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
Purplesconsin
We debrief the new MU Law Poll which has Biden and Trump locked in a statistical dead heat in the battle for Wisconsin's all important Presidential Electors. What does the poll's finding that there a…
00:50:34 |
Thu 08 Feb 2024
Reviving our sick democracy will improve our health
The national media is touting a Child Care Tax Credit that passed the House of Representatives Wednesday, but long time child poverty advocate Gwen Moore and Mark Pocan voted no. Why were the champio…
00:47:20 |
Fri 02 Feb 2024
Gerrymandering is bad for your health
We discuss the end of the traditional Republican Party and the reality of the new Party of Trump. Exhibit one is that every Wisconsin Republican House of Representative member voted to shut down the …
00:51:58 |
Fri 26 Jan 2024
Standing up to bigots
We discuss the latest state Senate Republicans power grab, their firing of Evers appointee and solar power advocate Tyler Huebner from the Public Service Commission, the state agency that regulates u…
00:43:02 |
Thu 18 Jan 2024
Fighting for public schools
We discuss a new report finding lower-income Wisconsinites pay a much higher proportion of their incomes in taxes than the wealthy. What does it say about the current priorities of Republicans and De…
00:50:39 |
Thu 11 Jan 2024
Organizing Our Future in 2024
Welcome to 2024 where our pivotal battleground state elections will again take center stage. We jump in and dissect this week’s news the GOP Legislative leadership asks the Wisconsin Supreme Court to…
00:46:12 |
Thu 04 Jan 2024
Biden v Trump II in 2024
Following President Biden’s visit to Milwaukee this week we discuss if he can turn around his 2024 chances? We talk about the politics and the stakes, how the President’s reelection prospects are imp…
00:52:34 |
Thu 21 Dec 2023
Secretary of State Godlewski calls for Robert Spindell to go!
We welcome Secretary of State Sarah Godlewski to discuss her call for Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu to remove Wisconsin Election Commissioner and disgraced Trump fake elector Robert Spindell …
00:42:48 |
Thu 14 Dec 2023
Looking to 2024, while 2020 still looms
We debrief a new judicial ruling this week finding abortion legal again in Wisconsin. To the surprise of few, Wisconsin GOP Legislative leaders propose another scheme to abolish the Wisconsin Electio…
00:51:37 |
Fri 08 Dec 2023
A Supreme Interview with Representative Moore Omokunde
We welcome State Representative Supreme Moore Omokunde to discuss his co-sponsorship of the BadgerCare Public Option and groundbreaking new climate legislation he is working on that will help set the…
00:38:56 |
Sat 02 Dec 2023
Special interview with Transformational Justice Campaign Coordinator Mark Rice
We welcome Mark Rice, Wisconsin Transformational Justice Campaign Coordinator at WISDOM, to discuss WISDOM’s organizing and legislative agenda on criminal justice reform in Wisconsin. Wisconsin cont…
00:12:42 |
Fri 17 Nov 2023
Special Reports feat: U.S. Congressman Mark Pocan & State Senator Chris Larson
This week we have a special report where Robert interviews two Wisconsin elected officials who are demonstrating the courage to lead. First, we have an interview with Congressman Mark Pocan to discus…
00:52:15 |
Fri 17 Nov 2023
“The Wisconsin we need” Battleground Wisconsin Podcast
Robert gives us the latest on the BadgerCare Public Option bill, the only comprehensive bill this session to address the health care cost and access crisis. Priscilla discuses the importance of calli…
00:38:42 |
Thu 09 Nov 2023
Be like Ady Barkans
We discuss the passing of healthcare activist Ady Barkan, who turned his fight against ALS into a crusade to break the monopoly power of the corporate insurance giants that are failing millions of Am…
00:49:20 |
Fri 03 Nov 2023
Fighting in the public interest
We open with a somber discussion of yet another mass shooting in America where 18 people died and over 13 were wounded, bringing America’s mass shooting total to a staggering 558 this year.
Robert …
00:48:17 |
Thu 26 Oct 2023
Power concedes nothing
We unpack the bipartisan Assembly vote to rubber stamp a $565 million giveaway to the ultrarich owner of the Milwaukee Brewers. Given the unpopularity of the massive private subsidy, what does this s…
00:49:47 |
Thu 19 Oct 2023
Understanding History
After reflecting on the tragic and horrifying war in Gaza and Israel, we dig into the latest news on the GOP threat to impeach Supreme Court Justice Janet Protasiewicz before she rules on a single ca…
00:49:07 |
Fri 13 Oct 2023
House in Chaos
We dive into how the Speaker McCarthy crash and burn this week was part of a 50 year road built by corporate America and the Republican Party. We also turn our attention to Wisconsin and the public h…
00:50:25 |
Fri 06 Oct 2023
Special Interview with Secretary of State Sarah Godlewski
We welcome Secretary of State Sarah Godlewski to discuss the functions of the SOS office and the MAGA Republican attacks on her appointment and the office. Are their smears another example of the fra…
00:50:45 |
Fri 29 Sep 2023
3 card monte democracy
The gerrymandered GOP Legislature continued to force its extreme and unpopular agenda down the throats of Wisconsinites. This week the groundless impeachment drive continued with a cynical embrace of…
00:57:17 |
Fri 22 Sep 2023
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