Heartland Politics with Robin Johnson

In the first of a two-part interview, Ray Long, veteran political reporter for the Chicago Tribune and author of The House That Madigan Built: The Record Run of Illinois’ Velvet Hammer, discusses...

Michael Stewart Foley, author of Citizen Cash, The Political Life and Times of Johnny Cash, reveals the answer along with Johnny Cash’s continuing relevance as an American cultural icon. He talks...

Businessman Gary Rabine talks about his reasons for running, views on taxes, the economy, budget, schools, crime, and which other Governors across the country he would use for guidance.

Wells King, research director at American Compass, discusses two recent articles he authored on the bipartisan mishandling of globalization and the decline of NASCAR. There are parallels between them...

Matt Rosenberg, author of What’s Next Chicago?: Notes of a Pissed-off Native Son, talks abut his book, his return to Chicago, what he sees as failed progressive governance in neighborhoods, crime,...

Michael Franken, Democratic candidate for the US Senate in Iowa, talks about the reasons for his candidacy, the Russian invasion of Ukraine, US-China relations, globalization, inflation, Build Back...

Rep. Ro Khanna, (D-CA) talks about his book, Dignity in a Digital Age: Making Tech Work for All of Us, bridging the geographical and urban-rural divides, a 21st Century Jobs Agenda, ‘Democratic...

Illinois Republican gubernatorial candidate Jesse Sullivan talks about what he’ll do about corruption in Illinois, the economy, taxes, crime, population loss, and agriculture.