Driving It Home (Featured Interviews)

Patti Vasquez is joined by Heidi Stevens, nationally syndicated columnist, director of External Affairs at the TMW Center for Early Learning and Public Health, and fellowship coach at The OpEd Project.

Catch "Driving It Home with Patti Vasquez" weekdays from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. Central on WCPT (heartlandsignal.com/programs/driving-it-home).

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Patti Vasquez and guest co-host Dan Schaefer are joined by Dr. Kristin Lyerly, OB/GYN, 2024 candidate for Wisconsin’s 8th Congressional District, and host of “The Kristin Lyerly Show” on Civic Media. She spoke to Patti and Dan from Washington, D.C., where she was attending the Our Voices, Our Stories, Our Future: Free & Just Storyteller Summit. 

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Filling in for Patti Vasquez, Scott Duff is joined by Kevin Morrison, Cook County commissioner and candidate for Congress. He is a Democrat running for the congressional seat currently held by Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL).  

Catch "Driving It Home with Patti Vasquez" weekdays from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. Central on WCPT (heartlandsignal.com/programs/driving-it-home).

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Patti Vasquez and guest co-host Dwayne Kennedy talk to Chicago musician Nicholas Tremulis and film director (and wife of Garland Jeffreys) Claire Jeffreys about the upcoming screening of “Garland Jeffreys: The King of In Between,” Saturday, June 28th at Chicago’s Old Town School of Folk Music. They’re joined by event organizer John Harris.

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Patti Vasquez and guest co-host Dwayne Kennedy is joined by Jesse Rojo, candidate for Illinois state representative in District 52. 

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Patti Vasquez is joined by State Rep. Diane Blair Sherlock (D-IL).

Blair Sherlock talked about the weekend politically motivated shootings in Minnesota and how the current political climate has impacted her personal life and family. She also addressed community concerns over ICE raids and the federal government's actions on immigration. Speaking about her work in Springfield, the two-term Democrat said that Medicaid expansion ...

Patti Vasquez is joined by State Senator Laura Fine (D-IL), who discussed the recent legislative session in Springfield, highlighting her legislative efforts to regulate toxins in baby food, eliminate polystyrene in food containers, and improve health insurance plan transparency for consumers.  She outlined provisions in the Healthcare Protection Act, which she called one of her "crowning glories for this legislative sess...

Patti spends the hour with former Congresswoman Marie Newman, author of “A Life Made From Scratch: Lessons from a Controversial Congresswoman, Mompreneur, and Unstoppable Political Activist.”

Catch "Driving It Home with Patti Vasquez" weekdays from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. Central on WCPT (heartlandsignal.com/programs/driving-it-home).

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Patti Vasquez is joined by Rachel Ruttenberg, Democratic candidate for the 9th Illinois State Senate seat (currently held by Laura Fine). 

Ruttenberg discussed her background, including her roots in the North Shore district and "20 years of public policy experience putting progressive policy ideas into action." She has worked for Chicago Public Schools, led the legal aid nonprofit Family Defense Center, and held a senior ...

Patti is joined by Shawn “Smith” Peirce and Jody Hamilton, co-hosts of “The Politics Bar,” now airing weeknights from 8:00 to 9:00 p.m. Central on WCPT.

Jody Hamilton is an award-winning producer, actress, and radio show host, who’s produced and worked with some of the best-known names in progressive talk over the past decade, including Bob Cesca and Stephanie Miller. You might also know her parents, E...

Patti Vasquez and guest co-host Paul Farahvar talk to Nathan Taylor, executive director of advocacy and public engagement for Election Truth Alliance, a grassroots, nonpartisan organization dedicated to supporting election analysis, discussion, and peaceful action to highlight potential election manipulation, interference, and irregularities in election results. [Listen to a previous interview]

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Patti is joined by Dr. Kristin Lyerly, OB-GYN physician, host of “The Dr. Kristin Lyerly Show,” and 2024 Democratic candidate for Congress in Wisconsin’s 8th District.

Lyerly recounted her journey into politics: "When COVID hit and everything just blew up and misinformation was killing my patients, I thought, well, this is the time for me to step up into a more political place." She has since run for Wisconsin Sta...

Patti Vasquez is joined by Mark Gevaart, producer-host of My Labor Radio, an independent Community Access Radio program that airs every Wednesday on WELT 95.7 FM in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

He discussed his background in union activism and the challenges faced by Indiana's working families. He highlighted the impact of so-called right-to-work laws and emphasized the importance of youth and female involvement in unions, and he crit...

Patti Vasquez is joined by Heidi Stevens, nationally syndicated columnist, director of External Affairs at the TMW Center for Early Learning and Public Health, and fellowship coach at The OpEd Project.

Catch "Driving It Home with Patti Vasquez" weekdays from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. Central on WCPT (heartlandsignal.com/programs/driving-it-home).

And find the "Driving It Home (Full Episodes)" podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcas...