Chew's Views (Featured Interviews)
Here is a collection of the most interesting and important interviews that air on “Chew's Views” (weekdays from 6:00 to 8:00 a.m. Central on WCPT Chicago), a pragmatic radio show that focuses on moving our political, social, economic, gender and cultural conversation forward and creating a roadmap for progressives to be more involved in their political and social destinies. With "Chew's Views" the emphasis is on positive talk and solutions – but don’t get it twisted; we may bring some smashmouth dialogue to the program just to make sure you’re awake, not just “woke.” Richard Chew has been a part of the WCPT family since 2017, initially as part of "The Family Meeting" and as a regular contributor to "Joan Esposito: Live, Local and Progressive." He became WCPT's morning host in early 2024. A 25-plus-year wealth management and insurance veteran, Richard is well-versed in all areas of financial planning, wealth management and insurance plans designed to help clients with their financial future. Richard’s primary goal is to help consumers assess what their needs are and find the right plans and programs to protect their wealth. Richard was born and raised in Chicago and Southwestern Michigan and is a graduate of Pepperdine University; he later pursued a master’s degree from Keller Graduate School. He is proud of the fact that he has visited all 50 of the great states of the United States of America and keeps his passport current to make sure traveling the world is always a “ready to go” item. He and his wife, Anne, love the city and suburbs of Chicago and all their greatness.
Episodes
Richard Chew is joined by Shanelle Matthews and Marzena Zukowska, co-editors of the Radical Communicators Network anthology Liberation Stories: Building Narrative Power for 21st Century Social Movements.
Catch "Chew's Views with Richard Chew” weekdays from 6:00 to 8:00 a.m. Central on WCPT (heartlandsignal.com/programs/chews-views).
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Richard Chew is joined by Alex Lawson, executive director of Social Security Works. He discussed the devastating impact of the Republican One Big Beautiful Bill Act. The Senate narrowly passed the controversial legislation the day before, returning it to the House for a final vote. If signed into law, the bill would cut $1 trillion from Medicaid and lead to the closure of one in four nursing homes, exacerbating the existing nu...
Richard Chew is joined by Rep. Robin Kelly (D-IL), who is a candidate for U.S. Senate.
Kelly expressed concerns about the negative impact of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act on her 2nd District constituents, including health care cuts and environmental damage. She highlighted the fear and threat of retaliation that deter her Republican colleagues from opposing President Donald Trump's unpopular legislative priorities. She also spoke ...
On today's show:
– Alex Lawson, executive director of Social Security Works
– Chew’s Views contributor Kurt Mullett, AKA HoosierBlue63
– Rep. Robin Kelly (D-IL) and candidate for U.S. Senate
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Richard Chew is joined by Scott Tinkoff, interim treasurer of One Aim Illinois and Highland Park resident, ahead of the three-year anniversary of the Highland Park Fourth of July parade mass shooting. Tinkoff and his family attended the 2022 parade and were in close proximity to the shooter.
Catch "Chew's Views with Richard Chew” weekdays from 6:00 to 8:00 a.m. Central on WCPT (heartlandsignal.com/programs/chews-views).
Richard Chew is joined by Dante King, university professor, human resource management consultant, DEI expert, and author of the books "The 400-Year Holocaust: White America’s Legal, Psychopathic, and Sociopathic Black Genocide - and the Revolt Against Critical Race Theory," and Diagnosing Whiteness & Anti-Blackness: White Psychopathology, Collective Psychosis, and Trauma in America."
On today's show:
– Scott Tinkoff, interim treasurer, One Aim Illinois, and Highland Park resident, ahead of the three-year anniversary of the Highland Park Fourth of July parade shooting
– Dante King, university professor, author, human resource management consultant, and DEI expert
Catch "Chew's Views with Richard Chew” weekdays from 6:00 to 8:00 a.m. Central on WCPT (heartlandsignal.com/programs/chews...
Richard Chew talks to Joan Esposito, host of “Live, Local & Progressive” on WCPT.
Catch "Joan Esposito: Live, Local and Progressive" weekdays from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. Central on WCPT (heartlandsignal.com/programs/live-local-progressive).
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Richard Chew is joined by Michelle Duster, author, educator, historian, and Chicagoan known for her work to preserve the legacy of her great-grandmother, Ida B. Wells.
Duster talked about the Fourth of July, quoting parts of Frederick Douglass's 1852 speech, "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?" Speaking to a few hundred abolitionists in Rochester, New York, Douglass said:
"To him, your celebration is a sham; your boaste...
On today's show:
– Michelle Duster, author, educator, historian, and Chicagoan known for her work to preserve the legacy of her great-grandmother, Ida B. Wells
– Joan Esposito, host of “Live, Local & Progressive” on WCPT
Catch "Chew's Views with Richard Chew” weekdays from 6:00 to 8:00 a.m. Central on WCPT (heartlandsignal.com/programs/chews-views).
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Richard Chew is joined by Charles Schutt, author of "A True Story of a Catholic Priest: Why I Got In - Why I Got Out - And What I Learned Through It All."
Schutt highlighted the Catholic church's strengths in education, health care, and social services. "Nobody does it better than the Catholic church when it comes to those three, none," he told Chew. "Nobody does it worse than the Catholic church when it comes to i...
Richard Chew is joined by Sarah Garza Resnick, chief executive officer of Personal PAC.
Catch "Chew's Views with Richard Chew” weekdays from 6:00 to 8:00 a.m. Central on WCPT (heartlandsignal.com/programs/chews-views).
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Richard Chew is joined by Rep. Danny K. Davis (D-IL).
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Richard Chew is joined by Andrew Seligsohn, president of Public Agenda.
Catch "Chew's Views with Richard Chew” weekdays from 6:00 to 8:00 a.m. Central on WCPT (heartlandsignal.com/programs/chews-views).
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Richard Chew is joined by Maggie O’Keefe, Democratic Committeeperson for Chicago’s 40th Ward and author of a recent Dobbs anniversary op-ed for Heartland Signal.
https://heartlandsignal.com/2025/06/24/opinion-how-advocates-are-fighting-in-the-shifting-landscape-of-reproductive-rights-three-years-after-dobbs/
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Richard Chew is joined by Dawn Huckelbridge, founding director of Paid Leave for All.
Catch "Chew's Views with Richard Chew” weekdays from 6:00 to 8:00 a.m. Central on WCPT (heartlandsignal.com/programs/chews-views).
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Richard Chew is joined by Kaitlyn Kash, the Austin, Texas mother who joined other plaintiffs in the 2023 Zurawski v. Texas lawsuit, and Veronica Ingham, Free & Just‘s senior director of campaigns.
Free & Just has brought 100 storytellers from across the country to Washington, DC for the Our Voices, Our Stories, Our Future: Free & Just Storyteller Summit. The three-day Summit runs June 22-24 and coincides...
Richard Chew is joined by Maywood, Illinois Mayor Nathaniel George Booker, speaking from the 93rd Annual United States Conference of Mayors in Tampa, Florida.
Catch "Chew's Views with Richard Chew” weekdays from 6:00 to 8:00 a.m. Central on WCPT (heartlandsignal.com/programs/chews-views).
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Richard Chew is joined by Waterloo, Iowa Mayor Quentin M. Hart, speaking from the 93rd Annual United States Conference of Mayors in Tampa, Florida.
Catch "Chew's Views with Richard Chew” weekdays from 6:00 to 8:00 a.m. Central on WCPT (heartlandsignal.com/programs/chews-views).
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Richard Chew is joined by Juliana Stratton, Illinois lieutenant governor and candidate for U.S. Senate.
Catch "Chew's Views with Richard Chew” weekdays from 6:00 to 8:00 a.m. Central on WCPT (heartlandsignal.com/programs/chews-views).
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