On the December 20 show
– Norman Eisen, executive chair and co-founder of Democracy Defenders Fund
– Michael Tomasky, editor of The New Republic and author of five books, including his latest, “The Middle Out: The Rise of Progressive Economics and a Return to Shared Prosperity”
– Adam Klasfeld, editor-in-chief of All Rise News
– Dan Froomkin, editor of Press Watch

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On this week's show:
– Will Bunch, Philadelphia Inquirer national opinion columnist
– Chris Geidner, author of The Law Dork newsletter on Substack
– Margaret Donovan, attorney at Koskoff Koskoff and Bieder, visiting clinical lecturer in law at Yale Law School, former assistant United States attorney for the District of Connecticut, Army veteran and former captain in the Judge Advocate General (JAG) Corps
– Bill Scher, politics editor of The Washington Monthly, host of the history podcast “When America Worked,” and the co-host of the bipartisan online show and podcast “The DMZ“

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On this week's show:
– Lavora Barnes, political director of Democracy Defenders Fund and former chair of the Michigan Democratic Party
– Melissa Sanchez, investigative reporter at ProPublica, covering immigration
– Bobby Kogan, senior director of Federal Budget Policy at the Center for American Progress
– Rachel Leingang, Midwest political correspondent for Guardian US

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On this week's show Turi Ryder fills in for Edwin and her guests are:
– Danielle Perry of the Greater Chicago Food Depository
– Greg Hinz of Crain’s Chicago Business
– Rami Gabriel and Karim Nagi of the music duo The Arab Blues
– Monica Shapiro, one of the real-life inspirations for Seinfeld’s Elaine Benes
– Mike Triggs, LGBQT memoirist; he is the author of “You Can’t Make This $#!+ Up!”

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On this week's show Rick Smith fills in for Edwin Eisendrath and his guests are:
– Matias Vernengo, professor of economics at Bucknell University
– Paul Wende, Business Manager FS/T of Ironworkers Local 63
– Richard Chew, host of "Chew's Views" on WCPT

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On this week's show:
– Tara McGowan, founder and publisher of COURIER Newsroom
– Chris Gaba, health care data analyst, blogger and founder of ACASignups.net
– Nissa Rhee, co-founder and executive director of Borderless Magazine, a nonprofit, nonpartisan news outlet covering immigration and immigrant communities in Chicago
– Michael Mann, climatologist, geophysicist, and author of “Science Under Siege: How to Fight the Five Most Powerful Forces that Threaten Our World”

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On this week's show:
–Jill Wine-Banks, legal analyst, former general counsel of the U.S. Army, author of The Watergate Girl, co-host of#SistersInLaw and host ofJust The Facts with Jill Wine-Banks
– Gregory Royal Pratt, Chicago Tribune investigative reporter and author of the Lori Lightfoot biography “The City is Up for Grabs”
– David Nir, publisher of The Downballot
– Jen Bendery, senior politics reporter for HuffPost

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On this week's show:
– Jaime Harrison, former chair of the Democratic Party
– David DeWitt, Ohio Capital Journal editor-in-chief and opinion columnist
– Tim Dickinson, senior writer and editor for The Contrarian
– Skye Perryman, president and CEO of Democracy Forward

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