Matt Rothschild
Battling Trumpism: Uniting Against the Storm (Hour 1)
This episode dives deep into the political landscape as host Matt Rothschild, filling in for Maggie Daun, discusses the rise of Trumpism and its implications with guests Angela Lang and Bill Fletcher, Jr. Angela Lang, from Black Leaders Organizing for Communities, shares insights on grassroots efforts to combat political exhaustion and misinformation in Wisconsin. Bill […]
How Racism Infects Wisconsin Politics
Host Matt Rothschild talks with Earl Ingram of “The Earl Ingram Show” and Angela Lang of BLOC (Black Leaders Organizing for Communities) about the insidious role that racism plays in our politics, both here in Wisconsin and nationally. To learn more about this show and all of the programming across the Civic Media network, head […]
This is the Dream Team? C’mon Man! (Hour 2)
Matt Rothschild cohosting with Dom today. They dig into Trump’s Cabinet picks. On Tuesday, Massachusetts Representative Jim McGovern delivered a scathing screed against his “Republican friends” who plan to obey Trump in this new administration. Some Republicans are currently signaling they won’t be in lockstep with Trump. Like Nikki Haley, who let loose with her […]
Character Really Ought to Matter (Hour 1)
Matt Rothschild cohosts with Dom today. First, a survey of Trump’s nominations for Cabinet. This shouldn’t be surprising, but it’s still rattling: four of his nominations so far are accused of sexual abuse. Earl Ingram joins us for a segment to talk about the role racism played in the 2024 Presidential election. He sees this […]
Do we have to hit rock bottom to recover? (Hour 2)
In today’s second hour, Matt Rothschild sticks with Dom to cover the rest of Donald Trump’s cabinet nominations that we know so far. Also, even though Trump hasn’t started his second term, he’s hinting to House Republicans that he may run for a third. Shocker. It’s almost like he told us that this was exactly […]
Introducing Trump’s clown show cabinet (Hour 1)
Our friend Matt Rothschild joins Dom today to break some news: Matt Gaetz has been nominated as Trump’s Attorney General pick! He is only the latest unserious pick for a position he is wholly unqualified for. At the bottom of the hour, Dr. Tim Slekar of BustED Pencils joins us to talk about what the […]
Now we get back up. And we do the work. (Hour 2)
As Kamala Harris said in her concession speech today: The fight for our country is always worth it. Always. With cohost Matt Rothschild, we continue to make space for our experiences. We’re all feeling a lot right now. We take the time to listen to Harris’ full concession speech. In it, she shares a message […]
Now What? (Hour 1)
Today, we sit with strong feelings. Once more, Donald Trump has won the presidency. We’re all processing that together. In this first hour, with Matt Rothschild as co-host, we make space for everyone to share what they are experiencing. These days will be difficult. The next four years will challenge our republic. We will not […]
Democracy- it’s on the ballot (Hour 2)
Wisconsin State Rep Francesca Hong joins Dom and Matt to talk about the local issues on the ballot next week. In these final days leading up to the election, many of us feel uneasy and overwhelmed. Representative Hong encourages us to use that energy and *do something*. Call and text your loved ones, make a […]
A more hopeful closing argument(Hour 1)
Kamala Harris delivered her closing arguments for why voters should choose her as the next President of the United States. She chose the Ellipse in Washington, DC for this address. You may recall that this is the same spot where, nearly four years ago, Donald Trump used his pulpit to incite a violent mob to […]
