Joan Esposito: Live, Local & Progressive with guest host Patti Vasquez | April 23, 2026

On today's show Patti Vasquez fills in for Joan and her guests are– Jordan Shiner (in studio), former teacher at Niles North High School in Skokie, Illinois; in early March he joined Patti while sheltering from bombing attacks in Tel Aviv, Israel– Ellie Krug, transgender activist, author, lawyer, and host of “The Illegal Trans Woman” on KTNF AM950, the Progressive Voice of Minnesota; her new book is “Being Ellen: A Second Chance at Life”– Walter Podrazik, adjunct lecturer in communication at the University of Illinois Chicago, and co-author of "Watching TV: American Television Season by Season," and TV curator at Chicago’s Museum of Broadcast Communications– Joel Ostrow, professor of political science at Benedictine University– Jess Piper, the “Dirt Road Democrat”– Mark Eaton, Capitol Fools’ head writer, ahead of Capitol Fools’ three Skokie performances this weekend at the North Shore Center; Patti will be there for the Saturday night performance, doing a meet-and-greet in the lobby and introducing the show– Lorenzo Santos, Democratic candidate for Congress in Wisconsin’s 1st District 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.