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Playlist by Joan Esposito: Live, Local & ProgressiveFrom Heartland Signal and WCPT AM 820 in Chicago, here are full episodes of "Joan Esposito: Live, Local and Progressive" (weekdays from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. Central), a topical and interactive talk show …Follow the podcast:
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Joan Esposito: Live, Local & Progressive | March 11, 2026
On today's show: – Mina Bloom, investigative reporter for Block Club Chicago – Aaron Kleinman, head of research at Heartland Signal – Bill Scher, politics editor of The Washington Monthly; his latest article is “Cocky Iran Hawks Forget the History of Blowback” – Illinois State Sen. Robert Peters, 2…
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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…
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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…
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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).
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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).
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Joan Esposito: Live, Local & Progressive | February 27, 2026
On today's show – “Out Chicago” host Scott Duff and film critic Rebecca Ford with their regular look at current TV and movies – Joseph Hurka, lecturer in English at Tufts University and author of the award-winning memoir “Fields of Light: A Son Remembers His Heroic Father” Catch "Joan Esposito: Li…
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Joan Esposito: Live, Local & Progressive | February 26, 2026
On today's show: – Mayra Macias, independent candidate for 4th Congressional District of Illinois, where she is vying to replace Rep. Jesús Chuy Garcia, who is retiring – Tom Villanova, retired president of the Chicago and Cook County Building and Construction Trades Council, ahead of the Southland…
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