On today's show:

– Chris Taylor, judge of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals and candidate for Wisconsin Supreme Court; the election is April 7
– Aaron Kleinman, head of research at Heartland Signal
– “Out Chicago” host Scott Duff and film critic Rebecca Ford with their regular look at current TV and movies

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On today's show:
– Marty Schladen, reporter for Ohio Capital Journal
– Chicago Ald. Scott Waguespack (32nd Ward)
– Bill Scher, politics editor at Washington Monthly

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On today's show:
– Dr. John Murphy, professor of communication at the University of Illinois and an expert on the history of American public address and political rhetoric
– Anne Kim, senior editor at Washington Monthly and the author of “Poverty for Profit: How Corporations Get Rich Off America’s Poor”; her latest article is "Women Are Getting Slammed in Trump’s Economy"
– Garrett Epps, legal affairs editor at the Washington Monthly; his new article is “Birthright Citizenship: Supreme Court Could Create an Exploitable Noncitizen Class”

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On today's show Jennifer Schulze fills in for Joan and her guests are:
– Tom Skilling, WGN-TV chief meteorologist emeritus
– Juliet Jeske, founder of Decoding Fox News, a crowd-funded media project
– Lara Weber, States Newsroom communications director, former member of The Chicago Tribune editorial board
– Craig Aaron, president and co-CEO of Free Press and Free Press Action
– Mark Jacob, author of the Stop the Presses newsletter on Substack, former metro editor at the Chicago Tribune and Sunday editor at the Sun-Times, co-author of several books on history and photography
– Willie Chriesman, former local news executive

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On today's show
– Carlos Roa, editor-in-chief of IQ Latino and contributor to Te Lo Cuento News, with the latest from Venezuela
– U.S. Rep. Danny Davis (D-IL)
– Bruce Rheins, former CBS Los Angeles deputy bureau chief

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On today's show Joan takes calls for the first half of the show, then talks to
– Laura Tanner of Indivisible Chicago, looking ahead to Saturday’s No Kings protests happening across the country
– Rick Smith, host of “The Rick Smith Show,” weekdays from 5:00 to 6:00 a.m. Central on WCPT

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On today's show:
– Lisa Gilbert, co-president of Public Citizen
– William Muck, professor of political science at North Central College
– Heartland Signal’s Rich Eberwein with three stories you might have missed from our digital newsroom

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On today's show:
– Chris Bury, senior journalist-in-residence, DePaul University
– David DeWitt, Ohio Capital Journal editor-in-chief and opinion columnist
– Reed Bible, retired special agent and supervisory special agent for the Chicago and San Diego Districts of ICE, retired attorney, and current co-host of “The Lightning Strike,” Sundays from 8 to 10 a.m. Central on WCPT

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On today's show
– Joe Walsh, former Republican congressman from Illinois and host of The Social Contract with Joe Walsh
– Anita Wadhwani, senior reporter at Tennessee Lookout
– Rich Logis, founder of Leaving MAGA
– Army Maj. Gen. Randy Manner (Ret.), former acting vice chair of the National Guard Bureau, and member of National Security Leaders for America (NSL4A)

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On today's show
– Ray Long, recently retired Chicago Tribune investigative reporter and board member of the Chicago Headline Club
– Terry Savage, syndicated personal finance columnist and author
– Former Illinois Governor Pat Quinn

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