At the Table
The Chicago Sun-Times presents At the Table, a monthly political show that discusses the latest in local and national politics hosted by Lynn Sweet.
CNN’s Laura Coates, former Republican Governor of Illinois Jim Edgar and WBEZ’s Dave McKinney joined our hosts At The Table on Feb. 17 for a conversation on Biden’s Supreme Court pick, the gubernatorial primary, key congressional races and Trump’s influence on state and national politics.
Guests Jonathan Karl, chief Washington correspondent for ABC News, Delmarie Cobb, media and political consultant and Dave McKinney, Illinois politics and government reporter for WBEZ, joined our hosts At the Table on Jan. 20.
Guests Rep. Rodney Davis, R-Ill. and Madeleine Doubek, Executive Director of Change Illinois, joined our hosts At the Virtual Table on Dec. 16.
Sen. Tammy Duckworth joined the Sun-Times At the Virtual Table Nov. 18 for a deep dive into the infrastructure bill and other pressing political issues for Illinois and the nation.
Featuring newsmaker guests Illinois Senate President Don Harmon, State Rep. Kelly Cassidy and Rich Miller, publisher of CapitolFax.
Featuring Robert Costa, national political reporter at the Washington Post and co-author, with Bob Woodward, of “Peril,” plus Sun-Times reporters Mitchell Armentrout and Tom Schuba.
Featuring newsmaker guests Rep. Jesus “Chuy” Garcia, D-Ill. and David Wasserman, House Editor, Cook Political Report with Amy Walter
Join Laura Washington and Lynn Sweet in conversation with Rep. Jesus “Chuy” Garcia, D-Ill., David Wasserman, House Editor, The Cook Political Report and Rachel Hinton, Sun-Times political reporter.
Join Laura Washington, Lynn Sweet and special guests on the next At the Table show.
Join Laura Washington and Lynn Sweet with special guests on At the Virtual Table.
Hosts Lynn Sweet and Laura Washington from the Chicago Sun-Times discussed the future of public education in Chicago with key figures on both sides of the elected school board debate.
The latest in politics and the Chicago Public Schools.
At the Virtual Table: The first month of the Biden presidency and the latest in state and local news
Join Laura Washington and Lynn Sweet At The Virtual Table on Thursday Feb. 18 at 6:30 p.m. CT.
Riots. Impeachment. Inauguration. Democratic Senate takeover. Power change in Springfield.
The Biden transition and Madigan’s fate.
The Joe Biden presidency and what the election means for Illinois.
Tune in for the latest on the Trump and Biden showdown.
At the Virtual Table: The politics of protest.
Host Lynn Sweet was joined by best-selling author Tim Miller to discuss his book, Trump and the future of the Republican Party. Sweet also checked in on Highland Park, two months after the July 4 parade massacre.
For a special At The Table Primary Election Preview, our host Lynn Sweet was joined by the Sun-Times’ Tina Sfondeles and Fran Spielman and WBEZ’s Dave McKinney, Dan Mihalopoulos and Mariah Woelfel to discuss the latest on county, state and federal races on June 23, 2022.
Hosts Lynn Sweet and Laura Washington were joined by New York Times reporters and best-selling authors Jonathan Martin and Alexander Burns, Sun-Times political reporter Tina Sfondeles and WBEZ politics reporter Dave McKinney on May 19, 2022.
For the 100th anniversary of Harold Washington’s birth, Laura Washington and Lynn Sweet were joined by Jacky Grimshaw, Center for Neighborhood Technology; former U.S. Rep. Luis Gutiérrez, D-Ill; Peter Nolan, ex-NBC5 Chicago political reporter; Gary Rivlin, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and Becky Vevea, WBEZ political reporter.
Sun-Times Federal Courts Reporter Jon Seidel, WBEZ Government & Politics Reporter Dan Mihalopoulos, Better Government Association Enterprise Reporter Rachel Hinton and former NATO Ambassador Ivo Daalder joined Lynn Sweet and Laura Washington At The Table on March 17 to discuss the indictment of former Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan and the latest on the Ukraine war.
2020 preview of the upcoming presidential debates
2020 preview of the upcoming Democratic and Republican conventions
Tune in on Facebook Live on Thursday, August 13 at 6:30 p.m.
Tune in on Facebook Live on Thursday, June 25 at 6:30 p.m.
Lynn Sweet, Laura Washington and special guest Tina Sfondeles will discuss COVID-19’s impact on local and national politics.
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