It's the Democracy, Stupid Full Episodes

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 Catch “The Big Pic...

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 Catch “The Big...

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...

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...

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 t...

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 t...

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 Catch “The Big Picture with Edwin Eisendrath” Saturdays f...

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 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 Wash...

On this week's show: – David Graham, staff writer at  The Atlantic  and author of  The Project: How Project 2025 Is Reshaping America – Tamar Jacoby, Kyiv-based director of the  Progressive Policy Institute’s New Ukraine Project –  Amanda Marcotte , senior politics writer at Salon.com Catch “The Big Picture with Edwin Eisendrath” Saturda...

On this week's show: – Abraham Newman , director of the BMW Center for German and European Studies at Georgetown – Jeff Mandell, co-founder of  Law Forward –  James Grossman , executive director at the  American Historical Association –  Jennifer Berkshire , adjunct faculty member at the  Economic Policy Institute  and creator/co-host of the ed...

On this week's show Edwin hosts a special one-hour 20th anniversary program focusing on the media. His guests are: - Jeff Jarvis , visiting professor in the School of Communication and Journalism at Stony Brook University -  Dan Froomkin , editor at Press Watch Catch “The Big Picture with Edwin Eisendrath” Saturdays from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. Central on WCPT (heartlandsignal.com/progr...

On this week's show: –  Tiffany Muller , president of  End Citizens United –  Jonathan Katz , senior director of Anti-Corruption, Democracy, and Security (ACDS) at The Brookings Institution –  Renée DiResta , professor and writer whose research interests include propaganda, disinformation, social media, and technology policy –  Donna Ladd , e...

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 - J. Holly McCall , columnist and editor-in-chief at the Tennessee Lookout - Greg Sargent, staff writer at The New Republic , host of the " The Daily Blast " podcast, author,...

On this week's show: – David Roberts of the  Volts  newsletter and podcast (which focus on the technology, politics, and policy of decarbonization) –  Michael Tomasky , editor of The New Republic –  Dean Baker , economist, co-founder of the  Center for Economic and Policy Research , and author of  Rigged: How Globalization and the Rules of the Modern...

On this week's show: - Jill Lawrence , award-winning journalist, opinion writer and author -  Aaron Rupar , journalist -  Sam Levine , reporter for The Guardian -  John Archibald , Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and opinion writer, and author of “Shaking the Gates of Hell: A Search for Family and Truth in the Wake of the Civil Rights Revolution" Catch “The Big Picture...

On this week's show: – Amanda Marcotte , senior writer at Salon.com –  Ben Wikler , chair of the Wisconsin Democratic Party – Meteorologist Tom Skilling – Legal analyst  Jill Wine-Banks Catch “The Big Picture with Edwin Eisendrath” Saturdays from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. Central on WCPT (heartlandsignal.com/programs/the-big-picture).   See omnystudio.com...

On this week's show: -  Rep. Sean Casten  (D-IL) - David DeWitt , Ohio Capital Journal editor-in-chief -  Elizaveta Gaufman , assistant professor of Russian Discourse and Politics at the  University of Groningen  (in The Netherlands), and author of the 2023 book "Everyday Foreign Policy: Performing and Consuming the Russian Nation" -  Laura Belin , publisher, editor,...

On this week's show: -  Peter Gleick , water and climate scientist, author, and co-founder of  The Pacific Institute     - Chris Geidner, author of the  Law Dork  Substack newsletter -  Seth Cotlar , professor of history at Willamette University -  John Nichols , national affairs correspondent for The Nation Catch “The Big Picture with Edwin Eisendrath...

On today's show: –  Michael Tomasky , editor of The New Republic and author of  The Middle Out: The Rise of Progressive Economics and a Return to Shared Prosperity –  Bill Scher , politics editor at The Washington Monthly –  Hadar Harris , PEN America’s managing director, Washington –  Ezra Levin ,  co-founder and co-executive director of...

On this week's show: -  Jonathan Katz , senior director of Anti-Corruption, Democracy, and Security (ACDS) at The Brookings Institution -  Dean Baker , co-founder and senior economist at the Center for Economic and Policy Research - Dan Shafer, author of the award-winning political opinion column and online publication  The Recombobulation Area , covering the "discombobulating polit...

On this week's show: – George Packer , staff writer at The Atlantic –  Dana Wormald , editor of the New Hampshire Bulletin –  Donald Moynihan , University of Michigan Ford School’s J. Ira and Nicki Harris Family Professor of Public Policy –  Jill Lawrence , opinion writer and author of  The Art of the Political Deal: How Congress Beat the Odds and...

On this week's show: –  Katharine Hayhoe , climate scientist – Anderson Clayton, chair of the  North Carolina Democratic Party – Yasmin Radjy, executive director of  Swing Left – Abraham Newman, director of the  BMW Center for German and European Studies at Georgetown Catch “The Big Picture with Edwin Eisendrath” Saturdays from 1:00 to 4:00 p...

On this week's show John St. Augustine guest hosts for Edwin and his guests are: - Jerry Kramer, Pro Football Hall of Famer and former Green Bay Packer who played in Super Bowls I and II - John T. Pawlikowski, professor emeritus of Social Ethics at Catholic Theological Union, speaking about  environmental ethics and stewardship - Christine Todd Whitman, former Republican governor of New Jerse...

On this week's show: –  Sam Bagnestos , Frank G. Millard Professor of Law at the University of Michigan –  Dave Levitan , deputy editor at Splinter and author of “Not A Scientist: How Politicians Mistake, Misrepresent, and Utterly Mangle Science” –  Lisa Graves, legal expert and host of the new podcast “ Grave Injustice ” Catch “The Bi...