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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 …

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It's the Democracy, Stupid with Edwin Eisendrath | October 24, 2026
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; h…
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It's the Democracy, Stupid with Edwin Eisendrath | October 17, 2026
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-f…
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It's the Democracy, Stupid with Edwin Eisendrath | October 10, 2026
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…
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It's the Democracy, Stupid with Edwin Eisendrath | October 3, 2026
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 …
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It's the Democracy, Stupid | September 26, 2026
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 Missou…
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It's the Democracy, Stupid with Edwin Eisendrath | September 19, 2026
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 publ…
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It's the Democracy, Stupid | September 12, 2026
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 Democ…
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It's the Democracy, Stupid | September 5, 2026
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…
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It's the Democracy, Stupid | August 29, 2026
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, …
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It's the Democracy, Stupid | August 22, 2026
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 Van…
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