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    • 4.8 • 35 Ratings

Where FACTS MATTER! We are the progressive itch you needed to scratch! Listen to all of our shows to find out what is going on in today's politics.

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    Chew's Views Mar. 28 2024

    Chew's Views Mar. 28 2024

    Chew's Views Mar. 28 2024 by WCPT 820 AM

    • 1 hr 38 min
    Driving It Home With Patti Vasquez 03. 27 2024

    Driving It Home With Patti Vasquez 03. 27 2024

    Today's guests:
    - Tim Hogan, Executive Director for Heartland Signal
    - Dan Shafer, Journalist for The Recombobulation Area
    - Tom Appel, Host of Car Stuff Podcast

    • 1 hr 35 min
    Live Local & Progressive With Joan Esposito Mar. 27 2024

    Live Local & Progressive With Joan Esposito Mar. 27 2024

    Joan’s guests today are:
    - Max Bever, director of public information at the Chicago Board of Elections
    - Former Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn
    - Carolyn Shapiro, co-director, Institute on the Supreme Court of the United States at IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law
    - Joel Ostrow, professor of political science at Benedictine University
    - Chicago Tribune environment and public health reporter Michael Hawthorne

    • 2 hr 31 min
    Chew's Views Mar. 27 2024

    Chew's Views Mar. 27 2024

    Chew's Views Mar. 27 2024 by WCPT 820 AM

    • 1 hr 37 min
    Driving It Home With Patti Vasquez 03. 26 2024

    Driving It Home With Patti Vasquez 03. 26 2024

    Today's guests:
    - Dion Dawson, Dion's Chicago Dream
    - Jess Piper, Host of Dirt Road Democrat

    • 1 hr 37 min
    JOAN ESPOSITO LIVE, LOCAL, & PROGRESSIVE 03.26.2024

    JOAN ESPOSITO LIVE, LOCAL, & PROGRESSIVE 03.26.2024

    Today;s guests:
    - Professor Erik Nisbet, Northwestern University Political Communications
    - Jennifer Schulze, Media
    - Mark Jacob, Media
    - Dr. John Murphy, Prof. at U of I dept. of Comm, research: Rhetoric of the US presidency and contemporary Politics
    - Phil Rosenthal

    • 2 hr 30 min

Customer Reviews

4.8 out of 5
35 Ratings

35 Ratings

prgburg ,

Prgburg

Patti Vasquez is the best there is! So glad that you recognize and appreciate her tremendous talent and employ her often as a fill-in host! 😊

Bravo, WCPT, on the hiring of Patti as a permanent host! She is outstanding! 😊

PegOfIL ,

Great Chicago insights

Love Bennie J. Love the guests. Love the content. And enjoy Ben’s chuckle.

2013Remlap ,

Great Show

I have been listening to Ben she he started on WCPT in Chicago. It is one of the best shows out there.

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