On today's show:
– Ray Long, recently retired Chicago Tribune investigative reporter
– Susan Demas, executive editor of the Lincoln Square Substack newsletter
– Carolyn Fiddler, state politics expert and communications director for the Democratic Attorneys General Association
– BJ Jones, Northlight Theater artistic director, on Northlight’s new production, “The First Lady of Television”; it plays through October 12th at the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts

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).