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 | 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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It's the Democracy, Stupid | August 15, 2026
On this week's show – Eric Garcia, Washington bureau chief at The Independent – Brian Finucane, senior adviser with the U.S. Program at the International Crisis Group and a former attorney-adviser at the U.S. Department of State – Jill Lawrence, opinion writer for The Bulwark and author of the Hist…
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It's the Democracy Stupid | August 8, 2026
Edwin Eisendrath is joined by – Ahmed Baba, independent journalist, political analyst, and founder of the best-selling Substack publication “Ahmed Baba News” – Rachel Cohen, Chicago-based attorney and organizer – Tim Murphy, national correspondent at Mother Jones; he talks about his recent articl…
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It's the Democracy, Stupid | Aug. 1, 2026
On this week's show – Tamar Jacoby, director of the New Ukraine Project at the Progressive Policy Institute and contributor to Washington Monthly; her most recent article is “Could the Tide Be Turning Ukraine?” – Elizabeth Jacobs, professor emerita of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and a founding m…
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It's The Democracy, Stupid | July 25, 2026
On this week's show – Ari Berman, national voting rights correspondent for Mother Jones – 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 – Scott C…
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It's the Democracy, Stupid | July 18, 2026
On today's show – Bill Scher, politics editor at Washington Monthly; his latest article is “The Platner Collapse Is a Cautionary Tale About Polling“ – Eesha Pendharkar, senior reporter for Maine Morning Star, part of States Newsroom; her latest article is “More than 5,500 Mainers seek a role in cho…
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It's the Democracy, Stupid | July 11, 2026
On this week's show – Peter Gleick, water and climate scientist, author, and co-founder of The Pacific Institute – U.S. Rep. Sean Casten (D-IL) – Alex Aronson, co-founder and executive director of Court Accountability – Will Bunch, national opinion columnist for The Philadelphia Inquirer Catch “It…
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It's the Democracy, Stupid with guest host Paul Chivari | July 4, 2026
Paul Chivari fills in for Edwin Eisendrath and his guests are – William Muck, professor of political science at North Central College [Listen] – Kevin Schultz, professor of history at UIC and author of “Why Everyone Hates White Liberals (Including White Liberals): A History” [Listen] Paul also play…
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It's the Democracy, Stupid | June 27, 2026
On this week's show – Jen Bendery, senior politics reporter for HuffPost – Lisa Graves, founder and executive director of True North Research, legal scholar, and author of “Without Precedent: How Chief Justice Roberts and His Accomplices Rewrote the Constitution and Dismantled Our Rights“ – Adam Kl…
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