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The weekend is here and we hope you’re staying warm! Please be safe and prepared for the crazy temperatures these next few days.

In the second hour, we take a journey through Wisconsin’s vibrant culinary and real estate landscapes.

It’s Friday and the weekend, starts here . We kick things off talking about Wisconsin’s frigid weather, urging listeners to stay safe.

In the second hour, we are joined by Jim Santelle, Host of Amicus: A Law Review and we’re talking about the opening statements before The US Supreme Court regarding the president’s power to fire federal employees .

In a strange working of the schedule, we are chock full of guests for you today! We kick things off with Civic Media’s Political Editor and Founder of The Recombobulation Area, Dan Shafer .

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C. Thi Nguyen is a philosophy professor and author of the book The Score: How To Stop Playing Somebody Else’s Game and he joins us to talk about how his love for games led him to look at why we play them and the how they can define our value systems.

The show kicks off with a warning about the extremely cold weather heading our way this weekend, as well as a Gubernatorial Candidate Forum taking place tonight and moderated by our own Dan Shafer .

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Professor Jeanne Theoharis is a Professor of Political Science as well as a New York Times Bestselling Author and she joins the show to talk her book “King Of The North: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Life of Struggle Outside The South” .

Welcome to Tuesday and even though its a cold one out there (Currently it’s a balmy 9 degrees outside), we open the show up with a look at the news including the possible loss of major funding to Wisconsin Hospitals and why Democratic lawmakers are asking a GOP Congressman for help .

Emilio De Torre is The Executive Director of The Milwaukee Turners at Turner Hall and he joins the show to talk the important work of The Turners , it’s history in the city and why Wisconsin has a culture and track record of standing on the side of human rights.

Wisconsin Senator Ron Johnson would like to extend premium tax credits to those who need the ACA, sorta .

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Welcome back and happy New Year! We hope 2026 has been everything you hoped for thus far and to bring you into the weekend, we have a great show with some of our favorite moments from this past week!

Corrine Hendrickson is sticking around to talk about the news out of Madison regarding the state’s surplus and what she’d do with the money that seems to just be sitting in a room .

It’s Friday and the weekend, starts here . The Oshkosh School District has made the very tough choice to make major cuts due to a budget shortfall .

In the second hour, Jim Santelle, host of Amicus: A Law Review joins the show to discuss the news coming out of Minneapolis regarding the second shooting and a threat from the president against the community .

There was another shooting in Minneapolis involving ICE with the president weighing in and making a threat to invoke 19th Century law in the Midwest .

In the second hour, we welcome Kyle Clower, the Executive Director of Serve Wisconsin, which oversees both the Wisconsin Chapter of AmeriCorps , but also has information on so many opportunities to volunteer in your community .

Due to expiring tax credits, there are over a million people in this country not signing up for health insurance through the ACA, nearly 20,000 of them live in Wisconsin .

In an article from The New Republic, Chicago citizens are working diligently and swiftly to push back against the presence of ICE in their neighborhoods .

We kick off the show, with Bryna Godar, a Staff Attorney with UW’s State Democracy Research Initiative .

In the second hour, we welcome Dr. Kristin Lyerly to the show and we’re discusses the controversial relaxation of the vaccination schedule by the Department of Health and Human Services , emphasizing the importance of sticking to proven medical advice amid political interference .

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To kick off the show, we have a great discussion with Alexandra Huneeus, a UW Law Professor as well as an expert in International Law and Human Rights to shed light on the U.S. intervention in Venezuela .

In the second hour, we welcome Rachel Bernhard to the show.

It’s Friday and the weekend, starts here .