



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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…