Joan Esposito: Live Local & Progressive, January 12, 2026

On today's show:

– Daniel Vock (https://www.chicagotribune.com/author...) , public policy reporter at the Chicago Tribune

– Amy Westervelt, award-winning investigative reporter who is editor/founder of the investigative multimedia newsroom Drilled (https://drilled.media/) and the author of the forthcoming book “Brought to You by: How Corporations Warped the Truth, Conned the Public, and Broke Democracy”

– Carlos Roa, editor-in-chief of IQ Latino and contributor to Te Lo Cuento News; his op-ed “Being Venezuelan American (and a Pittsburgher)” (https://www.post-gazette.com/opinion/...) was published January 11 by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

– Jill Wine-Banks (https://www.jillwinebanks.com/) , legal analyst, former general counsel of the U.S. Army, author of “The Watergate Girl,” co-host of #SistersInLaw (https://www.politicon.com/podcast-tit...) and host of Just The Facts with Jill Wine-Banks (https://www.politicon.com/podcast-tit...)