Town Call
Listen Live: Monday - Friday 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Host: William Walter and Luke Mathers
Join us weekdays after the noon newscast for Town Call, a roundtable discussion of the news of the day with selected listeners, hosted by William Walter and Luke Mathers. Left, right, center, or none-of-the-above--hear a range of perspectives as we put the news in context and move beyond the "what" to the "why."
Well, it’s official. Kevin McCarthy is now unemployed. Wil and Dan Shafer bring us up to date and provide some of Twitter’s best commentary. Wil also utilizes Dan’s Milwaukee expertise to discuss the funding of American Family Field and the future of the Brewers.
Katrina Shankland has stepped up to challenge Derrick Van Orden’s seat in the House of Representatives. William Walter and Dan Shafer then go on to discuss the narrowly avoided government shutdown from this past weekend.
Today begins an entire week of recombobulation with Dan Shafer of The Recombobulation Area! He and Wil catch up on Wisconsin headlines from basketball to brats.
With the passing of Diane Feinstein, Wil and Aaron talk about the effects of age in politics.
Professor Jon Shelton returns for another edition of Office Hours, discussing the aftermath of yesterday’s GOP presidential debate.
Today, we welcome Dan Shafer to discuss the Brewers success and the continued poor behavior from Robin Vos.
The term “socialism” often gets thrown around without regard for what it actually means. Wil welcomes the Electoral Strategy Organizer of Our Wisconsin Revolution, Anders Hanhan, to walk us through the economic ideology.
After wrapping up the weekend news, Wil welcomes the executive director of Our Wisconsin Revolution, Andre Walton. Topics of discussion include the WGA strike resolution and Wisconsin’s gerrymandering.
Dan Shafer of The Recombobulation Area joins us in Luke’s absence to share some great Wisconsin headlines from the last week.
As we stand at the precipice of a likely government shutdown, Wil and Luke welcome Professor Jon Shelton to explain the history of shutdowns and what they mean. Also, we bid Luke farewell and wish him a very happy honeymoon.
