WCPT 820 - Chicago's Progressive Talk

WCPT 820 - Chicago's Progressive Talk Where Facts Matter -- Chews Views 6-8AM • Joan Esposito 2-5PM • Patti Vasquez 5-7PM. Find us online at HeartlandSignal.com.

WCPT 820 is one of the last independently owned radio stations in the country. Because we are not part of a conglomerate, our hosts have the freedom to speak their minds… and speak they do. The newsroom running out of WCPT is Heartland Signal. Breaking midwest political news at Heartlandsignal.com

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We are on air in Chicago at 820-AM

01/03/2025

On today's show:
– Dr. Suzana Flores, psychologist and author
– Ellie Krug, transgender activist, author, lawyer, and host of a new Saturday show, “The Illegal Trans Woman,” on AM950, the Progressive Voice of Minnesota

01/03/2025

Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) brings in a group of almost 40 family members to her ceremonial swearing in.

01/03/2025

While taking pictures after Sen. Dave McCormick’s (R-PA) ceremonial swearing in, one of his daughters appears to tell Vice President Kamala Harris "I voted for you."

Harris responds: "I could tell."

01/03/2025

Eric Zorn fills in for Joan and his guests include:
– Cate Plys, Chicago journalist, historian and member of “The Mincing Rascals” podcast team
– Gregory Royal Pratt, Chicago Tribune investigative reporter and author of the Lori Lightfoot biography “The City is Up for Grabs”
– School portrait photographer Chad Leverenz

01/03/2025

Reps. Keith Self (R-TX) And Ralph Norman (R-SC) flip their votes on the first ballot, electing Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA) Speaker of the House.

01/03/2025

On today's show:
Karen Byrne, co-host of the TruBlue Politics podcast

Catch "Chew's Views with Richard Chew” weekdays from 6:00 to 8:00 a.m. Central on WCPT (heartlandsignal.com/programs/chews-views).

01/02/2025

On today's show:
– Film critic Mike Crowley

Catch "Driving It Home with Patti Vasquez” weekdays from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. Central on WCPT (heartlandsignal.com/programs/driving-it-home).

01/02/2025

On today's show Richard takes listener calls and offers his views on the news of the day.

Catch "Chew's Views with Richard Chew” weekdays from 6:00 to 8:00 a.m. Central on WCPT (heartlandsignal.com/programs/chews-views).

12/31/2024

On today's show Elliott Serrano fills in for Patti.

Catch "Driving It Home with Patti Vasquez" weekdays from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. Central on WCPT (heartlandsignal.com/programs/driving-it-home).

12/31/2024

On today's show:
Richard takes listener calls and offers his views on the news of the day.

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12/30/2024

On today's show:
– Chicago Community Acupuncture Clinic Director Dr. Jason Bussell and daughter Ava
– Editorial cartoonist Scott Stantis

Trump’s pet-eating-immigrants story earns 'Lie of the Year' from PolitiFact
12/30/2024

Trump’s pet-eating-immigrants story earns 'Lie of the Year' from PolitiFact

President-elect Donald Trump and his running mate J.D. Vance have earned PolitiFact’s Lie of the Year award for their false rhetoric about Haitian immigrants in Ohio eating pets.

12/30/2024

Chews Views With Richard Chew Dec. 30 2024

12/29/2024

Out Chicago Dec 29 2024

On this week's show Scott and Ellen selected a few of their favorite interviews from the past year in part two of a two-part year-end special. Listen in to hear conversations with "Death Becomes Her" star Michelle Williams, singer and satirist Randy Rainbow, Michael Johnson of Equality Illinois, and Jen Grosshandler and Gearah Goldstein of the Gender Cool Project.

Catch “Out Chicago” Sundays from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Central on WCPT (heartlandsignal.com/programs/out-chicago).

12/29/2024

First Take @ Daybreak w/ Al Kindle 12.29.2024

12/29/2024

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