On today's show:
– Rep. Brad Schneider (D-IL)
– Susan Rinkunas, independent journalist covering abortion, reproductive health, and politics; she is a co-founder of Autonomy News and a contributing editor at The New Republic
– Mark Jacob with our regular media segment
– Heartland Signal’s Rich Eberwein with three stories you might have missed from our digital newsroom

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On today's show:
– William Muck, professor of political science at North Central College
– Spencer Critchley, author of Patriots of Two Nations and host of the Dastardly Cleverness in the Service of Good podcast

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On today's show:
– Kendall Scudder, chair of the Texas Democratic Party
– Susan Tebben, award-winning journalist with Ohio Capital Journal
– Ray Long, recently retired Chicago Tribune investigative reporter and board member of the Chicago Headline Club
– Joyce Vance, author of “Giving Up is Unforgivable: A Manual for Keeping a Democracy“; distinguished professor of the Practice of Law at the University of Alabama; author of the “Civil Discourse” newsletter on Substack; and former U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Alabama
– John Mueller, creator and director of “One Night in Memphis North,” coming to the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts November 23, for one night only

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On today's show:
– Paul Glastris, editor-in-chief of the Washington Monthly
– Greg Hinz, columnist for Crain’s Chicago Business
– Tom Moss, member of the Blue Beginning chapter of theIndivisible Chicago Alliance, and co-host of “Show Up Chicago,” a monthly political panel show held at the Hideout Inn
– Jared Bernstein, chairman of the United States Council of Economic Advisers under President Joe Biden, contributor to the Substack newsletter The Contrarian and to Washington Monthly

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On today's show:
– Hannah Meisel, government and politics reporter for Capitol News Illinois
– Kelly Jensen, editor at Book Riot, the largest independent book website in North America
–  Sam Polan, U.S. Army veteran and former Pentagon policy adviser, who is now a Democratic candidate for Congress in the 9th District
– John Fugelsang, comedian and best-selling author; his pay-per-view special takes place Saturday night!

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On today's show:
– Our Pet of the Month segment with Craig Botagowski of Mark Drugs and Danielle Case, senior director of Shelter Services at Anticruelty
– Lynda Lopez, Emmy-award winning journalist who has anchored and reported for ABC News, WCBS-TV and NewsRadio 880
– Joel Ostrow, professor of political science at Benedictine University
– Heartland Signal’s Rich Eberwein with three stories you might have missed from our digital newsroom

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On today's show:
– Rep. Jonathan Jackson (D-IL)
– Juliet Jeske, founder of Decoding Fox News, a crowd-funded media project
– Robert Held, Chicago attorney recently detained by ICE but not charged with a crime
– Charles Cook, award-winning reality TV and daytime talk TV producer, and former broadcast journalist who worked in the WLS-TV, WGN-TV and WFLD-TV newsrooms

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On today's show:
– Army Maj. Gen. Randy Manner (Ret.), former acting and deputy director of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency, former acting vice chair of the National Guard Bureau, and member of National Security Leaders for America (NSL4A)
– Majid Padellan, AKA Brooklyn Dad Defiant
– David Hochberg, vice president of lending for Team Hochberg at Homeside Financial

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On today's show:
– Illinois Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton, candidate for U.S. Senate
– Mike Nellis, Democratic strategist and host of “Endless Urgency with Mike Nellis
– Joel Willett, Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Kentucky
– Pete Dominick, news commentator, stand-up comic, and host of the “Stand Up! with Pete Dominick” podcast
– Rich Logis, founder and executive director of Leaving MAGA

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On today's show:
– Suzanne Chod, professor of political science at North Central College
– Jennifer Silverton, co-founder of Xceptional Heroes (XH) 

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