Matenaer on Air

After 44 years in radio, our friend Jane Matenaer will be retiring at the end of the year. She shares with us her thoughts on the big news, as well as her plans for after she says goodbye! We hear from so many people in and outside of Civic Media, sharing their thoughts and good […]

Mon Nov 3, 2025

41:34

The shutdown is in its 34th day, SNAP benefits have run out and even though a Judge has told the president to release contingency funds to help, he’s gonna redo his bathroom instead. If you need assistance because of SNAP, click here. Speaking of the president, he was on 60 Minutes and according to him, […]

Guest: Chali Pittman

Mon Nov 3, 2025

41:25

The weekend has arrived and you’ve earned some much needed relaxing, so we offer this finely curated show of our favorite moments from the past week! We start with James Santelle, the host of Amicus: A Law Review talking about all the news coming out of the world of law including news from Chicago on […]

Sat Nov 1, 2025

44:02

For our second hour, Civic Media’s Political Editor Dan Shafer is our guest and we’re recombobulating the news, including a new Marquette Law Poll which is telling us exactly what we were thinking about the election in 2026. And The City of Milwaukee is starting a new enforcement on unpaid parking tickets with another plan […]

Guest: Dan Shafer

Fri Oct 31, 2025

41:37

It’s Friday and the weekend, starts here. Foodshare in Wisconsin ends as of tomorrow and a lot of people have many ideas on how to fund this. The Fed has money, but the plan is missing whereas the state could spend some surplus dollars, but our elected officials don’t think its an “us problem”. If […]

Guest: Dan Shafer

Fri Oct 31, 2025

41:06

In the second hour, we speak with Hans Breitenmoser – a dairy farmer from Lincoln County and beef producer. We discuss the announcement from President Trump regarding purchasing beef from Argentina and what that means for US farmers and US consumers. We also talk about his trip to DC to lend a voice in creating […]

Guests: Hans Breitenmoser, Jr Radcliffe

Thu Oct 30, 2025

41:09

The Madison legislature is having hearing over the funding of two facilities for homeless Vets and why this is even a topic is beyond us. But guess what?! A Wisconsin Congressman was there to lend his thoughts, even if it has nothing to do with the bill. Next, food is rotting, because billionaires need their […]

Guest: Jim Santelle

Thu Oct 30, 2025

41:31

In the second hour, we welcome Emily Tseffos back to the show. She is a candidate for Wisconsin State Assembly and we’re going to discuss her campaign, a new article in The Recombobulation Area, as well as a Congressman who is upset over some posters in his district. Then, you know we only discuss the […]

Guest: Emily Tseffos

Wed Oct 29, 2025

41:23

The state is a couple days away from losing its FoodShare program due to the shutdown and it looks like our federal and state leaders feel this isn’t a big deal (or not their fault). Next, two GOP candidates were spotted at a GOP dinner, listening to a GOP big wig, who was pardoned by […]

Guest: Amy Barrilleaux

Wed Oct 29, 2025

40:33

In the second hour, Corrine Hendrickson is the Co-Founder of Wisconsin Early Childhood Action Needed (WECAN) and she joins us to discuss two events this week: first – a discussion on a European approach to child care, then a public forum on legislation in Madison to fund child care in Wisconsin and if you can’t […]

Guest: Corrine Hendrickson

Tue Oct 28, 2025

41:27