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On this week's show:
– Ilan Goldenberg, senior vice president and chief policy officer at J Street; he previously served as special adviser on the Middle East to Vice President Kamala Harris
– Adam Hanieh, director of the SOAS Middle East Institute, professor in the Development Studies Department at SOAS, University of London, and author of “Crude Capitalism: Oil, Corporate Power, and the Making of the World Market”
– G. Elliott Morris, data-driven journalist, pollster, author of the Substack newsletter “Strength In Numbers” and the book “Strength in Numbers: How Polls Work and Why We Need Them”
– 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
Catch “It’s the Democracy, Stupid” Saturdays from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. Central on WCPT (heartlandsignal.com/programs/edwin).
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On this week's show:
– Todd Huntley, director of the National Security Law Program at Georgetown and a retired U.S. Navy JAG captain
– Jonathan Shorman, journalist covering democracy for Stateline
– U.S. Rep. Sean Casten (D-IL)
– Will Bunch, national opinion columnist for The Philadelphia Inquirer
Catch “It’s the Democracy, Stupid” Saturdays from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. Central on WCPT (heartlandsignal.com/programs/edwin).
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On this week's show
– Tamar Jacoby, director of the New Ukraine Project at the Progressive Policy Institute and contributor to Washington Monthly; her latest article is “Ukraine: Requiem for a Citizen Soldier”
– Ahmed Baba, independent journalist, political analyst, and founder of the best-selling Substack publication “Ahmed Baba News”
– Elizabeth Jacobs, professor emerita of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and a founding member of the advocacy group Defend Public Health
– Bobby Kogan, senior director of Federal Budget Policy at the Center for American Progress
Catch “It’s the Democracy, Stupid” Saturdays from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. Central on WCPT (heartlandsignal.com/programs/edwin).
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On today's show
– Gregg Carlstrom, Middle East correspondent at The Economist, and author of “How Long Will Israel Survive? The Threat From Within”
– Jonathan Larsen, veteran journalist, TV news producer, and Substack content creator offering “adversarial journalism and commentary”
– Rochelle Olson, editorial columnist at The Minnesota Star Tribune
– Will Bunch, national opinion columnist for The Philadelphia Inquirer
Catch “It’s the Democracy, Stupid” Saturdays from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. Central on WCPT (heartlandsignal.com/programs/edwin).
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
On this week's show
– Adam Klasfeld, founder and editor-in-chief of All Rise News
– Ian Gary, executive director of the FACT Coalition
– Mark Jacob, publisher of the Stop the Presses Substack
– Mica Rosenberg, investigative reporter on ProPublica’s national desk focusing on immigration
Catch “It’s the Democracy, Stupid” Saturdays from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. Central on WCPT (heartlandsignal.com/programs/edwin).
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On today's show
– Nicholas Grossman, professor of International Relations at the University of Illinois, editor of Arc Digital, and the author of “Drones and Terrorism”
– Jen Bendery, senior politics reporter for HuffPost
– Jill Lawrence, opinion writer for The Bulwark and other publications, including the “History Keeps Happening” Substack newsletter
– Dr. John P. Holdren, professor of Environmental Policy at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government, former science adviser to President Obama, and Senate-confirmed director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy during both Obama terms
Catch “It’s the Democracy, Stupid” Saturdays from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. Central on WCPT (heartlandsignal.com/programs/edwin).
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On today's show
– David Roberts of the Volts newsletter and podcast, which focus on the technology, politics, and policy of decarbonization
– Mike Nellis, Democratic strategist and host of “Endless Urgency with Mike Nellis
– Michael Tomasky, editor of The New Republic; his latest articles are “The Sickening Image That Will Haunt Pam Bondi the Rest of Her Life” and “What the Democrats Need to Do Now”
– 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
Catch “It’s the Democracy, Stupid” Saturdays from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. Central on WCPT (heartlandsignal.com/programs/edwin).
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On today's show:
– Joan Esposito, host of "Live, Local & Progressive," weekdays from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. Central on WCPT
– J. Patrick Coolican, editor-in-chief of the Minnesota Reformer
– Holly McCall, editor of Tennessee Lookout, a news outlet covering Tennessee politics and government
– Bill Scher is the politics editor of the Washington Monthly; his latest article is "Three Takeaways from the Taylor Rehmet Texas Shocker"
Catch “It’s the Democracy, Stupid” Saturdays from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. Central on WCPT (heartlandsignal.com/programs/edwin).
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On this week's show:
– George Packer, staff writer at The Atlantic and author; his latest piece for The Atlantic is “What Should Americans Do Now?” and his latest book is “The Emergency: A Novel”
– James Santelle, former United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin (2010 to 2015), and a 30-year veteran of the Department of Justice
– Steve Held, co-publisher of Unraveled Press
– Betsy Hodges, former mayor of Minneapolis (2014-2018) and member of the Minneapolis City Council (2006-2014)
Catch “It’s the Democracy, Stupid” Saturdays from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. Central on WCPT (heartlandsignal.com/programs/edwin).
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On this week's show:
– Will Bunch, Philadelphia Inquirer national opinion columnist
– Abraham L. Newman, professor and John Powers Chair in International Business Diplomacy, and director of the BMW Center for German and European Studies
– Elizaveta Gaufman, assistant professor of Russian Discourse and Politics at the University of Groningen (in The Netherlands), and author of the 2023 book “Everyday Foreign Policy: Performing and Consuming the Russian Nation”
– David Nir, publisher of The Downballot
Catch “It’s the Democracy, Stupid” Saturdays from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. Central on WCPT (heartlandsignal.com/programs/edwin).
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From the publisher's feed
From Heartland Signal and WCPT AM 820 in Chicago, "The Big Picture with Edwin Eisendrath" is now "It's the Democracy, Stupid with Edwin Eisendrath."
Each week Edwin and his guests get specific about politics, government, campaigns, and the kind of country all this work is meant to build.
Join us live every Saturday from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. Central to be part of the conversation.
About Edwin
Edwin Eisendrath served two terms in Chicago’s City Council before being appointed Midwest Region Director of HUD by President Bill Clinton. He was subsequently appointed Federal Receiver in charge of the takeover and turnaround of the Chicago Housing Authority.
Off the campaign trail, Edwin has worked in higher education and as a consultant to universities here and around the world. After the 2016 election cycle he knew he had to focus back home. He brought business and labor leaders together to rescue the Chicago Sun-Times and its subsidiary, the Chicago Reader. He ran the company as its CEO until both publications were saved.
Back in the 1990s Bill Clinton’s campaign slogan, "It’s the economy, stupid," captured the biggest concern of the era. Today American democracy itself is under attack. So Edwin launched an effort called, "It’s the democracy, stupid."
In addition to his radio show here on WCPT, Edwin has built a community around his political ideas on Substack, hosts a weekly show on Lincoln Square, and is a frequent guest on political shows. He remains deeply involved in democracy work.
He is a proud Chicagoan, married to the journalist Jennifer Schulze.

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