Mike Madrid, a political consultant who has worked for both political parties and co-founded the Lincoln Project, discusses his book, The Latino Century: How America’s Largest Minority is Transforming Democracy.By Robin Johnson

Kenan Fikri, Director of Research for the Economic Innovation Group, talks about a new report, “Economic Renaissance or Fleeting Recovery? Left-Behind Counties See Boom in Jobs and Businesses Amid Widening Divides.”By Robin Johnson

State Sen. Chris Cournoyer, Vice-chair of the Senate Education Committee, (R-35) talks about K-12 school issuesBy Robin Johnson

Brody Mullins, co-author of The Wolves of K Street: The Secret History of How Big Money Took Over Big Government, talks about the development of the modern lobbying industryBy Robin Johnson

State Senator Mike Halpin (D) from the 36th District discusses the Illinois legislative sessionBy Robin Johnson

Sen. Pam Jochum (D-Dubuque) discusses the recently concluded Iowa legislative session.By Robin Johnson

Patrick Pfingsten, author of The Illinoize political newsletter, discusses the recently concluded legislative session highlights and Republican prospects in the 2024 elections.By Robin Johnson

Steve Coll talks about his new book, The Achilles Trap: Saddam Hussein, The CIA, and the Origins of America’s Invasion of IraqBy Robin Johnson

Steve is host of The Briefing on the POTUS Channel, Senior VP at the Bipartisan Policy Center and former host for 30 years at C-SPAN.By Robin Johnson

Rep. Taylor Collins (R-Mediapolis) discusses the recently completed session of the Iowa legislature and addresses some of its key accomplishments.By Robin Johnson

Joseph Stiglitz talks about his new book, The Road to Freedom: Economics and the Good SocietyBy Robin Johnson

Labor historian Steve Babson, author of Forgotten Populists: When Farmers Turned Left to Save Democracy.By Robin Johnson

Tim Alberta discusses his book The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of ExtremismBy Robin Johnson

Jon Grinspan talks about his book, Age of Acrimony: How Americans Fought to Fix Their Democracy 1865-1915By Robin Johnson

Luke Russert, host and creative director of “MSNBC Live”, discusses his book Look For Me There: Grieving my Father, Finding Myself.By Robin Johnson

Sasha Issenberg, author of The Lie Detectives: In Search of a Playbook for Winning Elections in the Disinformation Age.

John Lawrence discusses his book, Arc of Power: Inside Nancy Pelosi’s Speakership, 2005-2010.By Robin Johnson

Author James Kaplan talks about his new book, 3 Shades of Blue: Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans and the Lost Empire of Cool.By Robin Johnson

Daniel Shea and Nicholas Jacobs talk about their new book, The Rural Voter, The Politics of Place and the Disuniting of America.By Robin Johnson

Patrick Wohl, author of Down Ballot: How A Local Campaign Became A National Referendum on Abortion, talks about this historic race, abortion politics, the key players, how state legislative campaigns are run, the role of ‘dimpled chads’ in the outcome locally and in the 2000 presidential race in Florida, why local elections are so important, and mu…