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
The people’s priorities vs. the strongest gerrymander
We discuss Speaker Vos and the gerrymandered Legislature’s removal of 545 items from Governor Tony Evers’ budget. Citizen Action is calling for Evers to use his powerful veto for leverage against Vos…
00:49:46 |
Fri 05 May 2023
State Budget Battle Brewing
We welcome new regular panelist Priscilla Bort, Citizen Action’s Movement Politics Director. Priscilla shares more about herself with our listeners. The panel dives into the state budget battle brewi…
00:51:00 |
Thu 27 Apr 2023
420: Wisconsin’s illusive freedom & lost $165 million a year
Happy 420 Day (the annual day of action for Marijuana legalization). Unfortunately, in Wisconsin this freedom remains elusive and is costing the state $165 million in revenue. We recap Tax Day this T…
00:51:10 |
Thu 20 Apr 2023
After April 4th
We continue to debrief the historic Supreme Court election, including Ron Johnson urging the Republican Party to reduce its reliance on advertising and invest in a ground game and college students vo…
00:50:56 |
Fri 14 Apr 2023
Democracy Wins
We debrief the smashing victory for democracy in the pivotal Wisconsin Supreme Court race, the most important election in the U.S. of 2023. The resulting shift in the Supreme Court presents progress…
00:48:01 |
Thu 06 Apr 2023
Volunteers win close elections
We preview the home stretch of the critical Supreme Court race heading into the final weekend. It’s time for progressive leaders and activists to volunteer and Get Out The Vote for Janet Protasiewicz…
00:48:07 |
Thu 30 Mar 2023
Spring Politics
We discuss the economic “double talk” in D.C. that rationalizes bailing out the banks (and ultra-wealthy) and not the people. Just this week, the Fed tempered their projected interest rate hikes, whi…
00:49:05 |
Fri 24 Mar 2023
Medicare under attack: Special Interview with U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan
We have a special interview with U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan to discuss his fight against the Big Health Insurance take over Medicare. These profit hungry corporate behemoths are running multi-million dolla…
00:49:21 |
Thu 16 Mar 2023
Rallying for Our Rights
We welcome Sarah Godlewski to the show to discuss the “Rally for Our Rights” events across Wisconsin she is organizing with PPAWI, Citizen Action and other progressive allies to highlight the critica…
00:48:58 |
Fri 10 Mar 2023
Kids Forward: Standing with Community
We welcome Michelle Mackey, the Executive Director of Kids Forward, to discuss their transition to an anti-racist policy center. We ask her what parts of Governor Evers’ state budget can make the big…
00:48:45 |
Fri 03 Mar 2023
Spring Primary Election: The good & the ugly
We debrief the Spring Primary Election, which saw historic voter turnout and a decisive victory by Judge Janet Protasiewicz. We take a deep dive into this first phase of the critical Supreme Court ra…
00:49:10 |
Fri 24 Feb 2023
Primary Election, state budget, & subsidizing rich team owners
It’s Get Out The Vote weekend for next Tuesday’s critical Spring Primary Election. Governor Evers delivered his budget speech on Wednesday evening, launching the legislative phase of the budget battl…
00:50:53 |
Thu 16 Feb 2023
Piercing the ballooning cold war with China
We debrief President Biden’s State of the Union speech. Does Biden progressive economic agenda represent a break with recent Democratic Presidents? We preview Governor Tony Evers’ plan to increase st…
00:47:12 |
Fri 10 Feb 2023
Brewing up Democracy at State Supreme Court
Robert is away from the show this week so we are joined by long time show producer, Brian Wooldridge, to get his perspective on producing over a decade of Battleground Wisconsin Podcasts. We discuss …
00:48:34 |
Fri 03 Feb 2023
Supremely important economic battles progressives must win
We discuss Citizen Action’s duel endorsement of Judge Janet Protasiewicz and Judge Everett Mitchell as we head towards the critical February 21st Supreme Court Primary Election. After debriefing Gove…
00:49:21 |
Thu 26 Jan 2023
Gerrymandered Legislature off the rails in first week
We are joined by State Senator Jeff Smith to discuss the first week of the gerrymandered State Legislature. Seeking to influence the State Supreme Court race, the session opened by Republicans placin…
00:47:13 |
Thu 19 Jan 2023
No New Cold War!
We are joined by Tobita Chow, the director of Justice is Global to discuss the new House committee aimed at the Chinese government and has Republicans warning of a “New Cold War”. We discuss why a co…
00:45:44 |
Thu 12 Jan 2023
The Ongoing Plot Against Democracy
This week host Matt Brusky is on vacation, and we have as a special guest panelist State Senator Chris Larson. Chris and Robert Kraig dig into the latest revelations from the January 6th Committee do…
00:52:30 |
Fri 06 Jan 2023
St. Francis Nurses Stand Up & Fight Corporate Healthcare
We welcome Connie Smith, president of the Wisconsin Federation of Nurses & Health Professionals and Jamie Lucas, executive director, to discuss Ascension’s profit-maximizing closure of St. Francis Ho…
00:47:42 |
Thu 22 Dec 2022
Fed Up
We start by reflecting on some rare good news from Washington, the historic signing this week by President Biden of the Baldwin-Collins marriage equality bill, the Respect for Marriage Act. We then t…
00:46:48 |
Thu 15 Dec 2022
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