Dan Shafer
There’s only 1 new car left under $20k (Hour 1)
Cox Automotive found the Mitsubishi Mirage was the only new model going for less than $20,000 last month. A middle-of-the-road new car cost over $48,000 in July, up 30% since 2019. And used cars were no better. The average July price was $27,000, also a 30% hike from 2019. We spend the first half of the show talking about […]
Donald Trump Doesn’t Play Nice
Is our democracy truly representative? Wil and Luke share the results of a special election in Ohio before welcoming Dan Shafer into the Recombobulation Area. Dan recaps the state of Republican presidential candidates and how Wisconsin will factor in to their success.
Will the Serious Leaders Please Stand Up (Hour 1)
We start the show summarizing an Axios article about the three existential crisis making themselves very down this summer: rising temperature, nuclear bombs and the unknown capabilities of AI. For all three of these, it will require “serious work by serious people” – but when you look at what’s happening in DC… are we sure […]
Who Will Take On Trump?
Do you believe that the US Supreme Court is doing a good job? Approval ratings have been on the rise according to the Marquette University Law School poll. After that, we enter the Recombobulation Area with Dan Shafer to discuss the upcoming Republican primary debate. Will any of them turn on Donald Trump?
Shenanigans!
The results are in for yesterday’s special election for the 8th Senate District. Also, Michigan has charged the 16 2020 fraudulent electors in their state. Will Wisconsin do the same? Wil is getting set to slide into Attorney General Josh Kaul’s DMs. Today, we unveil the new intro for The Recombobulation Area and Dan Shafer […]
Enough Blame to Share (Hour 1)
Young Americans are piling the blame for their student debt balances on conservatives, according to a poll by Generation Lab provided exclusively to Axios. But who is to blame the crisis in the first place? Tens of millions of borrowers in the U.S. collectively owe more than $1 trillion, can we really blame that kind of mountain of debt […]
Two Sides Of the MKE Sales Tax Coin
Last night, Milwaukee approved a new 2% local sales tax to shore up low funding at the state level. Do you think this was a good move? Dan Shafer from The Recombobulation Area and State Rep. Ryan Clancy give us their observations and opinions.
Americans’ Confidence in Higher Education Down (Hour 1)
A new Gallup Poll shows that Americans’ confidence in higher education has fallen to 36%, sharply lower than in two prior readings in 2015 (57%) and 2018 (48%). In addition to the 17% of U.S. adults who have “a great deal” and 19% “quite a lot” of confidence, 40% have “some” and 22% “very little” […]
Tuesday Recombobulation (Hour 1)
What personal responsibility do we have when it comes to the onslaught of AI that will inevitably dominate the 2024 presidential election? It’s time to up your media literacy people. Then we kick off our new weekly segment with Dan Shafer: Tuesday Recombobulation.
Funding Wisconsin Childcare
In Wil’s absence, Dan Shafer of The Recombobulation Area joins Luke to take your calls on childcare in our state. The new budget from the Joint Finance Committee will end the Childcare Counts program, and we want to hear what you think!
