On today's show:
– Eric Zorn, author of The Picayune Sentinel
– Rep. Robin Kelly (D-IL) on the Sen. Alex Padilla incident [Listen to the interview]
– Joe Brancatelli of the joesentme.com business travel newsletter
– Army Maj. Gen. Randy Manner (Ret.), former acting vice chair of the National Guard Bureau, and member of National Security Leaders for America (NSL4A) [Listen to the interview]

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On today's show Mike Nellis fills in for Joan and his guests are:
– Aaron Kleinman, director of research at The States Project
– Candace DeMatteis, policy director for Partnership to Fight Infectious Disease
– Mallory McMorrow, Michigan state senator, candidate for U.S. Senate, and author of Hate Won’t Win: Find Your Power and Leave This Place Better Than You Found It
– Liz Pancotti, managing director of policy and advocacy at Groundwork Collaborative, former Labor Policy Director for the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, and author of this recent Heartland Signal op-ed
– Micheal Negron, senior fellow at The Center for American Progress

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On today' show:
– Nina Burleigh, journalist, best-selling author, documentary producer, and publisher of the American Freakshow Substack newsletter 
– Anders Croy, communications director at Florida Watch
– Daniel Biss, mayor of Evanston and candidate for Congress
– Lisa Graves, founder and executive director of True North Research, “a national investigative watchdog group that works with journalists and other researchers to shine a bright light on the dark money fueling regressive agendas targeting vital institutions in our republic.”

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On today's show:
– John Shaw, director of The Paul Simon Public Policy Institute at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
– Journalist, author and pundit Molly Jong-Fast, who will be in Evanston Wednesday doing an event at Nichols Concert Hall

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On today's show:
– Dr. Kevin King, radiation oncologist at City of Hope Cancer Center Chicago
– Jennifer Schulze and Bruce Rheins (former CBS Los Angeles deputy bureau chief) with a conversation about the media

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On today's show:
–Suzanne Chod, professor of political science at North Central College
– Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza
– Miles Taylor, political commentator, former senior Trump administration official, and author of “A Warning” (2019). He will be in Chicago on June 19 to headline a public event titled “In the Crosshairs of the President,” a live conversation about authoritarianism, whistleblower retaliation, and the fight to protect democracy. The event benefits Whistleblower Aid’s nonprofit legal defense fund. Visit endpresidentialrevenge.org.

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On today's show:

– Zak Mucha, LCSW, author of “Emotional Abuse: A manual for self-defense”
–  Heartland Signal’s Rich Eberwein with three stories you might have missed from our digital newsroom
– Michigan Sec. of State Jocelyn Benson, candidate for Michigan governor and author of The Purposeful Warrior [Listen to the interview]
– Pat Kreitlow, founder and editor of Up North News (Courier)

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On today's show:
– Tom Moss of Indivisible Chicago and a moderator of the Hideout’s live conversation series
– Tamar Jacoby, director of the New Ukraine Project at the Progressive Policy Institute
– Joel Ostrow, professor of political science at Benedictine University

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On today's show:
– Forest Issac Jones, author of “The Selma, Alabama and Derry, Northern Ireland Connection 1963-1972”
– Kevin Morrison, Cook County commissioner and candidate for Congress
– Doug Fraser, executive director of The Chicago Help Initiative

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On today's show:

 – Andrew Goldberg, Chicago-born filmmaker whose new film, “White With Fear: A Documentary,” recently opened in Chicago
– Union Strong segment with Don Villar, secretary-treasurer of the Chicago Federation of Labor

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