Joan Esposito: Live, Local & Progressive with guest host William Muck | January 28, 2026

On today's show Professor William Muck fills in for Joan and his guests are

– 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...)

– Jonathan Rauch, contributing writer at The Atlantic (https://www.theatlantic.com/author/jo...) and a senior fellow in the Governance Studies program at The Brookings Institution (https://www.brookings.edu/people/jona...) ; he most recently authored “Cross Purposes: Christianity’s Broken Bargain with Democracy”

– Phil Barker (https://www.keene.edu/site/directorie...) , professor of political science and director of the honors program at Keene State College, and co-host of The Politics Lab podcast (https://www.thepoliticslab.com/)