It's the Democracy, Stupid with Edwin Eisendrath (formerly The Big Picture)
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It's the Democracy, Stupid Jan. 31 2026
On the January 31 show – George Packer, staff writer at The Atlantic and author; his latest piece for The Atlantic is “What Should Americans Do Now?” and his latest book is “The Emergency: A Novel” – James Santelle, former United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin (2010 to 2015),…
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It's the Democracy, Stupid | Jan. 24, 2026
On this week's show: – Will Bunch, Philadelphia Inquirer national opinion columnist – Abraham L. Newman, professor and John Powers Chair in International Business Diplomacy, and director of the BMW Center for German and European Studies – Elizaveta Gaufman, assistant professor of Russian Discours…
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It's the Democracy, Stupid | Jan. 17, 2026
On this week's show: – Laura Jedeed, investigative and features journalist who focuses on the American conservative movement and far right; Slate recently published her article “You’ve Heard About Who ICE Is Recruiting. The Truth Is Far Worse. I’m the Proof” – David Pepper, lawyer, political activi…
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It's the Democracy, Stupid, Jan. 10, 2026
On this week's show: – Elizabeth Jacobs, professor emerita of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and a founding member of the public health advocacy group Defend Public Health – Jill Lawrence, opinion writer for The Bulwark and author of the History Keeps Happening Substack newsletter – Don Moynihan, p…
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It's the Democracy, Stupid, Jan. 3, 2026
On this week's show: – Seth Cotlar, professor of history at Willamette University – John Nichols, national affairs correspondent for The Nation – Mark Jacob of Stop the Presses, “a weekly newsletter about how right-wing extremism has exploited the weaknesses in American journalism, and what we can …
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It's the Democracy, Stupid, Dec. 27, 2025
On this week's show Professor Joel Ostrow fills in for Edwin Eisendrath, and his guests are – Scott Sakiyama, Oak Park attorney who was detained temporarily by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Oct. 20 near his child’s elementary school after trying to warn the community about ICE presenc…
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It's the Democracy, Stupid, Dec. 20, 2025
On this week's show – Michael Tomasky, editor of The New Republic and author of five books, including his latest, “The Middle Out: The Rise of Progressive Economics and a Return to Shared Prosperity” – Adam Klasfeld, editor-in-chief of All Rise News – Dan Froomkin, editor of Press Watch – Norman Ei…
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It's the Democracy, Stupid, Dec. 13, 2025
On this week's show: – Will Bunch, Philadelphia Inquirer national opinion columnist – Chris Geidner, author of The Law Dork newsletter on Substack – Margaret Donovan, attorney at Koskoff Koskoff and Bieder, visiting clinical lecturer in law at Yale Law School, former assistant United States attorne…
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It's the Democracy, Stupid, Dec. 6, 2025
On this week's show: – Lavora Barnes, political director of Democracy Defenders Fund and former chair of the Michigan Democratic Party – Melissa Sanchez, investigative reporter at ProPublica, covering immigration – Bobby Kogan, senior director of Federal Budget Policy at the Center for American Pro…
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It's the Democracy, Stupid, with guest host Turi Ryder, Nov. 29, 2025
On this week's show Turi Ryder fills in for Edwin and her guests are: – Danielle Perry of the Greater Chicago Food Depository – Greg Hinz of Crain’s Chicago Business – Rami Gabriel and Karim Nagi of the music duo The Arab Blues – Monica Shapiro, one of the real-life inspirations for Seinfeld’s Ela…
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