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The Big Picture (Full Episodes)

The Big Picture (Full Episodes)

WCPT 820

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Frequency: 1 episode/7d. Total Eps: 30

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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.

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The Big Picture with Edwin Eisendrath May 3 2025

samedi 3 mai 2025Duration 01:03:38

On this week's show Edwin hosts a special one-hour program focusing on the media. His guests are:

- Jeff Jarvis, visiting professor in the School of Communication and Journalism at Stony Brook University
Dan Froomkin, editor at Press Watch
Catch “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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The Picture with Edwin Eisendrath Apr. 26 2025

lundi 28 avril 2025Duration 02:47:03

On this week's show:
– Tiffany Muller, president of End Citizens United
– Jonathan Katz, senior director of Anti-Corruption, Democracy, and Security (ACDS) at The Brookings Institution
– Renée DiResta, professor and writer whose research interests include propaganda, disinformation, social media, and technology policy
– Donna Ladd, editor at Mississippi Free Press

Catch “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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The Big Picture with Edwin Eisendrath February 22 2025

samedi 22 février 2025Duration 02:44:03

On this week's show:
George Packer, staff writer at The Atlantic
– Dana Wormald, editor of the New Hampshire Bulletin
– Donald Moynihan, University of Michigan Ford School’s J. Ira and Nicki Harris Family Professor of Public Policy
– Jill Lawrence, opinion writer and author of The Art of the Political Deal: How Congress Beat the Odds and Broke Through Gridlock

Catch “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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The Big Picture with Edwin Eisendrath February 15 2025

lundi 17 février 2025Duration 02:41:23

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

Catch “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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The Big Picture with Edwin Eisendrath February 8 2025 w/ guest host John St. Augustine

dimanche 9 février 2025Duration 02:42:16

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

Catch “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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The Big Picture with Edwin Eisendrath February 1 2025

dimanche 2 février 2025Duration 02:41:47

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

Catch “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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The Big Picture with Edwin Eisendrath January 25 2025

dimanche 26 janvier 2025Duration 02:23:05

On this week's show:
– Jason Stanley, professor of philosophy at Yale University and distinguished professor at the Kyiv School of Economics
– Tiffany Muller, president of End Citizens United
– Alex Aronson, co-founder and executive director of Court Accountability
– Andrew Freedman, senior climate reporter for Axios

Catch “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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The Big Picture with Edwin Eisendrath January 18 2025

samedi 18 janvier 2025Duration 02:42:34

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

Catch “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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The Big Picture with Edwin Eisendrath January 11 2025

dimanche 12 janvier 2025Duration 02:41:25

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 Law

Catch “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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The Big Picture with Edwin Eisendrath January 4 2025

lundi 6 janvier 2025Duration 02:43:24

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

Catch “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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