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Joan Esposito: Live, Local & Progressive | June 5, 2026
On today's show:
– Bruce Rheins, former CBS Los Angeles deputy bureau chief
– Jack Kiraly, director of Government Relations at The Planetary Society
– I…
2 weeks, 1 day ago
Joan Esposito: Live, Local & Progressive | June 4, 2026
On today's show
– Jen Golbeck, professor, computer scientist, psychologist, "expert in the far-right, online extremism, AI, and bad things on the inte…
2 weeks, 2 days ago
Joan Esposito: Live, Local & Progressive | June 3, 2026
On today's show:
– Aaron Kleinman, Heartland Signal‘s senior political analyst and author of the “Radio Free America” newsletter
– Brian Endless, seni…
2 weeks, 3 days ago
Joan Esposito: Live, Local & Progressive | June 2, 2026
On today's show
– Greg Hinz, columnist for Crain’s Chicago Business
– Mark Jacob and Jennifer Schulze with our regular media segment
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2 weeks, 4 days ago
Joan Esposito: Live, Local & Progressive | June 1, 2026
On today's show
– Texas Democratic Party Chair Kendall Scudder
– Nicholas Enrich, former civil servant who worked at USAID under four administrations a…
2 weeks, 5 days ago
Joan Esposito: Live, Local & Progressive | May 29, 2026
On today's show:
– Chris Fitzsimon, host of the Stories from the States podcast
– Rick Smith, host of “The Rick Smith Show,” weekdays from 5:00 to 6:0…
3 weeks, 1 day ago
Joan Esposito: Live, Local & Progressive | May 28, 2026
On today's show
– Ira Shapiro, co-author of “Betrayed: America Didn’t Vote for This”
– Mike Nellis, Democratic strategist and host of “Endless Urgency…
3 weeks, 2 days ago
Joan Esposito: Live, Local & Progressive | May 27, 2026
On today's show
– Christopher Armitage, author of The Existentialist Republic newsletter on Substack
– Army Maj. Gen. Randy Manner (Ret.), former actin…
3 weeks, 3 days ago
Joan Esposito: Live, Local & Progressive | May 26, 2026
On today's show
– Michael Rabbit, 45th Ward committeeperson and one of the so-called Broadview Six; last week federal prosecutors dismissed all charge…
3 weeks, 4 days ago
Joan Esposito: Live, Local & Progressive | May 22, 2026
On today show:
– Michael Dorf, Democratic lawyer, the Law Offices of Michael C. Dorf, LLC
– Leigh McGowan, AKA Politics Girl
– Andre Dubus III, New York…
4 weeks, 1 day ago