Joan Esposito Live Local & Progressive with guest host Turi Ryder | April 28, 2026

On today's show Turi Ryder fills in for Joan and her guests include– Tina El Gamal, director of First Floor Theater Company's “Work Hard Have Fun Make History,” opening May 7 – Forrest Claypool, former chief executive officer of Chicago Public Schools, and author of “The Daley Show: Inside the Transformative Reign of Chicago's Richard M. Daley” – Maya Lilly, producer with The Years Project, a multimedia storytelling and education effort designed to inform, empower and unite the world in the face of climate change– John Huber, music teacher at Chicago's Old Town School of Music on their teen open mic night– David Levine, professor of law, UC Law San Francisco 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).   Follow us: Website: https://heartlandsignal.com WCPT Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WCPT820 Heartland Signal Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HeartlandSignal Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@heartlandsignal  Heartland Signal X: https://x.com/HeartlandSignal WCPT 820 X: https://x.com/WCPT820 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/heartlandsignal Threads: threads.com/@heartlandsignal YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@heartlandsignalSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.