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A new podcast musical from the producer of The Bright Sessions and creators Jeff Luppino-Esposito, Brett Ryback, and Matt Sav. After a tragedy in the Whitetail National Forest, 18-year-old Peregrine Wells seeks out survivalist skills from an enigmatic old recluse. In this fictional documentary musical with an original folk-pop score, listeners will follow producer Brett Ryback as he explores themes of grief, adolescence, and our precarious relationship to the wilderness - all set against a s ...
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Here are featured interviews from "Joan Esposito: Live, Local and Progressive" (weekdays from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. Central on WCPT Chicago), a topical and interactive talk show from Chicago that focuses on national, state and city politics. A veteran Chicago broadcaster, Joan talks to politicians and professors, activists and authors, candidates and correspondents, as well as listeners who call in to share their views on the news of the day. Her goal is to Edify, Entertain and Elect — Democrats ...
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The Night Time Show

The Night Time Show

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A top rated comedy podcast where comedians Stephen Kramer Glickman, Matt Walker, Mike Black, and Mike Glazer interview influential people, comedy gurus, and award winning artists. Tune in for entertaining celebrity stories and secret behind-the-scenes dirt straight from Hollywood.
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UpWell The Podcast

UpWell The Podcast

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We are Katie Cherry (@barefoot.Katie) and Sarah Beherns (@sarahbeherns), the creators and hosts, of a brand-new show called UpWell - The Podcast. As two women with a passion for helping others, we wanted to create a space to share authentic conversations rooted in curiosity and truth with the promise of positively impacting the lives of others. With each of us having worked in health and wellness professions for over a decade, the knowledge and experience gained has given us proficiency in a ...
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Filling in for Joan Esposito, Richard Chew is joined by Matt Gertz, senior fellow at Media Matters. Gertz's latest article for Media Matters is "Donald Trump is the greatest threat to our free speech rights." Catch "Joan Esposito: Live, Local and Progressive" weekdays from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. Central on WCPT (heartlandsignal.com/programs/live-local-p…
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Joan Esposito is joined by Kat Abughazaleh, Democratic candidate for Congress in the 9th District of Illinois. 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). See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…
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Filling in for Joan Esposito, Richard Chew is joined by Majid Padellan, AKA Brooklyn Dad Defiant. Padellan is the proud papa of five children, author of the political humor books "The Liddle'est President" and "The Bigliest Loser," publisher of the Defiant Dispatches on Substack, and host of the weekly "Storytime with BDD" on YouTube. He is focused…
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Filling in for Joan Esposito, Richard Chew is joined Thom Hartmann, host of “The Thom Hartmann Program” and author of the new book, “The Last American President: A Broken Man, a Corrupt Party, and a World on the Brink.” Catch "Joan Esposito: Live, Local and Progressive" weekdays from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. Central on WCPT (heartlandsignal.com/programs/l…
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Filling in for Joan Esposito is joined by Ari Berman, national voting rights correspondent at Mother Jones and author of the books “Minority Rule: The Right-Wing Attack on the Will of the People—and the Fight to Resist It” and “Give Us the Ballot: The Modern Struggle for Voting Rights in America.” His most recent articles for Mother Jones are "The …
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Filling in for Joan Esposito, Ed Yohnka is joined by Aziz Z. Huq, Frank and Bernice J. Greenberg professor of law at the University of Chicago Law School. 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). See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy i…
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Joan Esposito is joined 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). Manner discussed the Pentagon's proposal to use Charlie Kirk's death as a recruitment tool, condemning it as inappropriate politicization of the military. He criticized th…
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Joan Esposito is joined for the hour by John Fugelsang, actor, comedian, podcaster, radio host, TV pundit, and author of the New York Times bestselling book "Separation of Church and Hate: A Sane Person's Guide to Taking Back the Bible from Fundamentalists, Fascists, and Flock-Fleecing Frauds." Catch "Joan Esposito: Live, Local and Progressive" wee…
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Joan Esposito is joined by Mike Sozan, senior fellow at the Center for American Progress Action Fund. Sozan discussed the growing authoritarianism in the United States under President Donald Trump, citing as examples the implementation of the Project 2025 "rulebook" and the weaponization of the Charlie Kirk assassination to attack political opponen…
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Joan Esposito is joined by 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. Catch "Joan Esposito: Live, Local and Progressive"…
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Joan Esposito is joined by Eric Zorn, writer-publisher of The Picayune Sentinel. 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). And find the Joan Esposito (Full Episodes) podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, TuneIn, iHeartRadio, YouTube, and Am…
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Joan Esposito is joined by Rep. Lauren Underwood (D-IL). Underwood, who represents the west suburban 14th Congressional District, discussed the ongoing budget negotiations ahead of the September 30th deadline to fund the federal government. "We have some simple demands," she told WCPT. "Number one: Let's cancel the cuts, those awful Medicaid cuts t…
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Joan Esposito is joined by Lisa Hernandez, chair of the Democratic Party of Illinois and member of the Illinois House of Representatives representing the 2nd District. 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). And find the Joan Esposito (…
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Joan Esposito is joined by BJ Jones, Northlight Theater artistic director. He talks about Northlight’s new production, “The First Lady of Television"; it plays through October 12th at the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts. Catch "Joan Esposito: Live, Local and Progressive" weekdays from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. Central on WCPT (heartlandsignal.co…
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Joan Esposito is joined by Carolyn Fiddler, state politics expert and communications director for the Democratic Attorneys General Association. Fiddler discussed the coordinated efforts of Democratic attorneys general to challenge President Donald Trump's actions. Since Trump's inauguration, attorneys general have held almost daily meetings to stra…
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Joan Esposito is joined by Susan Demas, CEO and executive editor of Lincoln Square. Demas discussed her independent news outlet's mission to provide fact-based journalism. "We don't have corporate donors, billionaire donors. We will never kowtow to anyone. We are part of building a pro-democracy movement in America, because that is one that's sorel…
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Joan Esposito is joined by Fred Tsao, policy director at Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights. Tsao discussed a September 12 incident, reported in Block Club Chicago, where a federal immigration officer fatally shot a man, Silverio Villegas-Gonzalez, in Franklin Park, Illinois. Tsao highlighted the importance of knowing one's rights,…
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Joan Esposito is joined by Sarah Bury, Democratic candidate for the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District. 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). And find the Joan Esposito (Full Episodes) podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, TuneIn, …
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Joan Esposito is joined by Kendall Scudder, chair of the Texas Democratic Party. Scudder discussed the legal battle against the Republican-gerrymandered Texas congressional map, which was enacted last month. A hearing is set for October 1. He highlighted the strong field of Democratic candidates challenging incumbent Republican Sen. John Cornyn and…
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Joan Esposito is joined by Pat Hynes, candidate for Cook County assessor. 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). And find the Joan Esposito (Full Episodes) podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, TuneIn, iHeartRadio, YouTube, and Amazon. S…
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Joan Esposito is joined by Zak Mucha, LCSW, author of “Emotional Abuse: A manual for self-defense.” (Photo credit: Joe Mazza) 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). And find the Joan Esposito (Full Episodes) podcast on Spotify, Apple P…
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Joan Esposito and Chris Bury are joined by Sen. Tammy Duckworth (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). And find the Joan Esposito (Full Episodes) podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, TuneIn, iHeartRadio, YouTube, and Amazon. See…
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Filling in for Joan Esposito, Mary Morten is joined by Ann Bausum, author of “White Lies: How the South Lost the Civil War and Rewrote History.” 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). And find the Joan Esposito (Full Episodes) podcast …
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Filling in for Joan Esposito, William Muck is joined by Kathleen Sances, president and CEO of Gun Violence Prevention PAC, or G-PAC. Sances discussed the organization's origins and focus on state-level legislative efforts to combat gun violence. G-PAC, founded in 2013 by gun violence survivors, has passed seven gun-reform bills in Illinois, includi…
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Filling in for Joan Esposito, William Muck talks to Thomas Countryman, former acting undersecretary of State for Arms Control and International Security. Countryman discussed the historical pattern of authoritarian regimes and the so-called authoritarian playbook, which he said, "has developed over decades, from the 1920s in Italy, the 1930s in Ger…
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Filling in for Joan Esposito, William Muck talks to Gloria J. Browne-Marshall ahead of her appearance at the 2025 Printers Row Lit Fest in Chicago. Her 2025 book is “A Protest History of the United States.” Browne-Marshall is an Emmy award-winning writer, social justice attorney, playwright, and tenured full professor of Constitutional Law at John …
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Filling in for Joan Esposito, William Muck is joined by Barbara McQuade, legal analyst, law professor, former United States attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, co-host of the "#Sisters in Law" podcast, and author of “Attack From Within: How Disinformation Is Sabotaging America.” Muck and McQuade discussed the divergent responses of feder…
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Filling in for Joan Esposito, Marj Halperin is joined by: Illinois State Rep. Kam Buckner (D) and Illinois State Sen. Graciela Guzmán (D). 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). And find the Joan Esposito (Full Episodes) podcast on Spo…
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Filling in for Joan Esposito, Derrick Blakley is joined by Alec Nevala-Lee, author of “Collisions: A Physicist’s Journey from Hiroshima to the Death of the Dinosaurs,” the first biography of the Nobel Prize-winning scientist Luis W. Alvarez. He’ll be at the 2025 Printers Row Lit Fest in Chicago. Catch "Joan Esposito: Live, Local and Progressive" we…
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Filling in for Joan Esposito, Derrick Blakley is joined by Ray Suarez, broadcast journalist and author of “We Are Home: Becoming American in the 21st Century” (2024). 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). And find the Joan Esposito (F…
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Filling in for Joan Esposito, Derrick Blakley is joined by Bill Kurtis, retired news anchor and author of “Whirlwind: My Life Reporting the News”; he’ll be at the 2025 Printers Row Lit Fest this Saturday at 3:00 p.m. talking about his new book, “Whirlwind: My Life Reporting the News.” Catch "Joan Esposito: Live, Local and Progressive" weekdays from…
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Filling in for Joan Esposito, William Muck is joined by Kevin Schultz, professor of history at UIC and author of “Why Everyone Hates White Liberals (Including White Liberals): A History. Muck and Schultz discussed the Trump administration's attacks on democratic institutions like the press, universities, and museums, particularly the Smithsonian. S…
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Filling in for Joan Esposito, William Muck is joined by Xavier Becerra, Democratic candidate for California governor and former secretary of the Health and Human Services. Becerra discussed the resignations of senior leaders at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) due to political interference in public health policymaking. "It's un…
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Retired Army Major General Randy Manner, former acting vice chair of the National Guard Bureau and member of National Security Leaders for America (NSL4A). Manner criticized the Trump administration's use of the National Guard on the streets of American cities, emphasizing that National Guard deployments should be for legitimate emergencies, not po…
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Joan Esposito is joined by Bill Adair, award-winning journalist and educator, and author of “Beyond the Big Lie: The Epidemic of Political Lying, Why Republicans Do It More, and How It Could Burn Down Our Democracy.” Adair will be at the 2025 Printers Row Lit Fest in Chicago Saturday, September 6 at 1:00 p.m., participating in a panel called "Democ…
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Joan Esposito is joined by Sandra Cisneros, poet, short story writer, novelist, and essayist. She is the keynote speaker and headliner at the 2025 Printers Row Lit Fest in Chicago. 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). And find the Jo…
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Joan Esposito is joined by Maureen Dowd, New York Times columnist and Pulitzer Prize winner. Her new book is "Notorious: Portraits of Stars from Hollywood, Culture, Fashion, and Tech." Dowd will be at the 2025 Printers Row Lit Fest in Chicago Saturday, September 6 at 1:00 p.m. Catch "Joan Esposito: Live, Local and Progressive" weekdays from 2:00 to…
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Joan Esposito is joined by Rep. Mike Quigley (D-IL). Quigley, who serves as co-chair of the Congressional Ukraine Caucus, discussed Russia's war on Ukraine, criticizing President Donald Trump's August 15th meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Alaska. "I have no idea why anybody might have imagined that…
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Joan Esposito is joined by Rep. Sean Casten (D-IL). The 6th District congressman discussed Governor J.B. Pritzker's August 25 speech urging President Donald Trump to not send federal troops into Chicago. "What Governor Pritzker did is exactly what needs to be done, to tell people that we are going to look out for the least of these, that we are goi…
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Joan Esposito is joined by Texas Democratic State Rep. Ann Johnson. Johnson discussed Texas House Democrats' recent quorum break that delayed passage of the congressional redistricting bill advanced by state Republicans, which she and other Democrats argue is racially motivated. The Republican-controlled House passed the new map last Wednesday, and…
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Joan Esposito is joined by Illinois State Rep. Kam Buckner, 26th District. 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). And find the Joan Esposito (Full Episodes) podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, TuneIn, iHeartRadio, YouTube, and Amazon. …
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Joan Esposito 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). And find the Joan Esposito (Full Episodes) podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, TuneIn, iHeartRadio, YouTube, and Amazon. See omnystudio.co…
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Filling in for Joan Esposito, Doris Davenport is joined by Dante King, university professor, author, human resource management consultant, and DEI expert. He was director of Workforce, Learning and Development for J.P. Morgan Chase and worked as an HR Business and Learning Consultant for Wells Fargo. He has taught at the Mayo Clinic College of Medi…
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Filling in for Joan Esposito, Doris Davenport is joined by Illinois Democratic State Rep. La Shawn Ford, candidate for Congress in the 7th District of Illinois. He has represented the 8th House District in Illinois since 2007 and is vying to replace retiring 15-term Rep. Danny Davis (D-IL) in Congress. Catch "Joan Esposito: Live, Local and Progress…
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Joan Esposito is joined by Kate Lincoln-Goldfinch, immigration attorney and CEO of Lincoln-Goldfinch Law in Austin. She highlighted the difficulties families face in locating detained individuals due to Immigration and Customs Enforcement's inefficient tracking system and the practice of transferring detainees across the country. Lincoln-Goldfinch …
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Joan Esposito is joined by Emma Fisher, deputy director and chief operating officer at Climate Cabinet. Fisher discussed the organization's mission to support under-the-radar climate champions and help them win elected office in order to enact policies that tackle climate change. "And the reason is because state and local offices hold the power to …
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Joan Esposito is joined by Yumeka Brown, Democratic candidate for Congress in the 2nd District of Illinois. Brown currently serves as Matteson Village clerk and commissioner with the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District. Her son's waterborne illness, blastomycosis, inspired her advocacy for clean water. Brown emphasized her commitment to serving…
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