On today's show:

Joan returns and her guests are:
– Marjorie Hershey, professor emeritus, political science at Indiana University Bloomington
– Jessica Craven, author of the “Chop Wood, Carry Water” newsletter
– Carrie Hoza, author of “Love, Mother Goose: A U.S. Army Captain’s Stories of Surviving The Sunni Triangle”

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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Tue 5/13
Turi Ryder fills in for Joan and her guests are:
– Laura Washington, Chicago Tribune contributing columnist and ABC7 Chicago political analyst
– Terry Guest, writer and lead actor of Story Theater‘s “At the Wake of a Dead Drag Queen”
– Cook County Commissioner Jessica Vásquez, newly appointed to serve the 8th District
– Anna Clark of ProPublica, author of a recent article about Trump and the Great Lakes
– David Levine, professor at the University of California College of the Law San Francisco

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Mon 5/12
William Muck fills in for Joan and is joined by guest co-host Phil Barker, professor of political science and director of the honors program at Keene State College, and co-host of The Politics Lab podcast. Their guests are:
– Daniel Hornung, former deputy director of the National Economic Council under President Biden
– Ross Harrison, senior fellow at the Middle East Institute and professor at the University of Pittsburgh
– Alan Page Lightman, novelist, essayist, physicist and educator
– Ezra Levin, co-executive director of Indivisible

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