John St. Augustine fills in for Joan and his guests are:
– Heidy Moran, principal of Carl Schurz High School
– Dawn Kristy, artificial intelligence and cybersecurity expert, founder and former CEO of The Cyber Dawn
– Julie Murphy, financial services industry veteran and author of “The Emotion Behind Money: Building Wealth From The Inside Out”
– Jennifer Weigel, Chicago radio and television personality
– Doug Farr, Climate Action Museum
– Mandy Jankus, certified life coach and grief advocate

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On today's show North Central College Political Science Professor William Muck is in for Joan and his guests are:
– Brandon Sheridan, associate professor of economics at Elon University, and Andrew Greenland, associate professor of economics at North Carolina State University; the discussion focuses on the impact of tariffs and Trump’s proposed economic polices.
– 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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On today’s show Turi Ryder is in for Joan and her guests are:
– Jane Charney, associate vice president for Local Government Affairs at Jewish United Fund (JUF), where she builds relationships with elected and appointed officials throughout Metro Chicago. A native of Moscow, Russia, Jane has led a variety of efforts engaging Russian-speaking Jewish students and young adults.
– Valerie Geller, consultant and author of Beyond Powerful Radio: An Audio Communicator’s Guide to the Digital World – News, Talk, Information, & Personality for Podcasting & Broadcasting. You’ve decided next year is your year to be a podcaster. Now what?
– Phil Hendrie, radio personality, actor and host of "The World of Phil Hendrie" podcast
– Car Guy Tom Appel, host of the Consumer Guide Car Stuff podcast, on used cars for 2025
– David Levine, professor of law, UC Law San Francisco

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Turi Ryder is in for Joan and her guests are:

– Nell Minow, vice chair of ValueEdge Advisors; the discussion will focus on the Boeing-passenger lawsuit that a Texas judge recently threw out because there’s a standard DEI paragraph in it– Banned Books author Sharon Biggs Waller on her latest novel, Girls on the Verge

– Jana (rhymes with Hannah) Kinsman, Founder of Bike A Bee 

– Jana (rhymes with Hannah) Kinsman, Founder of Bike A Bee

– Amy B. Dean, labor consultant and organizer

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On today's show North Central College Political Science Professor William Muck is in for Joan and his guests are:
– Suzanne Chod, professor of political science at North Central College
– Carl Henrik Knutsen, professor of political science at the University of Oslo and co-project investigator at Varieties of Democracy; the conversation will focus on global trends in democracy and in particular democratic decline in the U.S.

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On today's show:
– Rep. Brad Schneider (D-IL)
– Chef Lisa Counts of The Chopping Block
– Chicago artist Tony Fitzpatrick

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On today’s show:
– Eric Zorn, writer-publisher of The Picayune Sentinel
– Marj Halperin, democratic analyst and political commentator on “The Mincing Rascals” podcast
– Carolyn Fiddler, creator of “This Week in Statehouse Action” on Substack and director of communications for the Democratic Attorneys General Association

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On today’s show:
– William Howell, Sydney Stein professor in American Politics at the University of Chicago
– Michael McElroy, political reporter at Cardinal & Pine (Courier)
– Nancy MacLean, professor of history and public policy at Duke University, and author of “Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right’s Stealth Plan for America”

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On today's show:
– William Campbell, host of “Here’s How: Ireland’s Political, Social and Current Affairs Podcast”
– Marjorie Hershey, professor emeritus, political science at Indiana University Bloomington
– 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, DePaul senior journalist in residence, and a Peabody and Emmy Award-winning reporter and anchor
- David Layman, former Providence, Rhode Island news anchor, managing editor, and political commentator for RIPBS

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