Joan Esposito: Live, Local & Progressive | September 10, 2026

On today's show

– Ira Glass, creator and host of "This American Life"; Glass will appear at the Chicago Humanities Festival Monday, October 5 for an evening called "Half-Baked Stories About My Dead Mom: Ira Glass and Etgar Keret Don’t Mince Words"

– Marjorie Hershey, professor emeritus, political science at Indiana University Bloomington

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