Driving It Home (Featured Interviews)
Here are featured interviews from "Driving It Home with Patti Vasquez" (weeknights from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. on WCPT Chicago), a radio talk show devoted to covering the news of the day and connecting listeners with local leaders. Patti Vasquez is a Chicago comedian, writer, actor, talk show host, consultant, advocate, and policy adviser. After achieving a degree in history from the University of Illinois, she set out to share her hilarious observations about how people behave, and stories about her second-generation Irish dad and Mexican immigrant mom. Patti has headlined in comedy clubs and colleges all over the U.S., Canada, and Europe, appeared on Nickelodeon, TBS, ABC, The Oprah Winfrey Network, and has a recurring role on NBC’s “Chicago Fire.” When her son Declan was born with a rare neurological disorder, Patti decided to take her communication and performance experience to launch her company “With Kind Words,” in which she helps medical professionals and educators communicate with compassion. For six years, Patti was the first Latina to host her own talk show on WGN Radio 720. In addition to her work as a performer and consultant, Patti began advocating for children and families throughout Illinois and helped restore funding for vital support services after massive cuts were made by former Governor Bruce Rauner. In 2020 she ran to be the state representative of the 19th District. She is now the health care and human services liaison and assistant policy adviser for Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza. Patti lives with her family on the Northwest Side of Chicago and continues to advocate for her community.
Episodes
Patti Vasquez is joined by singer-writer-actor Sandra Delgado. She is currently starring in "Power Book IV: Force" on STARZ.
Catch "Driving It Home with Patti Vasquez" weekdays from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. Central on WCPT (heartlandsignal.com/programs/driving-it-home).
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Patti Vasquez and guest co-host Carmen Navarre Gercone are joined by Kara Saul-Rinaldi, chief policy officer for the Building Performance Association, which works to make America’s homes more comfortable, healthy, and energy efficient.
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Patti Vasquez and guest co-host Carmen Navarre Gercone are joined by Heartland Signal Executive Director Rodney Gibbs.
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Patti Vasquez and guest co-host Carmen Navarre Gercone are joined by Pat Quinn, former governor of Illinois; he discusses his campaign advocating passage of a state constitutional amendment aimed at property tax relief.
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Patti Vasquez and guest co-host Carmen Navarre Gercone are joined by Minnesota State Sen. Zaynab Mohamed (DFL).
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Patti Vasquez is joined by Brad Vartan, vice president of Foundation & Philanthropy for the Humboldt Park Health Foundation.
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Patti Vasquez is joined by Dr. Shikha Jain, a board-certified hematology and oncology physician and associate professor of medicine at the University of Illinois Cancer Center in Chicago.
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Patti Vasquez and guest co-host Dan Schaefer are joined by political strategist and consultant Michael Ceraso.
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Patti Vasquez and guest co-host Richard Chew are joined by Indiana State Rep. Matt Pierce (D).
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Patti Vasquez is joined by Kevin Ryan, Chicago Public School teacher and Marine veteran running for the U.S. Senate in Illinois.
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Patti Vasquez is joined in studio Dan Tully, Democratic candidate for Congress in the 8th District of Illinois.
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Patti Vasquez is joined by Kate Lincoln-Goldfinch, immigration attorney and CEO of Lincoln-Goldfinch Law in Austin, and newly announced candidate for the Texas House of Representatives.
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Filling in for Patti Vasquez, WCPT's Paul Chivari talks to Reed Showalter, candidate for Congress and antimonopoly attorney; Showalter talks about the Netflix-Warner Brothers Discovery merger.
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Filling in for Patti Vasquez, WCPT’s Paul Chivari talks to Rodger Sherman, sportswriter and content creator, mainly focusing on football, college sports, and the Olympics; he is the author of the Read Rodge newsletter on Substack. They talk about the recent appointment of Pat Fitzgerald as head football coach at Michigan State University, following Fitzgerald's 2023 ouster as Northwestern's football coach in the aft...
Patti Vasquez is joined by Indiana State Rep. Ed DeLaney (D), who talks about the Republican push to further gerrymander the state's congressional map.
Catch "Driving It Home with Patti Vasquez" weekdays from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. Central on WCPT (heartlandsignal.com/programs/driving-it-home).
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Patti Vasquez is joined by Dr. Kristin Lyerly, OB/GYN, 2024 candidate for Wisconsin’s 8th Congressional District, plaintiff in a lawsuit challenging Wisconsin’s pre-Civil War abortion law, and host of “The Dr. Kristin Lyerly Show” on Civic Media — the show makes its WCPT debut Saturday at 5:00 p.m. Central!
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Patti Vasquez is joined by Mark Gevaart, producer-host of My Labor Radio, an independent Community Access Radio program that airs every Wednesday on WELT 95.7 FM in Fort Wayne Indiana, and starting this Sunday at 6:00 a.m. makes its debut on WCPT!
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Patti Vasquez and guest co-host Guido Nardini are joined by Max Winkels, new chair of the Democratic Party of Kenosha.
Catch "Driving It Home with Patti Vasquez" weekdays from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. Central on WCPT (heartlandsignal.com/programs/driving-it-home).
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Patti Vasquez and guest co-host Guido Nardini are joined by Oklahoma State Rep. Suzanne Schreiber (D).
Catch "Driving It Home with Patti Vasquez" weekdays from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. Central on WCPT (heartlandsignal.com/programs/driving-it-home).
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Patti Vasquez is joined by comedian Tim Walkoe, who is appearing this Saturday at the Laughing Academy in Glenview.
Catch "Driving It Home with Patti Vasquez" weekdays from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. Central on WCPT (heartlandsignal.com/programs/driving-it-home).
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