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
Milwaukee’s Digital National Convention
We discuss this week’s all digital DNC Convention – what worked and what didn’t? We break news about a legal effort by Legislative Republicans to remove Attorney General Josh Kaul from an important v…
00:45:10 |
Fri 21 Aug 2020
History with Kamala Harris
We lead with the historic selection of Kamala Harris as Joe Biden’s Vice Presidential candidate, the first African American women to ever appear on a major party ticket. Will it help Biden win in Nov…
00:45:59 |
Thu 13 Aug 2020
Essential workers and elections
We discuss the potential for a new COVID-19 relief package in Congress and the GOP conspiracy to get Kanye West on the presidential ballot in Wisconsin. Could it influence the outcome in November? We…
00:44:35 |
Thu 06 Aug 2020
Trump mails in the election
We discuss President Trump’s disturbing pronouncement that the 2020 election should be delayed because mail-in ballots will make it inaccurate and fraudulent. Trump’s statement comes on the heels of …
00:45:37 |
Thu 30 Jul 2020
Uncontrolled Contagion
The panel digs into the uncontrolled spread of COVID-19 in Wisconsin, now one of the worst 19 states in the country in containing the virus. How bad is it? What is the State Legislature, the Evers Ad…
00:45:48 |
Thu 23 Jul 2020
Schools during COVID-19 pandemic
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to surge, and Wisconsin state government is at a standstill, Wisconsin municipalities are stepping up with new mask ordinances. Citizen Action holds news events aro…
00:46:05 |
Fri 17 Jul 2020
Forecast: Hot & Humid
We discuss the latest Wisconsin Supreme court ruling upholding most of the Lame Duck power grab. The panel than moves to the deadly Wisconsin COVID-19 surge, and the movement towards mask mandates at…
00:46:14 |
Thu 09 Jul 2020
Judges, Billionaires, and Pandemic Chaos
The panel digs into the racist federal appeals court ruling restricting Wisconsin early voting, and risking a dangerous replay of the infamous pandemic primary. Citizen Action is a lead plaintiff in …
00:46:34 |
Thu 02 Jul 2020
Protest, pandemic and polls
We discuss the BLM movement that continues full steam ahead. We process the political response to the events in Madison this week, the latest outrageous statements by Supreme Court Chief Justice Pati…
00:44:48 |
Thu 25 Jun 2020
Fighting for anti-racist communities
As America celebrates emancipation on Juneteenth Day 2020, our panel discusses the state and local responses to the Black Lives Matter movement, including the Milwaukee Common Council’s proposal to c…
00:46:40 |
Thu 18 Jun 2020
Listening to Sterling Brown
We welcome Mark Thomsen, the attorney for Milwaukee Bucks player Sterling Brown, to discuss critical lessons from Sterling Brown’s legal case against the Milwaukee Police and what they teach us about…
00:45:36 |
Fri 12 Jun 2020
Uprising for Racial Justice
Citizen Action’s JoAnna Bautch and Rafael Smith join the show to discuss the national uprising sparked by George Floyd’s murder. We talk about the inspiring outpouring of social action in communities…
00:46:31 |
Fri 05 Jun 2020
Podcast Special Edition: The New Union Organizing
In this special extra edition of Battleground Wisconsin, Citizen Action's Robert Kraig interviews Peter Rickman on a new worker organizing campaign with a special pandemic focus. The approach, focuse…
00:25:11 |
Sun 31 May 2020
Scapegoating China
We welcome Tobita Chow, director of Justice Is Global, a special project of People’s Action, to discuss the dangerous effort shift public attention away from the disastrous pandemic response by scape…
00:45:31 |
Fri 29 May 2020
Expand BadgerCare & free COVID-19 testing and treatment
We discuss the latest pandemic developments, including: a major study finds that 36,000 lives could have been saved if the US implemented mandatory social distancing earlier; Governor Evers’ moves ov…
00:44:41 |
Thu 21 May 2020
Supreme Chaos
We review this week’s lawless and partisan Supreme Court decision overturning Governor Tony Evers’ Safer at Home order and throwing Wisconsin into chaos. We discuss how local governments and their he…
00:43:59 |
Thu 14 May 2020
Politicians, not regular justices
We discuss the damage the coronavirus is reaping, largely unmitigated by the federal government’s response, and the mounting reactionary/corporate pressure on state and local government to court disa…
00:46:26 |
Fri 08 May 2020
COVID-19 Hot Zone in Brown County
We review the latest Wisconsin coronavirus news, including the GOP lawsuit seeking to overturn the Governor’s Stay at Home order. Do the Republicans really have a case? The panel welcomes Up North Ne…
00:44:49 |
Thu 30 Apr 2020
Capitol COVID crisis
The GOP war on public health continues in Wisconsin with Republican legislative leaders appealing to the right-wing Wisconsin Supreme Court to overturn the Governor’s stay at home order and inciting …
00:46:12 |
Thu 23 Apr 2020
What leadership looks like in a pandemic
We welcome State Representatives Marisabel Cabrera and Jonathan Brostoff to discuss their courageous votes against the very weak COVID-19 relief that clear the Legislature this week. Republicans in t…
00:46:05 |
Thu 16 Apr 2020
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