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Run, Tony, Run? Or done? | Center Stage with Milfred and Hands
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Run, Tony, Run? Or done? | Center Stage with Milfred and Hands Original
On this week's political podcast, Milfred and Hands analyze Gov. Tony Evers' prospects for a third term, should he decide to run for governor again next year. Click the play button above to listen. Only one governor in state history -- Tommy Thompson -- has served a third (and part of a fourth) term. Milfred thinks Evers could be well-positioned as the antithesis to President Donald Trump. Hands isn't so sure, suggesting the left is hungry for new faces and younger blood.
What's behind Derrick Van Orden's impeachment ploy? | Center Stage with Milfred and Hands Original
On this week's political podcast, Milfred and Hands impugn U.S. Rep. Derrick Van Orden's impeachment ploy. Click the play button above to listen. The Prairie du Chien Republican wants to throw a federal judge out of office for daring to stall one of President Donald Trump's priorities in court. The New York judge paused the Trump administration's attempt to scour the Treasury Department's payment system, which houses the Social Security and bank account numbers for millions of Americas.
What's behind Derrick Van Orden's impeachment ploy? | Center Stage with Milfred and Hands
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Ron Johnson vs. Donald Trump on tariffs | Center Stage with Milfred and Hands Original
On this week's political podcast, Milfred and Hands break down the (so far) polite fray on trade and tariffs between Wisconsin's senior senator and his party's president. Click the play button above to listen. U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Oshkosh, calls the tariffs that his president is threatening against Canada and Mexico a tax. President Donald Trump says charging imports on goods from our nation's biggest and closest trading partners will make Americans rich and powerful.
Ron Johnson vs. Donald Trump on tariffs | Center Stage with Milfred and Hands
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Jay Rothman on UW funding, free speech, football money, 'Marxist maniacs' | Center Stage with Milfred and Hands
On this week's political podcast, Milfred and Hands talk higher ed with Jay Rothman, the "change agent" president of the Universities of Wisconsin who met with our editorial board last week. Click the play button above to listen. Rothman touts his $855 billion request for increased funding from the Legislature. In many ways, his business-like pitch should resonate with the GOP. Milfred asks about President-elect Donald Trump slamming "Marxist maniacs" on campus.
Wisconsin is still the deep purple state | Center Stage with Milfred and Hands Original
On this week's political podcast, Milfred and Hands analyze Donald Trump's comeback win for the White House and why Wisconsin voters also chose progressive U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Madison, who in many ways is his polar opposite. Click the play button above to listen. Our political podcasters try to temper lefty Madison's loss by talking up checks and balances as well as states' rights. Milfred loves Trump's flip-flop on electric cars, now that Trump's bromance with Elon Musk has blossomed.
Tammy Baldwin seeks the Wisconsin State Journal's endorsement | Center Stage with Milfred and Hands Original
On this week's political podcast, Milfred and Hands analyze the U.S. Senate race in Wisconsin, playing clips from Democratic incumbent Tammy Baldwin's recent endorsement meeting with our editorial board. Click the play button above to listen. Baldwin discusses her views on abortion, the U.S. debt, fentanyl, bipartisan cooperation and more.
Eric Hovde seeks the Wisconsin State Journal's endorsement | Center Stage with Milfred and Hands Original
On this week's political podcast, Milfred and Hands analyze the U.S. Senate race in Wisconsin, playing clips from Republican challenger Eric Hovde's recent endorsement meeting with our editorial board. Click the play button above to listen. Hovde discusses his views on U.S. debt, tax loopholes, fentanyl, marijuana, abortion and more. Hovde, a Madison Republican, is behind in the polls against incumbent Sen.
Why do so many farmers back Trump? | Center Stage with Milfred and Hands Original
On this week's political podcast, Milfred and Hands talk farming and politics with the author of "Land Rich, Cash Poor." Click the play button above to listen. Brian Reisinger, who worked for big-name Republicans such as Gov. Scott Walker and U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, offers a clear-minded assessment of rural economics, politics and culture, based on his own family's challenges to keep their Wisconsin farm going.
Tim Walz vs. JD Vance in Wisconsin: Who won? Original
On this week's political podcast, Milfred and Hands assess the Heartland cred of Tim Walz and JD Vance, who both appeared in Eau Claire last week. Click the play button above to listen. The VP candidates talked guns, drugs, inflation, freedom and what's really weird. Our political podcasters play clips and comment on each of the candidate's main points and provocations.
Kamala Harris woos Wisconsin. Will it work? | Center Stage with Milfred and Hands Original
On this week's political podcast, Milfred and Hands play audio clips from and analyze Vice President Kamala Harris' speech last week in West Allis. Our political podcasters also assess her chances of winning Wisconsin in November, now that she's the Democrats' presumptive nominee. Click the play button above to listen. Harris is a far better campaigner than Joe Biden had been in recent months, bringing some needed energy to the ticket, our hosts agree.
Madison's new school leader: 'Zero tolerance isn't zero care' | Center Stage with Milfred and Hands
On this week's political podcast, Milfred and Hands play audio clips from the Wisconsin State Journal editorial board's meeting with Madison's new school superintendent, Joe Gothard. Click the play button above to listen. Gothard, a Madison native, former La Follette High School football coach and principal, left the Capitol City for Minnesota in 2013 and ran the bigger St. Paul, Minnesota, school district. Now he's back for the top job here.
Can a felon win Wisconsin? | Center Stage with Milfred and Hands Original
On this week's political podcast, Milfred and Hands analyze the impact of Donald Trump's guilty verdicts on his bid to win the crucial swing state of Wisconsin this fall. Click the play button above to listen. Trump had been slightly ahead of President Joe Biden in the latest Marquette Law School poll of statewide voters. Will Trump's convictions for falsifying business records to cover up hush-money payments to a porn star hurt or help his campaign?
Tammy Baldwin vs. Eric Hovde is tighter than it should be | Center Stage with Milfred and Hands Original
On this week's political podcast, Milfred and Hands analyze Wisconsin's race for U.S. Senate between Democratic incumbent Tammy Baldwin and presumptive GOP nominee Eric Hovde, both of Madison. Click the play button to listen. Our political podcasters react to recent campaign ads, outline the candidates' positions on key issues and assess Hovde's dip into a frozen Lake Mendota. Milfred is surprised Hovde is polling so well.
Yoga in the middle of State Street? That's just one idea for a pedestrian mall in the heart of Madison this summer | Center Stage with Milfred and Hands
On this week's political podcast, Milfred and Hands highlight a discussion at the Edgewater Hotel about the future of State Street. Click the play button to listen. Prominent landscape architect Ed Freer and Madison Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway offer their visions as the city plans to test the concept of a true pedestrian mall on the bottom half of State Street this summer. Buses no longer roll down and crowd the three blocks closest to the UW-Madison campus.
Wisconsin's Ron Johnson tag teams with Elon Musk | Center Stage with Milfred and Hands Original
On this week's political podcast, Milfred and Hands react to U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson's social media event with Elon Musk. Click the play button to listen. The U.S. senator from Oshkosh joined the Tesla and Space X leader to disparage military aid for Ukraine. The event was held on Musk's digital platform X and sought to undermine the U.S. Senate's bipartisan support for military aid to Ukraine against Russian aggression.
The case for more condos, especially in Madison
On this week's political podcast, Milfred and Hands 'go condo' by urging more development of owner-occupied units, rather than endless apartment buildings. Click the play button to listen. Despite Madison's rapid growth, virtually no condominiums have gone up in the capital city in recent years. And that's true across much of the country. Regulatory and legal rules favor rentals -- especially following the Great Recession. Nobody wants another financial crisis like 15 yeas ago.
Biden is old, and that's not ageism Original
On this week's political podcast, Milfred and Hands respond to criticism that a recent political cartoon was ageist. Click the play button to listen. The cartoon depicted Joe Biden's presidential lectern as a walker. Our political podcasters agree that making assumptions about older people is wrong. But when it comes to the president of the United States, lots of evidence from public appearances suggest he's lost a step, they contend. And Donald Trump isn't getting any younger, either.
Songs of holiday jeer target Biden, Trump, Ozempic | Center Stage with Milfred and Hands
Center Stage, with Milfred and Hands Songs of holiday jeer target Biden, Trump, Ozempic 00:00 / 15:15 They're the "Click and Clack" of Wisconsin politics. Scott Milfred, editorial page editor for the Wisconsin State Journal, and Phil Hands, the newspaper's political cartoonist, analyze the most important issues and debates from the Badger State with political independence and a sense of humor.
Songs of holiday jeer target Biden, Trump, Ozempic | Center Stage with Milfred and Hands
Center Stage, with Milfred and Hands Songs of holiday jeer target Biden, Trump, Ozempic 00:00 / 15:15 They're the "Click and Clack" of Wisconsin politics. Scott Milfred, editorial page editor for the Wisconsin State Journal, and Phil Hands, the newspaper's political cartoonist, analyze the most important issues and debates from the Badger State with political independence and a sense of humor.
Songs of holiday jeer target Biden, Trump, Ozempic | Center Stage with Milfred and Hands
On this week's political podcast, Milfred and Hands sing political lyrics set to holiday songs. Click the blue play button to listen. This year's jingles, written by Rick Horowitz, target Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Bob Menendez, Mike Johnson and more. Hands finds Santa leading the North Pole's curling team at a bonspiel at the Madison Curling Club. Hands tries to convince the jolly old elf that Hands deserves to be on the nice list.
Rob who? Meet the GOP senator who lauds UW-Madison | Center Stage with Milfred and Hands podcast
On this week's political podcast, Milfred and Hands interview Sen. Rob Hutton, R-Brookfield, chair of the Senate Committee on Universities. The UW-Whitewater grad and southeast Wisconsin businessman talks about streamlining the Universities of Wisconsin with a smaller footprint, funding UW-Madison's new engineering building and encouraging free speech on campus. Click the blue play button to listen.
Rob who? Meet the GOP senator who lauds UW-Madison
On this week's political podcast, Milfred and Hands interview Sen. Rob Hutton, R-Brookfield, chair of the Senate Committee on Universities. The UW-Whitewater grad and southeast Wisconsin businessman talks about streamlining the Universities of Wisconsin with a smaller footprint, funding UW-Madison's new engineering building and encouraging free speech on campus. Click the blue play button to listen.
Rob who? Meet the GOP senator who lauds UW-Madison | Center Stage with Milfred and Hands podcast Original
On this week's political podcast, Milfred and Hands interview Sen. Rob Hutton, R-Brookfield, chair of the Senate Committee on Universities. The UW-Whitewater grad and southeast Wisconsin businessman talks about streamlining the Universities of Wisconsin with a smaller footprint, funding UW-Madison's new engineering building and encouraging free speech on campus. Click the blue play button to listen.
Robin Vos flips the script on fair maps | Center Stage with Milfred and Hands podcast
Listen now and subscribe: Apple Podcasts | | Spotify | Stitcher | RSS Feed | Omny Studio On this week's political podcast, Milfred and Hands analyze the Republican Assembly speaker's dramatic flip-flop on the Iowa model for nonpartisan redistricting. Click the blue play button to listen. Our political podcasters also highlight the Democrats' flip of their own, searching for excuses to oppose a bill that's virtually the same as what they have long proposed.
Robin Vos flips the script on fair maps | Center Stage with Milfred and Hands podcast Original
Listen now and subscribe: Apple Podcasts | | Spotify | Stitcher | RSS Feed | Omny Studio On this week's political podcast, Milfred and Hands analyze the Republican Assembly speaker's dramatic flip-flop on the Iowa model for nonpartisan redistricting. Click the blue play button to listen. Our political podcasters also highlight the Democrats' flip of their own, searching for excuses to oppose a bill that's virtually the same as what they have long proposed.
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