Southern Illinois Miners manager Mike Pinto joins us to talk about the new season.

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Tom Miller sits down with David Yepsen, Executive Director of the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute at SIU, to discuss further developments regarding the state budget.

Bob Reed is the Director of Programming with the Better Government Association. Mr. Reed joins Tom Miller for a conversation about a book entitled: Corrupt Illinois: Patronage, Cronyism, and Criminality.