It was a remarkable headline in the New York Times stating that the current economy is “remarkable” and basically represents everything Donald Trump promised during the campaign. That, of course, would mean President Joe Biden gave us that remarkable economy—so why was it remarkably impossible for the media to say so during the election? We’ll […]

Guests: Jim Santelle, Mark Jacob

Dec 20, 2024

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We’ll ask how one man and one party can bring so much chaos and dysfunction before they’re even officially sworn into office—since it’s appearing more likely that there will be a government shutdown just ahead of the holidays. And Assembly Speaker Robin Vos wants to copy Elon Musk by creating another layer of bureaucracy to […]

Guest: Keya Vakil

Dec 20, 2024

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While many folks are still looking back at the 2024 elections, others are already gearing up for 2025 and 2026—and those potential first-time candidates will need some resources and training. There are multiple groups doing that work for progressives in Wisconsin, and we’ll talk to the new leader of one of those groups, one with […]

Guest: Kristina Sandherr

Dec 19, 2024

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The new Engineering Building at the UW-Madison campus has long been a goal of Republicans, Democrats, and the business community—until GOP lawmakers started playing politics with the project in order to fight some imaginary culture war battle. Now delayed, the building is running over budget and some UW folks want to skim some funds away […]

Guest: Joe Zepecki

Dec 19, 2024

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We’ll visit with Amy Starzecki, district administrator for the Superior school district, who since our last visit was named the new Wisconsin superintendent of the year. We’ll discuss the challenges of running a school district in the current climate. And we have another chat with Kate Ullman of the Wisconsin Civic Learning Coalition about the […]

Guests: Amy Starzecki, Kate Ullman

Dec 18, 2024

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