Battleground Wisconsin
Battleground Wisconsin is Citizen Action of Wisconsin’s weekly podcast that features the latest political news from the front lines in the embattled state of Wisconsin.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 45 minutes
- Episodes
- 510
- Years Active
- 2016 - 2025
Democrats leadership at stake
We discuss breaking deals and compromises in the historic Build Back Better negotiations in Congress. Will the Democrats be able to bring their two rogue Senators into line, or do their corporate pay…
00:45:51 |
Fri 22 Oct 2021
Labor strikes back against corporate America
We talk about the latest COVID surge in Wisconsin and update the status of the stalled Build Back Better plan in Congress. Will the new alliance between moderate and progressive Democrats produce gen…
00:45:44 |
Fri 15 Oct 2021
Interview with Steven Olikara
We welcome back former panelist Rebecca Lynch to the show to fill in for Claire who is on vacation. The panel updates the latest on Build Back Better legislation in Congress, including next steps now…
00:44:15 |
Thu 07 Oct 2021
An interview with Alex Lasry
Our panel updates us on the titanic Congressional battle to overcome a handful of Corporate Democrats standing in the way of the most sweeping reform in half a century, President Biden's Build Back B…
00:49:22 |
Thu 30 Sep 2021
Supreme politicians in robes
We update the grim surge of COVID in Wisconsin that has state health officials pleading for mask use and vaccinations while the Milwaukee Teachers Education Association and some local elected officia…
00:46:37 |
Thu 23 Sep 2021
Interview with Tom Nelson
We discuss the escalating and human-made COVID pandemic here in Wisconsin and across the country. New state data shows that in August the unvaccinated are 11 times more likely to die. Robert highligh…
00:45:03 |
Thu 16 Sep 2021
Endless War vs Green New Deal
We reflect on the 20th anniversary of 9/11 and the destructive 20 year “war on terror” that ensued. Our panel discusses the cost of the war and the American “police state” that followed. We update th…
00:46:04 |
Wed 08 Sep 2021
Supreme Injustice
We are joined by Planned Parenthood Advocates of Wisconsin president and CEO, Tanya Atkinson, to discuss the U.S. Supreme Court court’s midnight assault on Roe v. Wade, which rendered abortion illega…
00:45:55 |
Thu 02 Sep 2021
Dr. Jill Battino’s Rx for the U.S. Senate
Our panel provides perspective on the big week in the U.S. House with Democrats agreeing to move forward on President Biden’s infrastructure and budget reconciliation bills next month. We update the …
00:47:01 |
Fri 27 Aug 2021
Redistricting the future
We welcome the Fair Elections Project's Sachin Chheda to discuss the breaking news on redistricting. The 2020 census data has just arrived from DC, the lawsuits have begun, and a new Harvard report r…
00:45:30 |
Thu 19 Aug 2021
The World is on Fire
This week we take on huge issues: the threatening new scientific consensus on the faster than expected warming of the climate; the biggest social legislation since the New Deal advances in the Senate…
00:45:30 |
Thu 12 Aug 2021
U.S. Senate Candidate Interview with Sarah Godlewski
This week we welcome yet another U.S. Senate candidate, State Treasurer Sarah Godlewski, to discuss her primary campaign. This is our second in a series of interviews with the crowded field of Democr…
00:48:43 |
Fri 06 Aug 2021
Infrastructure politics
We discuss this week’s apparent breakthrough in the U.S. Senate on a $1 trillion bi-partisan infrastructure bill. What’s in it, and is it really on track? We then evaluate the progressives’ two track…
00:44:24 |
Fri 30 Jul 2021
Infastructure Endgames, Filibusters & U.S. Senate candidate Chris Larson
We welcome U.S. Senate candidate Chris Larson to the show to discuss his campaign in the crowded Democratic field. This is the first in our series of interviews of the major Democratic candidates to …
00:46:34 |
Thu 22 Jul 2021
Building the political movement we need
We debrief our disappointment with the state budget and the Democrats embrace of regressive and permanent state tax cuts. We look at the role we all play in creating the progressive political future …
00:47:15 |
Thu 15 Jul 2021
Vaccinating the Pandemic
We continue to discuss the fundamental failings of the Legislature’s State Budget, which at the time of recording, was awaiting Gov. Evers’ action. We look at the latest vaccination rates in Wisconsi…
00:43:33 |
Thu 08 Jul 2021
State Budget Blues
We discuss the disastrous Republican State Budget that cleared the Legislature this week. After digging into the budget's many failings, we ask: why did 7 Democrats vote yes? We continue our call for…
00:45:34 |
Thu 01 Jul 2021
Veto Republican Budget
We discuss Citizen Action’s call for Governor Tony Evers’ to veto the partisan GOP State Budget that completely fails Wisconsin. Also this week: Legislative Republicans ram through voter suppression …
00:46:02 |
Fri 25 Jun 2021
The ACA Stands!
The panel learns the news that the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the latest attempt overturn the ACA just as we are beginning to tape this week's episode. Listen to our immediate reactions and analysi…
00:45:03 |
Fri 18 Jun 2021
America needs a Wealth Tax
New blockbuster ProPublica research finds the wealthiest Americans pay a true tax rate of only 3.4%. Is America finally ready for a wealth tax? Next, the panel asks on the big question of the day: Ca…
00:45:45 |
Fri 11 Jun 2021
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