Jason Lieser shares his expectations for Year 1 of Ben Johnson (Hour 3)

Spiegel & Holmes Show

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4.2 • 652 Ratings

🗓️ 24 June 2025

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

In the third hour, Matt Spiegel and Laurence Holmes were joined by Sun-Times reporter Jason Lieser, who shared his expectations for Bears head coach Ben Johnson's first season in Chicago. After that, Spiegel and Holmes reacted to the White Sox signing right-hander Noah Syndergaard, whose nickname is "Thor." That led Holmes, a comic book writer, to have a field day.

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0:00.0	Jason Leisure's still here.
0:03.2	Hello.
0:04.7	Jason Leisure.
0:05.5	I will fight Chris Emma in Starbucks.
0:08.4	I will fight him in a Panera, a Dunkin' Donuts, a Quiznos, a white hen, a Schlotskis.
0:15.5	Name the time, name the place.
0:16.7	I'll be there, Chris Emma.
0:17.8	Sounds good.
0:18.7	There's reporter for the Chicago Sun-Times.
0:20.6	I know if I write something really critical, I'm back in there next day and I will see that person face to face.
0:25.7	So I better write responsibly.
0:27.8	That doesn't mean pull punches.
0:28.9	No.
0:29.1	But that means what you write needs to be well supported and it shouldn't be something that you'd have a problem saying to that person's face.
0:34.7	Jason Leisure. Mike Jansen, that is a weatherman voice right there.
0:38.5	You better believe it.
0:39.7	Happy to do it.
0:40.4	Happy to do it, guys.
0:41.2	Have you ever.
0:41.4	A great one.
0:41.9	Is weatherman offensive?
0:43.2	Are you okay with that?
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