Melissa Baldauff
A Future for Labor in the Green Economy (1st Hour)
Andrew Disch from the Regional Council of Carpenters joins Melissa Baldauff in our weekly Climate Check segment to illustrate the ways labor unions are ensuring that the upcoming wave of clean energy jobs has great pay, benefits, and opportunities available to people at any skill level.
A Changing Climate—in the Voting Booth (1st Hour)
It’s not just our mild winter right now, it’s the unending series of reminders that our planet has been heating up, causing significant problems—that has caused climate concerns to become an important issue among voters. Also: Gov. Tony Evers takes a big red pen to the Republicans’ latest attempt to protect themselves in any new, […]
Weaknesses on Defense (1st Hour)
First it was the Milwaukee Bucks firing their coach because of defensive shortcomings. Then it was the Green Bay Packers firing their defensive coordinator. Then it was Republicans in the Legislature getting defensive about the prospect of new Assembly and Senate boundaries, to the point where they rushed a new map that replaced one gerrymandered […]
State of the ‘State of the State’ (1st Hour)
In a world dominated by online videos and hashtags, we’ll ask: How is the State of the State still a thing? Is there still a place for old-fashioned speechifying in our capitols? Also, Melissa Baldauff has this week’s Climate Change update—including the role of climate policy in a State of the State address.
2023 Special: Joe & Melissa Together
We normally talk to Melissa Baldauff on Wednesdays and Joe Zepecki on Thursdays. But this time our favorite married guests join us together to talk life and love in their world of political and policy strategy.
Still Wanted: One House Speaker (Hour 1)
We literally had to jump into this show description, delete the old version and start over after the Republicans’ latest candidate for Speaker of the House was nominated Tuesday morning—and pulled out of the race on Tuesday afternoon. We’ll try to keep up as GOP members keep rejecting their own until they’re left with… what?
Power Play? More Like a Tantrum (Hour 1)
In an unprecedented display of disdain for citizen service in Wisconsin, Republicans in the state Senate on Tuesday fired eight of Gov. Tony Evers’ appointees—leaving the Natural Resources Board without a quorum and dumping our Wednesday visitor Melissa Baldauff, a domestic abuse survivor, from the governor’s Council on Domestic Abuse. She tells us the sexism […]
The Kids Are Learning-Will the Adults? (Hour 1)
Our weekly Climate Check conversation looks at the ways that students are not only learning about the impact of changing climate, they’re leading conversations about it and challenging the grown-ups to get to work on reducing the damage and stop contributing to the problem. And Christina Lorey has The UpLift, some of the lighter stories […]
Planting a Crop pf Agrivoltaics (Hour 1)
We’re learning about a new way Wisconsin can lead the nation to a cleaner future: agrivoltaics, dual-use farmland that can grow crops and generate solar power. We’ll talk to Melissa Baldauff about how Wisconsin voices are trying to figure out the best ways to work the land, build the solar infrastructure, protect habitats, reduce our […]
Ron Johnson Pours Gas on the Fire (Hour 1)
Wisconsin Republican Sen. Ron Johnson is in the center of the push by right-wing extremists to force a government shutdown—by single-handedly blocking essential spending measures so that it’s easier to demand significant budget cuts that would hurt Americans who don’t share his multi-millionaire status. We’ll have the latest. And our Climate Check segment looks at […]
