On today’s show Turi Ryder fills in for Joan and her guests are:
– Phil Purevich, executive producer of the Chicago Thanksgiving Parade
– Nick Bowling, director of Falsettos, playing through December 8th at the Court Theatre
– Les Begay of the Diné Nation; he is co-founder of Indigenous Peoples Day Coalition of Illinois and will speak about the Day of Mourning
– David Levine, professor of law, UC Law San Francisco
– James Van Osdol, Car Con Carne podcast host
– Nathan Nash, staff attorney in the FTC’s Midwest Region on the topic of holiday season phone scams

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On today’s show North Central College Professors William Muck and Suzanne Chod fill in for Joan and their guest is:
– Barbara McQuade, legal analyst, podcaster, professor and author of “Attack From Within: How Disinformation Is Sabotaging America”

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On today's show Turi Ryder fills in for Joan and her guests include:
– Chef Lisa Counts of The Chopping Block
– Suzi Gerber, research fellow at the National Institute of Food and Agriculture
– Sara C. Bronin, legal scholar, architect and author of "Key to the City: How Zoning Shapes Our World" 
– Elle Ullum, chief development officer at Chicago Furniture Bank
– Cary Baker, author of the new book "Down On The Corner: Adventures In Busking & Street Music"

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On today’s show:
– Our Pet of the Month segment with Craig Botagowski of Mark Drugs and Darlene Duggan, president of Anti-Cruelty
– Mike Nellis, founder of Chicago-based digital marketing and political fundraising agency

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On today’s show:
– Eric Zorn, author of The Picayune Sentinel
– Marisa Kabas, independent reporter and author of The Handbasket
– Charles Bethea, exhibition curator at the Chicago History Museum, talking about “Injustice: The Trial for the Murder of Emmett Till,” which opens November 23

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On today's show:
– Yoruba Richen and Brad Lichtenstein, directors of the PBS “American Experience” documentary “American Coup: Wilmington 1898”
– Rick Smith, host of “The Rick Smith Show,” weekdays from 5:00 to 6:00 a.m. Central on WCPT
– Jill Wine-Banks, MSNBC legal analyst and #SistersInLaw podcast co-host
– Joel Ostrow, Benedictine University political science professor

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On today's show:
- Michael Kelly, professor of law at Creighton University
- Julian Spector, senior reporter at Canary Media
- Deborah Douglas, director and faculty member at Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism
- Edwin Eisendrath, host of "The Big Picture with Edwin Eisendrath," Saturdays from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. on WCPT

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On today's show:
– Dr. Stan Meiburg, executive director of the Sabin Family Center for Environment and Sustainability at Wake Forest University and former EPA acting deputy administrator
– Rep. Jonathan Jackson, 1st Congressional District of Illinois
– Bruce Rheins, former CBS Los Angeles deputy bureau chief

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On today’s show:
– Jess Chipkin, president and founder of Crate Free USA, and volunteer Lisa Schmalz
– Pat Brady, former Illinois GOP chairman
– Evanston Mayor Daniel Biss

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