Minnesota First Lady Gwen Walz calls in to talk about her husband’s run for vice president and what makes her great-grandmother’s cookie recipe so popular. Courier Newsroom national correspondent Keya Vakil talks about the widening gap between the unity sounded by Kamala Harris and the dark rhetoric of Donald Trump—plus a reminder not to let […]

Guests: Gwen Walz, Keya Vakil

Nov 1, 2024

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We’re joined by California Congressman Adam Schiff—who’s in Wisconsin to campaign for Tammy Baldwin, but who also has a special reason why he’s reaching out to one of his potential constituents while he’s here. Then: Our friends at Motherhood for Good have spent months bringing us stories of women seeking to serve our communities. Now, […]

Guests: Adam Schiff, Kate Duffy, Nicole Slavin

Oct 31, 2024

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It’s been 13,197 days since Michael Dukakis turned a photo-op into the most disastrous “self-own” of presidential campaigns. Dukakis turns 91 this weekend and is finally feeling redeemed after Donald Trump’s garbage truck ride around the tarmac at the airport in Green Bay on Wednesday. Plus: Vice President Harris hits hard on the unity theme […]

Guest: Joe Zepecki

Oct 31, 2024

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It seems on-brand that the Wisconsin Legislature would require a new literacy program for schools while it seems unable to read the language that requires it to actually fund the program. We’ll talk to state Sen. Chris Larson about that and the other ways public education has been repeatedly punished by GOP lawmakers. And Todd […]

Guests: Chris Larson, Elisabeth Montemurro

Oct 30, 2024

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This week’s Climate Check includes a visit with the superintendent in the Northland Pines School District, where solar energy projects have been a focus for nearly 20 years—but now the Biden-Harris Inflation Reduction Act is making it even easier for school districts to fund the projects that lower future energy bills and provide relief to […]

Guests: Melissa Baldauff, Scott Foster

Oct 30, 2024

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