It's the Democracy, Stupid with Edwin Eisendrath (formerly The Big Picture)
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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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It's the Democracy, Stupid, Nov. 22, 2025 with guest host Rick Smith
On this week's show Rick Smith fills in for Edwin Eisendrath and his guests are: – Matias Vernengo, professor of economics at Bucknell University – Paul Wende, Business Manager FS/T of Ironworkers Local 63 – Richard Chew, host of "Chew's Views" on WCPT Catch “It’s the Democracy, Stupid” Saturdays …
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It's the Democracy, Stupid, Nov. 15, 2025
On this week's show: – Tara McGowan, founder and publisher of COURIER Newsroom – Chris Gaba, health care data analyst, blogger and founder of ACASignups.net – Nissa Rhee, co-founder and executive director of Borderless Magazine, a nonprofit, nonpartisan news outlet covering immigration and immigran…
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It's the Democracy, Stupid: Nov. 8, 2025
On this week's show: –Jill Wine-Banks, legal analyst, former general counsel of the U.S. Army, author of The Watergate Girl, co-host of#SistersInLaw and host ofJust The Facts with Jill Wine-Banks – Gregory Royal Pratt, Chicago Tribune investigative reporter and author of the Lori Lightfoot biograph…
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