With all of this budget talk on today’s show and it being very central around the Wisconsin GOP, we wanted to take a moment to highlight something they have done…and that’s make it easier for childcare facilities businesses to open child care centers? Yup, they want to give tax credits to the one group not […]

Guest: Paul Noonan

Jun 5, 2025

40:20

The Wisconsin budget process has been no walk in the park (A park the GOP would defund in this budget) and it seems as if the Wisconsin GOP and Governor Evers are at a standoff. Then, Civic Media’s very own Jim Santelle joins the show to cover the latest news coming out of the law […]

Guest: Jim Santelle

Jun 5, 2025

41:32

In our second hour, we welcome Wisconsin filmmaker Nathan Deming to the show. We’ll be discussing the importance of creating tax credits for production companies to make movies and TV shows here in the state (Click here if you want to help!), as well as the projects Nathan is working on right now! For today’s […]

Guest: Nathan Deming

Jun 4, 2025

42:04

If you remember, Assembly Speaker Robin Vos was the target of a recall last year not once, but twice and now the GOP wants to change the rules to “fix” that process. Next, we need to remember this day and time, because Jane agrees with Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene on something! Darin Von Ruden is […]

Guest: Darin Von Ruden

Jun 4, 2025

42:14

Lynn Potyen is the owner of The Gameboard in Downtown Sheboygan and she is talking to us today about how playing board games can do so much for our cognitive thinking, mental health and belonging to a community. Then we want to know about the games you play with friends and family! Let’s bring this […]

Guest: Lynn Poyten

Jun 3, 2025

41:10

The GOP isn’t looking to cut Medicaid, they want to “save” it, “preserve it” or in other words, just making it harder for working folks in this country. Also, the legacy of DOGE is already starting to come into form, specifically with Social Security. Then Kate Duffy is the founder of Motherhood For Good and […]

Guests: Kate Duffy, Pat Kreitlow

Jun 3, 2025

40:44

In the second hour, we’re going Beyond The Cheese with John and Kate McLaughlin Co-Owners of McLaughlin Hate Co. and they talk the history of hat makers, the resurgence of the style and the deep history of this iconic piece of fashion. On this Monday, in Audio Sorbet, we want to know; what is the […]

Guests: John McLaughlin, Kate McLaughlin

Jun 2, 2025

41:09

Derrick Van Orden was invited to a townhall and decided not to show up. Senator Ron Johnson is so concerned about Big Bloated Bill For Billionaires, but not for the reasons you or I hold concern. And an Iowa Senator had some harsh words for his voters and did very little to clean it up. […]

Guest: Rick Reid

Jun 2, 2025

40:54

The weekend is here and you have some time to listen to a quality best of edition of Matenaer On Air! Newly elected Wisconsin State Assembly Member Renuka Mayadev (D-77) joins the show to discuss the bill she authored regarding the child care crisis here in Wisconsin. She speak what can and should be done to help businesses, […]

May 31, 2025

He was off last week, but Civic Media Political Editor Dan Shafer is here to recombobulate this week’s biggest headlines from Wisconsin including Wisconsin’s Senior Senator Ron Johnson appearing in Wisconsin, a lot. Dan also gives an update on the big fight over 794. For our Friday installment of Audio Sorbet, we stories about The […]

Guest: Dan Shafer

May 30, 2025

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