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On today's show: – Amanda Marcotte, senior writer at Salon.com – Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza – Chad Peace, founder and president of IVC Media LLC (a nonpartisan digital consulting firm) and a partner at the law firm of Peace & Shea LLP Catch "Joan Esposito: Live, Local and Progressive" wee…

Joan Esposito: Live, Local & Progressive | March 12, 2026
On today's show: – Pat Kreitlow, founder and editor of Up North News (Courier) – Former Illinois Governor Pat Quinn – Heartland Signal’s Rich Eberwein with three stories you might have missed from our digital newsroom Catch "Driving It Home with Patti Vasquez" weekdays from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. Centr…

Joan Esposito: Live, Local & Progressive | March 11, 2026
On today's show: – Mina Bloom, investigative reporter for Block Club Chicago; her latest article is "Why Is The Cook County State’s Attorney Prosecuting Nonviolent ICE Protesters?" – Aaron Kleinman, head of research at Heartland Signal – Bill Scher, politics editor of The Washington Monthly; his la…

Joan Esposito: Live, Local & Progressive | March 10, 2026
On today's show – Majid Padellan, AKA Brooklyn Dad Defiant – Rep. Nikki Budzinski (D-IL) – Fritz Kaegi, Cook County assessor and Democratic candidate for re-election – Chicago Ald. Byron Sigcho-Lopez, independent candidate for Congress in the 4th District of Illinois – Donna Miller, candidate for C…

Joan Esposito: Live, Local & Progressive | March 9, 2026
On today's show – Morgan Chilson, senior reporter for the Kansas Reflector – Jen Golbeck, professor, computer scientist, psychologist, “expert in the far-right, online extremism, AI, and bad things on the internet,” and author of the MAGAReport on Substack – Mike Nellis, Democratic strategist and h…

Joan Esposito: Live, Local & Progressive | March 6, 2026
On today's show: – Chris Fitzsimon, host of the Stories from the States podcast 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).

Joan Esposito: Live, Local & Progressive | Will County Dems “Meet the Candidates”| March 4, 2026
On today's show Joan hosts a “Meet the Candidates” live broadcast from MoeJoe’s Restaurant in Plainfield, sponsored by Will County Democrats. 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).

Joan Esposito: Live, Local & Progressive | March 4, 2026
On today's show: – Christopher Armitage, author, veteran, former law enforcement officer, activist, policy advisor, and publisher of The Existentialist Republic on Substack – Kendall Scudder, chair of the Texas Democratic Party, to talk about the March 3 Texas Democratic Party primary – Andrew Mil…

Joan Esposito: Live, Local & Progressive | March 3, 2026
On today's show listen to a special broadcast of Joan Esposito at the Southland Friends of Labor 17th Annual Jobs Breakfast at Sprinkler Fitters Local 281 in Alsip, Illinois. Later in the show Joan takes calls and is joined by Julia Lurie, senior reporter at Mother Jones; she recently wrote the ar…

Joan Esposito: Live, Local & Progressive | March 2, 2026
On today's show – Army Maj. Gen. Randy Manner (Ret.), former acting vice chair of the National Guard Bureau, and member of National Security Leaders for America (NSL4A) – Brian Endless, senior lecturer and director of African Studies and the African Diaspora at Loyola University Chicago – Joel Ostr…