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United States
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Here are full episodes from "The Big Picture" with Edwin Eisendrath (Saturdays from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. Central on WCPT Chicago). Good conversations help us see the big picture. Edwin Eisendrath 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 to be part of the conversation. Edwin 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 the Chicago Housing Authority. His last foray as a candidate came when he took on a crooked governor of his own party, but it was the U.S. attorney rather than the voters who sealed Rod Blagojevich’s fate. Off the campaign trail, Edwin worked in higher education and as a consultant to universities here and around the world. He was working primarily in Saudi Arabia during the 2016 election cycle, but after Donald Trump’s victory, he knew he had to focus back home. He brought business and labor leaders together to rescue the Chicago Sun-Times and Chicago Reader. He ran the company as its CEO until both publications were saved. Edwin continues his political, civic, and business engagement from his home in Chicago, where he and his wife, Jennifer, raised their three children. He and Jennifer can be seen walking their hound dog, Winston Churchill.
Language:
English
Episodes
The Big Picture with Edwin Eisendrath Mar. 22 2025
3/22/2025
On this week's show:
- David DeWitt, Ohio Capital Journal editor-in-chief
- Rep. Sean Casten (D-IL)
- Elizaveta Gaufman, assistant professor of Russian Discourse and Politics at the University of Groningen (in The Netherlands), and author of the 2023 book "Everyday Foreign Policy: Performing and Consuming the Russian Nation"
- Laura Belin, publisher, editor, and reporter for Bleeding Heartland, a community website focused on Iowa politics
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Duration:02:42:15
The Big Picture with Edwin Eisendrath Mar. 15 2025
3/15/2025
On this week's show:
- Peter Gleick, water and climate scientist, author, and co-founder of The Pacific Institute - Chris Geidner, author of the Law Dork Substack newsletter
- Seth Cotlar, professor of history at Willamette University
- John Nichols, national affairs correspondent for The Nation
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Duration:02:37:49
The Big Picture with Edwin Eisendrath Mar. 8 2025
3/8/2025
On today's show:– Michael Tomasky, editor of The New Republic and author of The Middle Out: The Rise of Progressive Economics and a Return to Shared Prosperity
– Bill Scher, politics editor at The Washington Monthly
– Hadar Harris, PEN America’s managing director, Washington
– Ezra Levin, co-founder and co-executive director of Indivisible
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Duration:02:42:00
The Big Picture with Edwin Eisendrath March 1 2025
3/1/2025
On this week's show:- Jonathan Katz, senior director of Anti-Corruption, Democracy, and Security (ACDS) at The Brookings Institution
- Dean Baker, co-founder and senior economist at the Center for Economic and Policy Research
- Dan Shafer, author of the award-winning political opinion column and online publication The Recombobulation Area, covering the "discombobulating politics of Milwaukee and Wisconsin"
- Jill Wine-Banks, legal analyst, former general counsel of the U.S. Army, author of The Watergate Girl, co-host of #SistersInLaw, and host of Just The Facts with Jill Wine-Banks
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Duration:02:45:18
The Big Picture with Edwin Eisendrath February 22 2025
2/22/2025
George Packer
Dana Wormald
Don Moynihan
Jill Lawrence
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Duration:02:44:03
The Big Picture with Edwin Eisendrath February 15 2025
2/17/2025
On this week's show:
– Katharine Hayhoe, climate scientist
– Anderson Clayton, chair of the North Carolina Democratic Party
– Yasmin Radjy, executive director of Swing Left
– Abraham Newman, director of the BMW Center for German and European Studies at Georgetown
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Duration:02:41:23
The Big Picture with Edwin Eisendrath February 8 2025 w/ guest host John St. Augustine
2/9/2025
On this week's show John St. Augustine guest hosts for Edwin and his guests are:- Jerry Kramer, Pro Football Hall of Famer and former Green Bay Packer who played in Super Bowls I and II- John T. Pawlikowski, professor emeritus of Social Ethics at Catholic Theological Union, speaking about environmental ethics and stewardship- Christine Todd Whitman, former Republican governor of New Jersey (and former Republican)- Kirsten Bergin of Naval Air Station Museum Glenview and the Hangar One Foundation- Christine Pentracosta, owner of LaVilla Restaurants
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Duration:02:42:16
The Big Picture with Edwin Eisendrath February 1 2025
2/1/2025
On this week's show:–
– Sam Bagnestos, Frank G. Millard Professor of Law at the University of Michigan
– Dave Levitan, deputy editor at Splinter and author of “Not A Scientist: How Politicians Mistake, Misrepresent, and Utterly Mangle Science”
– Lisa Graves, legal expert and host of the new podcast “Grave Injustice”
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Duration:02:41:47
The Big Picture with Edwin Eisendrath January 25 2025
1/26/2025
Jason Stanley, Yale Professor
Tiffany Muller, End Citizens United
Alex Aronson, Court Accountability
Andrew Freedman, Senior Climate Reporter at Axios
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Duration:02:23:05
The Big Picture with Edwin Eisendrath January 18 2025
1/18/2025
On this week's show:- Douglas Bock Clark, reporter in ProPublica’s South unit; he investigates threats to democracy and abuses of power throughout the region- Mark Follman, national affairs editor at Mother Jones
- Jill Wine-Banks, legal analyst and author of The Watergate Girl
- David Pepper, lawyer, writer, political activist, former elected official, adjunct professor, and former chairman of the Ohio Democratic Party
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Duration:02:42:34
The Big Picture with Edwin Eisendrath January 11 2025
1/11/2025
On this week's show:– Chris Geidner, author of the Law Dork newsletter on Substack
– Will Bunch, national columnist for The Philadelphia Inquirer
– Nancy MacLean, professor of history and public policy at Duke University
– Michele Goodwin, professor at Georgetown LawCatch “The Big Picture with Edwin Eisendrath” Saturdays from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. Central on WCPT (heartlandsignal.com/programs/the-big-picture).
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Duration:02:41:25
The Big Picture with Edwin Eisendrath January 4 2025
1/6/2025
On this week's show:
- Larry Diamond, senior fellow in Global Democracy at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies at Stanford University
- Laura Rodriguez, vice president of government affairs at The Center for American Progress Action
- Bill Scher of The Washington Monthly
- Legal analyst Jill Wine-Banks
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Duration:02:43:24
The Big Picture with Edwin Eisendrath December 21 2024
12/21/2024
On this week's show:- Tom Nichols, staff writer at The Atlantic
- John Nichols, national affairs correspondent at The Nation
- Holly McCall of Tennessee Lookout
- Jill Lawrence, former USA Today columnist
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Duration:02:38:31
The Big Picture with Edwin Eisendrath December 14 2024
12/16/2024
On this week's show:
- Tamar Jacoby, director of the New Ukraine Project at the Progressive Policy Institute
- Josh Cowen, author of "The Privateers: How Billionaires Created a Culture War and Sold School Vouchers"
- Amanda Marcotte, politics writer for Salon.com
- David Roberts, author of the “Volts” Substack newsletter.
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Duration:02:46:14
The Big Picture with Edwin Eisendrath, December 7, 2024
12/9/2024
On this week's show:
- Seth Cotler, author of the Substack newsletter Rightlandia and a forthcoming book on the far-right takeover of the GOP
- Daniel Nichanian, founder and editor-in-chief of Bolts
- David Pepper, author of “Laboratories of Autocracy: A Wake-Up Call from Behind the Lines”
- Trans activist Charlotte Clymer, author of Charlotte's Web Thoughts on Substack
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Duration:02:44:14
The Big Picture with Edwin Eisendrath November 23 2024
11/23/2024
On this week's show:
– David DeWitt, Ohio Capital Journal editor-in-chief and opinion columnist
– Michael Tomasky, editor of The New Republic
– Will Bunch, Philadelphia Inquirer national opinion columnist
– Jill Lawrence, columnist and author
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Duration:02:40:17
The Big Picture with Edwin Eisendrath November 16 2024
11/16/2024
On this week's show:
– Ezra Levin, co-founder and co-executive director of Indivisible
– Dr. Elizaveta Gaufman, author of “The Trump Carnival”
– Dean Baker, founder and senior economist at The Center for Economic and Policy Research
– Jill Wine-Banks, MSNBC legal analyst and #SistersInLaw podcast co-host
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Duration:02:45:16
The Big Picture with Edwin Eisendrath November 9 2024
11/9/2024
On this week's show:
– Tom Nichols, The Atlantic
– Amanda Marcotte, Salon.com
– Jeremy Young, program director of the Freedom to Learn program at PEN America
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Duration:02:33:22
The Big Picture with Edwin Eisendrath November 2 2024
11/2/2024
On this week's show:
– Wisconsin Democratic Party Chair Ben Wikler
– Michigan Democratic Chair Lavora Barnes
– North Carolina Democratic Party Anderson Clayton
– Voting rights reporter for The Guardian Sam Levine
– Journalist Donna Ladd; she writes about racism, poverty, gender and the criminal-justice system and is the co-founder of The Jackson Free Press (of Jackson, Mississippi)
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Duration:02:44:18
The Big Picture with Edwin Eisendrath October 26 2024
10/26/2024
On today's show:
– Independent journalist Aaron Rupar
– Brian Beutler, senior editor at The New Republic
– Mark Maxwell, Emmy Award-winning political editor for KSDK News St. Louis
– Sarah Posner, journalism fellow at Arizona State University and author of “Unholy: Why White Evangelicals Worship at the Altar of Donald Trump”
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Duration:02:41:02