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 us live every Saturday from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. Central to be part of the conversation. About Edwin Edwin Eisendrath served two terms in Chicago’s City Council before being appointed Midwest Region Director of HUD by President Bill Clinton. He was subsequently appointed Federal Receiver in charge of the takeover and turnaround of t...
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It's the Democracy, Stupid with Edwin Eisendrath | October 24, 2026
On this week's show– Adam Parkhomenko and Sam Youngman of The Alt Media– J. Patrick Coolican, editor-in-chief of the Minnesota Reformer– Pat Kreitlow, founder and editor of Up Nort…
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2 h 39
It's the Democracy, Stupid with Edwin Eisendrath | October 17, 2026
On this week's show– G. Elliott Morris, data-driven journalist, pollster, author of the Substack newsletter “Strength In Numbers” and the book “Strength in Numbers: How Polls Work…
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It's the Democracy, Stupid with Edwin Eisendrath | October 10, 2026
On this week's show– Jonathan Larsen, veteran journalist, TV news producer, and Substack content creator offering “adversarial journalism and commentary”– Zack Mooney, voter contac…
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It's the Democracy, Stupid with Edwin Eisendrath | October 3, 2026
On this week's show– Mark Jacob, author of the Stop the Presses newsletter on Substack, former metro editor at the Chicago Tribune and Sunday editor at the Sun-Times, co-author of…
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2 h 41
It's the Democracy, Stupid | September 26, 2026
On this week's show– Aisha Down, global technology reporter for the Guardian; her latest article is “Your AI doomsday questions answered: ‘What, if anything, can people like me do…
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2 h 40
It's the Democracy, Stupid with Edwin Eisendrath | September 19, 2026
On this week's show– Laura Belin, publisher, editor, and reporter for Bleeding Heartland, a community website focused on Iowa politics– Chioma Chukwu, the executive director of Ame…
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2 h 46
It's the Democracy, Stupid | September 12, 2026
On this week's show– David DeWitt, Ohio Capital Journal editor-in-chief and opinion columnist– David Smith, Washington bureau chief for the Guardian– Kendall Scudder, chair of the…
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2 h 34
It's the Democracy, Stupid | September 5, 2026
On this week's show– Michael Mann, climatologist, geophysicist, and author of “Science Under Siege: How to Fight the Five Most Powerful Forces that Threaten Our World”– Perla Trevi…
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It's the Democracy, Stupid | August 29, 2026
On this week's show– Adam Klasfeld, founder and editor-in-chief of All Rise News– Nicholas Grossman, teaching assistant professor in the Department of Political Science at the Univ…
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2 h 40
It's the Democracy, Stupid | August 22, 2026
On this week's show Jill Wine-Banks fills in for Edwin and her guests are– Lynn Sweet, Chicago Sun-Times Washington bureau chief– Victor Shi, Gen Z activist/organizer, podcaster, a…
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2 h 45
It's the Democracy, Stupid | August 15, 2026
On this week's show– Eric Garcia, Washington bureau chief at The Independent– Brian Finucane, senior adviser with the U.S. Program at the International Crisis Group and a former at…
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It's the Democracy Stupid | August 8, 2026
Edwin Eisendrath is joined by – Ahmed Baba, independent journalist, political analyst, and founder of the best-selling Substack publication “Ahmed Baba News”– Rachel Cohen, Chicago…
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It's the Democracy, Stupid | Aug. 1, 2026
On this week's show– Tamar Jacoby, director of the New Ukraine Project at the Progressive Policy Institute and contributor to Washington Monthly; her most recent article is “Could…
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It's The Democracy, Stupid | July 25, 2026
On this week's show– Ari Berman, national voting rights correspondent for Mother Jones– Mark Jacob, author of the Stop the Presses newsletter on Substack, former metro editor at th…
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2 h 48
It's the Democracy, Stupid | July 18, 2026
On today's show– Bill Scher, politics editor at Washington Monthly; his latest article is “The Platner Collapse Is a Cautionary Tale About Polling“– Eesha Pendharkar, senior report…
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2 h 48
It's the Democracy, Stupid | July 11, 2026
On this week's show– Peter Gleick, water and climate scientist, author, and co-founder of The Pacific Institute– U.S. Rep. Sean Casten (D-IL)– Alex Aronson, co-founder and executiv…
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It's the Democracy, Stupid with guest host Paul Chivari | July 4, 2026
Paul Chivari fills in for Edwin Eisendrath and his guests are– William Muck, professor of political science at North Central College [Listen]– Kevin Schultz, professor of history a…
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It's the Democracy, Stupid | June 27, 2026
On this week's show– Jen Bendery, senior politics reporter for HuffPost– Lisa Graves, founder and executive director of True North Research, legal scholar, and author of “Without P…
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It's the Democracy, Stupid | June 20, 2026
On this week's show– Maya Kornberg, senior research fellow in the Elections and Government Program at the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU Law, and the author of “Stuck: How Money…
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It's the Democracy, Stupid | June 13, 2026
On today's show– Amanda Marcotte, senior writer at Salon– Gillian Brockwell, independent journalist – Sam Levine, reporter for the Guardian– David DeWitt, Ohio Capital Journal edit…