Samantha Harris Shares Health Tips, 2025 Bud Billiken Parade Insights, and ‘UnBroken’ Documentary Featured on ‘Windy City Weekend’

CHICAGO (WLS) — Television host, author, and certified health coach Samantha Harris joined Val Warner and Ryan Chiaverini on “Windy City Weekend” Friday morning to share updates about her career and offer some health tips.

Harris, who is a two-time breast cancer survivor, wrote “Your Healthiest Healthy: 8 Easy Ways to Take Control, Help Prevent and Fight Cancer, and Live a Longer, Cleaner, Happier Life.”

On Friday, she shared her 10% toxic methodology for reducing toxins in your body.

For more health tips, you can listen to Samantha’s podcast, “Healthiest Healthy,” on iTunes.

For more on Samantha Harris, visit or follow her on Instagram, @SamanthaHarrisTV.

Road to ‘The Bud’: Astronaut Flee

This week, as the historic Bud Billiken Parade nears, “Windy City Weekend” explored what it’s like to prepare for the event with Astronaut Flee, the South Side dance company that claimed first place in the dance team category at last year’s Bud Billiken Parade Competition.

Catch the 96th Bud Billiken Parade live on ABC7 Chicago from 10 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Aug. 9.

‘UnBroken’ Documentary

Ginger Lane and her six siblings arrived together in Chicago as Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany in 1946. Lane’s daughter, Beth, tells their story of survival in a documentary called “UnBroken,” available on Netflix. In “UnBroken,” Beth Lane travels to Germany to retrace her family’s steps, uncovers historical documents related to their journey and interviews her mother and aunts about their experiences. The documentary was the first project of the Weber Family Arts Foundation, a nonprofit which seeks to fight antisemitism through storytelling.

For more information about the Weber Family Arts Foundation, visit www.theweberfamilyartsfoundation.com.

Roeper’s Reviews: Spend or Save?

Film critic Richard Roeper reviewed new movies and shows hitting theaters and streaming platforms this weekend.

‘I Know What You Did Last Summer’ – SAVE
In this sequel to the homonymous 1997 American slasher film, five friends unintentionally cause a deadly car crash and attempt to cover up their involvement in the incident. One year later, they must face the past, when they are stalked by a mysterious killer who seems to know their secret.

‘The Institute’ – SAVE
“The Institute” is a supernatural horror series based on the 2019 novel of the same name by Stephen King. It features the 12-year-old genius Luke Ellis, who is kidnapped and brought to The Institute, a place where children with uncommon abilities are kept.

‘Untamed’ – SPEND
This Netflix series follows Kyle Turner, a federal agent, who is drawn into the vast and lawless terrain of Yosemite National Park to investigate a women’s mysterious death.