Chicago journalist Ben Joravsky starts each show by riffing on the news of the day with his celebrated humor, insight, and honesty. Then he talks politics with activists, elected officials, journalists and all sorts of political know-it-alls. We talk Chicago, Illinois, national (lots of national), international and lefty politics. Find The Ben Joravsky Show wherever you download podcasts.
Republicans have an overriding philosophy when it comes to judges. It may be an illogical philosophy that they quickly abandon when expedient, but they have one. It's pretty obvious from the opening days of Amy Coney Barrett's senate confirmation hearings that the Democrats don't have one. David Faris--professor of political science at Roosevelt University--talks about this and other issues of the day. Faris is the author of It's Time to Fight Dirty: How Democrats Can Build a Lasting Majority in American Politics.
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