The Recombobulation Area is a 19-time 21-TIME! Milwaukee Press Club award-winning opinion column and online publication founded by Milwaukee journalist Dan Shafer.
On the Tuesday, Oct. 27 edition of City Cast Madison, I joined Executive Producer Hayley Sperling and Capital Times Food and Culture Editor Lindsay Christians to talk about the race for governor between David Crowley and Tom Tiffany.
Along with the head-to-head race, we discussed issues like data centers, affordability, and marijuana legalization.
PLUS: They asked if I wanted to stick around to talk about the wave of 90s nostalgia sweeping Madison, and as someone whose favorite band is Nirvana and just went to see Weezer in concert a few weeks ago, I of course said yes.
Find the full episode here. See the episode embedded below on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and YouTube.
Dan Shafer is an independent journalist from Milwaukee who writes and publishes The Recombobulation Area. He worked with Civic Media from 2024 to 2026. He’s written for The New York Times, The Daily Beast, Heartland Signal, Belt Magazine, WisPolitics, and Milwaukee Record. He previously worked at Seattle Magazine, Seattle Business Magazine, the Milwaukee Business Journal, Milwaukee Magazine, and BizTimes Milwaukee. He’s won 24 Milwaukee Press Club Excellence in Journalism Awards. He’s on Twitter at @DanRShafer.
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