Joan Esposito (Featured Interviews)

Joan Esposito is joined by Joel Ostrow , professor of political science at Benedictine University, and Rima Ziuraitas , sergeant and combat medic in the Foreign Legion of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. 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 ).   Follow us: Website: https://heartlands...

Joan Esposito is joined by Laura Rodriguez , senior vice president of government affairs at the Center for American Progress Action Fund .  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 ).   Follow us: Website: https://heartlandsignal.com WCPT Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WCPT...

Joan Esposito is joined by Thom Hartmann , author and host of " The Thom Hartmann Program ," weekdays from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Central on WCPT. 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 ).   Follow us: Website: https://heartlandsignal.com WCPT Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/W...

Joan Esposito is joined by 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.  Catch "Joan Esposito: Live, Local and Progressive" weekdays from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. Central o...

Joan Esposito is joined by Carolyn Shapiro , professor of law and co-director of the Institute on the Supreme Court of the United States at Chicago-Kent College of Law. 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 ).   Follow us: Website: https://heartlandsignal.com WCPT Facebook: https...

Filling in for Joan Esposito, Rickey Hendon is joined by Gloria J. Browne-Marshall , civil rights attorney, playwright, racial justice activist, and author of the 2025 book “ A Protest History of the United States .” 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 ).   Follow u...

Filling in for Joan Esposito, Rickey Hendon is joined by  Dante King , university professor, speaker, and human resource management consultant; he is the author of three books, including the 2026 release " The Psychopathy of Whiteness: The Epigenetics of Anti-Blackness, Malignant Narcissism, and Collective Antisocial Personality Disorder ." Catch "Joan Esposito: Live, Local and Progressive" w...

Filling in for Joan Esposito, Jill Wine-Banks is joined in studio by Army Maj. Gen. Randy Manner (Ret.), former acting vice chair of the National Guard Bureau, and member of National Security Leaders for America (NSL4A). 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 ).   Follow us: Websi...

Filling in for Joan Esposito, Ken Mejia-Beal is joined by Qasim Rashid , author, activist, human rights lawyer, SiriusXM host, and creator of “ Let’s Address This ” on Substack. 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 ).   Follow us: Website: https://heartlandsign...

Filling in for Joan Esposito, Turi Ryder is joined by Forrest Claypool , former chief executive officer of Chicago Public Schools, and author of “The Daley Show: Inside the Transformative Reign of Chicago’s Richard M. Daley.” 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 )....

Filling in for Joan Esposito, William Muck is joined by Barbara McQuade , legal analyst, law professor , co-host of the “ #Sisters in Law ” podcast, and author of “ Attack From Within: How Disinformation Is Sabotaging America ” and the forthcoming book, “ The Fix: Saving America from the Corruption of a Mob-Style Government .” Catch "Joan Esposito: Live, Local a...

Filling in for Joan Esposito, Patti Vasquez is joined by Mark Eaton ,  Capitol Fools ’ head writer, ahead of Capitol Fools’ three Skokie performances this weekend at the North Shore Center; Patti will be there for the Saturday night performance , doing a meet-and-greet in the lobby and introducing the show. Catch "Joan Esposito: Live, Local and Progressive" weekdays from 2:00 to 5...

Filling in for Joan Esposito, Ed Yohnka is joined by Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson . 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 ).   Follow us: Website: https://heartlandsignal.com WCPT Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WCPT820 Heartland Signal Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Hear...

Filling in for Joan Esposito, Ed Yohnka is joined by Charles Franklin , professor of Law and Public Policy at Marquette University Law School, and director of the Marquette Law School Poll. 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 ).   Follow us: Website: https://heartlandsignal.com...

Filling in for Joan Esposito, William Muck is joined by Gloria J. Browne-Marshall , civil rights attorney, playwright, racial justice activist, and author of the 2025 book “A Protest History of the United States.” 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 ).   Follow us:...

Joan Esposito is joined by Yusef Jackson , newly appointed president and CEO of  Rainbow PUSH Coalition . 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 ).   Follow us: Website: https://heartlandsignal.com WCPT Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WCPT820 Heartland Signal Facebook: htt...

Joan Esposito is joined by Jane Kirtley ,  professor of Media Ethics and Law at the University of Minnesota and former executive director of the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press. 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 ).   Follow us: Website: https://heartlandsign...

Joan Esposito is joined by Eyck Freymann , Hoover Institution fellow at Stanford University, where he directs the  Allied Coordination Working Group ; non-resident research fellow at the U.S. Naval War College’s  China Maritime Studies Institute ; and author of the new book “Defending Taiwan: A Strategy to Prevent War with China.” (Photo credit: Rory Lewis) Catch "...

Joan Esposito is joined by Ezra Levin , co-executive director of  Indivisible , ahead of the May 1st day of "economic non-cooperation" that Indivisible is organizing.  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 ).   Follow us: Website: https://heartlandsignal.com WCPT Facebo...

Joan Esposito is joined by Jen Golbeck , professor, computer scientist, psychologist, “expert in the far-right, online extremism, AI, and bad things on the internet,” and author of the MAGAReport on Substack. 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 ).   Follow us: Websi...

Joan Esposito is joined by Emanuel "Chris" Welch , speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives. 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 ).   Follow us: Website: https://heartlandsignal.com WCPT Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WCPT820 Heartland Signal Facebook: https://www.f...

Joan Esposito is joined by U.S. Rep. Eric Sorensen (D-IL). 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 ).   Follow us: Website: https://heartlandsignal.com WCPT Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WCPT820 Heartland Signal Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HeartlandSignal Tiktok: https:...

Joan Esposito is joined by Kate Lincoln-Goldfinch , immigration attorney and CEO of  Lincoln-Goldfinch Law in Austin, Texas. 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 ).   Follow us: Website: https://heartlandsignal.com WCPT Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WCPT820 Heartland S...

Joan Esposito is joined by U.S.  Rep. Adelita Grijalva (D-AZ). 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 ).   Follow us: Website: https://heartlandsignal.com WCPT Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WCPT820 Heartland Signal Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HeartlandSignal...

Joan Esposito is joined by Christopher Armitage , author of  The Existentialist Republic newsletter on Substack. 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 ).   Follow us: Website: https://heartlandsignal.com WCPT Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WCPT820 Heartland Signal Facebo...