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2009
Dec. 20, 2009 - Beyond the Beltway
 | John McCarron
Liberal
Adjunt lecturer in urban journalism, DePaul University
Former Chicago Tribune editorial board member
Chicago Tribune columnist
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|  | Dan Miller
Conservative
Executive Vice President and Publisher, The Heartland Institute
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 | Dan Swinney
Executive Director, Chicago Manufacturing Renaissance Council and Center for Labor and Community Research
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Dec. 13, 2009 - Beyond the Beltway
 | Nick Tzitzon
Republican
Government policy advisor
Former aide to Mitt Romney and Tommy Thompson
Former Political Director, Massachusetts Republican Party
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|  | Jack Franks
Democrat
Illinois State Representative, 63rd District
Illinois Co-Chair of Hillary Clinton's 2008 presidential campaign
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 | Carol Felsenthal
Biographer, magazine writer, and blogger for The Hill and Huffington Post
Author, Clinton in Exile: A President Out of the White House
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Dec. 6, 2009 - Beyond the Beltway
| | Marty Geraghty
Conservative
Real estate executive
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|  | Arthur I. Cyr
Clausen Distinguished Professor
Political Science Professor, Carthage College
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 | Robert Pape
Professor of Political Science, University of Chicago
Author, Dying to Win: The Strategic Logic of Suicide Terrorism
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Nov. 29, 2009 - Beyond the Beltway
 | Chris Varones
Republican
Public Affairs Expert
President, Aesop Communications Group
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 | Charles Lipson
Peter B. Ritzma Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago
Author, Doing Honest Work in College
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Nov. 22, 2009 - Beyond the Beltway: American Manufacturing Today and Tomorrow
 | Dan Brown
Founder, Loggerhead Tools
Inventor, Bionic Wrench
Entrepreneur and manufacturer
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| | Dan Swinney
Executive Director, Chicago Manufacturing Renaissance Council and Center for Labor and Community Research
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 | Thomas Kuczmarski
Senior President and Partner, Kuczmarski & Associates
Founder, Chicago Innovation Awards
Instructor, Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University
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|  | Tim Aeppel
Manufacturing writer, Wall Street Journal
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Nov. 15, 2009 - Beyond the Beltway
| | Kathleen Strand
Liberal
Senior Vice President, Dover Strategy Group
Former Communications Director, HillPAC
New Hampshire Communications Director for Hillary Clinton in 2008
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| | | Ralph Martire
Liberal
Taxpayer Advocate
Exec. Director, Center for Tax and Budget Accountability
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| | Kenton McCarthy
Conservative
Stone & Youngberg, LLC
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Nov. 8, 2009 - Beyond the Beltway
 | Curt Smith
University of Rochester Professor
Former speechwriter for President George H. W. Bush
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|  | Jim Bohannon
Talk show host on Westwood One radio network
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| | Kenny Rahmeyer
Host, Weekends with Kenny Rahmeyer, KLBJ 590 AM
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|  | Ray Hanania
Talk show host, WJJG 1530 AM
Arab-American journalist
U.S. Air Force veteran
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Nov. 1, 2009 - Beyond the Beltway
| John McCarron
Liberal
Adjunt lecturer in urban journalism, DePaul University
Former Chicago Tribune editorial board member
Chicago Tribune columnist
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|  | John Challenger
CEO at Challenger, Gray & Christmas, Inc.
President's Circle steering committee, Council on Foreign Relations
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| | Jonathan Hoenig
Managing member, Capitalistpig Hedge Fund, LLC
Author, Greed is Good
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Oct. 25, 2009 - Beyond the Beltway
 | Patrick Brady
Republican
Chairman, Illinois Republican Party
National Commiteeman, Illinois Republican State Committee
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|  | Patrick Cotter
Democrat
Partner, Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Former Assistant U.S. Attorney General
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| | Ronald Kessler
Author, In The President's Secret Service: Behind the Scenes with Agents in the Line of Fire and the Presidents they Protect
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Oct. 18, 2009 - Beyond the Beltway
 | Chris Robling
Republican
Principal at Jayne Thompson & Associates
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| | | Peter Giangreco
Democrat
Partner in the Chicago office of The Strategy Group
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 | Scott Rasmussen
President, Rasmussen Reports
Author, In Search of Self-Governance
Polling and public opinion expert
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Oct. 11, 2009 - Beyond the Beltway
| Nick Tzitzon
Republican
Government policy advisor
Former aide to Mitt Romney and Tommy Thompson
Former Political Director, Massachusetts Republican Party
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| | | Eric Adelstein
Democrat
Political communications and strategy consultant
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| Carol Felsenthal
Biographer, magazine writer, and blogger for The Hill and Huffington Post
Author, Clinton in Exile: A President Out of the White House
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| | Charles Lipson
Peter B. Ritzma Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago
Author, Doing Honest Work in College
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 | John Dempsey
Beyond the Beltway guest host
WLS-AM 890 managing editor and morning news anchor
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Oct. 4, 2009 - Beyond the Beltway
| | Roger Keats
Republican
Candidate, Cook County Board President
Former Illinois State Senator (R)
United States Army LTC (Ret)
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| | | Donald Turner
Democrat
President Emeritus, Chicago Federation of Labor
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 | Salim Muwakkil
Senior Editor, In These Times, WVON Radio
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Sep. 27, 2009 - Beyond the Beltway
 | Lee Newcom
Republican
McLean County (IL) Recorder
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| | | Bill Mallon
Co-founder and Past President, International Society of Olympic Historians
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 | Philip Beverly
Chicago State University professor, Political Science
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|  | Rick Perlstein
Author of Nixonland: The Rise of a President and the Fracturing of America
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Sep. 20, 2009 - Beyond the Beltway
| Chris Varones
Republican
Public Affairs Expert
President, Aesop Communications Group
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| Charles Lipson
Peter B. Ritzma Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago
Author, Doing Honest Work in College
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Sep. 13, 2009 - Beyond the Beltway
| | Jay Reyes
Republican
Founder and leading attorney, Riverside Law Group, LLC
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| | | Art Turner
Democrat
Illinois State Representative (D-9th)
Candidate for Lieutenant Governor in 2010
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| | Dawn Turner Trice
Chicago Tribune columnist
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Sep. 6, 2009 - Beyond the Beltway
| | Jeremy Rose
Republican
President, Chicago Young Republicans
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| | | Erika Brees
Democrat
Heartland Regional Director, College Democrats of America
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| | John Stevenson
Graduate student in political science, University of Chicago
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Aug. 30, 2009 - Beyond the Beltway
| | Ryan McLaughlin
Republican
President, Mac Strategies Group
Campaign manager and spokesman, Peter Roskam for Congress 2006
Political and media strategist
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| | | Kathleen Strand
Democrat
Senior Vice President, Dover Strategy Group
Former Communications Director, HillPAC
New Hampshire Communications Director for Hillary Clinton in 2008
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| | Edward Klein
Author, Ted Kennedy: The Dream that Never Died
Former Editor in Chief, The New York Times Magazine
Former Foreign Editor, Newsweek
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|  | Tom Bevan
Co-Founder, Executive Editor of RealClearPolitics.com
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Aug. 23, 2009 - Beyond the Beltway
| Chris Robling
Republican
Principal at Jayne Thompson & Associates
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| | | Geneva Brown
Assistant Professor of Law, Valparaiso University
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| | Kenny Rahmeyer
Host, Weekends with Kenny Rahmeyer, KLBJ 590 AM
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| | Philip Beverly
Chicago State University professor, Political Science
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Aug. 16, 2009 - Beyond the Beltway
| | Ralph Martire
Democrat
Taxpayer Advocate
Exec. Director, Center for Tax and Budget Accountability
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|  | Bruno Behrend
Conservative
Campaign consultant
Former talk show host
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 | Mike Condron
Health care consultant
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Aug. 9, 2009 - Beyond the Beltway
| Arthur I. Cyr
Clausen Distinguished Professor
Political Science Professor, Carthage College
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| | | Lamont C. Colucci
Assistant Professor of Politics and Government, National Security Studies Coordinator, Ripon College
Author of Crusading Realism
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| | Narimon Safavi
Entrepreneur specializing in socially responsible diamond mining in West Africa
Has served as a board member of various NGOs
Born in Tehran, Iran
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Aug. 2, 2009 - Beyond the Beltway
| John McCarron
Liberal
Adjunt lecturer in urban journalism, DePaul University
Former Chicago Tribune editorial board member
Chicago Tribune columnist
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| | Lee Newcom
Conservative
McLean County (IL) Recorder
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| | Gila J. Bronner
President & CEO, Bronner Group, LLC
Government business practices consultant
CPA
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| | | Jon Stewart
President, Jack E. Stewart's Northwest Auto Sales, Inc.
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| | Paul Brian
Host, Drive Chicago, WLS 890 AM
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Jul. 26, 2009 - Beyond the Beltway
| Chris Varones
Republican
Public Affairs Expert
President, Aesop Communications Group
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| Charles Lipson
Peter B. Ritzma Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago
Author, Doing Honest Work in College
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Race relations and police issues in the wake of the arrest of black Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Jul. 19, 2009 - Beyond the Beltway
 | Kitty Kurth
Democrat
President, Kurth Lampe
Political Public relations consultant
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|  | Dan Proft
Republican
Political commentator, Don Wade & Roma Morning Show on WLS-AM 890
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| | Adam Clymer
Author, Edward M. Kennedy: A Biography
Former Washington correspondent, The New York Times and Baltimore Sun
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| | | David Yellen
Dean, Loyola University Chicago School of Law
Former counsel to the Judiciary Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives
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| John Dempsey
Beyond the Beltway guest host
WLS-AM 890 managing editor and morning news anchor
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| | | Wally Podrazik
Television historian
Author, Watching TV: Six Decades of American Television
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The death of Walter Cronkite, Sonia Sotomayor's confirmation hearings, the career of Senator Ted Kennedy 40 years after Chappaquiddick, and the debate over health care reform.
Jul. 12, 2009 - Beyond the Beltway
| Nick Tzitzon
Republican
Government policy advisor
Former aide to Mitt Romney and Tommy Thompson
Former Political Director, Massachusetts Republican Party
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| | | Robert Creamer
Democrat
Political organizer, strategist
President, Strategic Consulting Group
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| | Barbara Iverson
Professor of Journalism and New Media, Columbia College
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| | | Bryan Burrough
Author, Public Enemies: America's Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933-34
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Jul. 5, 2009 - Beyond the Beltway
| | Marty Geraghty
Conservative
Real estate executive
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| | | Geneva Brown
Assistant Professor of Law, Valparaiso University
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| Salim Muwakkil
Senior Editor, In These Times, WVON Radio
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Jun. 28, 2009 - Beyond the Beltway
| Patrick Brady
Republican
Chairman, Illinois Republican Party
National Commiteeman, Illinois Republican State Committee
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| | Patrick Cotter
Democrat
Partner, Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Former Assistant U.S. Attorney General
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| | Jane Mayer
Author, The Dark Side
Staff writer, The New Yorker
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Jun. 21, 2009 - Beyond the Beltway
| | Ralph Martire
Democrat
Taxpayer Advocate
Exec. Director, Center for Tax and Budget Accountability
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| | Bruno Behrend
Conservative
Campaign consultant
Former talk show host
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| | Guity Nashat
Associate Professor of History, University of Illinois at Chicago
Research Fellow with the Hoover Institution
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| | | Mark Carbonaro
Morning host, KION 1460 AM, Salinas, CA
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| | Mark Zivin
Partner, Morrison & Morrison, Ltd.
Treasurer, Jewish Reconstructionist Federation
Member, AIPAC and NIAC
Finance Committee member, J Street PAC
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| | | Narimon Safavi
Entrepreneur specializing in socially responsible diamond mining in West Africa
Has served as a board member of various NGOs
Born in Tehran, Iran
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HOUR 1: The election and street demonstrations in Iran
HOUR 2: States in crisis - budget crunches around the U.S.
Jun. 14, 2009 - Beyond the Beltway
| Dan Proft
Conservative
Political commentator, Don Wade & Roma Morning Show on WLS-AM 890
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| | | Anne Scheetz
Physician
Member, Physicians for a National Health Program
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| Mike Condron
Health care consultant
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|  | Rick Kneipper
Chief Administrative Officer and Co-Founder, PHNS Inc.
Health care information technology expert
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Our topic: The future of health care in the U.S.
Jun. 7, 2009 - Beyond the Beltway
| | Joe Morris
Conservative
Former Assistant Attorney General of the United States and Director of the Department of Justice Office of Liaison Services
American delegate to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights
Partner, Morris & De La Rosa
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| | | Ahmed Rehab
Executive Director, Council on American-Islamic Relations, Chicago chapter
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| | Guity Nashat
Associate Professor of History, University of Illinois at Chicago
Research Fellow with the Hoover Institution
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Discussion of the future of America's relationship with the Muslim world following President Obama's speech in Cairo on June 4th.
May. 31, 2009 - Beyond the Beltway
| John McCarron
Liberal
Adjunt lecturer in urban journalism, DePaul University
Former Chicago Tribune editorial board member
Chicago Tribune columnist
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| | | Marty Geraghty
Conservative
Real estate executive
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| Carol Felsenthal
Biographer, magazine writer, and blogger for The Hill and Huffington Post
Author, Clinton in Exile: A President Out of the White House
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May. 24, 2009 - Beyond the Beltway
| Chris Robling
Republican
Principal at Jayne Thompson & Associates
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|  | Ron Gibbs
Democrat
Vietnam War veteran
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| | Inga Barks
Host, KERN 1180 AM, Bakersfield, CA
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| | John Dempsey
Beyond the Beltway guest host
WLS-AM 890 managing editor and morning news anchor
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| | Ralph Conner
Local legislation manager, Heartland Institute
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May. 17, 2009 - Beyond the Beltway
 | Dana Rohrabacher
Republican
U.S. Representative (R-CA)
Member, House Foreign Affairs Committee
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| | Patrick Brady
Republican
Chairman, Illinois Republican Party
National Commiteeman, Illinois Republican State Committee
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| Arthur I. Cyr
Clausen Distinguished Professor
Political Science Professor, Carthage College
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|  | John Mueller
National security expert
Professor, The Ohio State University
Author, Overblown: How Politicians and the Terrorism Industry Inflate National Security Threats, and Why We Believe Them
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| Philip Beverly
Chicago State University professor, Political Science
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May. 10, 2009 - Beyond the Beltway
| | Robert Creamer
Democrat
Political organizer, strategist
President, Strategic Consulting Group
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| | Dan Proft
Republican
Political commentator, Don Wade & Roma Morning Show on WLS-AM 890
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| | Brian Jennings
Author, Censorship: The Threat to Silence Talk Radio
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| | Charles Lipson
Peter B. Ritzma Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago
Author, Doing Honest Work in College
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The future of the prison at Guantanamo Bay, what the U.S. can do about terror detainees, plus the debate over the Fairness Doctrine and free speech.
May. 3, 2009 - Beyond the Beltway
 | Matt Murphy
Republican
Illinois State Senator, (R-Palatine)
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| | Nick Tzitzon
Republican
Government policy advisor
Former aide to Mitt Romney and Tommy Thompson
Former Political Director, Massachusetts Republican Party
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| | Eric Adelstein
Democrat
Political communications and strategy consultant
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| | | Elizabeth Brackett
Author of Pay to Play.
Correspondent, segment host, Chicago Tonight, WTTW-TV
Correspondent, The NewsHour, PBS.
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Discussion of the state of the Republican Party and the misdeeds of indicted former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich.
Apr. 26, 2009 - Beyond the Beltway
| Patrick Brady
Republican
Chairman, Illinois Republican Party
National Commiteeman, Illinois Republican State Committee
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|  | William Delgado
Democrat
Illinois State Senator (Chicago)
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| | Chris Broyles
Managing Director - Forensic Litigation
FTI Consulting
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| | | Dr. John Dye
Researcher, U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases
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| | Tom Skinner
Spokesman, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Experts discuss the threat of Swine Flu to the U.S., plus discussion of President Obama's first 100 days in office and the debate over torture and a possible Truth Commission.
Apr. 19, 2009 - Beyond the Beltway
| Chris Robling
Republican
Principal at Jayne Thompson & Associates
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| Carol Felsenthal
Biographer, magazine writer, and blogger for The Hill and Huffington Post
Author, Clinton in Exile: A President Out of the White House
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President Obama's trip to Latin America, dealings with Cuba, and the release of memos on interrogation techniques during the Bush administration.
Apr. 12, 2009 - Beyond the Beltway
| Bruno Behrend
Republican
Campaign consultant
Former talk show host
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| | Charles Lipson
Peter B. Ritzma Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago
Author, Doing Honest Work in College
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| Philip Beverly
Chicago State University professor, Political Science
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Discussion of piracy and the rescue of Captain Richard Phillips in the waters off of Somalia, plus a conversation on corruption in government and reform efforts.
Apr. 5, 2009 - Beyond the Beltway
 | Rick Garcia
Liberal
Political Director, Equality Illinois
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| | Lee Newcom
Conservative
McLean County (IL) Recorder
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| Charles Lipson
Peter B. Ritzma Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago
Author, Doing Honest Work in College
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Two days after the Iowa Supreme Court rejected a law restricting marriage to between a man and a woman, our panel and callers from around the country discuss the issue of gay marriage.
Mar. 29, 2009 - Beyond the Beltway
 | Georgia Logothetis
Liberal
Daily Kos blogger
Attorney
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| | Dan Proft
Conservative
Political commentator, Don Wade & Roma Morning Show on WLS-AM 890
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| Arthur I. Cyr
Clausen Distinguished Professor
Political Science Professor, Carthage College
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Mar. 22, 2009 - Beyond the Beltway
| Nick Tzitzon
Republican
Government policy advisor
Former aide to Mitt Romney and Tommy Thompson
Former Political Director, Massachusetts Republican Party
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| | | Marty Geraghty
Republican
Real estate executive
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| | Gila J. Bronner
President & CEO, Bronner Group, LLC
Government business practices consultant
CPA
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Mar. 15, 2009 - Beyond the Beltway
 | Mark Curran
Republican
Sheriff, Lake County, Illinois
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|  | David Cerda
Democrat
Attorney
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 | Peter Bensinger
Former Administrator, United States Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA)
President and CEO, Bensinger, DuPont and Associates
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|  | William Dunn
Author, The Gangs of Los Angeles
Street gang investigator
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LAW & ORDER: The challenges to U.S. law enforcement posed by street gangs, illegal immigration and drugs.
Mar. 8, 2009 - Beyond the Beltway
| Nick Tzitzon
Republican
Government policy advisor
Former aide to Mitt Romney and Tommy Thompson
Former Political Director, Massachusetts Republican Party
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| | John McCarron
Democrat
Adjunt lecturer in urban journalism, DePaul University
Former Chicago Tribune editorial board member
Chicago Tribune columnist
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| Salim Muwakkil
Senior Editor, In These Times, WVON Radio
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Mar. 1, 2009 - Beyond the Beltway Remembers Paul Harvey (plus politics)
| | Ralph Martire
Democrat
Taxpayer Advocate
Exec. Director, Center for Tax and Budget Accountability
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| | Dan Proft
Republican
Political commentator, Don Wade & Roma Morning Show on WLS-AM 890
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| | Al Peterson
President, Editor, CEO, NTSMediaOnline.com
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| | | Bill Kelly
Clear Channel District Manager, Youngstown, Ohio
Veteran radio manager, WKBN in Youngstown
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| Jim Bohannon
Talk show host on Westwood One radio network
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| | Philip Beverly
Chicago State University professor, Political Science
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The first hour of this program is dedicated to remembering the life and career of Paul Harvey, with special guests Bill Kelly, Al Peterson and Jim Bohannon. The political panel joins Bruce in the second hour to discuss political issues of the day.
Feb. 22, 2009 - Beyond the Beltway
| | Jack McInerney
Republican
Entrepreneur
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|  | Susana Mendoza
Democrat
Illinois State Representative, 1st District (D)
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| Charles Lipson
Peter B. Ritzma Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago
Author, Doing Honest Work in College
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|  | Kevin Johnson
Mayor of Sacramento, California
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Feb. 15, 2009 - Beyond the Beltway
| | Judy Baar Topinka
Republican
Republican candidate for Illinois comptroller
Former Illinois State Treasurer and 2006 Republican gubernatorial candidate
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| | | Ralph Martire
Democrat
Taxpayer Advocate
Exec. Director, Center for Tax and Budget Accountability
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| | Tom Shaer
Democrat
Public relations consultant
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Feb. 8, 2009 - Beyond the Beltway
| Chris Varones
Republican
Public Affairs Expert
President, Aesop Communications Group
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| | Gary Johnson
President, Chicago History Museum
Lincoln scholar
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|  | Robert Genetski
Economist
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Plus a retrospective on President Abraham Lincoln @ 200.
Feb. 1, 2009 - Beyond the Beltway
 | Kevin Kozlowski
Libertarian
Project Manager, Construction Company
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| | Patrick Cotter
Democrat
Partner, Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Former Assistant U.S. Attorney General
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| Dan Proft
Republican
Political commentator, Don Wade & Roma Morning Show on WLS-AM 890
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Jan. 25, 2009 - Beyond the Beltway
| | Roger Keats
Republican
Candidate, Cook County Board President
Former Illinois State Senator (R)
United States Army LTC (Ret)
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| | Carol Felsenthal
Biographer, magazine writer, and blogger for The Hill and Huffington Post
Author, Clinton in Exile: A President Out of the White House
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| Salim Muwakkil
Senior Editor, In These Times, WVON Radio
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Jan. 18, 2009 - Beyond the Beltway
| Nick Tzitzon
Republican
Government policy advisor
Former aide to Mitt Romney and Tommy Thompson
Former Political Director, Massachusetts Republican Party
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| Arthur I. Cyr
Clausen Distinguished Professor
Political Science Professor, Carthage College
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Jan. 11, 2009 - Beyond the Beltway
 | Eric Zorn
Liberal
Chicago Tribune columnist
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| | Georgia Logothetis
Liberal
Daily Kos blogger
Attorney
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| Dan Proft
Conservative
Political commentator, Don Wade & Roma Morning Show on WLS-AM 890
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Jan. 4, 2009 - Beyond the Beltway
| | Judy Baar Topinka
Republican
Republican candidate for Illinois comptroller
Former Illinois State Treasurer and 2006 Republican gubernatorial candidate
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| | Carol Felsenthal
Biographer, magazine writer, and blogger for The Hill and Huffington Post
Author, Clinton in Exile: A President Out of the White House
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| Salim Muwakkil
Senior Editor, In These Times, WVON Radio
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