The Big Picture (Featured Interviews)
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The Big Picture (Featured Interviews)
From Heartland Signal and WCPT AM 820 in Chicago, "The Big Picture with Edwin Eisendrath" is now "It's the Democracy, Stupid with Edwin Eisendrath." Each week Edwin and his guests get specific about politics, government, campaigns, and the kind of country all this work is meant to build. Join u...
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WCPT 820 Interview: Betsy Hodges, former mayor of Minneapolis
Edwin Eisendrath is joined by Betsy Hodges, former mayor of Minneapolis (2014-2018) and member of the Minneapolis City Council (2006-2014).
Catc...
WCPT 820 Interview: Jim Santelle
Edwin Eisendrath is joined by James Santelle, former United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin (2010 to 2015), and a 30-year vetera...
WCPT 820 Interview: George Packer
Edwin Eisendrath is joined by George Packer, staff writer at The Atlantic and author. His latest piece for The Atlantic is “What Should Americans Do N...
WCPT 820 Interview: Elizaveta Gaufman
Edwin Eisendrath is joined by Elizaveta Gaufman, assistant professor of Russian Discourse and Politics at the University of Groningen (in The Netherla...
WCPT 820 Interview: David Nir of The Downballot
Edwin Eisendrath is joined by David Nir, publisher of The Downballot.
Catch “It’s the Democracy, Stupid” Saturdays from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. Centra...
WCPT 820 Interview: Joe Walsh
Edwin Eisendrath talks to Joe Walsh, former Republican congressman from Illinois and host of The Social Contract with Joe Walsh.
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WCPT 820 Candidate Interview: David Pepper
Edwin Eisendrath is joined by David Pepper, lawyer, political activist, author (of fiction and nonfiction), former member of Cincinnati City Council,...
WCPT 820 Interview: Laura Jedeed
Edwin Eisendreath is joined by Laura Jedeed, investigative and features journalist who focuses on the American conservative movement and far right; Sl...
WCPT 820 Interview: Elizabeth Jacobs
Edwin Eisendrath is joined by Elizabeth Jacobs, professor emerita of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and a founding member of the public health advocac...
WCPT 820 Interview: Don Moynihan
Edwin Eisendrath is joined by Don Moynihan, professor of Public Policy at the University of Michigan Ford School of Public Policy.
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WCPT 820 Interview: Prof. Peter Shane
Filling in for Edwin Eisendrath, Joel Ostrow is joined by Peter Shane, the Jacob E. Davis and Jacob E. Davis II Chair in Law Emeritus at the Ohio Stat...
WCPT 820 Interview: Prof. Geoffrey R. Stone
Filling in for Edwin Eisendrath, Joel Ostrow is joined by Geoffrey R. Stone, the Edward H. Levi Distinguished Service Professor at the University of C...
WCPT 820 Interview: Scott Sakiyama
Filling in for Edwin Eisendrath, Joel Ostrow is joined by Scott Sakiyama, Oak Park attorney who was detained temporarily by U.S. Immigration and Custo...
WCPT 820 Interview: Rima Ziuraitas
Filling in for Edwin Eisendrath, Joel Ostrow is joined by Rima Ziuraitas, certified TACMED instructor and medic in Ukraine.
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WCPT 820 Interview: Norman Eisen
Edwin Eisendrath is joined by Norman Eisen, executive chair and co-founder of Democracy Defenders Fund.
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WCPT 820 Interview: Adam Klasfeld
Edwin Eisendrath is joined by Adam Klasfeld, founder and editor-in-chief of All Rise News.
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WCPT 820 Interview: Bill Scher of Washington Monthly
Edwin Eisendrath is joined by Bill Scher, politics editor of The Washington Monthly, host of the history podcast “When America Worked,” and the co-hos...
WCPT 820 Interview: Margaret Donovan
Edwin Eisendrath is joined by Margaret Donovan, attorney at Koskoff Koskoff and Bieder, visiting clinical lecturer in law at Yale Law School, former a...
WCPT 820 Interview: Nissa Rhee of Borderless Magazine
Edwin Eisendrath is joined by Nissa Rhee, co-founder and executive director of Borderless Magazine, a nonprofit, nonpartisan news outlet covering immi...
WCPT 820 Interview: Dr. Micheal Mann
Edwin Eisendrath is joined by Michael Mann, climatologist, geophysicist, and author of “Science Under Siege: How to Fight the Five Most Powerful Force...
WCPT 820 Interview: Tara McGowan of COURIER
Edwin Eisendrath is joined by Tara McGowan, founder and publisher of COURIER Newsroom.
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WCPT 820 Interview: Skye Perryman
Edwin Eisendrath is joined by Skye Perryman, president and CEO of Democracy Forward.
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WCPT 820 Interview: Jaime Harrison
Edwin Eisendrath is joined by Jaime Harrison, former chair of the Democratic Party.
Catch “It’s the Democracy, Stupid” Saturdays from 1:00 to 4:...
WCPT 820 Interview: Christopher Armitage
Edwin Eisendrath is joined by Chris Armitage, author of The Existentialist Republic newsletter on Substack.
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WCPT 820 Interview: Devin Remiker
Edwin Eisendrath is joined by Devin Remiker, new chair of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin.
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WCPT 820 Interview: Debra Houry
Edwin Eisendrath is joined by Debra Houry, former Chief Medical Officer of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, who resigned in protest las...
WCPT 820 Interview: Rita Hart, chair of the Iowa Democratic Party
Edwin Eisendrath is joined by Rita Hart, chair of the Iowa Democratic Party.
Catch “The Big Picture with Edwin Eisendrath” Saturdays from 1:00 t...
WCPT 820 Interview: Rep. Jonathan Jackson (D-IL)
Edwin Eisendrath is joined by Rep. Jonathan Jackson (D-IL)
Catch “The Big Picture with Edwin Eisendrath” Saturdays from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. Centr...
WCPT 820 Interview: Curtis Hertel
Edwin Eisendrath is joined by Curtis Hertel, chair of the Michigan Democratic Party.
Due to a technical issue, Edwin conducted the interview ove...
WCPT 820 Interview: Amy Maxmen
Edwin Eisendrath is joined by Amy Maxmen, national public health reporter at KFF Health News.
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WCPT 820 Interview: Clara Jeffery
Edwin Eisendrath is joined by Clara Jeffery, editor-in-chief of Mother Jones. her latest piece is "It’s Time for Soft Secession: How blue states can u...
WCPT 820 Interview: Dave Roberts
Edwin Eisendrath is joined by Dave Roberts, publisher of Volts, a newsletter about clean energy and politics.
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WCPT 820 Interview: Tom Nichols
Edwin Eisendrath talks to Tom Nichols, staff writer at The Atlantic; his latest piece is “The Commander in Chief Is Not Okay.”
This conversation...
WCPT 820 Interview: Bobby Kogan
Edwin Eisendrath is joined by Bobby Kogan, senior director of Federal Budget Policy at the Center for American Progress.
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WCPT 820 Interview: Ellen Weintraub
Edwin Eisendrath is joined by Ellen L. Weintraub, former commissioner and four-time chair of the U.S. Federal Election Commission, and currently a sen...
WCPT 820 Interview: Rep. Sean Casten (D-IL)
Edwin Eisendrath is joined by Rep. Sean Casten (D-IL).
Casten discussed the bipartisan Mental Health in Aviation Act, a bill he introduced with...
WCPT 820 Interview: Elizabeth Jacobs
Edwin Eisendrath is joined by Elizabeth Jacobs, professor emerita of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and a founding member of the advocacy group Defend...
WCPT 820 Interview: Rep. Sean Casten (D-IL)
Edwin Eisendrath is joined by Rep. Sean Casten (D-IL).
Catch “The Big Picture with Edwin Eisendrath” Saturdays from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. Central on...
WCPT 820 Interview: Claudia Sahm
Edwin Eisendrath is joined by Claudia Sahm, chief economist at New Century Advisors, and former Federal Reserve economist.
Sahm discussed the e...
WCPT 820 Interview: Jill Wine-Banks
Edwin Eisendrath is joined by Jill Wine-Banks, legal analyst, former general counsel of the U.S. Army, author of "The Watergate Girl," co-host of #Si...