5/20/13 Hour 4 With John Howell and Amy Jacobson
The current version of the gambling expansion bill would give the city unparalleled control over the process. Is it a good idea to give Mayor Rahm Emanuel that kind of power? Governor Quinn signed into law Saturday new legislation that allows judges to impose harsher penalties on people who use social media or other methods of electronic communication to organize mob attacks. Former Congressman Joe Walsh the host of the Joe Walsh Show weeknights 7-9 on AM 560 The Answer joined John and Amy to talk about the investigation into the allegations against the IRS. Plus, a Northwestern University student was rejected for a “diversity and inclusion post” in student government because he is a white, heterosexual male.
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Monday May 20, 2013
Big John and Amy - 5/20/13 Hour 3 With John Howell and Amy Jacobson
Rep. Aaron Schock from the 18th Congressional District joined John and Amy to talk about the investigation into allegations that the IRS targeted groups that opposed President Obama. Cleveland Police officers have released a video talking about their rescue of the three missing girls. A California town will go ahead with sentencing a man who has already died so that his victim could have closure. Plus, the state Senate approved the medical marijuana bill on Friday. It already passed the House last month, so now it goes to Governor Quinn. He says he’s “open minded." Do you think the state should allow it?
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Monday May 20, 2013
Big John and Amy - 5/20/13 Hour 2 With John Howell and Amy Jacobson
Governor Quinn signed into law Saturday new legislation that allows judges to impose harsher penalties on people who use social media or other methods of electronic communication to organize mob attacks. Do you think the law will do anything to solve the problem? Fox News National Security Analyst K.T. McFarland joined John and Amy with reaction to North Korea's latest missile launches over the weekend. Plus, parents of the Sandy Hook school shooting are in Illinois advocating for limits on magazines.
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Monday May 20, 2013
Big John and Amy - 5/20/13 Hour 1 With John Howell and Amy Jacobson
Proving that it's not just Chicago with our flash mobs violence, around 50 youths were involved in the riots early Monday in the suburb of Husby, west of Stockholm, Sweden. The Top 5 @ 5. High school students in Kentucky are outraged after some of their classmates were banned from graduation after the released crickets into their school as a prank. Plus, John thinks that White House official Dan Pfieffer may be on the "Susan Rice" career path after making the Sunday talk show rounds.
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Thursday May 16, 2013
Big John and Amy - 5/16/13 Hour 4 With John Howell and Amy Jacobson
John and Amy talked about the latest revelations from the Cleveland kidnapper Ariel Castro through his attorney that he still loves the 6-year-old daughter that he fathered with one of his victims and wants to be able see the child again. Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart joined the show to talk about his concealed carry proposal.
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Thursday May 16, 2013
Big John and Amy - 5/16/13 Hour 2 With John Howell and Amy Jacobson
John and Amy talked about the developing IRS scandal and the problems with political groups attaining non-profit status. Wealthy parents are now hiring the disabled to get their children to the front of the line at Disney parks. Eric Holder placed the blame on his deputy for the AP snooping scandal.
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Thursday May 16, 2013
Big John and Amy - 5/16/13 Hour 3 With John Howell and Amy Jacobson
John and Amy talked about this email document dump from the White House late yesterday afternoon on the Benghazi scandal. They also talked about the note left by Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in the boat where we was found. They spoke with Bill Gertz about the Benghazi email dump and the Chinese anti-satellite weaponry.
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Thursday May 16, 2013
Big John and Amy - 5/16/13 Hour 1 With John Howell and Amy Jacobson
Columbia University is attempting to alter a scholarship that can be offered only to Caucasians from Iowa. A 29-year-old mother who suffers from depression and anxiety says she placed a public ad offering to give her 3-year-old son up for adoption because she was off her meds.
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Wednesday May 15, 2013
Big John and Amy - 5/15/13 Hour 4 With John Howell and Amy Jacobson
Alderman Bob Fioretti joined John and Amy to discuss the proposed stadium project for DePaul at McCormick Place. Cook County jail inmates will be playing chess via Skype with their Russian counterparts. Rondald Kessler, author of "Secrets of the FBI" joined the show to talk about the restrictions on the FBI to investigate the Boston bombers.
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