Beyond the Beltway was a nationally syndicated radio political talk show based in Chicago that debuted on WBEZ 91.5 FM on June 26, 1980, as Inside Politics. It was airing on Sundays on 14 terrestrial radio stations as well as online at beyondthebeltway.com and on the show's YouTube channel and Facebook page when it ended production in January 2025. In February 2015, Beyond the Beltway was removed from the lineup of Chicago's 50,000-watt WLS 890 AM, the show's flagship station since November 1992, and picked up by WCGO 1590 AM, a 10,000-watt station based out of Evanston, Illinois. In July 2021, WIND 560 AM, a 5,000-watt station headquartered in Elk Grove Village, Illinois, became the show's newest flagship station after WCGO dropped Beltway from its schedule. On October 30, 2022, host Bruce DuMont announced that he was taking an "indefinite hiatus" from the show due to health issues; longtime guests Jeanne Ives and Eric Kohn took over as the new hosts of Beltway in November. However, DuMont returned just three and a half months later, on February 19, 2023. On January 10, 2025, Radio Ink's website reported that Beyond the Beltway would air its final installment on January 19 because of DuMont's "health challenges." DuMont died September 10 of that year.