On today's show Patti is joined by guest co-hosts Soli Santos and Antonia Arcely, and their guests are:
– Jen Zanotti, positivity expert and podcaster, with some Motivational Monday advice
– Madeline Figueroa, co-host of the It’s A Life Thang podcast

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On today's show:
– Dr. Steve Fouts, founder of Teach Different, a group that certifies teachers in a powerful, neuroscience-based discussion technique that remakes classrooms into spaces where students ask big questions, listen with empathy, and speak with confidence
– Chef Uzma Sharif, owner and chocolatier at Chocolat Uzma
– Skip Griparis, singer/guitarist/impressionist

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On today's show Patti is joined by guest co-host Dan Schaefer and their guests are:
– Tina Garza, Catholics For Choice
– Lorri Grainawi, newly elected Wheeling Township trustee and community activist who helped form Advocatefor708.org, an organization committed to creating and funding community mental health boards in Illinois
– Jill Wine-Banks, legal analyst, former general counsel of the U.S. Army, author of The Watergate Girl, co-host of #SistersInLaw and host of Just The Facts with Jill Wine-Banks

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On today's show Patti is joined by guest co-host Chris Jones (Canadian-American singer-songwriter) and their guests are:
– Kim Savage of Illinois Democratic Women and now a newly elected supervisor for Downers Grove Township
– Angie McMahon, host of Moms Who Drink & Swear comedy show, Friday, May 9 at the Comedy Plex in Oak Park [Watch Angie and Patti on WGN’s “Daytime Chicago”]
– Mazie Stilwell, the new executive director of Progress Iowa, a statewide organization powered by a community of more than 100,000 progressives that is focused on research, education and advocacy

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On today's show:
- Monica Ramirez, activist, author and civil rights attorney with Justice for Migrant Women, a group advancing the human and civil rights of migrant women and their families
-Former Congresswoman Marie Newman, author of “A Life Made From Scratch: Lessons from a Controversial Congresswoman, Mompreneur, and Unstoppable Political Activist“

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On today's show:
– Jason Berlin, founder of California-based Field Team 6
– Jen Zanotti, positivity expert and podcaster, with some Motivational Monday advice
– Jim Alber, a regular guy from Tomahawk, Wisconsin, on issues related to school funding and boycotts

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On today's show Patti is joined by guest co-host Hal Sparks and their guests are:
– Stephanie Miller, host of “The Stephanie Miller Show” weekdays at 8:00 a.m. on WCPT
– Aubrey Wieber, executive director of 907 Initiative, an Alaska-based government watchdog organization working to increase public transparency for state and local government

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On today's show:
– Reid McCollum, chair of the Democratic Party of DuPage County
– Robert Emmons Jr. of One Aim Illinois on their May 20 Advocacy Day in Springfield

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On today's show:
– Jeff Gahris, DuPage Forest Preserve commissioner; Kirk Burger, president of McKee Preservation Group; and Steve Thompson, Glen Ellyn Village trustee. They talk about efforts to convert the historical McKee House in Glen Ellyn into a cultural museum and environmental education center.
– Lana Manikowski, certified life coach, author and infertility advocate

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On today's show:
– Stephen E. Kravit, Milwaukee attorney and former federal prosecutor, on the recent arrest of Milwaukee Judge Hannah Dugan
–  WHBY “Outside the Box” host Ben Cominos
– Family therapist and author Debra Wallace, promoting her book “How to Train My Brain: A Personalized and Playful Guidebook for Children and Their Caregivers”

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