On today's show:
– Rep. Robin Kelly (D-IL), candidate for U.S. Senate
– Colin Seeberger, senior adviser for communications at the Center for American Progress
– Chris Matthews, former host of “Hardball with Chris Matthews” (now on Substack), and author of “Lessons from Bobby: Ten Reasons Robert F. Kennedy Still Matters”
– Bruce Rheins, former CBS Los Angeles deputy bureau chief

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On today's show:
– Chris Bury, senior journalist-in-residence at DePaul University
– Amanda Marcotte, senior writer at Salon.com

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On today's show John St. Augustine fills in for Joan and his guests are
– Julie Murphy, author of “The Emotion Behind Money: Building Wealth from the Inside Out”
– Michele Phillips, author of the new book “Energize Your Happiness”
– Nick Digilio, award-winning film critic, podcaster, and the author of the new book “40 Years, 40 Films”
– Jen Weigel, Chicago radio and television personality
– Plus, John plays a 2002 interview he did with Christopher Reeve

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On today's show Turi Ryder fills in for Joan and her guests are
– Kendall Scudder, chair of the Texas Democratic Party
– David Levine, professor of law, UC Law San Francisco
– Valerie Geller, president of Geller Media International, a broadcast consulting firm that trains broadcasters and podcasters throughout the world
– Ronit Bezalel, award-winning documentary filmmaker, photographer, and writer

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On today's show Ed Yohnka fills in for Joan and his guests are
– Peter Shane, the Jacob E. Davis and Jacob E. Davis II Chair in Law Emeritus at the Ohio State University’s Moritz College of Law, and distinguished scholar in residence at NYU School of Law; his latest piece for Washington Monthly is “How the Roberts Court Indulges Trump’s Constitutional Workarounds”
– Ron Glasgow, CFP, founder of Glasgow Investment Solutions
– U.S. Rep. Mike Quigley (D-IL)
– Gregory Royal Pratt, Chicago Tribune investigative reporter; he and other Tribune reporters recently published the article 64 days in Chicago: The story of Operation Midway Blitz
– Khadine Bennett, director of Advocacy and Intergovernmental Affairs with the ACLU of Illinois

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On today's show William Muck fills in for Joan and his guests are
– Ali Breland, staff writer at The Atlantic; he will talk about his recent series of articles on Nick Fuentes
– Kevin Schultz, professor of history at UIC and author of “Why Everyone Hates White Liberals (Including White Liberals): A History
– Former Illinois Congressman Dan Lipinski; he is currently Distinguished Visiting Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University and Pope Leo XIII Fellow on Social Thought at the University of Dallas

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On today's show John St. Augustine fills in for Joan and his guests are
– Patricia Guzak, author of Tuxedo Man Adventures
– Candace Jordan, media personality, Crain’s Chicago Business columnist, associate publisher of Chicago Star Media, host of “Candid Candace: The Podcast”
– David S. Brown, author of the 2025 book “In the Arena: Theodore Roosevelt in War, Peace, and Revolution”
– Thom Hartmann (a conversation John and Thom recorded in 2000)

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On today's show Turi Ryder fills in for Joan and her guests are
– Jane Banser, founder at The Etiquette School of Chicago
– Sabrina Shapiro, mental performance specialist and coach
– Mort Meisner, TV and radio agent and media consultant, who talks about censorship at CBS News
– David Cerda, playwright and artistic director of Hell in a Handbag Productions, talking about “The Real Housewives of the North Pole”
– Sarah Zimmerman, labor consultant and volunteer for the National Immigration Justice Center

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On today's show Jill Wine-Banks fills in for Joan and her guests are
– Civia Tamarkin, award-winning investigative journalist, documentary filmmaker and former television news executive
– Billy Ray, screenwriter and film director
– Daniel Biss, mayor of Evanston and candidate for Congress
– Terry Savage, syndicated personal finance columnist and author
– Maureen Surin, medical cannabis advocate, along with Alice Peterson, president of Kentucky Heritage Hemp Company
– David Greising, president and chief executive of the Better Government Association
– Dean Obeidallah, lawyer, comedian, journalist, and host of “The Dean Obeidallah Show” on SiriusXM Progress
– Victor Shi, speaker, organizer, activist, podcast co-host

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On today's show William Muck fills in for Joan and his guests are
– Michael Scherer, staff writer at The Atlantic; his latest piece is “Why Is Robert F. Kennedy Jr. So Convinced He’s Right?”
– Abdullah Al-Bahrani, associate professor of Accounting and Economics at Northern Kentucky University
– Phil Barker, professor of political science and director of the honors program at Keene State College, and co-host of The Politics Lab podcast

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