Joan Esposito (Featured Interviews)
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Joan Esposito (Featured Interviews)
From Heartland Signal and WCPT AM 820 in Chicago, here are featured interviews from "Joan Esposito: Live, Local and Progressive" (weekdays from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. Central, a topical and interactive talk show that focuses on national, state and city politics. A veteran Chicago broadcaster, Joan talks...
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WCPT 820 Interview: Margaret Donovan
Joan Esposito is joined by Margaret Donovan, attorney at Koskoff Koskoff and Bieder, visiting clinical lecturer in law at Yale Law School, former assi...
WCPT 820 Interview: David Hogg
Joan Esposito is joined by David Hogg, gun control activist and former vice chair of the Democratic National Committee. He is the keynote speaker at t...
WCPT 820 Interview: Randy Manner
Joan Esposito is joined by Army Maj. Gen. Randy Manner (Ret.), former acting vice chair of the National Guard Bureau, and member ofNational Security L...
WCPT 820 Interview: Aaron Kleinman of Heartland Signal
Joan Esposito is joined by Aaron Kleinman, head of research at Heartland Signal.
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WCPT 820 Interview: Bruce Rheins remembers Rev. Jesse Jackson
Joan Esposito is joined by Bruce Rheins, former CBS Los Angeles deputy bureau chief. He remembers Rev. Jesse Jackson, who has died at age 84.
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WCPT 820 Interview: Stephanie Zimmermann
Joan Esposito is joined by Stephanie Zimmermann, award-winning watchdogs and consumer investigations reporter for the Chicago Sun-Times.
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WCPT 820 Interview: Ezra Levin of Indivisible
Joan Esposito is joined by Ezra Levin, co-executive director of Indivisible.
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WCPT 820 Interview: Greg Palast remembers Rev. Jesse Jackson
Joan Esposito is joined by Greg Palast, filmmaker, journalist and author. He remembers Rev. Jesse Jackson, who has died at age 84.
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WCPT 820 Interview: Thom Serafin remembers Rev. Jesse Jackson
Joan Esposito is joined by Thom Serafin, founder and CEO of Serafin & Associates, Inc. He remembers Rev. Jesse Jackson, who has died at age 84.
WCPT 820 Interview: Paul Glastris
Joan Esposito is joined by Paul Glastris, editor-in-chief of the Washington Monthly. His latest article is “Let the Affordability Bidding War Begin: D...
WCPT 820 Candidate Interview: Stephanie Kifowit
Joan Esposito is joined by Stephanie Kifowit, Illinois state representative and 2026 candidate for Illinois state comptroller.
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WCPT 820 Interview: Chicago Ald. Timmy Knudsen
Joan Esposito is joined by Chicago Ald. Timmy Knudsen, 43rd Ward.
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WCPT 820 Interview: Maya Dukmasova
Joan Esposito is joined by Maya Dukmasova of Injustice Watch. She reports on judges, prisons, and the courts.
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WCPT 820 Interview: Devin Remiker, chair of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin
Joan Esposito is joined by Devin Remiker, chair of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin.
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WCPT 820 Interview: Brian Endless
Joan Esposito is joined by Brian Endless, senior lecturer and director of African Studies and the African Diaspora at Loyola University Chicago.
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WCPT 820 Candidate Interview: Amy Johnson
Joan Esposito is joined by Amy Johnson, Democrat running to be Kane County (Illinois) sheriff.
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WCPT 820 Interview: Dan Protess of WTTW's "Firsthand: Democracy"
Joan Esposito is joined by Dan Protess, co-executive producer of WTTW’s award-winning multiplatform initiative FIRSTHAND.
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WCPT 820 Interview: Rich Eberwein of Heartland Signal
Joan Esposito is joined by Heartland Signal’s Rich Eberwein with three stories you might have missed from our digital newsroom.
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WCPT 820 Interview: Melissa Sanchez of ProPublica
Joan Esposito is joined by Melissa Sanchez, Chicago-based immigration and labor reporter for ProPublica. Her latest piece is “The Real Story Behind th...
WCPT 820 Interview: Sasha Abramsky
Joan Esposito is joined by Sasha Abramsky, freelance journalist and author; his new book is “American Carnage: How Trump, Musk and DOGE Butchered the...
WCPT 820 Interview: Laura Jedeed
Joan Esposito is joined by Laura Jedeed, investigative and features journalist who focuses on the American conservative movement and far right; last m...
WCPT 820 Interview: U.S. Rep Mike Quigley (D-IL)
Joan Esposito is joined by U.S. Rep. Mike Quigley (D-IL) for a conversation about Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
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WPCT 820 Interview: Jane Kirtley
Joan Esposito is joined by Jane Kirtley, professor of Media Ethics and Law at the University of Minnesota and former executive director of the Reporte...
WCPT 820 Candidate Interview: Illinois Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton (D)
WCPT's William Muck and Jill Wine-Banks talk to Illinois Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton (D), candidate for U.S. Senate, shortly after WCPT and Heartland Si...
WCPT 820 Candidate Interview: U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly (D-IL)
WCPT's William Muck and Jill Wine-Banks talk to U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly (D-IL), candidate for U.S. Senate, shortly after WCPT and Heartland Signal's 202...
WCPT 820 Interview: Christopher Armitage
Joan Esposito is joined by Christopher Armitage, author of The Existentialist Republic newsletter on Substack.
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WCPT 820 Interview: U.S. Rep. Sean Casten (D-IL)
Joan Esposito is joined by U.S. Rep. Sean Casten (D-IL).
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WCPT 820 Interview: Lisa Hernandez
Joan Esposito is joined by Lisa Hernandez, chair of the Democratic Party of Illinois and member of the Illinois House of Representatives representing...
WCPT 820 Interview: Pete Dominick
Joan Esposito is joined by Pete Dominick, news commentator, stand-up comic, and host of the “Stand Up! with Pete Dominick” podcast.
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WCPT 820 Interview: Judge Mark Wolf
Joan Esposito is joined by Mark Wolf, former U.S. district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. In November 2...
WCPT 820 Interview: Jonathan E. Howard, M.D.
Joan Esposito is joined by Jonathan E. Howard, M.D., neurologist and psychiatrist at NYU Langone’s Multiple Sclerosis Comprehensive Care Center.
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WCPT 820 Interview: Emeline Posner
Joan Esposito is joined by Emeline Posner, journalist with the Investigative Project on Race and Equity, and co-author of the investigative series “T...
WCPT 820 Interview: Reed Bible
Joan Esposito is joined by Reed Bible, retired special agent and supervisory special agent for the Chicago and San Diego Districts of ICE, retired att...
WCPT 820 Interview: Sarah Raisch, lawyer representing the family of Renee Good
Joan Esposito is joined by Sarah Raisch, partner at Romanucci & Blandin and lawyer representing the family of Renee Good, who was shot and killed by a...
WCPT 820 Union Strong Interview: Paul Wende of Ironworkers Local 63
Joan Esposito is joined by Paul Wende, business manager, financial secretary, treasurer of Ironworkers Local 63, one of the sponsors of WCPT’s Feb. 6...
WCPT 820 Interview: Jonathan Rauch
Filling in for Joan Esposito, William Muck is joined by Jonathan Rauch, contributing writer at The Atlantic and a senior fellow in the Governance Stud...
WCPT 820 Interview: Jill Wine-Banks
Filling in for Joan Esposito, William Muck is joined by Jill Wine-Banks, legal analyst, former general counsel of the U.S. Army, author of “The Waterg...
WCPT 820 Interview: Zev Shalev
Joan Esposito is joined by Zev Shalev, founder of Narativ.org, a bestselling news Substack.
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WCPT 820 Interview: Rohit Chopra
Joan Esposito is joined by Rohit Chopra, former director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and resident fellow at the The Institute o...
WCPT 820 Union Strong Interview: Jim Coyne
Joan Esposito is joined by Jim Coyne, business manager of Plumbers Local 130. The union is sponsoring and hosting WCPT's Senate candidate forum at Chi...