Joan Esposito: Live Local & Progressive, January 14, 2026

On today's show:– U.S. Sen. Tina Smith (D-MN) – Margaret Donovan, attorney at Koskoff Koskoff and Bieder, visiting clinical lecturer in law at Yale Law School, former assistant United States attorney for the District of Connecticut, Army veteran and former captain in the Judge Advocate General (JAG) Corps– William Baumgartner, former United States Coast Guard rear admiral who served as commander of the Seventh Coast Guard District– Derrick Johnson, CEO of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People– Greg Palast, filmmaker, author and investigative journalist Catch "Joan Esposito: Live, Local and Progressive" weekdays from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. Central on WCPT (heartlandsignal.com/programs/live-local-progressive).See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.