It's the Democracy, Stupid with Edwin Eisendrath (formerly The Big Picture)
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Playlist by It's the Democracy, Stupid with Edwin Eisendrath (formerly The Big Picture)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 …Follow the podcast:
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It's The Democracy, Stupid | May 30, 2026
On this week's show – Victor Ray, University of Iowa associate professor in the Departments of Sociology & Criminology and African American Studies and vice president of The American Sociological Association – Ahmed Baba, independent journalist, political analyst, and founder of the best-selling Su…
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It's The Democracy Stupid | May 23, 2026
On this week's show – Bobby Kogan, senior director of Federal Budget Policy at the Center for American Progress – Gregg Carlstrom, Middle East correspondent at The Economist, and author of “How Long Will Israel Survive? The Threat From Within” – Bill Scher, politics editor at Washington Monthly – …
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It's the Democracy, Stupid with Edwin Eisendrath | May 16, 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” – Aaron Parnas, independent journalist on TikTok and Substack – Jonathan Larsen, veteran journa…
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It's the Democracy, Stupid with Edwin Eisendrath | May 9, 2026
On this week's show – Holly McCall, editor-in-chief of Tennessee Lookout – Brian Lyman, editor of the Alabama Reflector – Josh Orton, president of Demand Justice and former senior adviser to Vice President Kamala Harris – Dr. Lisa Corrigan, social movement scholar, professor of communication at the…
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It's the Democracy, Stupid | May 2, 2026
On this week's show – Kate Riga, reporter who covers the Supreme Court for TPM‘s Washington, D.C. bureau and co-hosts “The Josh Marshall Podcast“ – Dana Strohl, director of research for The Washington Institute for Near East Policy – Oona A. Hathaway, Gerard C. and Bernice Latrobe Smith Professor o…
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It's the Democracy, Stupid with Edwin Eisendrath | April 25, 2026
On this week's show – Christopher Hale, author-publisher of “Letters from Leo — the American Pope & US Politics” on Substack – Alan Elrod, president and CEO of the Pulaski Institution and columnist and contributing editor at Liberal Currents; his latest article is “Two Lessons from Hungary for 2026…
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It's The Democracy, Stupid | April 18, 2026
On this week's show – Liz Dye, legal journalist and host of the “Law and Chaos” podcast – Elizabeth Saunders, professor of political science at Columbia University, director of the Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies, non-resident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, and author of th…
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It's the Democracy, Stupid with guest host Brian Endless | April 11, 2026
Brian Endless fills in for Edwin and his guests are – Kitty Kurth, public relations and political strategist, president of Kurth Lampe Worldwide – Daniel Tully, attorney, former judge advocate in the U.S. Army Reserve, and 2026 candidate for Congress (he was defeated in the March 17 Illinois primar…
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It's the Democracy, Stupid | April 4, 2026
On this week's show: – James Santelle, former United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin (2010 to 2015), 30-year veteran of the Department of Justice, now engaged in private (nongovernment) civil litigation in a variety of civil rights, housing, education, prisoner, and children’…
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It's the Democracy. Stupid | March 28, 2026
On this week's show: – Ilan Goldenberg, senior vice president and chief policy officer at J Street; he previously served as special adviser on the Middle East to Vice President Kamala Harris – Adam Hanieh, director of the SOAS Middle East Institute, professor in the Development Studies Department…
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