Introducing John Howell: Essential Cuts, a new daily podcast featuring the best of the best from that day's show. John hand-picks the 5-6 segments he thinks you need to hear and puts them together in uninterrupted fashion.

Today's episode features: Alex Stone of ABC News on the nearly 600 unvaccinated employees let go by United, The Chicago Tribune's Gregory Pratt on the precarious situation Mayor Lightfoot finds herself in with the potential Bears move, and Fox News' Mike Emanuel discussing the battle in D.C. surrounding the infrastructure bill vote. Plus, Kristen McQueary has a new role, Iowan parents take drastic steps, and it's a dubious day in the history of Tylenol.