On today's show:
– Reid McCullom, chair of the Democratic Party of DuPage County
– Laura Fine, Illinois state senator and Democratic candidate for Congress in the 9th District of Illinois
– Patrick Hanley, head of the New Trier Democrats and Democratic candidate for the 9th Illinois State Senate seat (currently held by Laura Fine)
– 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
– Mark Turcotte, Illinois Poet Laureate and distinguished writer in residence at DePaul University

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On today's show:
– Jess Herrera, staff member at Supermajority
– Jennifer Schulze and Bruce Rheins (former CBS Los Angeles deputy bureau chief) with a conversation about the media
– Greg Palast, filmmaker, author and investigative journalist

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On today's show:
– Marjorie Hershey, professor emeritus, political science at Indiana University Bloomington
– Jessica Craven, author of the “Chop Wood, Carry Water” newsletter
– Carrie Hoza, author of “Love, Mother Goose: A U.S. Army Captain’s Stories of Surviving The Sunni Triangle”

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On today's show Turi Ryder fills in for Joan and her guests are:
– Laura Washington, Chicago Tribune contributing columnist and ABC7 Chicago political analyst
– Terry Guest, writer and lead actor of Story Theater‘s “At the Wake of a Dead Drag Queen”
– Cook County Commissioner Jessica Vásquez, newly appointed to serve the 8th District
– Anna Clark of ProPublica, author of a recent article about Trump and the Great Lakes
– David Levine, professor at the University of California College of the Law San Francisco

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On today's show William Muck fills in for Joan and is joined by guest co-host Phil Barker, professor of political science and director of the honors program at Keene State College, and co-host of The Politics Lab podcast. Their guests are:
– Daniel Hornung, former deputy director of the National Economic Council under President Biden
– Ross Harrison, senior fellow at the Middle East Institute and professor at the University of Pittsburgh
– Alan Page Lightman, novelist, essayist, physicist and educator
– Ezra Levin, co-executive director of Indivisible

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On today's show William Muck fills in for Joan and his guests are:
– Aaron Kleinman, director of research at The States Project
– Mike Nellis, former senior adviser to Kamala Harris and founder and CEO of Authentic, a Chicago-based political fundraising and consulting firm
– Gal Beckerman, staff writer at The Atlantic and author of The Quiet Before: On the Unexpected Origins of Radical Ideas
– Suzanne Chod, professor of political science at North Central College

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On today's show Turi Ryder fills in for Joan and her guests are:
– Ahmadou Dramé, director of the Illinois Justice Project, talking about the Home for Good bill
– Actors Tara Mallen and Stephanie Shum from the new show “Gorgeous,” a co-production of Rivendell Theatre Ensemble and Raven Theatre
– Peter Annin, author and director of Mary Griggs Burke Center for Freshwater Innovation at Northland College
– Kevin Schultz, professor of history at UIC and author of “Why Everyone Hates White Liberals (Including White Liberals): A History”
– Jerry Brennan, Chicago author and founder of Tortoise Books
– Dr. Michael Budde, professor of Catholic Studies and Political Science at DePaul

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On today's show Mike Nellis fills in for Joan and his guests are:
– Carlos Álvarez-Aranyos, founder of American Opposition, a political action committee created to counter the rise of fascism in the United States
– Rep. Jonathan Jackson (D-IL)
– Stefan Smith, head of digital engagement for the ACLU, and former director of online engagement for Pete Buttigieg’s presidential campaign
– WCPT’s Richard Chew, host of “Chew’s Views,” weekdays from 6:00 to 8:00 a.m. Central

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On today's show:
– David Hochberg, vice president of lending for Team Hochberg at Homeside Financial
– John Shaw, director of The Paul Simon Public Policy Institute at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
– Heartland Signal’s Rich Eberwein with three stories you might have missed from our digital newsroom

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On today's show:
– Paul Rosenzweig, founder of Red Branch Consulting PLLC and senior adviser to The Chertoff Group
– Pat Quinn, former  governor of Illinois
– Sean Kitchen, political correspondent at The Keystone (Courier Newsroom PA)
– Alisa Kaplan, executive director of Reform for Illinois

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