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Joan Esposito: Live, Local & Progressive with guest host Patti Vasquez | April 23, 2026
On today's show Patti Vasquez fills in for Joan and her guests are
– Jordan Shiner (in studio), former teacher at Niles North High School in Skokie, I…
1 month, 4 weeks ago
Joan Esposito: Live, Local & Progressive with guest host Ed Yohnka | April 22, 2026
On today's show Ed Yohnka fills in for Joan and his guests are
– Kia Hamadanchy, senior policy counsel with ACLU National Political Advocacy Division
–…
1 month, 4 weeks ago
Joan Esposito: Live, Local & Progressive with guest host Turi Ryder | April 21, 2026
On today's show Turi Ryder fills in for Joan and her guests are
– Jon Schmidt, co-founder of Organizing For Plastic Alternatives, and clinical assista…
1 month, 4 weeks ago
Joan Esposito: Live, Local & Progressive with guest host William Muck | April 20, 2026
On today's show William Muck fills in for Joan and his guests are
– Kevin Schultz, professor of history at UIC and author of “Why Everyone Hates White…
2 months ago
Joan Esposito: Live, Local & Progressive | April 17, 2026
On today's show:
– Ray Long, retired Chicago Tribune investigative reporter
– Yusef Jackson, newly appointed president and CEO of Rainbow PUSH Coalitio…
2 months ago
Joan Esposito: Live, Local & Progressive | April 16, 2026
On today's show:
– Ezra Levin, co-executive director of Indivisible
– Eyck Freymann, Hoover Institution fellow at Stanford University, where he directs…
2 months ago
Joan Esposito: Live, Local & Progressive | April 15, 2026
On today's show
– David Layman, former Providence, Rhode Island, news anchor, managing editor, and political commentator for RIPBS
– Spencer Critchley,…
2 months ago
Joan Esposito: Live, Local & Progressive | April 14, 2026
On today's show
– Bobby Kogan, senior director of Federal Budget Policy at the Center for American Progress
– Jen Golbeck, professor, computer scientis…
2 months ago
Joan Esposito: Live, Local & Progressive | April 13, 2026
On today's show
– Edwin Eisendrath, host of “It’s the Democracy, Stupid” (Saturdays from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. Central on WCPT) and publisher of “It’s The…
2 months, 1 week ago
Joan Esposito: Live, Local & Progressive | April 10, 2026
On today's show
– Chris Fitzsimon, host of the Stories from the States podcast
– Brian Endless, senior lecturer and director of African Studies and the…
2 months, 1 week ago