The Big Picture (Full Episodes)
Here are full episodes from "The Big Picture" with Edwin Eisendrath (Saturdays from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. Central on WCPT Chicago). Good conversations help us see the big picture. Edwin Eisendrath and his guests get specific about politics, government, campaigns, and the kind of country all this work is meant to build. Join us live every Saturday to be part of the conversation. Edwin served two terms in Chicago’s City Council before being appointed Midwest Region Director of HUD by President Bill Clinton. He was subsequently appointed Federal Receiver in charge of the takeover and turnaround of the Chicago Housing Authority. His last foray as a candidate came when he took on a crooked governor of his own party, but it was the U.S. attorney rather than the voters who sealed Rod Blagojevich’s fate. Off the campaign trail, Edwin worked in higher education and as a consultant to universities here and around the world. He was working primarily in Saudi Arabia during the 2016 election cycle, but after Donald Trump’s victory, he knew he had to focus back home. He brought business and labor leaders together to rescue the Chicago Sun-Times and Chicago Reader. He ran the company as its CEO until both publications were saved. Edwin continues his political, civic, and business engagement from his home in Chicago, where he and his wife, Jennifer, raised their three children. He and Jennifer can be seen walking their hound dog, Winston Churchill.
Episodes
On this week's show:
– Dave Roberts, publisher of Volts, a newsletter about clean energy and politics
– Tom Nichols, staff writer at The Atlantic; his latest piece is “The Commander in Chief Is Not Okay”
– Kiera Butler, national correspondent at Mother Jones; her latest piece is Tech Moguls Want to Build a Crypto Paradise on a Native American Reservation
– Dean Baker, senior...
On this week's show:
– Matt Caffrey, senior director of Grassroots Community Organizing at Swing Left
– Aaron Reichlin-Melnick, senior fellow at the American Immigration Council
– Richard Tofel, former president of ProPublica and author of the Second Rough Draft newsletter on Substack
– Lisa Graves, award-winning investigative researcher, author of &ld...
On this week's show:
– Ellen L. Weintraub, commissioner and four-time chair of the U.S. Federal Election Commission (2002-2025), currently a senior fellow at End Citizens United
– Bobby Kogan, senior director of Federal Budget Policy at the Center for American Progress
– Rep. Sean Casten (D-IL)
– Elizabeth Jacobs, professor emerita of Epidemiology and Biostatistics&n...
On this week's show:
– Simon Rosenberg, Democratic strategist and author of the Hopium Chronicles
– Amanda Marcotte, senior writer at Salon.com
– Jill Wine-Banks, legal analyst, former general counsel of the U.S. Army, author of The Watergate Girl, co-host of #SistersInLaw and host of Just The Facts with Jill Wine-Banks
– Claudia Sahm, chief economis...
On this week's show:
– Rep. Jesús "Chuy" García (D-IL)
– Samantha Tarazi, chief executive officer of Voting Rights Lab
– Radley Balko, award-winning journalist and publisher of “The Watch” on Substack
– Shaughnessy Naughton, president of 314 Action
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On this week's show:
– Anne Applebaum, staff writer at The Atlantic and author of six critically acclaimed books, including “Autocracy, Inc.: The Dictators Who Want to Run the World”
– Jen Bendery, senior politics reporter for HuffPost
– Jill Lawrence, award-winning journalist, opinion writer and author
– Will Stancil, lawyer and policy analyst ...
Filling in for Edwin Eisendrath, Patti Vasquez is joined by:
– Dr. Kathy Tynus, internist at Alivio Health Services
– Vicci Rodgers, AFS Intercultural volunteer
– Warren Hawk Preis of Source Solar
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On this week's show:
– Lisa Graves, founder and executive director of True North Research, a national investigative watchdog group that works with journalists and other researchers to shine a bright light on the dark money fueling regressive agendas targeting vital institutions in our republic
– Michelle Regalado Deatrick, chair and founder, DNC Council on the Environment and Climate Crisis
On this week's show:
– Will Bunch, Philadelphia Inquirer national opinion columnist
– State Rep. Trey Martinez-Fischer (D-TX)
– Bill Scher, politics editor at The Washington Monthly
– Dean Baker, co-founder and senior economist, Center for Economic and Policy Research
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On this week's show:
– Samuel Bagenstos, the Frank G. Millard Professor of Law at the University of Michigan; he specializes in civil rights, labor and employment law, health law, and governance
– Joe Walsh, former Illinois congressman, former Republican candidate for president, and host of the podcast “The Social Contract With Joe Walsh”
– Melissa Sanchez, Chicago-based immigra...
On this week's show Professors William Muck and Joel Ostrow fill in for Edwin and their guests are:
– Reed Bible, former supervisory special agent for U.S. Homeland Security
– Rima Ziuraitas, certified TACMED instructor and medic in Ukraine
– Kathy Tholin, chair, Indivisible Chicago
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On this week's show:
– Ezra Levin, co-executive director of Indivisible
– Mark Maxwell, political editor for KSDK-TV St. Louis
– Michael Tomasky, editor of The New Republic
– Jill Wine Banks, legal analyst, former general counsel of the U.S. Army, author of The Watergate Girl, and host of Just The Facts with Jill Wine-Banks
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On this week's show:
– Alison LaCroix, the Robert Newton Reid Professor of Law at the University of Chicago Law School
– Anderson Clayton, chair of the North Carolina Democratic Party
– David Nir, publisher of The Downballot
– Andrea Pitzer, journalist and author of One Long Night: A Global History of Concentration Camps
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On this week's show Turi Ryder fills in for Edwin and her guests are:
– Audrey Francis, artistic director of Steppenwolf Theatre and director of Steppenwolf’s “You Will Get Sick,” playing through July 20
– Ron Gleason, former director of News and Programming at WBBM Radio
– Matt Cole, senior editor of Commercial Carrier Journal, talking about holiday thievery against commercial...
On this week's show:
– Tomás Kloosterman, national political director at Swing Left
– David Pepper, lawyer, political activist, author (of fiction and nonfiction), and former chairman of the Ohio Democratic Party
– John Nichols, national affairs correspondent for The Nation
– Tom Bonier, CEO of the TARA Group, and senior adviser for Target Smart, a Democr...
On today's show:
– Amanda Zurawski, reproductive rights activist, ahead of the Our Voices, Our Stories, Our Future: Free & Just Storyteller Summit, June 22-24
– Chris Geidner, author of The Law Dork newsletter on Substack
– Susan Demas, CEO and executive editor of Lincoln Square Media
– Bobby Kogan, senior director of federal budget policy at the Center for American Progre...
On this week's show:
– Rep. Greg Landsman (D-OH)
– Tom Nichols, staff writer at The Atlantic and author of the Atlantic Daily newsletter
– Will Bunch, Philadelphia Inquirer national opinion columnist
– Lisa Graves, founder and executive director of True North Research, “a national investigative watchdog group that works with journalists and other...
On this week's show:
– Joe Walsh, former Illinois Congressman (and former Republican)
– Rep. Mike Quigley (D-IL)
– Nancy MacLean, professor of History and Public Policy at Duke University
– Dean Baker, co-founder and senior economist, Center for Economic and Policy Research
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On this week's show:
– Seth Cotlar, professor of history at Willamette University
– Susan Demas, CEO and executive editor of Lincoln Square
– Ashton Pittman, Mississippi Free Press
– Andrea Ducas, VP for health policy at Center for American Progress
Catch “The Big Picture with Edwin Eisendrath” Saturdays from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. Central on WCPT (heartlandsignal.com/p...
On this week's show:
– Jill Wine-Banks, legal analyst, former general counsel of the U.S. Army, author of The Watergate Girl, co-host of #SistersInLaw and host of Just The Facts with Jill Wine-Banks
– Rep. Sean Casten (D-IL)
– Colette Holt, founder, Colette Holt & Associates
– Bill Scher, politics editor at The Washington Monthly
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