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Dec. 30, 2007 - Beyond the Beltway

Eric Zorn
Liberal
Chicago Tribune columnist
 Marty Geraghty
Conservative
Real estate executive
Arthur I. Cyr
Clausen Distinguished Professor
Political Science Professor, Carthage College

Tom Brokaw
Former anchor and managing editor, NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw
Author, 'Boom!: Voices of the Sixties Personal Reflections on the '60s and Today'

Analysis of national politics, featuring occasional injections of rumor and innuendo, all offered up by our panel of political insiders, pundits, power brokers, public servants, and, most importantly, plain-speaking Americans from coast-to-coast.

 

Dec. 23, 2007 - Beyond the Beltway

Eric Zorn
Liberal
Chicago Tribune columnist
 Marty Geraghty
Conservative
Real estate executive
Arthur I. Cyr
Clausen Distinguished Professor
Political Science Professor, Carthage College

Analysis of national politics, featuring occasional injections of rumor and innuendo, all offered up by our panel of political insiders, pundits, power brokers, public servants, and, most importantly, plain-speaking Americans from coast-to-coast.

 

Dec. 16, 2007 - Beyond the Beltway

 Chris Robling
Republican
Principal at Jayne Thompson & Associates
Carol Felsenthal
Biographer, magazine writer, and blogger for The Hill and Huffington Post
Author, Clinton in Exile: A President Out of the White House

 Tom Shaer
Guest host
Analysis of national politics, featuring occasional injections of rumor and innuendo, all offered up by our panel of political insiders, pundits, power brokers, public servants, and, most importantly, plain-speaking Americans from coast-to-coast.

 

Dec. 9, 2007 - Beyond the Beltway

 Chris Varones
Republican
Public relations/communications expert
Director, Burson-Marsteller

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

Roland Martin
CNN contributor
A journalist, commentator, and author who in March 2007 joined CNN as a contributor.
Analysis of national politics, featuring occasional injections of rumor and innuendo, all offered up by our panel of political insiders, pundits, power brokers, public servants, and, most importantly, plain-speaking Americans from coast-to-coast.
NOTE: There is no video available from this week's show. Subscribe to the BTB Podcast to listen.

 

Dec. 2, 2007 - Beyond the Beltway

 Edwin Eisendrath
Democrat
Lee Newcom
Republican
McLean County (IL) Recorder
 Stump Connolly
Author
Tom Bevan
Co-Founder, Executive Editor of RealClearPolitics.com
Analysis of national politics, featuring occasional injections of rumor and innuendo, all offered up by our panel of political insiders, pundits, power brokers, public servants, and, most importantly, plain-speaking Americans from coast-to-coast.

 

Nov. 25, 2007 - Special: Remembering Harold

Jacky Grimshaw
Democrat
Chicago Democratic activist
Former Political Advisor to Harold Washington

 Alton Miller
Press Secretary to Harold Washington
 Salim Muwakkil
Senior Editor, In These Times, WVON Radio
 Timuel Black
Historian and Civil Rights Activist
November 25, 2007 marks the 20th anniversary of the death of Harold Washington. As the first African-American mayor of Chicago, Washington represented a major change in the political environment of the city. In this special presentation, civic leaders, advisors and friends of Harold Washington share their memories of him, and discuss his lasting impact on the city of Chicago.
See more about Mayor Washington at the Museum of Broadcast Communications website

 

Nov. 25, 2007 - Beyond the Beltway

 Brian Boyer
Liberal
TV documentarian
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
Has run political campaigns and worked in state and local government
2010 Illinois Republican primary gubernatorial candidate

 Mary Laney
Conservative
Chicago Daily Observer columnist
Documentary producer
Board member, National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
Former TV reporter and anchor

Analysis of national politics, featuring occasional injections of rumor and innuendo, all offered up by our panel of political insiders, pundits, power brokers, public servants, and, most importantly, plain-speaking Americans from coast-to-coast. (NOTE: There is no video available for this program - to listen to it, please subscribe to our podcast by clicking here).

 

Nov. 18, 2007 - Beyond the Beltway

 Marty Geraghty
Conservative
Real estate executive
 R. Craig Sautter
Author of 'Inside the Wigwam: Chicago Presidential Conventions 1860-1996'
 Salim Muwakkil
Senior Editor, In These Times, WVON Radio
Analysis of national politics, featuring occasional injections of rumor and innuendo, all offered up by our panel of political insiders, pundits, power brokers, public servants, and, most importantly, plain-speaking Americans from coast-to-coast.

 

Nov. 11, 2007 - Beyond the Beltway

 Danial Noorani
President, The Citizens Foundation, U.S.A.
 Hugh Dellios
Foreign Editor, Chicago Tribune
 John Allen Williams
Professor of Political Science, Loyola University
Author, Soldiers, Society, and National Security and U.S. National Security: Policymakers, Processes, and Politics
U.S. Naval Reserve Captain, retired

Analysis of national politics, featuring occasional injections of rumor and innuendo, all offered up by our panel of political insiders, pundits, power brokers, public servants, and, most importantly, plain-speaking Americans from coast-to-coast. (NOTE: No video link is available for this show, but you can listen to audio of both hours using the link below or by subscribing to the podcast.)

 

Nov. 4, 2007 - Beyond the Beltway

Georgia Logothetis
Liberal
Daily Kos blogger
Attorney

Dan Proft
Conservative
Political commentator, Don Wade & Roma Morning Show on WLS-AM 890
Has run political campaigns and worked in state and local government
2010 Illinois Republican primary gubernatorial candidate

Jim Bohannon
Talk show host on Westwood One radio network
Analysis of national politics, featuring occasional injections of rumor and innuendo, all offered up by our panel of political insiders, pundits, power brokers, public servants, and, most importantly, plain-speaking Americans from coast-to-coast. (NOTE: No video link is available for this show, but you can listen to audio of both hours using the link below or by subscribing to the podcast.)

 

Oct. 28, 2007 - Beyond the Beltway

 Judy Baar Topinka
Republican
Republican candidate for Illinois comptroller
Former Illinois State Treasurer and 2006 Republican gubernatorial candidate

 Rick Di Maio
Democrat
 Molly Andolina
Professor of Political Science, DePaul University
Analysis of national politics, featuring occasional injections of rumor and innuendo, all offered up by our panel of political insiders, pundits, power brokers, public servants, and, most importantly, plain-speaking Americans from coast-to-coast.

 

Oct. 21, 2007 - Beyond the Beltway

Jack Franks
Democrat
Illinois State Representative, 63rd District
Illinois Co-Chair of Hillary Clinton's 2008 presidential campaign

Lee Newcom
Republican
McLean County (IL) Recorder
 Danial Noorani
President, The Citizens Foundation, U.S.A.
 Guity Nashat
Associate Professor of History, University of Illinois at Chicago
Research Fellow with the Hoover Institution

Analysis of national politics, featuring occasional injections of rumor and innuendo, all offered up by our panel of political insiders, pundits, power brokers, public servants, and, most importantly, plain-speaking Americans from coast-to-coast. (SPECIAL NOTE: Video from *BOTH HOURS* is available for this week's show - watch by clicking the link below - although it says it is video from the first hour, you can watch both.)

 

Oct. 14, 2007 - Beyond the Beltway

 Tom Pence
Republican
 Jim Wall
Democrat
Philip Beverly
Chicago State University professor, Political Science
Analysis of national politics, featuring occasional injections of rumor and innuendo, all offered up by our panel of political insiders, pundits, power brokers, public servants, and, most importantly, plain-speaking Americans from coast-to-coast.

 

Oct. 7, 2007 - Beyond the Beltway

 Marty Geraghty
Conservative
Real estate executive
Charles Lipson
Peter B. Ritzma Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago
Author, Doing Honest Work in College

 Ray Hanania
Talk show host, WJJG 1530 AM
Arab-American journalist
U.S. Air Force veteran

Analysis of national politics, featuring occasional injections of rumor and innuendo, all offered up by our panel of political insiders, pundits, power brokers, public servants, and, most importantly, plain-speaking Americans from coast-to-coast.

 

Sep. 30, 2007 - Beyond the Beltway

Georgia Logothetis
Liberal
Daily Kos blogger
Attorney

Dan Proft
Conservative
Political commentator, Don Wade & Roma Morning Show on WLS-AM 890
Has run political campaigns and worked in state and local government
2010 Illinois Republican primary gubernatorial candidate

Roland Martin
CNN contributor
A journalist, commentator, and author who in March 2007 joined CNN as a contributor.
Analysis of national politics, featuring occasional injections of rumor and innuendo, all offered up by our panel of political insiders, pundits, power brokers, public servants, and, most importantly, plain-speaking Americans from coast-to-coast.

 

Sep. 23, 2007 - Beyond the Beltway

 John McNeal
Conservative
 Mary Laney
Conservative
Chicago Daily Observer columnist
Documentary producer
Board member, National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
Former TV reporter and anchor

 Salim Muwakkil
Senior Editor, In These Times, WVON Radio
Analysis of national politics, featuring occasional injections of rumor and innuendo, all offered up by our panel of political insiders, pundits, power brokers, public servants, and, most importantly, plain-speaking Americans from coast-to-coast.

 

Sep. 16, 2007 - Beyond the Beltway

 Chris Varones
Republican
Public relations/communications expert
Director, Burson-Marsteller

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

Tom Bevan
Co-Founder, Executive Editor of RealClearPolitics.com
Analysis of national politics, featuring occasional injections of rumor and innuendo, all offered up by our panel of political insiders, pundits, power brokers, public servants, and, most importantly, plain-speaking Americans from coast-to-coast.

 

Sep. 9, 2007 - Beyond the Classroom

 Andrew Conneen
Teacher, Adlai E. Stevenson High School
 Dan Larsen
Teacher, Adlai E. Stevenson High School
 Vanessa Lal-Steinkamp
Teacher, Adlai E. Stevenson High School
Three local high school teachers join Bruce DuMont to discuss a variety of issues, focusing on the 2008 presidential primary campaigns, and to respond to listener phone calls.

 

Sep. 2, 2007 - Current Hot Political Topics

 Jeffrey Mandalis
Supports Ron Paul for President
Futures trader on Chicago Board on Trade
 Mary Hartigan
Democrat
Lee Newcom
Republican
McLean County (IL) Recorder
Discussion of the Sen. Larry Craig scandal, whether the United States should or should not intervene in foreign affairs, and various other current major political topics.

 

Aug. 26, 2007 - 2008: The GOP Candidates

Bill Brady
Thompson supporter
Illinois State Senator, 44th District
Jim Durkin
McCain Supporter
Illinois State Representative, 82nd District
 David Valkema
President of the Log Cabin Republicans of Chicago
 Kevin Richardson
Mayor of Lake Barrington
An in-depth view of the Republican presidential candidates.

 

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