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 | 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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It's the Democracy, Stupid | June 20, 2026
On this week's show – Maya Kornberg, senior research fellow in the Elections and Government Program at the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU Law, and the author of “Stuck: How Money, Media, and Violence Prevent Change in Congress“ – Greg Sargent, staff writer at The New Republic and the host of the…
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It's the Democracy, Stupid | June 13, 2026
On today's show – Amanda Marcotte, senior writer at Salon – Gillian Brockwell, independent journalist – Sam Levine, reporter for the Guardian – David DeWitt, Ohio Capital Journal editor-in-chief and opinion columnist Catch “It’s the Democracy, Stupid” Saturdays from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. Central on W…
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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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