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
Sara Rodriguez: The best Rx for Lt. Governor
We interview State Representative Sara Rodriguez, Citizen Action’s endorsed candidate for Lt. Governor in the fast approaching August 9th primary election. Sara tells us about her background in healt…
00:49:11 |
Thu 21 Jul 2022
Unelected Federal Reserve uses workers as the hammer against inflation
We discuss the implications of a new Billionaires Report Citizen Action released this week with Americans for Tax Fairness. The report shows how the nation’s billionaires are pumping tens of millions…
00:46:54 |
Fri 15 Jul 2022
Corporate media undermines democracy
We discuss the corrosive election coverage by corporate media giant Gannett and its paper the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, which punishes candidates for being honest and authentic about controversial …
00:49:19 |
Thu 07 Jul 2022
Insurrection against Roe
We discuss a post Roe America and its connection to the insurrection. Governor Evers and Attorney General Josh Kaul go on the offensive and file lawsuit challenging Wisconsin's 1849 law banning abort…
00:42:26 |
Thu 30 Jun 2022
Ron Johnson Phony
We debrief Citizen Action’s Brew Fest featuring Mandela Barnes and great beverages. Thanks to everyone who attended, if you couldn’t we would love your donation in support. We review the significant …
00:47:46 |
Thu 23 Jun 2022
Eau Claire water: A victory for community organizing
We have a special interview this week with Eau Claire City Council member Andrew Wethmann about a California water company’s failed scheme to get access to city water. It was a victory for community …
00:47:09 |
Thu 16 Jun 2022
Citizen Action endorses Mandela Barnes for U.S. Senate
We welcome Lt. Governor Mandela Barnes, Citizen Action’s newly endorsed candidate for U.S. Senate, to discuss his historic campaign and why Citizen Action endorsed in the hotly contested primary to t…
00:50:30 |
Thu 09 Jun 2022
Policing police and school libraries
We welcome guest panelist Isiah Holmes, an award-winning journalist from the Wisconsin Examiner, for an extended conversation focused on recent revelations on police accountability and mounting book …
00:48:28 |
Fri 03 Jun 2022
Special Report - Kate Beaton on California Company Wanting Eau Claire Water
Special Report - Eau Claire city council member Kate Beaton discusses a California company’s effort to grab access to Eau Claire City water. Has the looting of Wisconsin’s water resources begun, or c…
00:08:12 |
Fri 27 May 2022
Proliferation of guns
We welcome State Representative Supreme Moore Omokunde as a guest panelist for a serious discussion of the proliferation of guns and lack of political courage to do anything real about it. With our g…
00:46:41 |
Thu 26 May 2022
Amtrak to Green Bay
What is the potential impact of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law after 6 months? Can it, as Green Bay Mayor Eric Genrich proposed on a media call hosted by Citizen Action this week, fund an expansio…
00:49:57 |
Fri 20 May 2022
Primary Season
We take stock on this week's horrific milestone of 1 million U.S. COVID deaths, so far. What does it say about the country and what does it portend for the future? Primary elections have started acro…
00:46:19 |
Thu 12 May 2022
SCOTUSAUTOCRACY
We discuss the latest shock to American democracy, the SCOTUS leak of a draft majority opinion overturning Roe V Wade, with Planned Parenthood Advocates of Wisconsin’s Courtney Hayward. We explore t…
00:47:48 |
Thu 05 May 2022
Special - Tobita Chow on anti-China rhetoric
We have a fantastic conversation with Justice is Global’s Tobita Chow to discuss an American Prospect article denying that anti-China ads tap into anti-Asian sentiments in the American public. Are th…
00:16:12 |
Fri 29 Apr 2022
Solidarity is Global
We have a fantastic conversation with Justice is Global’s Tobita Chow to discuss an American Prospect article denying that anti-China ads tap into anti-Asian sentiments in the American public. Are th…
00:47:26 |
Thu 28 Apr 2022
Supreme Gerrymander
We assess the damage of the State Supreme Court redistricting bombshell, imposing a radical gerrymander for WI Assembly and Senate districts for at least 2022, and perhaps until 2032. What are the im…
00:47:36 |
Fri 22 Apr 2022
Goodbye to Claire
We say goodbye to panelist Claire Zautke who is leaving Citizen Action to join Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson’s new administration in a senior policy position. The panel discusses the GOP effort to…
00:48:56 |
Fri 15 Apr 2022
History Made
We debrief the Spring Election, including the right wing’s effort to take over local schools boards on shameful culture war conspiracies and the watershed election of Milwaukee's first Black mayor. T…
00:47:15 |
Thu 07 Apr 2022
Interview with Eau Claire School Board President Tim Nordin
We have an exclusive interview with Eau Claire school board president
Tim Nordin about the right wing attacks on school board members, and the death threat against him that is making national and in…
00:12:35 |
Fri 01 Apr 2022
Defending democracy, defeating violence
Speaker Vos is found in contempt of court for failing to turn over records related to his sham 2020 election “investigation.” Will the political boss of the State Assembly comply with the court order…
00:50:07 |
Fri 01 Apr 2022
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