It's the Democracy, Stupid Full Episodes

On this week's show – David DeWitt , Ohio Capital Journal editor-in-chief and opinion columnist – Mike Nellis, Democratic strategist and host of “ Endless Urgency with Mike Nellis – Ezra Levin , co-executive director of Indivisible – Skye Perryman, president and CEO of Democracy Forward Catch “It’s the Democracy, Stupid” Saturdays from 1:00 to 4:00 p...

On this week's show – Charlotte Clymer, activist and the writer of  Charlotte’s Web Thoughts , a bestselling Substack blog on politics, religion, foreign policy, and culture – Ari Berman, national voting rights correspondent for Mother Jones – Katherine Dailey, state government and policy reporter for  Michigan Advance – Jill Lawrence , opinion writer for Th...

On this week's show – Adam Parkhomenko and Sam Youngman of The Alt Media – J. Patrick Coolican , editor-in-chief of the Minnesota Reformer – Pat Kreitlow , founder and editor of Up North News, ahead of next Tuesday’s primary election in Wisconsin – Michael S. Roth, president of Wesleyan University; he recently wrote a New York Times guest essay entitled “ The Ob...

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 ” – David Nir, publisher of  The Downballot – Juliet Jeske, founder of  Decoding Fox News , a crowd-funded media project – Jay Kuo, two-t...

On this week's show – Jonathan Larsen, veteran journalist, TV news producer, and  Substack  content creator offering “adversarial journalism and commentary” – Zack Mooney, voter contact director at Swing Left – Greg Sargent,  staff writer at The New Republic , host of the podcast " The Daily Blast ," and author of " An Uncivil War: Taking...

On this week's show – Mark Jacob, author of the Stop the Presses newsletter on Substack, former metro editor at the Chicago Tribune and Sunday editor at the Sun-Times, co-author of several books on history and photography – Nora Benavidez , senior counsel and general director of digital justice and civil rights at the media nonprofit Free Press – Chicago Ald. Scott Waguespack (32...

On this week's show – Aisha Down , global technology reporter for the Guardian; her latest article is “ Your AI doomsday questions answered: ‘What, if anything, can people like me do about it?’ “ – Russ Carnahan, chair of the Missouri Democratic Party and former member of the U.S. House and the Missouri House – Clay Wirestone , editor of Kansas Reflector &...

On this week's show – Laura Belin, publisher, editor, and reporter for  Bleeding Heartland , a community website focused on Iowa politics – Chioma Chukwu, the executive director of American Oversight , a nonpartisan watchdog organization that advances accountability and democracy by enforcing the public’s right to government records – Eric Garcia , Washington bureau ch...

On this week's show –  David DeWitt , Ohio Capital Journal editor-in-chief and opinion columnist –  David Smith , Washington bureau chief for the Guardian – Kendall Scudder, chair of the  Texas Democratic Party – Will Bunch,  national opinion columnist  for The Philadelphia Inquirer Catch “It’s the Democracy, Stupid” Saturdays from...

On this week's show –  Michael Mann , climatologist, geophysicist, and author of “Science Under Siege: How to Fight the Five Most Powerful Forces that Threaten Our World” – Perla Trevizo, reporter with the ProPublica/Texas Tribune Investigative Initiative –  Gregory Royal Pratt , investigative reporter for the Chicago Tribune; he is one of the Tribune report...

On this week's show – Adam Klasfeld, founder and editor-in-chief of All Rise News – Nicholas Grossman, teaching assistant professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign – Daniel Nichanian, founder and editor-in-chief of Bolts – Rev.  Earle J. Fisher , Ph. D., senior pastor of  Abyssinian Baptist Church , f...

On this week's show Jill Wine-Banks fills in for Edwin and her guests are – Lynn Sweet, Chicago Sun-Times Washington bureau chief – Victor Shi, Gen Z activist/organizer, podcaster, and communications professional – Jim Robenalt, author, presidential historian, lawyer, and regular contributor to Vanity Fair, The Washington Post, and Politico – Rachel E. VanLandingham, profes...

On this week's show – Eric Garcia , Washington bureau chief at The Independent – Brian Finucane, senior adviser with the U.S. Program at the International Crisis Group and a former attorney-adviser at the U.S. Department of State –  Jill Lawrence , opinion writer for The Bulwark and author of the  History Keeps Happening Substack newsletter –  Dean Baker , co...

Edwin Eisendrath is joined by – Ahmed Baba, independent journalist, political analyst, and founder of the best-selling Substack publication “ Ahmed Baba News ” – Rachel Cohen, Chicago-based attorney and organizer  –  Tim Murphy , national correspondent at Mother Jones; he talks about his recent article “ Downballot Democrats Are Smashing Recruitment Re...

On this week's show –  Tamar Jacoby , director of the  New Ukraine Project at the Progressive Policy Institute  and  contributor to Washington Monthly ; her most recent article is “ Could the Tide Be Turning Ukraine? ” – Elizabeth Jacobs, professor emerita of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and a founding member of the public health advocacy group  D...

On this week's show –  Ari Berman, national voting rights correspondent for Mother Jones – Mark Jacob, author of the  Stop the Presses  newsletter on Substack, former metro editor at the Chicago Tribune and Sunday editor at the Sun-Times, co-author of several books on history and photography – Scott Colom, district attorney for the 16th Judicial District of Mississ...

On today's show –  Bill Scher , politics editor at  Washington Monthly ; his latest article is “ The Platner Collapse Is a Cautionary Tale About Polling “ – Eesha Pendharkar, senior reporter for  Maine Morning Star , part of States Newsroom; her latest article is “ More than 5,500 Mainers seek a role in choosing Graham Platner’s replacement &ldquo...

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, Stupi...

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...

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 R...

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...

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).&nbs...

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 Frie...

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...

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 offeri...