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Rick Kogan, host of “After Hours With Rick Kogan” on WGN and Chicago Tribune columnist, talks about the Chicago cultural scene, the Mob, the state of journalism, the urban-rural disconnect, and what it means to be a “newspaperman.” -
John Sides, a Political Science Professor at Vanderbilt and co-author of Bitter End: The 2020 Presidential Campaign and the Challenge to American Democracy, talks about key findings in the book, our ‘calcified’ democracy, and offers further insights into the American electorate.
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Government
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Much is known about Robert Kennedy’s life prior to his brother’s assassination and the 1968 presidential campaign but less on the important period in between. On this weekend commemorating RFK’s death, John Bohrer, author of The Revolution of Robert Kennedy: From Power to Protest After JFK, talks about how RFK emerged from his brother’s shadow, won a US Senate seat, and set the stage for a campaign that still has many wondering “What if….?”
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Glenn Hurst, a Democratic candidate for the US Senate in Iowa, talks about why he’s running, economic issues, health care, climate, the partisan divide, globalization and much more.
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Michael Stewart Foley, author of Citizen Cash, The Political Life and Times of Johnny Cash, reveals the answer along with Johnny Cash’s continuing relevance as an American cultural icon. He talks about his book, the issues that concerned Cash, his political beliefs, and much more.
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Wells King, research director at American Compass, discusses two recent articles he authored on the bipartisan mishandling of globalization and the decline of NASCAR. There are parallels between them and King talks about the need for a fresh perspective on both.
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Dwight Chapin talks about his new book The President’s Man, The Memoirs of Nixon’s Trusted Aide, including Nixon’s trips to China and the Soviet Union, his domestic accomplishments, a military spying ring in the White House, Vietnam and anti-war protests, and Watergate. Chapin has an interesting story to tell about Watergate based on new information and his perspective from inside the White House.
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Titus Bond, President of Remington Research Group, a Republican polling firm, talks about the political climate heading into the 2022 midterms, lessons learned from the VA Gov race where he helped the winner Glenn Youngkin, the impacts of Trump and Ukraine on the elections, and some interesting thoughts on the changing nature of political campaigns.
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Titus Bond, President of Remington Research Group, a Republican polling firm, talks about the political climate heading into the 2022 midterms, lessons learned from the VA Gov race where he helped the winner Glenn Youngkin, the impacts of Trump and Ukraine on the elections, and some interesting thoughts on the changing nature of political campaigns.
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EconomyDavid Paul Kuhn, author of Hardhat Riot: Nixon, New York City, and the Dawn of the White Working-Class Revolution, talks about his book that centers on a riot in May 1970 in downtown NYC pitting college students against construction workers. Kuhn discusses the continuing legacy of the riot including the move of the working class towards Republicans and away from their traditional base in the Democratic Party.
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EconomyDavid Paul Kuhn, author of Hardhat Riot: Nixon, New York City, and the Dawn of the White Working-Class Revolution, talks about his book that centers on a riot in May 1970 in downtown NYC pitting college students against construction workers. Kuhn discusses the continuing legacy of the riot including the move of the working class towards Republicans and away from their traditional base in the Democratic Party.
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CommunityJohn Miller, co-director of Moundsville, discusses his film about a small town in West Virginia, the town’s familiar story of factory closures and economic decline but also stories of renewal that provide hope for smaller towns throughout the Heartland.
