It's the Democracy, Stupid Full Episodes
From Heartland Signal and WCPT AM 820 in Chicago, "The Big Picture with Edwin Eisendrath" is now "It's the Democracy, Stupid with Edwin Eisendrath." Each week Edwin 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 from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. Central to be part of the conversation. About Edwin Edwin Eisendrath 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. Off the campaign trail, Edwin has worked in higher education and as a consultant to universities here and around the world. After the 2016 election cycle he knew he had to focus back home. He brought business and labor leaders together to rescue the Chicago Sun-Times and its subsidiary, the Chicago Reader. He ran the company as its CEO until both publications were saved. Back in the 1990s Bill Clinton’s campaign slogan, "It’s the economy, stupid," captured the biggest concern of the era. Today American democracy itself is under attack. So Edwin launched an effort called, "It’s the democracy, stupid." In addition to his radio show here on WCPT, Edwin has built a community around his political ideas on Substack, hosts a weekly show on Lincoln Square, and is a frequent guest on political shows. He remains deeply involved in democracy work. He is a proud Chicagoan, married to the journalist Jennifer Schulze.
Episodes
On this week's show
– Peter Gleick, water and climate scientist, author, and co-founder of The Pacific Institute
– U.S. Rep. Sean Casten (D-IL)
– Alex Aronson, co-founder and executive director of Court Accountability
– Will Bunch, national opinion columnist for The Philadelphia Inquirer
Catch “It’s the Democracy, Stupid” Saturdays from 1:00 to...
Paul Chivari fills in for Edwin Eisendrath and his guests are
– William Muck, professor of political science at North Central College [Listen]
– Kevin Schultz, professor of history at UIC and author of “Why Everyone Hates White Liberals (Including White Liberals): A History” [Listen]
Paul also plays an interview Edwin recently recorded with The Atlantic’s Tom Nichols [Listen]
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On this week's show
– Jen Bendery, senior politics reporter for HuffPost
– Lisa Graves, founder and executive director of True North Research, legal scholar, and author of “Without Precedent: How Chief Justice Roberts and His Accomplices Rewrote the Constitution and Dismantled Our Rights“
– Adam Klasfeld, founder and editor-in-chief of All Rise News
– Virginia Cant...
On this week's show
– Maya Kornberg, senior research fellow in the Elections and Government Program at the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU Law, and the author of “Stuck: How Money, Media, and Violence Prevent Change in Congress“
– Greg Sargent, staff writer at The New Republic and the host of the podcast “The Daily Blast“, and author of “An Uncivil War: Taki...
On today's show
– Amanda Marcotte, senior writer at Salon
– Gillian Brockwell, independent journalist
– Sam Levine, reporter for the Guardian
– David DeWitt, Ohio Capital Journal editor-in-chief and opinion columnist
Catch “It’s the Democracy, Stupid” Saturdays from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. Central on WCPT (heartlandsignal.com/programs/edwin).
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On this week's show
– Victor Ray, University of Iowa associate professor in the Departments of Sociology & Criminology and African American Studies and vice president of The American Sociological Association
– Ahmed Baba, independent journalist, political analyst, and founder of the best-selling Substack publication “Ahmed Baba News”
– Dan Friedman, senior reporter Mother Jo...
On this week's show
– Bobby Kogan, senior director of Federal Budget Policy at the Center for American Progress
– Gregg Carlstrom, Middle East correspondent at The Economist, and author of “How Long Will Israel Survive? The Threat From Within”
– Bill Scher, politics editor at Washington Monthly
– Jill Wine-Banks, legal analyst, former general counsel of ...
On this week's show:
– G. Elliott Morris, data-driven journalist, pollster, author of the Substack newsletter “Strength In Numbers” and the book “Strength in Numbers: How Polls Work and Why We Need Them”
– Aaron Parnas, independent journalist on TikTok and Substack
– Jonathan Larsen, veteran journalist, TV news producer, and Substack content creator offering “adversarial jour...
On this week's show
– Holly McCall, editor-in-chief of Tennessee Lookout
– Brian Lyman, editor of the Alabama Reflector
– Josh Orton, president of Demand Justice and former senior adviser to Vice President Kamala Harris
– Dr. Lisa Corrigan, social movement scholar, professor of communication at the University of Arkansas, and author of "Prison Power: How Prison Influenced the Movem...
On this week's show
– Kate Riga, reporter who covers the Supreme Court for TPM‘s Washington, D.C. bureau and co-hosts “The Josh Marshall Podcast“
– Dana Strohl, director of research for The Washington Institute for Near East Policy
– Oona A. Hathaway, Gerard C. and Bernice Latrobe Smith Professor of International Law at Yale University
– Maaria Mozaffar,...
On this week's show
– Christopher Hale, author-publisher of “Letters from Leo — the American Pope & US Politics” on Substack
– Alan Elrod, president and CEO of the Pulaski Institution and columnist and contributing editor at Liberal Currents; his latest article is “Two Lessons from Hungary for 2026 and 2028”
– Daniel Nichanian, editor, writer, and jour...
On this week's show
– Liz Dye, legal journalist and host of the “Law and Chaos” podcast
– Elizabeth Saunders, professor of political science at Columbia University, director of the Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies, non-resident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, and author of the 2024 book “The Insiders’ Game: How Elites Make War and Peace”
– Amanda Litman...
Brian Endless fills in for Edwin and his guests are
– Kitty Kurth, public relations and political strategist, president of Kurth Lampe Worldwide
– Daniel Tully, attorney, former judge advocate in the U.S. Army Reserve, and 2026 candidate for Congress (he was defeated in the March 17 Illinois primary)
– Peter Shane, the Jacob E. Davis and Jacob E. Davis II Chair in Law Emeritus at the Ohio S...
On this week's show:
– James Santelle, former United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin (2010 to 2015), 30-year veteran of the Department of Justice, now engaged in private (nongovernment) civil litigation in a variety of civil rights, housing, education, prisoner, and children’s matters
– Brian Finucane, senior adviser with the U.S. Program at the International Crisis Grou...
On this week's show:
– Ilan Goldenberg, senior vice president and chief policy officer at J Street; he previously served as special adviser on the Middle East to Vice President Kamala Harris
– Adam Hanieh, director of the SOAS Middle East Institute, professor in the Development Studies Department at SOAS, University of London, and author of “Crude Capitalism: Oil, Corporate Power, and the Making ...
On this week's show:
– Todd Huntley, director of the National Security Law Program at Georgetown and a retired U.S. Navy JAG captain
– Jonathan Shorman, journalist covering democracy for Stateline
– U.S. Rep. Sean Casten (D-IL)
– Will Bunch, national opinion columnist for The Philadelphia Inquirer
Catch “It’s the Democracy, Stupid” Saturdays from 1:...
On this week's show
– Tamar Jacoby, director of the New Ukraine Project at the Progressive Policy Institute and contributor to Washington Monthly; her latest article is “Ukraine: Requiem for a Citizen Soldier”
– Ahmed Baba, independent journalist, political analyst, and founder of the best-selling Substack publication “Ahmed Baba News”
– Elizabeth Jacobs, professor emerita of Epide...
On today's show
– Gregg Carlstrom, Middle East correspondent at The Economist, and author of “How Long Will Israel Survive? The Threat From Within”
– Jonathan Larsen, veteran journalist, TV news producer, and Substack content creator offering “adversarial journalism and commentary”
– Rochelle Olson, editorial columnist at The Minnesota Star Tribune
On this week's show
– Adam Klasfeld, founder and editor-in-chief of All Rise News
– Ian Gary, executive director of the FACT Coalition
– Mark Jacob, publisher of the Stop the Presses Substack
– Mica Rosenberg, investigative reporter on ProPublica’s national desk focusing on immigration
Catch “It’s the Democracy, Stupid” Saturdays from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. ...
On today's show
– Nicholas Grossman, professor of International Relations at the University of Illinois, editor of Arc Digital, and the author of “Drones and Terrorism”
– Jen Bendery, senior politics reporter for HuffPost
– Jill Lawrence, opinion writer for The Bulwark and other publications, including the “History Keeps Happening” Substack newsletter
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