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Ayo Dosunmu

Ayo Dosunmu, the 6’5″ shooting guard for the Chicago Bulls talks about growing up in Chicago, playing college basketball at the University of Illinois, and being drafted by his hometown team. Ayo knows that if you’re hurt at work or in a car accident the right play is to call Ankin Law at 312-600-0000.

Dave Kaplan

Intro music begins Howard Ankin: Welcome to another edition of Chicagoan’s You Should Know. I’m here with David Kaplan who’s with NBC Sports Chicago, author and all-around great guy to find out a little bit about what he does and what his life experiences. David, thanks for being with us. David Kaplan: Thanks for having me.

Matthew Hoffman

Intro music begins Matthew Hoffman: So I came to Chicago in 2002 for my first job and I worked at a publications firm for 11 years. My name is Matthew Hoffman and I’m an artist in Chicago, Illinois. They made a humongous gamut of things and we had books, stationary products, photo, you know, products

Did You Know?
  • If you are injured at work you may be able to recover compensation through a workers’ compensation claim as well as by filing a personal injury claim against responsible third parties.
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  • Some SSDI claims qualify for expedited processing, allowing claimants to obtain approval in a matter of days or weeks.

Bob Rosenberg

Intro music starts Robert Rosenberg: My name is Robert Rosenberg and official scorer for the [Chicago] White Sox, the [Chicago] Bulls and I used to do the [Chicago] Bears, the [Chicago] Blackhawks, and the [Chicago] Sting, and the [Chicago] Shamrox, uh, the Chicago Cougars, you name ‘em, I did ‘em. I have been with the

Mike Zucker

Intro music starts Howard Ankin: I’m Howard Ankin with another episode of Chicagoans You Should Know. I’m here with Michael Zucker in his office of Peak Properties, one of the largest property management firms in the city, here to talk about property management. Peak Property is one of the largest property manage firms in the city.

Bill Daley

Intro music begins and Stickman walks in Howard Ankin: I’m here with Bill Daley who attended St. Ignatius, Loyola Undergrad, John Marshall Law School, definitely a Chicagoan you should know. Bill, I had an opportunity to see you, see and hear you speak at the City Club of Chicago and at that time you outlined

Steve Wilkos

Intro music starts Howard Ankin: I’m attorney Howard Ankin with Chicagoans You Should Know and I’m here with Steve Wilkos to kind of understand his background and his life story. (Ankin points to Wilkos’s face) So this look is the Steve Wilkos on TV. Steve Wilkos: (Rubs his head) Well this is what did it right

Svengoolie

Excerpt from Svengoolie show starts playing Svengoolie: I was a fan of the original Svengoolie. Jerry G. Bishop, both from radio and his TV stuff, he just happened to be the staff announcer who’s on duty Friday nights when WFLD was running horror movies and instead of just doing his announcements straight, he started to goof

Michael Simons

Intro music starts Howard Ankin: I’m attorney Howard Ankin and for Chicagoans You Should Know, I’m here at the Vienna Beef museum factory with vice president, Michael Simons. Is there any community that eats more hot dogs than Chicago? Michael Simons: You know, Chicago is probably one of the top hot dog eating cities in