Joan Esposito (Full Episodes)
Here are full episodes of "Joan Esposito: Live, Local and Progressive" (weekdays from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. Central on WCPT Chicago), a topical and interactive talk show from Chicago that focuses on national, state and city politics. A veteran Chicago broadcaster, Joan talks to politicians and professors, activists and authors, candidates and correspondents, as well as listeners who call in to share their views on the news of the day. Her goal is to Edify, Entertain and Elect — Democrats, of course. Joan Esposito has hosted WCPT's afternoon show since 2019. Prior to that she spent 20 years as a Chicago television anchor and reporter for WGN Channel 9, ABC7 and NBC5, and had a stint as managing partner at media trainer J2SC. Joan is a long-time member of the Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA).
Episodes
On today's show:
Turi Ryder fills in for Joan and her guests include
– Jane Banser, founder at The Etiquette School of Chicago
– Mort Meisner, TV and radio agent and media consultant, who talks about censorship at CBS News
– Sabrina Shapiro, mental performance specialist and coach
– David Cerda, playwright and artistic director of Hell in a Handbag Productions, talking about “The Real ...
On today's show Jill Wine-Banks fills in for Joan and her guests are
– Civia Tamarkin, award-winning investigative journalist, documentary filmmaker and former television news executive
– Billy Ray, screenwriter and film director
– Daniel Biss, mayor of Evanston and candidate for Congress
– Terry Savage, syndicated personal finance columnist and author
– Mau...
On today's show William Muck fills in for Joan and his guests are
– Michael Scherer, staff writer at The Atlantic; his latest piece is “Why Is Robert F. Kennedy Jr. So Convinced He’s Right?”
– Abdullah Al-Bahrani, associate professor of Accounting and Economics at Northern Kentucky University
– Phil Barker, professor of political science and director of the honors pro...
On today's show:
– Chris Fitzsimon, host of the Stories from the States podcast
– “Out Chicago” host Scott Duff and film critic Rebecca Ford
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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On today's show:
– Eric Zorn, writer-publisher of The Picayune Sentinel
– Our Pet of the Month segment with Craig Botagowski of Mark Drugs and Darlene Duggan, head of Anticruelty
– Heartland Signal’s Rich Eberwein with three stories you might have missed from our digital newsroom
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On today's show:
– Rep. Jonathan Jackson (D-IL)
– George D. Strickland, recently retired Lake County associate judge for the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit Court of Lake County
– Dr. Stockton Mayer, infectious disease physician at UI Health
– Spencer Critchley, author of Patriots of Two Nations and host of the Dastardly Cleverness in the Service of Good podcast
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On today's show:
– Jeet Heer, national affairs correspondent for The Nation and host of the weekly Nation podcast, “The Time of Monsters”
– Nick Blumberg, correspondent at WTTW News
– Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)
– Casey Toner, Illinois Answers reporter at the Better Government Association
– Oren Jacobson, executive director and co-found...
On today's show:
– Chris Bury, senior journalist-in-residence, DePaul University
– James Stroud, a statistician at FEMA currently on administrative leave; he has gone public with his opposition to the Trump administration’s wide-ranging effort to obstruct FEMA’s work and recently signed the FEMA Katrina Declaration
– Lindsay Nichols, policy director at Giffords Law Center
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On today's show
– Chris Fitzsimon, host of the Stories from the States podcast
– Adam Abrams, spokesperson for Keep Americans Covered, former communications aide to President Barack Obama and a White House spokesman during the passage of the Affordable Care Act
– David Orr, former Cook County clerk and Chicago alderman and founder of Good Government Illinois
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On today's show:
– Bruce Rheins, former CBS Los Angeles deputy bureau chief
– Rep. Mike Quigley (D-IL)
– Abby Vesoulis, national politics reporter at Mother Jones
– Heartland Signal’s Rich Eberwein with three stories you might have missed from our digital newsroom
– Joe Fontana, founder of Fry the Coop
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On today's show:
– David Layman, former Providence, Rhode Island, news anchor, managing editor, and political commentator for RIPBS
– Aaron Kleinman, head of research at Heartland Signal
– Joel Ostrow, professor of political science at Benedictine University
Catch "Joan Esposito: Live, Local and Progressive" weekdays from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. Central on WCPT (heartlandsignal.com/programs/live-...
On today's show:
– Mike Nellis, Democratic strategist and host of “Endless Urgency with Mike Nellis
– Rep. Sean Casten (D-IL)
– Marjorie Hershey, professor emeritus, political science at Indiana University Bloomington
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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On today's show:
– Army Maj. Gen. Randy Manner (Ret.), former acting vice chair of the National Guard Bureau, and member of National Security Leaders for America (NSL4A)
– Texas State Rep. Trey Martinez-Fischer (D)
– David Hochberg, vice president of lending for Team Hochberg at Homeside Financial
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On today's show Turi Ryder fills in for Joan and her guests are:
– Car Guy Tom Appel, host of the Consumer Guide Car Stuff podcast
– Wendy Lobel, producer-director of “Anxiety Club,” a “heartfelt and humorous exploration of anxiety through the lens of some of today’s most brilliant comedians”
– Eleanor Ray, founder and executive director of The WasteShed, a nonprofi...
On today's show:
– Dr. Anthony Douglas, trauma surgeon at University of Chicago Hospital, and one of the lead organizers behind the Responsibility in Firearm Legislation Act, or RIFL Act in Illinois
– Virginia Canter, ethics and anti-corruption chief counsel and director, Democracy Defenders Fund
– Pat Kreitlow, founder and editor of Up North News (Courier)
– Heartland Signal&rsquo...
On today's show:
– Tod Maffin, online content creator and author of “From Far and Wide with Tod Maffin"
– Lisa Stark, former ABC News reporter who recently penned a letter to Disney CEO Bob Iger calling on him to defend free press and protect ABC journalists from political pressure
– Mark Jacob and Jennifer Schulze with our regular media segment
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On today's show:
– Wayne Steger, professor of political science at DePaul
– Elisha Brown, Reproductive Rights Today newsletter author at States Newsroom
– Rev. Dr. Michael Woolf, Th.D., pastor-activist-theologian, senior minister at Lake Street Church of Evanston
– Dr. Kristin Lyerly, OB/GYN, 2024 candidate for Wisconsin’s 8th Congressional District, plaintiff in a&...
On today's show:
– Tamar Jacoby, contributor to Washington Monthly and the Kyiv-based director of the Progressive Policy Institute’s New Ukraine Project and the author of “Displaced: The Ukrainian Refugee Experience.” Her latest article for Washington Monthly is “
Three Lessons From Trump’s Latest Plan for Ukraine.”
– Melissa Bean, Democratic can...
On today's show:
– Margaret Donovan, attorney at Koskoff Koskoff and Bieder, visiting clinical lecturer in law at Yale Law School, former assistant United States attorney for the District of Connecticut, Army veteran and former captain in the Judge Advocate General (JAG) Corps
– Jane Kirtley, professor of Media Ethics and Law at the University of Minnesota and former executive director of the Report...
On today's show:
– George D. Strickland, recently retired Lake County associate judge for the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit Court of Lake County
– Laura Leslie, editor of NC Newsline
– Chef Lisa Counts of The Chopping Block
– Chicago Ald. Matt O’Shea
Catch "Joan Esposito: Live, Local and Progressive" weekdays from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. Central on WCPT (heartlandsignal.com...
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