On today's show
– Edwin Eisendrath, host of “It’s the Democracy, Stupid” (Saturdays from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. Central on WCPT) and publisher of “It’s The Democracy, Stupid” on Substack
– U.S. Rep. Eric Sorensen (D-IL)
– Emanuel Chris Welch, speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives
– Ed Yohnka, director of communications and public policy at ACLU Illinois

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On today's show
– Chris Fitzsimon, host of the Stories from the States podcast
– Brian Endless, senior lecturer and director of African Studies and the African Diaspora at Loyola University Chicago

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On today's show:
– U.S. Rep. Adelita Grijalva (D-AZ)
– Kate Lincoln-Goldfinch, immigration attorney and CEO of Lincoln-Goldfinch Law in Austin, Texas
– Greg Hinz, columnist for Crain’s Chicago Business
– Laura Rodriguez, senior vice president of government affairs at the Center for American Progress Action Fund

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On today's show
– U.S. Rep. Bill Foster (D-IL)
– Christopher Armitage, author of The Existentialist Republic newsletter on Substack
– Aaron Kleinman, head of research at Heartland Signal and author of the “Radio Free America” newsletter
– Michael Dorf, Democratic lawyer, the Law Offices of Michael C. Dorf, LLC

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On today's show
– Deborah Witzburg, inspector general of the City of Chicago; she plans to leave the job April 24
– Army Maj. Gen. Randy Manner (Ret.), former acting vice chair of the National Guard Bureau, and member of National Security Leaders for America (NSL4A)
– Joel Ostrow, professor of political science at Benedictine University

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On today's show
– U.S. Rep. Jonathan Jackson (D-IL)
– Nancy Gertner, retired judge now with Harvard Law School and Democracy Defenders Fund
– Marjorie Hershey, professor emeritus of political science at Indiana University

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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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