Maggie is back after a couple days off at the end of last week! Over the weekend were the 67th Grammy awards, at which Beyoncé was awarded Best Album, being only the 4th Black woman to receive it. In addition to talking up the successes of Beyoncé, Maggie covers comments from several women in their […]

Feb 3, 2025

In hour two, John and Gordy, filling in for Maggie today, talk JD Vance, and some of the insane billionaires who helped put him in power Curtis Yarvin and Peter Theil. With a few cuts from Rachel Maddow, we learn why these guys have spared a chunk of change to do away with democracy. We […]

Guest: Nick Ramos

Jan 30, 2025

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Maggie is out for the day, and filling in are John Peterson and Gordy Young, the morning show team on Civic Media’s Madison station. They chat with callers about the tragedy last night in DC, where a military helicopter crashed into a passenger airliner, and also discuss the disgusting decision by Trump to blame the […]

Guest: Dan Shafer

Jan 30, 2025

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Maggie continues to dig into RFK’s unfitness and takes callers. He’s motivated only by attention and power (and money). What a grift! Then Maggie is joined by James Beard-nominated most outstanding chef, Greg Leon, Executive Chef and owner of Amilinda in Milwaukee. They discuss connecting through food, as well as Tables Without Borders, celebrating immigrants […]

Jan 29, 2025

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The Trump administration rescinds its garbage Office of Management & Budget memo from late Monday (after a federal judge late Tuesday halted its implementation pending a hearing this coming Monday), but the Press Secretary says that even though it’s rescinded, it’s still still in effect…what a clown show. Maggie discusses with Shawn Phetteplace of Main […]

Jan 29, 2025

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In today’s second hour, Maggie lights her hair on fire and dives back into the biggest news of the day: the Trump administration’s federal funding freeze. She breaks down the language of the order. Unsurprisingly, it is written in an incredibly vague manner, demonstrating the ineptitude of the authors. They clearly do not understand the […]

Jan 28, 2025

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Today, Maggie broadcasts live from the WMDX studios in Madison with former US Capitol Police Officer Harry Dunn! He was there while a violent mob stormed the Capitol on January 6th, 2021. In the years since, he has been making sure everybody knows the truth of what happened on that day. Now that President Donald […]

Guests: Dan Shafer, Harry Dunn

Jan 28, 2025

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Maggie begins this hour by speaking with Shannon Baker-Branstetter, Senior Fellow for domestic Climate and Energy Policy at CAP, to discuss the outgoing Biden Administration’s accomplishments with environmental action and previewing some of the ramifications of the second Trump Administration’s first days in office through executive orders. Then, fellow Civic Media host Dom Salvia joins […]

Guests: Dom Salvia, Shannon Baker-Branstetter

Jan 27, 2025

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Maggie starts the show taking a look at the comments made last July by now candidate for the Wisconsin Supreme Court, Judge Brad Schimel. Thanks to reporting from the New York Times, we have audio from GOP Meet & Greet events in Adams and Calumet County in July 2024 where Brad Schimel shared comments that […]

Jan 27, 2025

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Assistant Adjunct Professor Pat Sobkowski explains birthright citizenship under the 14th Amendment and it’s origins and import. When Maggie inquires whether a president has the authority to issue an executive order abolishing birthright citizenship, Professor Sobkowski firmly responds in the negative. We break news that a federal judge in Oregon just ruled that the president’s […]

Guest: Pat Sobkowski

Jan 23, 2025

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