Podcast Episodes
Back to Search
Joan Esposito: Live, Local & Progressive | September 15, 2026 (Live from McHenry County)
On today's show Joan broadcasts live from Duke's Ale House & Kitchen, 110 North Main St. in Crystal Lake, Illinois.
Her guests are:
- Ruth Scifo, chai…
1 month, 1 week ago
Joan Esposito: Live, Local & Progressive | September 14, 2026
On today's show
– Marj Halperin, Democratic analyst heard on "The Mincing Rascals" podcast and organizer with Indivisible Chicago and One Community Ne…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Joan Esposito: Live, Local & Progressive | September 11, 2026
Joan Esposito devotes her show to the 25th anniversary of 9/11, with special guests:
– Joseph Dittmar, 9/11 Twin Towers survivor (from the "Live, Loca…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Joan Esposito: Live, Local & Progressive | September 10, 2026
On today's show
– Ira Glass, creator and host of "This American Life"; Glass will appear at the Chicago Humanities Festival Monday, October 5 for an e…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Joan Esposito: Live, Local & Progressive | September 9, 2026
On today's show:
– Dani Negrete, national political director at Indivisible
– U.S. Rep. Jonathan Jackson (D-IL)
– Carolyn Fiddler, state politics expert…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Joan Esposito: Live, Local & Progressive | September 8, 2026
On today's show
– Stephen Marche, novelist and essayist who recently wrote a New York Times guest essay, “Canada Said No to America. It Will Reverbera…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Joan Esposito: Live, Local & Progressive | September 4, 2026
On today's show:
– “Out Chicago” host Scott Duff and film critic Rebecca Ford with their monthly look at TV, movies, theater and more
– Michael Gebert,…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Joan Esposito: Live, Local & Progressive | September 3, 2026
On today's show
– Eric Zorn, writer-publisher of The Picayune Sentinel
– Illinois Democratic State Rep. La Shawn Ford, candidate for Congress in the 7t…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Joan Esposito: Live, Local & Progressive | September 2, 2026
On today's show
– Richard North Patterson, best-selling author, attorney and political commentator; his new book, "Tripwires: 15 Twenty-First-Century …
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Joan Esposito: Live, Local & Progressive | September 1, 2026
On today's show
– Jordan Zaslow, founder/executive director at Her Bold Move
– Ray Long, retired Chicago Tribune investigative reporter
– David Atkins, …
1 month, 3 weeks ago