Joan Esposito: Live, Local & Progressive with guest host Richard Chew | April 24, 2026

On today's show Richard Chew fills in for Joan and his guests are– Enrico Mowatt, director of Brand Partnerships at Mirror Digital– Majid Padellan, AKA Brooklyn Dad Defiant– Rachel Bitecofer, national political analyst, editor of The Cycle-On Substack, author of “Hit ‘Em Where It Hurts: How to Save Democracy by Beating Republicans at their Own Game”– Lisa Stark, former ABC News reporter, and Ian Cameron, former ABC News executive producer; they are leading a petition-signing effort urging the White House Correspondents’ Association to pledge at its upcoming WHCA Dinner to fight back against any officeholder who wages systematic war against the journalists whose work the dinner commemorates” 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.