Angela Lang
A teaching moment on what it means to be presidential (Hour 2)
Matt Rothschild and Angela Lang, Executive Director of BLOC- Black Leaders Organizing for Communities– guest cohost for the day. What does it mean for a candidate to be professional? What about presidential? How can we quantify the qualities that give someone the credibility and right to merit the highest office in this land. Matt and […]
Who determines when America is great? We. The. People.(Hour 1)
Matt Rothschild and Angela Lang, Executive Director of BLOC- Black Leaders Organizing for Communities– guest cohost for the day. Joe Zepecki, founder of Zepecki Communications, a Milwaukee public relations network, joins Matt and Angela for the first half hour. Joe shares his analysis of the Harris campaign as a communications expert. Particularly, the interview Harris […]
Labor and the environment- y’know, easy topics (Hour 2)
Matt Rothschild continues hosting in Maggie’s stead, joined by Angela Lang. They pick up the conversation begun by Maggie with Kaitlyn Henderson on the best and worst states in which to work. Beyond ensuring that laborers are fairly compensated for their work, we’re concerned with safety and wellness in the rest of our lives. The […]
“We the People” means all of us (Hour 1)
Matt Rothschild in the host seat today for Maggie. Joining Matt is Angela Lang, executive director of Black Leaders Organizing for Communities (BLOC) and current vice president of the board for ACLU Wisconsin. She and Matt address pressing needs facing our democracy, such as increasing voter access. A staggering percentage of our population cannot fulfill […]
All One Labor Family (Hour 1)
It’s time to celebrate Labor Day and we kick things off with the best man to speak at Laborfest: Minnesota Governor Tim Walz. Unfortunately, there is a man who the unions don’t really want to hear from and that’s Ohio Senator JD Vance. We then welcome Civic Media’s own Earl Ingram to the show to […]
Our Labor Day Edition (Hour 2)
In the second hour of the show, Angela Lang talks to us about her history with the labor movement, specifically with SEIU and how that time with them informed the framework of her own group: Black Leaders Organizing For Communities (BLOC). Then we wrap up the show with Darin Von Ruden, the President of the […]
The Joy of a Statistical Tie (Hour 1)
Matt Rothschild and Angela Lang guest host, enjoying what Jon Stewart called “The Joy of a Statistical Tie” as VP Kamala Harris tightens the race. Trump had some weird things to say about Jewish people as well as possibly not having to vote in 4 years. SongsBeyonce – FreedomGorillaz – DAREBoz Skaggs – LowdownBooker T […]
VP Harris visits West Allis (Hour 2)
Angela Lang joins Matt Rothschild for the hour as they take calls and react to VP Kamala Harris making her first official campaign speech right in West Allis. Angela touches on the shooting at the RNC and the city’s response. Matt goes through the trouble with gerrymandering in Biden-Harris Top 100. SongsChaka Khan – Ain’t […]
Fired Up, Ready to Go (Hour 2)
We’ll talk to Angela Lang from @blocbyblocmke BLOC: Black Leaders Organizing Communities about the big changes in the presidential race. And a Wisconsin CEO tells us about Wisconsin Business Leaders for Democracy. Plus Chad Holmes previews his show on Bull Falls Radio. UpNorthNews with Pat Kreitlow airs on several stations across the Civic Media radio […]
RNC MKE Day One (Hour 1)
What a weekend. To be absolutely clear:“We unequivocally stand for solving disagreements with words, not violence, and we must encourage our listeners to use ballots, not bullets, to express deeply held convictions and political views.” Maggie is joined first by Angela Lang, Executive Director of BLOC, talking about direct solutions to our very real problems. […]
