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 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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It's the Democracy, Stupid | March 21, 2026
On this week's show: – Todd Huntley, director of the National Security Law Program at Georgetown and a retired U.S. Navy JAG captain – Jonathan Shorman, journalist covering democracy for Stateline – U.S. Rep. Sean Casten (D-IL) – Will Bunch, national opinion columnist for The Philadelphia Inquirer …
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It's the Democracy, Stupid | March 14, 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 latest article is “Ukraine: Requiem for a Citizen Soldier” – Ahmed Baba, independent journalist, political analyst, and founder of the best-selling …
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It's the Democracy, Stupid | March 7, 2026
On today's show – Gregg Carlstrom, Middle East correspondent at The Economist, and author of “How Long Will Israel Survive? The Threat From Within” – Jonathan Larsen, veteran journalist, TV news producer, and Substack content creator offering “adversarial journalism and commentary” – Rochelle Ols…
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It's the Democracy, Stupid | Feb. 28, 2026
On this week's show – Adam Klasfeld, founder and editor-in-chief of All Rise News – Ian Gary, executive director of the FACT Coalition – Mark Jacob, publisher of the Stop the Presses Substack – Mica Rosenberg, investigative reporter on ProPublica’s national desk focusing on immigration Catch “It’s…
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It's the Democracy, Stupid | Feb. 21, 2026
On today's show – Nicholas Grossman, professor of International Relations at the University of Illinois, editor of Arc Digital, and the author of “Drones and Terrorism” – Jen Bendery, senior politics reporter for HuffPost – Jill Lawrence, opinion writer for The Bulwark and other publications, inclu…
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