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2011

Oct. 30, 2011 - Beyond the Beltway

Mark Cassello
Liberal
Huffington Post Contributor
Kenton McCarthy
Conservative
Stifel Nicolaus
Craig Sautter
Author, Inside the Wigwam: Chicago Presidential Conventions 1860-1996

 

Oct. 23, 2011 - Beyond the Beltway

Sean Bennett
Libertarian
CEO, Bennett Arbitrage and Zingle.tv
David Lundy
Democrat
Aileron Communications
Yaser Tabbara
A writer and lecturer on contemporary social issues including civil rights, media relations, and Islam-West relations, Tabbara serves as board member of the Arab-American Bar Association, CAIR Chicago, and the Muslim Educational and Cultural Center of America.

 

Oct. 16, 2011 - Beyond the Beltway

Peter Giangreco
Democrat
Partner in the Chicago office of The Strategy Group
Doug O'Brien
Prairie State Strategies – Public affairs, communications and advocacy consulting
Philip Beverly
Chicago State University professor, Political Science

 

Oct. 9, 2011 - Beyond the Beltway

Tim Kraulidis
Tea Party Conservative
State Director, Illinois Tax Day Tea Party
President, Will County Tea Party

Patrick Brady
Republican
Chairman, Illinois Republican Party
National Commiteeman, Illinois Republican State Committee

Mark Cassello
Liberal
Huffington Post Contributor

 

Oct. 2, 2011 - Beyond the Beltway

 Anthony Anderson
Republican
Chairman of the Republican Precinct Project
 Christine Dudley
Republican
Political consultant
Mary Hartigan
Democrat
Attorney

 

Sep. 25, 2011 - Beyond the Beltway

Mark Cassello
Liberal
Huffington Post Contributor
Dan Proft
Conservative
Political commentator, Don Wade & Roma Morning Show on WLS-AM 890

Carol Felsenthal
Biographer, magazine writer, and blogger for The Hill and Huffington Post
Author, Clinton in Exile: A President Out of the White House

 

Sep. 18, 2011 - Beyond the Beltway

Tim Kraulidis
Tea Party Conservative
State Director, Illinois Tax Day Tea Party
President, Will County Tea Party

Chris Varones
Republican
Public Affairs Expert President, Aesop Communications Group
Dan Johnson-Weinberger
Democrat
President, Progressive Public Affairs
Attorney, lobbyist and blogger

 

Sep. 12, 2011 - Beyond the Beltway

Arthur I. Cyr
Clausen Distinguished Professor
Political Science Professor, Carthage College

Ghada Talhami
Professor at Lake Forest College. Department of Politics. Frmer President of the Association of Arab-American University Graduates and Former Editor of Arab Studies Quarterly.
Listen to our first program after the attacks on the World Trade Center on 9/11/01, live from Stockholm, Sweden. Guests Ghada Talhami and Art Cyr join Bruce and callers in a comprehensive and emotional response to the dawn of the war on terrorism that our country wages vigilantly even 10 years later.

 

Sep. 11, 2011 - Beyond the Beltway

Arthur I. Cyr
Clausen Distinguished Professor
Political Science Professor, Carthage College

Charles Lipson
Peter B. Ritzma Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago
Author, Doing Honest Work in College

Khalil Marrar
Assitant professor of Political Science at DePaul University in Chicago.

 

Sep. 4, 2011 - Beyond the Beltway

Chris Robling
Republican
Principal at Jayne Thompson & Associates
John McCarron
Liberal
Adjunt lecturer in urban journalism, DePaul University
Former Chicago Tribune editorial board member
Chicago Tribune columnist

Dan Miller
Conservative
Executive Vice President and Publisher, The Heartland Institute

 

Aug. 28, 2011 - Beyond the Beltway

 John Kociolko
Republican
Former Illinois state representative and Cicero Town Assessor.
 Dan Shomon
Democrat
Democratic Consultant. Head of Dan Shomon,Inc. a consulting firm

 

Aug. 21, 2011 - Beyond the Beltway

Tim Kraulidis
Tea Party Conservative
State Director, Illinois Tax Day Tea Party
President, Will County Tea Party

Chris Varones
Republican
Public Affairs Expert President, Aesop Communications Group
Dan Johnson-Weinberger
Democrat
President, Progressive Public Affairs
Attorney, lobbyist and blogger

 

Aug. 14, 2011 - Beyond the Beltway

Joe Schiavoni
Democrat
State Senator, 33rd District, Ohio
Dan Rivers
Talk Show Host, Dan Daily
WKBN Radio

David Johnson
Republican Chairman, Columbiana County, Ohio

 

Aug. 7, 2011 - Beyond the Beltway

Del Wright Jr.
Assistant Professor of Law, Valparaiso University
Mark Witte
Director of Undergraduate Economic Studies Northwestern University
Michael Miller
Associate Professor, DePaul University

 

Jul. 31, 2011 - Beyond the Beltway

Bruno Behrend
Conservative
Campaign consultant
Former talk show host

Charles Lipson
Peter B. Ritzma Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago
Author, Doing Honest Work in College

Mark Brown
Columnist, Chicago Sun Times

 

Jul. 24, 2011 - Beyond the Beltway

John McCarron
Liberal
Adjunt lecturer in urban journalism, DePaul University
Former Chicago Tribune editorial board member
Chicago Tribune columnist

Craig Sautter
Author, Inside the Wigwam: Chicago Presidential Conventions 1860-1996
Steve Platt
Media Law Attorney

 

Jul. 17, 2011 - Beyond the Beltway

Mark Witte
Director of Undergraduate Economic Studies Northwestern University
Michael Miller
Associate Professor, DePaul University
Robert Genetski
Economist

 

Jul. 10, 2011 - Beyond the Beltway

Tim Kraulidis
Tea Party Conservative
State Director, Illinois Tax Day Tea Party
President, Will County Tea Party

Chris Varones
Republican
Public Affairs Expert President, Aesop Communications Group
Dan Johnson-Weinberger
Democrat
President, Progressive Public Affairs
Attorney, lobbyist and blogger

 

Jul. 3, 2011 - Beyond the Beltway

Nick Tzitzon
Republican
Government policy advisor
Former aide to Mitt Romney and Tommy Thompson
Former Political Director, Massachusetts Republican Party

John McCarron
Liberal
Adjunt lecturer in urban journalism, DePaul University
Former Chicago Tribune editorial board member
Chicago Tribune columnist

Arthur I. Cyr
Clausen Distinguished Professor
Political Science Professor, Carthage College

 

Jun. 26, 2011 - Beyond the Beltway

Nick Tzitzon
Republican
Government policy advisor
Former aide to Mitt Romney and Tommy Thompson
Former Political Director, Massachusetts Republican Party

John McCarron
Liberal
Adjunt lecturer in urban journalism, DePaul University
Former Chicago Tribune editorial board member
Chicago Tribune columnist

Arthur I. Cyr
Clausen Distinguished Professor
Political Science Professor, Carthage College

 

Jun. 19, 2011 - Beyond the Beltway

Dan Johnson-Weinberger
Democrat
President, Progressive Public Affairs
Attorney, lobbyist and blogger

Dan Proft
Conservative
Political commentator, Don Wade & Roma Morning Show on WLS-AM 890

Charles Lipson
Peter B. Ritzma Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago
Author, Doing Honest Work in College

 

Jun. 12, 2011 - Beyond the Beltway

Chris Robling
Republican
Principal at Jayne Thompson & Associates
Dan Johnson-Weinberger
Democrat
President, Progressive Public Affairs
Attorney, lobbyist and blogger

 Robert Starks
Democrat
Professor - Northeastern University

 

Jun. 5, 2011 - Beyond the Beltway

Tim Kraulidis
Tea Party Conservative
State Director, Illinois Tax Day Tea Party
President, Will County Tea Party

 Christine Dudley
Republican
Political consultant
Mary Hartigan
Democrat
Attorney

 

May. 29, 2011 - Beyond the Beltway

John McCarron
Liberal
Adjunt lecturer in urban journalism, DePaul University
Former Chicago Tribune editorial board member
Chicago Tribune columnist

Dan Proft
Conservative
Political commentator, Don Wade & Roma Morning Show on WLS-AM 890

Charles Lipson
Peter B. Ritzma Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago
Author, Doing Honest Work in College

 

May. 22, 2011 - Beyond the Beltway

Jan Schakowsky
Democrat
United States Representative from Illinois, 9th District
Chief Deputy Whip

Bruno Behrend
Conservative
Campaign consultant
Former talk show host

 

May. 15, 2011 - Beyond the Beltway

Chris Varones
Republican
Public Affairs Expert President, Aesop Communications Group
Sean Bennett
Libertarian
CEO, Bennett Arbitrage and Zingle.tv
Dan Johnson-Weinberger
Democrat
President, Progressive Public Affairs
Attorney, lobbyist and blogger

 

May. 8, 2011 - Beyond the Beltway

Matthew Lippman
Professor of Criminology, University of Illinois at Chicago
Robert Pape
Professor of Political Science, University of Chicago
Author, Dying to Win: The Strategic Logic of Suicide Terrorism

Tom Mockaitis
Professor of History, DePaul University

 

May. 1, 2011 - Beyond the Beltway

Tim Kraulidis
Tea Party Conservative
State Director, Illinois Tax Day Tea Party
President, Will County Tea Party

Mark Cassello
Liberal
Huffington Post Contributor
Dan Proft
Conservative
Political commentator, Don Wade & Roma Morning Show on WLS-AM 890

 

Apr. 24, 2011 - Beyond the Beltway

Kitty Kurth
Democrat
President, Kurth Lampe
Political Public relations consultant

 Marty Geraghty
Conservative
Real estate executive
Salim Muwakkil
Senior Editor, In These Times, WVON Radio

 

Apr. 17, 2011 - Beyond the Beltway

Steve Balich
Tea Party Republican
Coordinator Illinois Tax Day Tea Party
Chris Robling
Republican
Principal at Jayne Thompson & Associates
Mark Cassello
Liberal
Huffington Post Contributor

 

Apr. 10, 2011 - Beyond the Beltway

Patrick Hughes
Republican
Vice President and General Counsel at Ocean Atlantic Realty Former Candidate for U.S. Senate
John McCarron
Liberal
Adjunt lecturer in urban journalism, DePaul University
Former Chicago Tribune editorial board member
Chicago Tribune columnist

Dan Proft
Conservative
Political commentator, Don Wade & Roma Morning Show on WLS-AM 890

Charles Lipson
Peter B. Ritzma Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago
Author, Doing Honest Work in College

 

Apr. 3, 2011 - Beyond the Beltway

Steve Stevlic
Tea Party Conservative
Organizer, Chicago Tea Party Patriots
John McGovern
Conservative
Attorney and Republican consultant
Ray Hanania
Talk show host, WJJG 1530 AM
Arab-American journalist
U.S. Air Force veteran

 

Mar. 27, 2011 - Beyond the Beltway

Arthur I. Cyr
Clausen Distinguished Professor
Political Science Professor, Carthage College

Robert Pape
Professor of Political Science, University of Chicago
Author, Dying to Win: The Strategic Logic of Suicide Terrorism

 

Mar. 20, 2011 - Beyond the Beltway

Chris Robling
Republican
Principal at Jayne Thompson & Associates
Patrick Brady
Republican
Chairman, Illinois Republican Party
National Commiteeman, Illinois Republican State Committee

Charles Lipson
Peter B. Ritzma Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago
Author, Doing Honest Work in College

 

Mar. 13, 2011 - Beyond the Beltway

Steve Stevlic
Tea Party Conservative
Organizer, Chicago Tea Party Patriots
Chris Varones
Republican
Public Affairs Expert President, Aesop Communications Group
Dan Johnson-Weinberger
Democrat
President, Progressive Public Affairs
Attorney, lobbyist and blogger

 

Mar. 6, 2011 - Beyond the Beltway

John O'Hara
Republican
Vice President of the Illinois Policy Institute
 Donald Turner
Democrat
President Emeritus, Chicago Federation of Labor
David Merriman
Associate Director of Institute of Government and Public Affairs

 

Feb. 27, 2011 - Beyond the Beltway

Rebecca Kleefisch
Republican
Rebecca Kleefisch is the current Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin
John Tillman
Libertarian
CEO, Illinois Policy Institute
John Norquist
Democrat
The former mayor of Milwaukee, Norquist serves as the executive director of the Congress for New Urbanism.
Zev Eigen
Assistant Professor of Law at Northwestern University

 

Feb. 27, 2011 - Inside Politics

Final show of the mayoral election cycle. Post-election analysis. Featuring Ald. Dick Mell along with two additional panels of journalists and political pundits.

 

Feb. 20, 2011 - Inside Politics

Count-down to the election with three more panels of local journalists, covering both the mayoral and aldermanic races.

 

Feb. 20, 2011 - Beyond the Beltway

Kurt Schuller
Republican
Elected in 2010, Kurt Schuller is serving a four year term as Wisconsin's State Treasurer.
Kathleen Vinehout
Democrat
Serving Western Wisconsin, Vinehout is the ranking member of the Wisconsin Senate Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Higher Education.
Kenton McCarthy
Conservative
Stifel Nicolaus
Arthur I. Cyr
Clausen Distinguished Professor
Political Science Professor, Carthage College

 C. Craig Kopstain
U.S. Naval Reserve Captain, retired
Worked in U.S. Central Command during Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm
Has traveled to 110 countries

Charles Lipson
Peter B. Ritzma Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago
Author, Doing Honest Work in College

 

Feb. 13, 2011 - Beyond the Beltway

Cherif Bassiouni
A distinguished research professor of law emeritus at DePaul University College of Law and president emeritus of the law school’s International Human Rights Law Institute.
Laith Al-Saud
An Islamic Studies lecturer at DePaul University, Laith Al-Saud is an expert on Middle East politics. Born in Baghdad, Laith went on to earn his PhD at the University of Chicago.
Yaser Tabbara
A writer and lecturer on contemporary social issues including civil rights, media relations, and Islam-West relations, Tabbara serves as board member of the Arab-American Bar Association, CAIR Chicago, and the Muslim Educational and Cultural Center of America.

 

Feb. 13, 2011 - Inside Politics

Two media panels and representatives from the Braun and Emanuel campaigns.

 

Feb. 6, 2011 - Inside Politics

Interview with Mayoral Candidate, Carol Moseley Braun, and two panels with local journalists.

 

Jan. 30, 2011 - Inside Politics

Interview with Mayoral Candidate, William ''Dock'' Walls and City Clerk Candidate, Patricia Horton.

 

Jan. 30, 2011 - Beyond the Beltway

Chris Robling
Republican
Principal at Jayne Thompson & Associates
Brian Endless
A professor from Loyola University Chicago, specializing in International Politics, International Relations and the Politics of International Economy.
Cherif Bassiouni
A distinguished research professor of law emeritus at DePaul University College of Law and president emeritus of the law school’s International Human Rights Law Institute.
Yaser Tabbara
A writer and lecturer on contemporary social issues including civil rights, media relations, and Islam-West relations, Tabbara serves as board member of the Arab-American Bar Association, CAIR Chicago, and the Muslim Educational and Cultural Center of America.

 

Jan. 23, 2011 - Inside Politics

Interview with Mayoral Candidate Miguel Del Valle and City Clerk Candidate Susanna Mendoza. Roundtable with former Illinois legislator Robert Molaro, political blogger Carol Felsenthal and Chicago News Cooperative reporter Mick Dumke.

 

Jan. 23, 2011 - Beyond the Beltway

John McCarron
Liberal
Adjunt lecturer in urban journalism, DePaul University
Former Chicago Tribune editorial board member
Chicago Tribune columnist

Danny Davis
Democrat
Democratic Congressman from Illinois' 7th District
Bruno Behrend
Conservative
Campaign consultant
Former talk show host

 

Jan. 16, 2011 - Inside Politics

Interview with Mayoral Candidate Patricia Van Pelt Watkins.

 

Jan. 16, 2011 - Beyond the Beltway

Chris Varones
Republican
Public Affairs Expert President, Aesop Communications Group
Dan Johnson-Weinberger
Democrat
President, Progressive Public Affairs
Attorney, lobbyist and blogger

 Brooke Whitted
Attorney, Whitted, Cleary + Takiff, LLC Mental Health Advocate Board Member Child and Adolescent Bipolar Foundation
Charles Lipson
Peter B. Ritzma Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago
Author, Doing Honest Work in College

Dr. Louis Kraus
Chief of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Rush University Medical Center
 Thomas Chapman
Financial Services Executive Parent of Bipolar Child

 

Jan. 9, 2011 - Beyond the Beltway

Steve Balich
Tea Party Republican
Coordinator Illinois Tax Day Tea Party
Doug O'Brien
Republican
Vice President, Res Publica Group
Chairman, Illinois Chamber of Commerce Healthcare Council
Former Regional Director, Department of Health and Human Services
Former Chief of Staff, U.S. Representative Mark Kirk (R-IL)

 Charlie Madigan
Democrat
Author, Roosevelt University

 

Jan. 2, 2011 - Beyond the Beltway

Chris Robling
Republican
Principal at Jayne Thompson & Associates
 Christine Dudley
Republican
Political consultant
 Robert Creamer
Democrat
Political organizer, strategist
President, Strategic Consulting Group