In each episode, host John A. Vink describes the show as a courtroom drama, where he is the prosecutor and the guest is the expert witness.
Some current event topics have been North Korea, Gun Control, and Occupy Wall Street.
Some civics topics have been the Electoral College, Supreme Court, Jury Duty, and First Amendment.
John Wants Answers won two Western Access Video Excellence (WAVE) awards in 2012 for the episode "Being Gay.
Other notable guests have been author Scott Knaster, Lawrence Gowan of Styx, Timothy Drury of Whitesnake, musicians Jonathan Mann and Juno Award winning songwriter Christopher Ward, comedians Jim Short and Matt Kirshen, the mayor of Cupertino, California, and Apple engineers Daniel Kottke, Andy Hertzfeld, and Steve Wozniak.