Thom Hartmann's fill-in host Jefferson Smith offers his analysis as to why grievance politics has become "deeply embedded within the right wing."

Filling in for Joan Esposito, William Muck interviews Bill Adair, founder of PolitiFact, Knight Professor of the Practice of Journalism and Public Policy at Duke University, and author of the new book, "Beyond the Big Lie: The Epidemic of Political Lying, Why Republicans Do It More, and How It Could Burn Down Our Democracy."  Here he talks about the Republican Party's "decline into mendacity."

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Filling in for Joan Esposito, William Muck interviews Bill Adair, founder of PolitiFact, Knight Professor of the Practice of Journalism and Public Policy at Duke University, and author of the new book, "Beyond the Big Lie: The Epidemic of Political Lying, Why Republicans Do It More, and How It Could Burn Down Our Democracy." Here he talks about the role Facebook plays in radicalizing Americans.

Catch "Joan Esposito: Live, Local and Progressive" weekdays from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. Central on WCPT (https://heartlandsignal.com/programs/live-local-progressive).

Margaret Sullivan talks about her former job as public editor at The New York Times and the virtual extinction of the ombudsman in newsrooms today.  Sullivan is executive director for the Craig Newmark Center for Journalism Ethics and Security at Columbia University, columnist for The Guardian U.S., and former public editor of The New York Times.

Catch "Joan Esposito: Live, Local and Progressive" weekdays from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. Central on WCPT (heartlandsignal.com/programs/live-local-progressive).

Margaret Sullivan talks to Joan Esposito about the media's performance in covering Donald Trump's 2024 presidential campaign. Sullivan is executive director for the Craig Newmark Center for Journalism Ethics and Security at Columbia University, columnist for The Guardian U.S., and former public editor of The New York Times.

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Documentary filmmaker, author and journalist Greg Palast talks to Richard Chew about this work exposing voter suppression.

Catch "Chew's Views with Richard Chew” weekdays from 6:00 to 8:00 a.m. Central on WCPT (heartlandsignal.com/programs/chews-views).

Richard Chew talks to documentary film maker and vote suppression expert Greg Palast. 

Catch "Chew's Views with Richard Chew” weekdays from 6:00 to 8:00 a.m. Central on WCPT (heartlandsignal.com/programs/chews-views).

Missouri Senate candidate Lucas Kunce tells Richard Chew about the life circumstances that motivated him to run for Senate.  He faces one-term Sen. Josh Hawley in the November election. 

Catch "Chew's Views" with Richard Chew weekdays from 6:00 to 8:00 a.m. Central on WCPT (heartlandsignal.com/programs/chewviews-with-richard-chew).

Dirt Road Dem Jess Piper talks to Patti Vasquez about reaching rural voters and spreading the message that Republicans have not governed Missouri well.  Piper is executive director of Blue Missouri and host of the “Dirt Road Democrat" podcast.

Catch "Driving It Home with Patti Vasquez" weekdays from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. Central on WCPT (heartlandsignal.com/programs/driving-it-home).

Illinois Rep. Eric Sorensen talks about reproductive freedom and its resonance with young voters and for he himself, as a married gay man whose rights may be targeted next. 

Catch "Joan Esposito: Live, Local and Progressive" weekdays from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. Central on WCPT (heartlandsignal.com/programs/live-local-progressive).