On today's show:
– Laura Rodriguez, senior vice president of government affairs at the Center for American Progress Action Fund
– Jane Kirtley, professor of Media Ethics and Law at the University of Minnesota and former executive director of the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
– U.S. Rep. Mike Quigley (D-IL)
– Laura Jedeed, investigative and features journalist who focuses on the American conservative movement and far right; last month Slate published her article “You’ve Heard About Who ICE Is Recruiting. The Truth Is Far Worse. I’m the Proof”
– Heartland Signal’s Rich Eberwein with three stories you might have missed from our digital newsroom
Catch "Joan Esposito: Live, Local and Progressive" weekdays from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. Central on WCPT (heartlandsignal.com/programs/live-local-progressive).

WCPT 820 Interview: Chicago Tribune reporters Gregory Royal Pratt and Laura Rodríguez Presa
22:46

WCPT 820 Interview: Chicago Teachers Union President Stacy Davis Gates
21:40

Joan Esposito: Live, Local & Progressive | August 21, 2026
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