On today's show:
– Pat Kreitlow, founder and editor of Up North News (Courier)
– Wisconsin Secretary of State Sarah Godlewski
– Michael Dorf, Democratic lawyer, the Law Offices of Michael C. Dorf, LLC
– Dr. Zachary Rubin, allergist/immunologist at Oak Brook Allergists

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On today's show Turi Ryder fills in for Joan and her guests are:
– Sandra Bernal, programming manager for the 41st Chicago Latino Film Festival, and José Pérez, director of the local feature “What Rhymes with Magdalena?” which is receiving its world premiere at the festival
– Jeremy Wechsler, director of “Prayer for the French Republic” at the Northlight Theatre, April 10-May 11, 2025
– Prof. David Levine, the Honorable Raymond L. Sullivan Professor of Law at UC Law San Francisco
– Car Guy Tom Appel, host of the Consumer Guide Car Stuff podcast
– Mike Crute, host of “The Devil’s Advocates,” Sundays at 6:00 p.m. Central on WCPT
– Eve Fineman, Chicago Architecture Center director of exhibitions, and Philip Nadasdy, Chicago Architecture Center chief strategy officer, on the new exhibit “Constructing Hope: Ukraine”
– Nell Minow, corporate governance expert and vice chair of ValueEdge Advisors

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– Russell Berman, staff writer at The Atlantic
– David Hochberg, vice president of lending for Team Hochberg at Homeside Financial
– Heartland Signal’s Rich Eberwein with three stories you might have missed from our digital newsroom

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On today's show:
– Mark Jacob and Jennifer Schulze with our regular media segment
– Ari Berman, Mother Jones’ national voting rights correspondent and the author of Minority Rule: The Right-Wing Attack on the Will of the People—and the Fight to Resist It and Give Us the Ballot: The Modern Struggle for Voting Rights in America
– Bobby Kogan, senior director of federal budget policy at the Center for American Progress

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On today's show:
– Our Pet of the Month segment with Craig Botagowski of Mark Drugs and Darlene Duggan of Anti-Cruelty
– Chicago artist Tony Fitzpatrick and Mark Turcotte, distinguished writer in residence at DePaul University
– Alex Isenstadt, reporter for Axios and author of Revenge: The Inside Story of Trump’s Return to Power

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On today's show:
– Eric Zorn, writer-publisher of The Picayune Sentinel
– Marjorie Hershey, professor emeritus of political science at Indiana University Bloomington 

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On todays show:
– Skye Perryman, president and CEO of Democracy Forward
– Shawn Patrick Hacker (D), candidate for Winfield Township trustee
– William Muck, professor of political science at North Central College
– Shai Feldman, the Raymond Frankel Chair in Israeli Politics and Society at the Crown Center for Middle East Studies and Professor of Politics at Brandeis University

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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
– 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
-Heartland Signal’s Rich Eberwein with three stories you might have missed from our digital newsroom
– Martin McManamon, candidate for Wayne Township Highway Commissioner

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On today's show:
– Joe Garofoli, senior political writer at the San Francisco Chronicle
– Greta Bedekovics, associate director of Democracy Policy at American Progress
– Ed Yohnka, director of communications and public policy at the ACLU of Illinois

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On today's show:
– Ray LaHood, former Illinois congressman and former U.S. Transportation secretary
– Michael Jones, national politics correspondent and founder of Once Upon A Hill newsletter

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