Joining the show this weekend is UW Green Bay Professor and Chair of Democracy and Justice Studies, Dr. Jon Shelton and Human Rights Activist and older brother of your host, John Becker. Mark asks to dive into a publication Dr. Shelton published earlier this month: Why Democrats Are Losing Americans Without a College Degree—and How […]

Guests: Dr. Jon Shelton, John Becker

Dec 28, 2024

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Senator Tammy Baldwin talks with Mark about her campaign and her win in the state. But she also talks about what the next few years look like for the state and the work she needs to get done. One of the bills she’s working on, the Commitment to Veteran Support Outreach Act, will help our […]

Guests: Amaad Rivera-Wagner, Tammy Baldwin

Dec 21, 2024

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Dan Shafer, Founder of the Recombobulation Area and Civic Media’s Political Member, joins host Mark Becker to answer this: What really happened in Wisconsin in the 2024 Presidential Election? Besides discussing the closeness of the Presidential Election, Mark also asks Dan about the difference between the 3rd Congressional District and the 8th. What’s next for […]

Guests: Dan Shafer, Mark Becker

Dec 14, 2024

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Mark is joined by new WI State Senate Elect for District 18 and friend of the show/former host, Kris Alfheim. Kris and Mark talk about her experience running for State Senate and winning! Then talk about rational thought between each side you are on, and start to pick philosophy. Mark gives his final thoughts on […]

Guest: Kristin Alfheim

Dec 7, 2024

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Taking a break for the holiday weekend, Mark wanted to take a look back at his conversation about mental health with writer and journalist Natalie Eilbert. Originally from New York, she has come to love Wisconsin, and her journalism work will now take her to Milwaukee. She is currently focusing her reporting on mental health […]

Guest: Natalie Eilbert

Nov 30, 2024

Political Strategist, Co-Founder of the Lincoln Project and Author of The Latino Century: How America’s Largest Minority Is Transforming Democracy, Mike Madrid joins host Mark Becker to give his expertise on the possible mass deportations that threaten the future based off what has happened in the past. There has been 2 past incidents of mass […]

Guest: Mike Madrid

Nov 23, 2024

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Former Illinois Congressman and National Radio Host Joe Walsh joins Mark this week discussing post-election results and the state of the parties now. Key points are did Biden damage Kamala’s campaign by staying in the race too long? What could have been done differently to make her campaign successful? It has never been seen before […]

Guest: Joe Walsh

Nov 16, 2024

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Carlton Huffman joins Mark to help break things down post election. Carlton dives into the aspects of Trump’s campaign that ended up being successful for him and the difference between his and Vice President Harris’s campaign as well as what could have been done different. Carlton refers to Biden waiting as long as he did […]

Guest: Carlton Huffman

Nov 9, 2024

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With the election only one week away, Mark Becker is joined by Dr. Kristin Lyerly and Kris Alfheim. Dr. Lyerly and Kris talk about the sacrifice it has on family while campaigning, signs being defaced, and civil dialogue. In the last segment Mark gives his closing arguments of how the discussion went. Dr. Kristin Lyerly, […]

Guests: Dr. Kristin Lyerly, Kris Alfheim

Nov 2, 2024

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With the Presidential Election less than two weeks away, Mark invites Senator Rob Cowles in studio. Sen. Cowles talks about reinventing himself as he’s coming to the end of his political career, having announced in April he will not be running for re-election effectively ending the longest-serving incumbent in the Wisconsin Legislature. He thanks his […]

Oct 24, 2024

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