Joan Esposito: Live, Local & Progressive | January 27, 2026

On today's show:– Jim Coyne, business manager of Plumbers Local 130– Pat Kreitlow, founder and editor of Up North News (Courier)– Rohit Chopra, former director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and resident fellow at the The Institute of Politics at the Harvard Kennedy School; earlier this month The States Forum recently published his article “De-Gouging the Economy: How States Can Deploy Dormant Authorities to Alleviate the Cost-of-Living Crisis”– Zev Shalev, founder of Narativ.org, a bestselling news Substack  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.