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
Old School Organizing
Senator Chris Larson joins us to commemorate the life of a major figure in Democratic politics who passed this week, former State Representative and Judge Fred Kessler. Fred was one of the great pol…
00:54:53 |
Thu 14 Nov 2024
Rural Red
With heavy hearts, we remember Milwaukee leader Jonathan Brostoff, who tragically passed away this week.
We debrief the 2024 Election, looking at the results from the presidential, U.S. Senate and S…
00:55:12 |
Thu 07 Nov 2024
What’s at stake
We discuss the final stretch of the voting phase of the 2024 election. It all comes down to people like our listeners talking to other voters and helping them make meaning of this election. Sign up t…
00:49:43 |
Thu 31 Oct 2024
2024 Election ignores climate & healthcare crisis
Early voting is now underway, as Trump/Vance and Harris/Walz crisscross Wisconsin and the other battleground states. The first day of Wisconsin early voting saw record turnout of over 100,000 voters …
00:54:42 |
Fri 25 Oct 2024
19 days to make a difference
With less than 3 weekends left before this historic election,
the presidential and U.S. senate race in Wisconsin is tied. What does it all mean? Early voting starts next Tuesday and we continue to e…
00:58:08 |
Thu 17 Oct 2024
Hurricane of lies: No truth in America, just winning
We discuss another climate charged hurricane hitting Florida. We question whether this epic month of hurricanes will lead to a climate reckoning in America, as climate change conspiracy theories and …
00:51:00 |
Thu 10 Oct 2024
Climate and Healthcare Hurricane
Hurricane Helene was worse than anyone thought. We discuss the damage in North Carolina and encourage support for their relief organizing in rural North Carolina devastated by the climate change fuel…
00:50:03 |
Thu 03 Oct 2024
Learning from Hurricanes, hospital closures, and the Milwaukee Domes
We discuss the significance of another modest hurricane intensifying in the Gulf of Mexico into a monster storm imperiling 5 southern states. What is the role of climate change? We take a deep dive i…
00:52:55 |
Thu 26 Sep 2024
Organizing Revival is Here
We discuss the Organizing Revival, launched by Citizen Action with our national partners earlier this year, which is investing in improving permanent organizing capacity in every corner of the countr…
00:49:08 |
Thu 19 Sep 2024
Debating the debate
Who won the Presidential debate and why? How epic was Trump’s failure on healthcare? And does any of it matter? It may but not for the reasons many pundits think. The biggest impact may be exciting t…
00:51:28 |
Wed 11 Sep 2024
The Battle 4 Wisconsin
We are two months away from the November 5th election and campaigns are charging full speed ahead. Robert debriefs Tim Walz’s speech at LaborFest in Milwaukee this Monday and we discuss how Walz’s go…
00:46:24 |
Fri 06 Sep 2024
Better in a Union
Happy Labor Day Weekend. We discuss the significance of Labor Day, the surging support for unions, particularly among young people, and the critical need to restore democracy at work by passing the P…
00:54:18 |
Thu 29 Aug 2024
State Legislative Wave?
Citizen Action unveils more state legislative candidate endorsements and welcomes two of the newly endorsed candidates to the show, State Representative Jodi Emerson, who is running for reelection in…
00:58:58 |
Thu 22 Aug 2024
Progressives win primary elections
We debrief big progressive wins in important and highly watched state legislative primary elections and with the overwhelming victory by Vote NO. We welcome Citizen Action endorsed candidates, Tara J…
00:55:21 |
Fri 16 Aug 2024
GOTV challenge
Before turning to the big political news, we challenge our listeners to get active talking to voters this weekend. This primary is critical to electing movement progressives to the state legislature …
00:52:44 |
Fri 09 Aug 2024
Shifting Battleground?
We discuss Donald Trump’s racist and false claim that Vice President Kamala Harris only recently identified as Black. Will the ex-president’s race-politics backfire or play to his advantage with his …
00:51:47 |
Fri 02 Aug 2024
Harris 2024: Total Reset?
In a sudden reset, President Biden steps aside and Vice President Kamala Harris immediately consolidates overwhelming support. We discuss the implications for Election 2024 and the possible policy ag…
00:48:27 |
Fri 26 Jul 2024
Bringing a gun to a knife fight
Robert joins us while on vacation and tells us about his adventures hiking the Ice Age Trail in Wisconsin this week. We review the disastrous RNC in Milwaukee that has seen a Milwaukee man shot by ou…
00:56:38 |
Thu 18 Jul 2024
Walkin’& Talkin
Citizen Action just launched our volunteer field campaign in support of our progressive candidates and “no votes” on damaging state constitutional amendments. We discuss the pivotal State Legislative…
00:54:38 |
Thu 11 Jul 2024
Judicial Coup
On this special 4th of July edition of Battleground Wisconsin, Robert Kraig has a bracing interview with former federal prosecutor Dennis Aftergut on the Supreme Court's judicial coup against America…
00:52:34 |
Thu 04 Jul 2024
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