On today's show
– Preston Blakely, mayor of Fletcher, North Carolina; along with Dalton George, mayor of the Town of Boone, North Carolina, Blakely co-hosts the podcast "Do You Even Live Here?"
– Mike Nellis, Democratic strategist and host of “Endless Urgency with Mike Nellis”
– Barbara McQuade, legal analyst, law professor, former United States attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, co-host of the "#Sisters in Law" podcast, and author of “Attack From Within: How Disinformation Is Sabotaging America" (2024) and "The Fix: Saving America from the Corruption of a Mob-Style Government" (2026)

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On today's show
– Karen Byrne, co-host of the TruBlu Politics podcast
– Amy McDonald, host of the “The Foolish Optimist with Amy McDonald” podcast
– Kevin Schultz, professor of history at UIC and author of “Why Everyone Hates White Liberals (Including White Liberals): A History

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On today's show
– Joe Cunningham, former congressman who now serves as spokesperson for the Pharmaceutical Reform Alliance; he discusses PRA’s new report on big pharma and drug prices
– Emily Williams, host of the Webby Award-winning podcast "Beyond Voting"

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On today's show
– Chew’s Views contributor Kurt Mullett, AKA HoosierBlue63
– U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly (D-IL)
– U.S. Rep. Nikki Budzinski (D-IL)

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On today's show
– Tom Moore, senior fellow for Democracy and Government at the Center for American Progress and former chief of staff to former Federal Election Commission Chair Ellen L. Weintraub
– Lisa Stark, former ABC News reporter, and Ian Cameron, former ABC News producer and executive producer
– Kate Lincoln-Goldfinch, immigration attorney and CEO of Lincoln-Goldfinch Law in Austin

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On today's show
– Brad Smith, candidate for Congress in the 6th District of Wisconsin
– Dr. Debra Houry, senior fellow at Yale School of Public Health, adjunct professor at Emory University, former chief medical officer of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and principal at DH Leadership and Strategy Solutions, through which she is advising California on their PHNIX initiative
– Sarah Jones, managing editor and co-publisher at PoliticusUSA and The Daily Politicus

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On today's show
– Karen Byrne, co-host of the TruBlu Politics podcast
– Amy McDonald, campaign manager for Democrat Ashley Bell in North Carolina's 10th Congressional District and host of the “The Foolish Optimist with Amy McDonald” podcast
– U.S. Rep. Sean Casten (D-IL)  

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On today's show
– Richard Carlbom, chair of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL)
– Anne Kim, senior editor at Washington Monthly and the author of "Poverty for Profit: How Corporations Get Rich Off America’s Poor"; she is also co-editor of "Betrayed: America Didn't Vote for This"
– Adam Klasfeld, founder and editor-in-chief of All Rise News

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On today's show
– Phil Andrew, former FBI special agent, hostage negotiator, national security expert who founded PAX Group, and 2026 candidate for Congress (he did not advance to the general election)
– Chew’s Views contributor Kurt Mullett, AKA HoosierBlue63
– Greg Palast, filmmaker, journalist and author of several New York Times bestsellers, and Edward Ward, a voting rights expert from Chicago and fellow of the Transformative Justice Coalition; they have collaborated on the six-part documentary series "Jim Crow Reloaded" for Save Your Vote

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On today's show
– Jamison Firestone, author of the new memoir “Rule of Lies: My Wild Ride Through Chaos, Corruption, and Murder in Putin’s Russia”
– Anderson Clayton, chair of the North Carolina Democratic Party
– Ohio State Rep. Dani Isaacsohn (D-Cincinnati), minority leader of the Ohio House of Representatives

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