Chicago's Morning Answer with Dan Proft & Amy Jacobson

Chicago's Morning Answer with Dan Proft & Amy Jacobson

Chicago's Morning Answer is the only morning radio program in Chicago that covers all of the stories that matter, from Washington to Springfield, from politics to culture. Hosted by Dan Proft, one the sharpest political minds in Illinois, and Amy Jacobson, an award-winning journalist, Chicago's Morning Answer brings you what you need to know every morning from 5-9am on AM 560 The Answer. http://560TheAnswer.com http://morninganswerchicago.com

Episodes

June 26, 2025 • 150 mins

0:00 - Wealthy white liberals strike again!

13:35 - Democrats wishing to lose the ‘26 midterms should promote a 33 year-old socialist devoid of executive experience for mayor of America’s largest city and impeach a president who ended a tyrannical regime’s nuclear threat while achieving a ceasefire days later

33:23 - Who’s YOUR DADDY?

52:44 - Anita Padilla, former anchor at FOX 32, now News Director Florida&...

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0:00 - You Don't Mess with the Zohran

11:56 - Who is telling the truth about the damage assessment at the 3 Nuclear Sites in Iran?

33:47 - President of the Heritage Foundation, Kevin Roberts, believes Zohran Mamdani will show the nation that the left is no longer an option. Follow Kevin on X  @KevinRobertsTX

50:35 - Chief of Police in Willow Springs and former Superintendent of the Chicago Police Department, Garry McCarthy: In...

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June 24, 2025 • 145 mins

0:00 - Iran fights back but was it just for show?

11:19 - Someone has EGG on their face and her name is Marjorie Taylor Green!!

30:33 - Jay Trombley, member of Cross Pointe Community Church in Wayne MI and its safety team: God's hand covered and protected all of us in each step

48:14 - President of the Chicago Fraternal Order of Police, John Catanzara Jr., on the state of Brandon Johnson's Chicago and some words of warning to prima...

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June 23, 2025 • 145 mins

0:00 - OPERATION MIDNIGHT HAMMER

12:!1 - TRUMP MET THE MOMENT ON IRAN

32:57 - Did Trump have the AUTHORITY to attack?

55:17 - Ron Onesti, president of  the Joint Civic Committee of Italian Americans, gives an update on the whereabouts of Chicago’s Columbus statues. For more on the Joint Civic Committee of Italian Americans jccia.com

01:13:57 - Steven Bucci, visiting fellow in The Heritage Foundation’s Allison Cente...

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June 20, 2025 • 155 mins

0:00 - John Anthony and Michael Koolidge are filling in for Dan and Amy this morning

13:46 - Jasmine Crockett: MAGA Followers ‘Sick,’ Military Being Exploited

31:18 - Michael Letts is the founder of InVest USA. He joined John Anthony and Michael Koolidge to talk about the Trump administration investigations.

49:17 - Priscilla Rahn is the former Vice Chairman of the Colorado Republican Committee, a master educator and li...

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June 19, 2025 • 143 mins
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June 18, 2025 • 139 mins

0:00 - BLM Brandon on forthcoming ICE enforcement actions in Chicago

23:47 -  JK Rowling vs. Boy George

28:15 - Ali G on reports Texas police illegally accessed IL license plate reader data

40:12 - Ah-nold on The View

48:53 - Tucker and Ted Cruz

01:10:31 - Dems

01:24:24 - Noted economist Stephen Moore on the senate version of the Big Beautiful Bill. Get more Steve @StephenMoore

01:37:34 - The Dull Men's Club

01:42:44 - Actor, ...

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June 17, 2025 • 144 mins

0:00 - Joe Thompson, Acting USA in MN, with details on the assassination of MN state rep and husband

10:32 - IL pols "on the list" of MN assassin

24:02 - Trump calls out Chicago/Pritzker at G7

30:49 - Trump responds to Tucker

54:44 - SPORTS & POLITICS

01:11:56 - In Depth History w/ Frank From Arlington Heights

01:14:34 - Markets Specialist for Market Day Report!, Scott "the cow guy" Shellady, on how the unrest in the Middle Eas...

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June 16, 2025 • 143 mins

0:00 - Madigan gets 7.5, 2.5

13:56 - MN shooter's roommate reads text from shooter

32:54 - No Kings/No ICE

47:37 - "Holy God, We Praise Thy Name" sung at Comiskey attendant to Pope Leo address

49:45 - Joe Abraham, father of Katie Abraham who was tragically killed in a hit-and-run accident involving an illegal immigrant: We have created a multi-billion dollar industry for the carteles - moving people around - and we're ok with that&...

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June 13, 2025 • 162 mins

0:00 - Jon Voight's message to Newsom: you're a fool

12:44 - CA Sen. Alex Padilla gets taken out of DHS Sec press briefing and cuffed

31:36 - Stefanik pushes Hochul on illegals who've committed violent crimes, names names

54:01 - Jonathan Schanzer, executive director at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, joins from Jerusalem, where he says Israel’s bombing campaign caught Iran off guard. With strikes continuing and po...

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June 12, 2025 • 140 mins

0:00 - Anti-ICE riots

12:54 - BLM Brandon: ICE raids are what US would look like if South won the Civil War

35:04 - Madigan

53:01 - No WH picnic for Rand Paul

01:11:49 - U.S. Congressman Brandon Gill, who represents Texas’ 26th District and serves on the House Oversight Committee, shares some of the questions he plans to ask Governor J.B. Pritzker and other sanctuary state leaders at today’s hearing. Keep updated with R...

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June 11, 2025 • 132 mins

0:00 - Chicago ICE protestor: we're not going back

10:59 - Tom Homan on ICE raids in LA...public safety threats

33:53 - CAMPUS BEAT

51:45 - SPORTS & POLITICS

01:06:46 - Scott Wilder, spokesman for PreBorn, offers an opportunity to provide ultrasounds for mothers with crisis pregnancies.Research shows when pregnant girls, or young women, see their child on an ultrasound they are far more likely to choose life. To make a one-time...

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June 10, 2025 • 138 mins

0:00 - Newsom: Trump wants civil war

9:41 - No Justice, No Peace Maxine taunting National Guardsmen

30:31 - Dems protest sing-alongs

52:18 - WHY DP IS SINGLE

01:04:39 - In-depth history with Frank from Arlington Heights

01:07:29 - Noah Rothman, senior writer at National Review: Democrats Just Can’t Quit the Looters and Rioters. Follow Noah on X @NoahCRothman

01:23:28 - Ozempic Update 

01:27:11 - Ted Dabrowski, president ...

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June 9, 2025 • 148 mins

0:00 - Terry Moran suspended

14:08 - LA Mayor Karen Bass at press briefing: worried about everyone but…

36:31 - "Mostly peaceful" redux

56:13 - Sports & Politics 

01:16:11 - Steven Bucci, visiting fellow in The Heritage Foundation’s Allison Center for Foreign Policy Studies: Trump's negotiating tactics are working, the left just can't get themselves to see that.

01:36:48 - Former Chicago Police Lieutenant John...

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June 6, 2025 • 160 mins

0:00 - CPD Officer Krystal Rivera murdered at 82nd and Drexel

11:44 - Trump on Elon: first comes the “disappointment”

33:43 - After the Love is Gone

48:59 - Worcester, MA, City Councilhuman arrested by ICE

54:26 - Rep. Kelly Cassidy…blood on your hands

01:13:47 - Host of The Michael Medved Show and author of God’s Hand on America: Divine Providence in the Modern Era, Michael Medved, shares details from his ...

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June 5, 2025 • 142 mins

0:00 - KJP announces new book

12:58 - ICE in South Loop

30:10 - Trump 2.0 announces travel restrictions 2.0

50:00 - Battalion Commander FDNY (Ret.) & member of the board at Tunnel to Towers Foundation, Jack Oehm, shares Tunnel to Towers’ mission of helping America’s heroes by providing mortgage-free homes to the families of fallen first responders — and explains how you can help by joining Dan & Amy at the...

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June 4, 2025 • 146 mins

0:00 - HeteroAwesomeness Month

13:02 - Elon Musk comes out against the Big Beautiful Bill

27:15 - US Open qualifying

30:14 - Mamet on Maher podcast

55:25 - James A. Gagliano, retired FBI supervisory special agent and a doctoral candidate in homeland security at St. John’s University, on the "unhealthy" direction of college campuses - "we are becoming the architects of our own demise"

01:11:51 - CA 400M champ Clara Adams strip...

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June 3, 2025 • 146 mins

0:00 - Letters for Madigan

12:47 - San Diego NeoMarxists blocking ICE vehicles, yelling obscenities

30:10 - The Woke Right

53:58 - Big Beautiful Bill

01:13:45 - In Depth History w/ Frank from Arlington Heights

01:16:14 - George Parry, former federal and state prosecutor, regular contributor to The American Spectator, on law & order and The Wages of COVID. For more from George, read his blog at knowledgeisgood.net

01:35:55 - Pre...

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June 2, 2025 • 138 mins

0:00 - Pfleger on mass shooting near St. Sabina

5:48 - Attack on Jews during vigil in Boulder, CO

26:08 - Acting ICE Dir Todd Lyons: arrests are 1,600/day and going up

45:41 - Jukka Savolainen, professor of sociology at Wayne State University:  The Alienated ‘Knowledge Class’ Could Turn Violent. Follow Jukka on X @JukkaSavo

01:04:57 - Steven Bucci, visiting fellow in The Heritage Foundation’s Allison Center f...

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